Hades II Boon Advisor

Hades II Boon Advisor

Hades II Boon Advisor is a quality-of-life mod for Hades II. It analyzes

Olympian Boon choices during a run and adds build-aware information to the

choice screen. It never changes gameplay, RNG, offered Boons, damage, saves,

or the player's selection.

Installation

Recommended: and r2modman

Install Hades II Boon Advisor through with r2modman. The mod

manager installs the plugin and its declared dependencies into its profile.

On one tested Epic Games installation, Mod Manager/r2modman

installed the ReturnOfModding files inside its profile but did not copy them

into the game's actual ReturnOfModding directory. If the mod does not appear

in game, compare the active profile's ReturnOfModding directory with:

\Ship\ReturnOfModding\

and, if necessary, copy the profile's ReturnOfModding contents there

manually while Hades II is closed. This is an observed workaround, not a

universal manager behavior.

Manual: minimal GitHub ZIP

Download Hades-II-Boon-Advisor-v.zip from GitHub Releases, ensure Hell2Modding and the

declared dependencies are already installed, then extract the archive and copy

the single Local-HadesIIBoonAdvisor folder into:

\Ship\ReturnOfModding\plugins\

No PowerShell is required for this manual workflow.

Advanced: PowerShell tooling

Repository PowerShell tools provide controlled installation, transactional

updates and compatibility diagnostics for advanced users. See

installation, updates, and

uninstallation.

Supported builds

The advisor on the main branch supports these three build profiles:

• Sister Blades — Aspect of Melinoë: Intermediate
• Sister Blades — Aspect of Morrigan: Meta / Blood Triad
• Black Coat — Aspect of Melinoë: Intermediate

These profiles have passed offline checks and representative in-game testing

by the maintainer through human-controlled DEV gameplay, with screenshots and

DEBUG logs used for validation. This does not imply exhaustive testing of

every Boon combination.

These profiles are not yet available in the published release, which supports

Sister Blades — Aspect of Melinoë: Starter only.

Compact build-status UI, Duos, Hermes and Poms guidance remain future work.

Build profile selection

BUILD_PROFILE = "auto" is the default setting in config/settings.lua.

In auto mode, the advisor first matches the current weapon and Aspect, then

uses the current run state to resolve the compatible build profile. Owned Boons

are the primary evidence; validated pre-Boon signals may be used when needed at

the start of a run.

The advisor's displayed text follows the in-game language; English labels are

used here by default.

If multiple compatible profiles remain ambiguous, the advisor shows

SELECT PROFILE and does not guess or display rankings.

For a weapon/Aspect with no compatible profile, it shows

UNSUPPORTED PROFILE.

Compatible profiles can also be selected explicitly with:

• intermediate
• morrigan_meta
• coat_intermediate

The historical starter profile belongs to the published v0.1.2 line and is

not part of the future-v0.2 runtime set.

Community sources and validation

The v0.2 Build Registry was assembled from community build guidance, with

Mobalytics used for the

intermediate routes and Lee Reamsnyder plus

NeonHades2 used for the meta/Blood Triad

review. Reddit was consulted only for substantive conflicts or unclear

interactions. These are documentary references; the project claims no

affiliation or endorsement and republishes no source text, tables, images or

layout. Recommendations were kept separate from executable rules, then

matched against native Hades II text, scripts and runtime identifiers. The

active profile mappings and the approved v0.2 showcase were reviewed and

validated by the maintainer through controlled DEV gameplay, screenshots and

DEBUG logs. Documentary conditions and rows that could not be mechanically

verified remain non-executable or deferred.

Boons that cannot be evaluated reliably remain NOT EVALU