Extended NPC Encounters

Adds NPC encounters to regions that they cannot normally appear in. Also allows Thanatos to appear in Hades 2 biomes and Hades 2 NPCs in Hades biomes if Zagreus' Journey is installed.

Installation

Use r2modman by ebkr from Thunderstore or GitHub.

While the mod has been tested decently well, there can still be some scenarios which didn't show up in testing that softlock the game. It is recommended to backup your save from %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Hades II\Profile*.sav before modding in case there are issues.

It is recommended not to uninstall the mod or load the game un-modded while in the middle of a modded run.

Configuration

Mod can be configured through the r2modman config editor. Requires the game to be run atleast once with the mod installed for the default config to be generated.

Each new encounter added can disabled/enabled as you see fit. Each NPC can have their chance of showing up in non-vanilla regions configured by setting the weight value.

Issues and feedback

Report any issues or feedback here or on the Hades Modding Discord

Changelog

Unreleased

0.6.2 - 2026-06-20

• Fix Thanatos being able to show up in H2 biomes before encountering him in Elysium

0.6.1 - 2026-06-17

• Fix incorrect audio bank loading

0.6.0 - 2026-06-13

• Add Athena encounters to Zagreus' Journey
• Adjust some Icarus encounters' difficulty
• Block dream sex

0.5.2 - 2026-05-25

• Fix Hercles having dialogue enabled in Fields during Dream Dives
• Fix Artemis missing her Visage form texture during Dream Dives

0.5.1 - 2026-05-16

• Fix encounter start effects like the Unseen arcana not triggering for custom Athena encounters

0.5.0 - 2026-05-14

• Add Athena encounter for Erebus, Oceanus, Tartarus and Ephyra
• Fixed Zagreus voice bank not being loaded in H2 biomes

0.4.0 - 2026-05-04

• Add config to only allow extra encounters in Dream Dives

0.3.4 - 2026-05-02

• Actually fix Nemesis/Heracles and Icarus/Artemis being able to spawn in the same ship room

0.3.3 - 2026-04-29

• Fix Artemis Thessaly GameStateRequirements

0.3.2 - 2026-04-29

• Fix Nemesis/Heracles and Icarus/Artemis being able to spawn in the same room
• Increase cooldown between two field NPC encounters from 6 to 8 rooms

0.3.1 - 2026-04-29

• Fix crash when exiting from a side room in Ephyra to a finished Nemesis room

0.3.0 - 2026-04-23

• Add Hades 2 NPC encounters to Zag's journey

0.2.1 - 2026-04-19

• fixed incorrect LoadPackages field causing nil reference with nightmare fear installed

0.2.0 - 2026-04-18

• Fix missing textures for Heracles and Icarus in the Underworld

0.1.0 - 2026-04-17

• First version of the mod