Nightmare Fear
Adds new vow options and fear to the Oath of the Unseen
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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 120 gemstones!
In-built compatibility with Zagreus Journey, Wrath of Olympus and Perfectionist. Random Chaos Bounties will also include these vows, so beware! Provoking the Fates will also draw from this fear, giving you more options to customise your runs!
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.
Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions
- Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
- Most mods rely on the game's mod loader — the usual route is a community mod manager (such as r2modman): pick this game, install, and it handles the loader and dependencies.
- For a manual install, put the mod files into the matching Mod / plugins folder inside the game directory.
- Launch the game to confirm it loaded; mods with listed dependencies need those installed as well.
Install locations vary a lot between mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide. Hades II uses the game's built-in mod import — unzip the pack and place it where the readme says.
Install these first, or the mod will not work: