Here are all Animal Familiar options in Hades 2 and how to recruit them
Looking for Animal Familiars in Hades 2?Animal Familiars inHades 2are adorable companions that you can take with you on your travels through Erebus and beyond.
These critters not only look cute but provide additional buffs and can help you gather Reagents. Below we’ll tell you how to get Familiars inHades 2and what buffs each Familiar comes with.
How to unlock Animal Familiars in Hades 2
Hecate will give you the Incantation to compel Familiars, but it will require a bit of work initially.
To unlock Familiars, you’ll first need to brew theWoodsy Lifespring Incantation. This creates a little sanctuary that may randomly spawn behind gates in Erebus. Within the sanctuary is a cat whom you can pet.
After reaching the edge of Erebus, Hecate will offer you theFaith of Familiar SpiritsIncantation with which you can create a treat that will bind an animal to you.
It may be a coincidence, but we found that this interaction triggered once we had reached Oceanus at least once and had brewed the Permeation of Witching-Wards incantation to get to the surface. This recipe becomes available after defeating the second boss and speaking with Hermes.
To make the Faith of Familiar Spirits Incantation, you’ll need the following Reagents:
Once made, you can make additional treats with theBeast-loved Morselalchemy recipe at Hecate’s cauldron. With these, you can recruit an additional Familiar or give it to an existing Familiar to level up one of their perks.
You can only have one Familiar equipped at once, however. To swap between Familiars, interact with them opposite the training grounds.
The Beast-loved Morsel requires 2 Lotuses and one Star Dust. To get Star Dust, you’ll need to complete Chaos Trials at the Pitch-Black stone near the training grounds. As such, there are a fair few Incantations and story progress you’ll have to make before unlocking Familiars in Hades 2.
As of writing there are onlytwo Animal Familiars in Hades 2. These are the frogFrinos, whom you should encounter at the beginning of every run andToulathe cat.
Toula is slightly tricker to find as she will disappear from the Woodsy Lifespring in Erebus once you unlock the Familiars Incantation. To find her, travelabove ground, past the city of Ephyraand she will be waiting on thedock within the Rift of Thessalyregion.
Frinos and Toula offer the following benefits:
That rounds off our guide to Animal Familiars in Hades 2. For more Hades 2 tips and tricks, see our guides to thebest Boons,best weapons,Arcana Cards, and more.
