AspectYoungMel

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

Features

Replaces two aspects of Melinoe

Axe Aspect of Young Melinoe

• Replaces the special with Block similar to the Early Access.
• Trait increases damage of omega special.

Staff Aspect of Young Melinoe

• Replaces the special with a weaker projectile with shorter cooldown, better homing and no hit-stun
• Trait enables to absorb the omega special to heal when health is below a threshold.

Known Issues

• This mod replaces Aspect of Melinoe instead of only adding a new aspect
• New textures to match the icons

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 the mod github or 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!