Speedrun Modpack
Speedrun modpack package.
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Speedrun Modpack
Unrelated Mod to the Hades 1 modpack. Just slightly inspired by it is all.
This is a modular Hades II modpack. Every module here can either be installed individually or part of the pack. It brings together first-hammer selection, boonless route controls, infinite Death Defiance practice, in-game LiveSplit-style timing, quality-of-life options, and gameplay-flow quality-of-life adjustments under one shared Speedrun settings window.
How To Open The Settings
In game, open the mod menu from Mods -> adamantSpeedrun-Speedrun_Modpack -> Show Modpack Menu.
What the pack brings instead of individual installs
Unified UI
Have a single unified UI panel to manage all module toggles, settings, and shared options.
The Quick Setup tab gives each included module a compact enable toggle so a profile can be configured without jumping between separate mod menus.
Profiles
Save different configurations, such as Any Fear, High Fear, RTA, or multi-run practice, into profiles and load them with one click in game.
Profiles store the shared Speedrun settings state, making it easier to swap between routing, practice, and submission setups.
Hashing
While the pack is installed, a unique fingerprint will be shown on the side. This is simply to confirm the uniqueness of the configuration in the pack.
Included Modules
Select First Hammer
Choose the guaranteed first Daedalus Hammer for each weapon aspect.
Instead of taking a random first hammer, you can assign a specific opener to every aspect in the game. Leaving an aspect on None (Random) preserves vanilla behavior for that aspect.
The module provides a separate first-hammer selection for every aspect across the full weapon roster. UI layout is grouped by weapon, then by aspect.
Hammer Panel Options
LiveSplit
Adds native LiveSplit-like timing support to the game. Thanks to Museus for their original Timer mod. This is a big expansion on that.
Examples
The recording table can show biome splits with selected timing columns while a run is active.
LiveSplit records runs and shows selected timing information while you play. Its main feature is a compact recording table that tracks your route through a run.
Supported timing views include:
- Underworld routes: Erebus, Oceanus, Fields, and Tartarus
- Surface routes: Ephyra, Thessaly, Olympus, and The Summit
- Dream Dive routes, with biome order detected from the run
- Single-run split recording
- Multi-run batch recording for routing or practice sessions
- IGT, RTA, and LrT timing columns
- Recording continues until you stop recording
Options while doing single run repeated recording
Single-run mode keeps the next run ready for split recording and is aimed at repeated normal attempts.
Options while doing multi run repeated recording
Multi-run mode records a batch of consecutive runs and keeps cumulative batch totals.
Quality of Life
Thanks to Pony for their QoL mod. This is a port of many of their features into my modpack for hashing/profiles, alongside my own QoL.
Adds practical speedrun quality-of-life options for cleaner menus, faster resets, and better keyboard-and-mouse handling.
Direct ports from PonyQoL
- Always Show Location: Always displays the current location in the UI.
- Skip Death Cutscene: Skips the death cutscene and returns you to the main menu faster while still showing the death screen.
- Auto Skip Dialogue: Automatically skips dialogue prompts during gameplay.
- Skip Run End Cutscene: Skips the end-of-run cutscene and returns you to the main menu faster while still showing the victory screen.
- Spawn in Training Grounds: Spawns you in the Training Grounds instead of next to Frinos pool.
Speedrun QoL additions
- KBM Escape Fix: Makes Escape work during boon and pom selection, Hex selection, Path of Stars, and death sequences.
- Rerolling Saves the Game: Saluting the Oath statue now triggers a game save.
- Arcana & Fear on Victory Screen: Displays Arcana and Fear on the victory screen.
Gameplay QoL
Adds run-flow and
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: