Nightmare Fear

Have you ever thought that the fear options in Hades are way to easy? That 67 is too small a number? That you wanted more options to explore during a run?

Welcome to Nightmare Fear, which offers 17 new vows for you to try and conquer. Can you manage a 134 fear run?

Additionally adds a new system after completing all Testaments where a randomly generated Testament, with a random boss, fear amount, weapon, and specific vow and rank will be offered to you before each run. Completing it will award you with 50 gemstones!

In-built compatibility with Zagreus Journey, Wrath of Olympus and Perfectionist. Random Chaos Bounties will also include these vows, so beware!

New Vows:

Naivety: Have access to less of your max magick this night.

Simplicity: You may not run into Daedalus Hammers this night.

Panic: You start locations with your magick empty, rather than full.

Riposte: Enemies may dodge your attacks.

Eclipse: You may not run into Selene this night.

Arrogance: The first hit you take in each location will deal more damage to you.

Secrets: Chance that the reward preview on a room will be hidden from you.

Purging: After defeating a guardian, you will be forced to purge a boon.

Rudiments: You lose access to elements and infusion boons this night.

Taxes: Every time you enter a new location, lose money.

Isolation: Any NPCs you encounter in your run (e.g. Arachne, Nemesis, Athena, etc.) will not appear this night. This is compatible with the NPCs you run into in Zagreus Journey.

Decay: The first Pom of Power in each biome will be an onion instead.

Expiry: Chance for boons to be expiring, meaning it will disappear after 2 guardians.

Vanity: Your keepsakes will have less levels this night, if possible.

Fealty: The max rarity of boons you encounter will be capped this night. This is compatible with both Perfectionist and Wrath of Olympus.

Forsaking: Be offered fewer options whenever you claim a boon.

Betrayal: A god will betray you during guardian encounters, and you will have to face their devotion during that fight.

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

1.2.25 - 2026-06-17

• Fixed a unqiue typo

1.2.24 - 2026-06-09

• NPCs like Nemesis and Heracles should no longer be so insulted by your hubris when you have the Vow of Arrogance and try to kill you if it's the first hit of the encounter

1.2.23 - 2026-05-31

• Removed a wrap that was causing some issues with global variables in Zag Journey
• Boons will stay expiring when upgraded or rarified

1.2.22 - 2026-05-17

• Prevented some potential overwritings of CurrentRun, Encounter and Hero by making variables local

1.2.21 - 2026-05-15

• Fixed an issue that gave Mel insomnia and prevented her doing Dream Runs

1.2.20 - 2026-05-12

• It should now be harder to leave the room before being forced to purge your boons
• Purging is less likely to lock you in a screen with no options
• Born Gain should not trigger when you enter a room with Vow of Panic

1.2.19 - 2026-05-10

• Fixed issue causing error on some saves

1.2.18 - 2026-05-04

• Fixed an issue causing rare crash with Oath of Decay

1.2.17 - 2026-04-29

• Fixed an issue causing a crash on the changing oath screen when you had a vow without pips

1.2.16 - 2026-04-28

• Fixed a weird package upload

1.2.15 - 2026-04-28

• Fixed issue where game would crash after defeating Guardian encounters (hopefully)
• Fixed an issue where you could crash while using Ephyra bats with Vow of Secrets on
• Updated ReadMe
• Fixed an issue where the purging screen could open twice, preventing you from moving on
• Made the expiry ribbon disappear more reliably after rarifying

1.2.14 - 2026-04-27

• Custom Vows should now appear in the Run History Screen

1.2.13 - 2026-04-25

• Expiring boons will still expire, even if you remove the Vow of Expiry
• Fixed bad interaction with Pony Altar
• Ephyra Zoom Out should no longer reveal secrets hidden from Melinoe's eyes
• Gods should stop trying to kill you more reliably after the battle ends with Vow of Betrayal on (hopefully)

1.2.12 - 2026-04-19

• README updated to reflect gemstone gain change

1.2.11 - 2026-04-19

• Increased gemstone gain from completing random Testaments from 90 -> 120, so that it's more advantageous to do the testament than just use Grave Thirst
• Added a new screen that opens the first time you are offered a random Testament, explaining how the system works

1.2.10 - 2026-04-18

• The random Testament system should now actually work :) Hopefully

1.2.9 - 2026-04-18

• Increased gemstone gain from completing random testaments from 50 -> 90

1.2.8 - 2026-04-17

• Athena's keepsake (Gorgon Amulet) will no longer activate when the Vow of Isolation is active
• Selene's (Moon Beam) and Athena's (Gorgon Amulet) keepsakes will be blocked in the keepsake rank when swearing the Vows of Eclipse and Isolation respectively

1.2.7 - 2026-04-15

• Fixed a potential nil call bug

1.2.6 - 2026-04-15

• Updated to work in the newest Post-Release Patch 2!
• Updated a weird interaction in creating the testament screen where it could index nil in a table

1.2.5 - 2026-04-07

• Updated how Secrets is handled, for future compatibility with Zagreus Journey (thanks NikkelM!)

1.2.4 - 2026-04-06

• Updated hotkey for changing page for controller compatibility

1.2.3 - 2026-04-05

• Changed order that purging and expiry executed, so that it is more logically consistent
• Changed wait for expiry boons to expire after defeating a guardian

1.2.2 - 2026-04-05

• Fixed an issue where you could be killed by devotion weapons with the Vow of Betrayal while the results screen was open (betrayal never comes when you expect it)

1.2.1 - 2026-04-05

• Expanded testament fear ranks, so they can spawn slightly higher now

1.2.0 - 2026-04-05

• Updated testament system so that it requires a random collection of 1-4 vows at random ranks, as well as overall fear. Hopefully this should encourage you to try some combinations you haven't before!
• Bounds on overall fear for testaments slightly altered

1.1.1 - 2026-04-05

• Fixed an issue that resulted in you also receiving less major finds while using the Vow of Naivety
• Slightly altered the bounds on the distribution of random fear for testaments

1.1.0 - 2026-04-04

Added

• New random testament system! Once you've cleared every testament, random testaments will be generated to encourage you to try different set-ups!
• Updated ReadMe, to increase readibility

1.0.2 - 2026-04-04

• Updated the purge function, so it should hopefully work slightly better
• Updated how the hammer and Selene rewards are restricted to provide a more smooth experience
• Updated Readme to explain compatibility
• Added functionality for random fear Chaos Trials to contain these vows

1.0.1 - 2026-04-04

• Fixed description of mod

1.0.0 - 2026-04-04

Added

• First version of the mod!