Tools of the Trade

Adding new aspects themed around the Gathering Tools

Features

• Adds Silver Spade (AKA NecroMel) as a new Axe aspect
• Adds Tabet of Peace (AKA KirbyMel) as a new Skull aspect

The Silver Spade (AKA NecroMel)

• Your Attack summons Zombies and Omega Attack summons Mourners.
• Your Cast teleports the summons to Melinoe's location.
• Summoning Reserves health that is released upon the summon's death or changing rooms.
• Trait reduces the amount of health reserved
• Introduces four new hammers
• Traits that were altered to work with Summones
  • 48 Boons
  • 5 Keepsakes + (3 SharedKeepsakePort)
  • 5 Arcana + (7 Flip the Arcana)

Full Summon Compatibility list

The Tablet of Peace (AKA KirbyMel) Experimental!!!

• Gain two abilities, Copy and Reserve-Copy.
• Your Attack Switches Copy trait with the enemy's weapon.
• Your Omega Attack creates a nova and replaces between Copy and Reserve-Copy traits.
• Trait Increase Omega Attack damage.
• Introduces three new hammers
• 46 Implemented enemies.

Full Copy Compatibility list

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

• @zerp on discord for posing all enemies without codex entries

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

0.3.1 - 2026-07-01

• Added Biome damage for copy abilities
  • Tartarus 90%
  • Ocean of Sorrows 70%
  • Mount Olympus 60%
  • The Summit 60%
• 10 Implemented enemies for copy.
  • Lycanthrope
  • SatyrRatCatcher_Miniboss
  • Zagreus
    • Blood Cast
  • Zombie
  • ZombieCrewman
  • ZombieOlympus
  • CharybdisTentacle
  • EarthElemental
  • Stalker_Miniboss
  • TyphonEye
• Added Icons for KirbyMel Hammers

0.3.0 - 2026-06-30

• 40 Implemented enemies for copy.
  • Wisp
  • Carrion
  • ZombieHeavyRanged
  • ZombieAssassin
  • ZombieAssassin_Miniboss
  • Mudman
  • MudmanEye
  • ZombieSpawner
  • Boar
  • SatyrCrossbow
  • Sheep_Zombie
  • Sheep_Explosive
  • Polyphemus
  • Scimiterror
  • Stickler
  • Swab
  • Drunk
  • HarpyCutter
  • WaterElemental
  • Mage2
  • Captain
  • Eris
    • Sniper-shot
  • SentryBot
  • AutomatonBeamer
  • AutomatonEnforcer
  • HarpyDropper
  • SatyrCrossbow2
  • SatyrLancer2
  • SatyrSapper
  • Talos
  • Heracles
  • Prometheus
  • Simple
  • Stalker
  • Brute
  • Mati
  • DragonBurrower
  • Brute_Miniboss
  • TyphonTail
  • Typhon
    • Tongue-Lash

0.2.1 - 2026-06-24

• Fix: Added tracking for the packages used in owned copies and loading them at setupmap
• 12 Implemented enemies.
  • LightRanged
  • FishSwarmer
  • Octofish
  • CrawlerMiniboss
  • WaterUnitMiniboss
  • CorruptedShadeLarge
  • LycanSwarmer
  • SwarmerClockwork
  • ClockworkHeavyMelee
  • Crawler
  • SatyrCultist
  • GoldElemental_MiniBoss

0.2.0 - 2026-06-23

• Adds The Tablet of Peace (AKA KirbyMel) Still experimental
  • Adds into the shop
  • Your Attack copies the enemy's weapon.
  • Your Omega Attack creates a nova that replaces the current copy ability with the reserve copy ability
  • Trait Increase Omega Attack damage.
  • Adding three new hammers
    • Extended Reflection
    • Permenant Reflection
    • Explosive Reflection
  • 34 Implemented enemies.
    • Guard
    • Brawler
    • Mage
    • SiegeVine
    • Radiator
    • Screamer
    • TrantTail
    • FogEmitter
    • Hecate
      • Torch-cones
    • Guard2
    • FishmanMelee
    • FishmanRanged
    • Turtle
    • WaterUnit
    • Radiator2
    • Jellyfish
    • SirenDrummer
    • SirenKeytarist
    • Scylla
      • Notes
    • CorruptedShadeSmall
    • CorruptedShadeMedium
    • FogEmitter2
    • BrokenHearted
    • Screamer2
    • TreantTail2
    • Lamia
    • Lamia2
    • Vampire
    • InfestedCerberus
    • GoldElemental
    • TimeElemental
    • SatyrLancer
    • SatyrRatCatcher
    • Chronos
      • Scythe-Throw

0.1.3 - 2026-06-16

• Adds Blood Pact Hammer
• Modify aspect text to use the reserehealth keyword
• Balance: Added progressing summoning cost, Health increases per 100 max health
• Balance: Omega attack summon cost reduced from x5 to x4
• Fix: Ares's Blood Spree not impacted by Vow of Scars
• Dev: Added CurrentlyReserved counter to ensure no health is gained/lost upon leaving rooms

0.1.2 - 2026-06-15

• Fix: Summoning doesn't reserve health

0.1.1 - 2026-06-15

• These Boons now impact your attack summons
  • Ares - Mutual Destruction
  • Ares - Grievous Blow
• These SharedKeepsakePort Keepsakes now impact your attack summons
  • Shattered Shackle
  • Pierced Butterfly
  • Skull Earring
• These Arcana now impact your attack summons
  • The Sorceress
• Fix: Omega summons don't release full health when leaving room

0.1.0 - 2026-06-14

• Added god textures
  • SentryBot
  • Automaton Beamer
• Added Icons for Shovel Hammers and Aspect
• These boons now impact your attack summons
  • Zeus - Arc Flash
  • Apollo - Exceptional Talent
  • Aphrodite - Wispy Wiles
  • Ares - Profuse Bleeding
• These Keepsakes now impact your attack summons
  • Evil Eye
• These Flip the Arcana now impact your attack summons
  • Bloodlust
  • Performance
  • Retribution
  • The Cyclops
  • The Strategist
  • Beauty
  • Famine

0.0.8 - 2026-06-13

• Ares Attack boon now applies Ares status and base damage
• These boons now impact your attack summons
  • Apollo - Extra Dose
  • Aphrodite - Secret Crush
  • Aphrodite - Sweet Surrender
  • Hephaestus - Molten Touch
  • Hephaestus - Heavy Metal
  • Hephaestus - Martial Art
  • Hestia - Slow cooker
  • Artemis - Lethal Snare
• These Arcana now impact your attack summons
  • The Furies
  • Origination
  • Strength (Only adding outgoing damage not reducing summon damage)
• Added a new Hammer
  • Scrap Metal
• Fix: Summoning without enough health count for reserve amount

0.0.7 - 2026-06-11

• Tweaked summon AI
• Omega attack now summons a Mourner instead of axe spin
• Added Mourner god textures
• These boons now impact your attack summons
  • Demeter - Weed Killer
  • Hermes - Racing Thoughts
  • Chaos - Chant Blessing
  • Icarus - Explosive Intent
  • Circe - Turning to a Simple Form
• These Keepsakes now impact your attack summons
  • Discordant Bell
  • White Antler
  • Lion Fang
  • Blackened Fleece
• These Arcana now impact your attack summons
  • The Huntress

0.0.6 - 2026-06-09

• Fix a bug where the plugin_data folder is not installed
• Fix crash when other mods are not loaded afterwards
• Restrict incompatible Axe Hammers.
• Added two Hammers
  • Twin Summons
  • Arise Again
• These boons now impact your attack summons
  • Poseidon - Hydraulic Might
  • Aphrodite - Hearty Appetite
  • Hestia - Cardio Gain
  • Ares - Blood Spree

0.0.5 - 2026-06-08

• Fix: game crashes when summoning immidiatly after gaining trait
• These boons now impact your attack summons
  • Artemis - Pressure Points
  • Hera - Uncommon Grace
  • Hermes - Hasty Retreat
  • Circe - Word of greater girth
  • Circe - Word of smaller Stature

0.0.4 - 2026-06-07

• Fix: unintended speed
• Fix: Hermes weapon boon speed calculation

0.0.3 - 2026-06-07

• These boons now impact your attack summons
  • Zeus - Heaven Strike
  • Apollo - Nova Strike
  • Aphrodite - Flutter Strike
  • Hermes - Nimble limbs
  • Chaos - Attack Blessing
  • Zeus - Static Shock
  • Zeus - Shocking Loss
  • Ares - Grisly Gain
  • Artemis - Support fire
  • Apollo - Dazzling Display
  • Aphrodite - Shameless Attitude
  • Apollo - Perfect Image
  • Hermes - Tall order
  • Hermes - MeanStreak
• Added god dependent textures for zombie summons
• Balance Added 40% speed to summons (they now match Fear option)

0.0.2 - 2026-06-06

• Added The Silver spade as a new aspect instead of replacing Melinoe's Axe
• Added WeaponBoon effect for the summons (Hera/Demeter/Hestia/Hephaestus/Poseidon)
• Cast now teleports summons to the player

0.0.1 - 2026-06-05

Added

• First version of the mod!