AspectYoungMel

Replaces Melinoe aspects with aspects of Young Melinoe in their stead.

Features

Axe Aspect of Young Melinoe - Replaces the special with Block from the Early Access.

Known Issues

• This mod replaces Aspect of Melinoe instead of only adding a new aspect
• New Axe texture to match the icon
• Hammer 'Siege Shredder' creates 3 blocks with the AxeSpecial animation

Installation

Use r2modman by ebkr from Thunderstore or GitHub.

While the mod has been tested decently well it is recommended to backup your save from %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Hades II\Profile*.sav in case there are issues.

Credits

• @DDberry on discord for creating Axe_block mod

Issues

Report any issues on Hades Modding discord

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

1.0.7 - 2026-07-10

• DEV: overriding textures using a function to reduce repeated loading (by @zerp)
• Fix Axe shadow bug (by @Enderclem)
• DEV : Removing config of alter textures as its no longer needed

1.0.6 - 2026-06-25

• Fix trials not ending properly when finishing the biome

1.0.5 - 2026-06-22

• Fix crash when unequipping Skull aspect before picking all skulls

1.0.4 - 2026-06-09

• Fix crash when other mods are not loaded afterwards

1.0.3 - 2026-06-07

• Fix weapon shop text not showing the upgrade statistics of the next rarity
• Fix rare crash caused when healing with staff aspect.

1.0.2 - 2026-06-05

• Fixed Posideon Axe special only activating once.
• Fixed bug where Aspect of Icarus disappears when the armor is gone
• Compat with WeaponFusion (by @Zerp on discord)

1.0.1 - 2026-06-04

• Fixed missing suit mesh on initialization.
• Fixed Posideon suit attack only activating once.

1.0.0 - 2026-06-04

• Added Suit Aspect of Young Melinoë
  • Replaces the attack and omega attack with tornados.
  • Trait grants starting armor
• Implemented dynamic texture swaps for the Staff/Dagger/Axe/Skull
• Updated Skull icon
• Added 7 minor prophecies
• Added 5 new hammer (10 total)
• Added 6 Chaos trials
• Added 6 conversations
• Added a set of Arcana backs
• Steps towards compat with Weapon-Fusion (By @Zerp on discord)

0.5.3 - 2026-05-20

• Added Combo UI
• Balance: increased Young mel skull ammo magnetism range

0.5.2 - 2026-05-16

• Fixed Special-Cast boons were too rare
• Fixed Special-Cast boons now work with sacrifice boons

0.5.1 - 2026-05-14

• Fixed boon graphic for 2nd hammer Special-cast
• Restrict omega-special hammer for torch with young mel

0.5.0 - 2026-05-13

• Added Torches Aspect of Young Melinoë
  • Replaces the special with a lobbed projectile which casts Special-Cast, an additional cast.
  • Replaces all special boons for the aspect to influence the Special-Cast.
  • Adds boons for secondary effects on Special-Cast
  • Trait increases damage from Olympian curses
• Added Skull hammer "UltimateCombo"
• DEV: merging WeaponProperty to WeaponProperties
• DEV: Changing overwrite requirement of existing hammers to table.insert

0.4.0 - 2026-05-08

• Added Skull Aspect of young Mel
  • Trait grants combo stacks upon attack hits
  • Combo is a stacking damage buff that is lost when not retrieving ammo
  • Reduced ammo magnetism and increased ammo drop spread.
• Fixed rank in different color in the shop
• Fixed icon sizes too small
• Temp fix, Added config option to choose whether to alter textures (set to false by default as they also impact base aspects)

0.3.3 - 2026-05-05

• Replacing Axe trait to +% attack damage after block
• Fixed hammer requierments
• DEV: renaming new trick knives hammer

0.3.2 - 2026-05-04

• Fixed aspect icon not showing when loading or in run history
• DEV: Better compatibility with other aspect mods
• DEV: Added dependency on zerp-AspectExtender

0.3.1 - 2026-05-03

• Changed to Adding new Aspects instead of replacing
• Added Shop and Upgrade for new aspects

0.3.0 - 2026-05-02

• Replaces Dagger Aspect of Melinoe with Dagger Aspect of Young Melinoe.
  • changes Attack to a 2-hit combo that deals consistent damage
  • changes special to a non penetrating 1-way projectile that is deals more damage
  • changes omega special to a non-penetrating projectiles that deal more damage
  • Trait decreases Dash cooldown
• DEV: splitting ready.lua into modules

0.2.3 - 2026-04-29

• Added custom textures for Axe and Staff Aspects of Young Mel

0.2.2 - 2026-04-29

• Fixed Aspect icons disapearing during runs
• Replaced 'Siege Shredder' with 'Mirror Shield' Hammer for Axe Aspect of Young Mel

0.2.1 - 2026-04-27

• fixed rare crash when returning from a brotherly dream.

0.2.0 - 2026-04-27

• Replaces Staff Aspect of Melinoe with Staff Aspect of Young Melinoe.
  • changes special projectile to be weaker with lower cooldown, better homing and no hit stun.
  • trait allows to absorb Omega special to recover health when health is below a threshold. 

0.1.0 - 2026-04-25

• First version of the mod!