Mirror of Night
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The Mirror of Night, located in Zagreus's room, was a gift from Nyx to Zagreus to aid him in his attempts to escape the underworld. It is one of the main meta progression systems in Hades.
Reflecting at the Mirror gives Zagreus the ability to spend Darkness gathered from the Underworld to improve his own abilities. However, many of the abilities are locked at first, each requiring a varying number of Chthonic Keys to unlock. After several escape attempts, the ability to refund spent Darkness for use on other abilities is unlocked. Refunding Darkness costs one Chthonic Key and refunds all Darkness spent in the Mirror of Night.
Each ability from the Mirror has two versions, one colored red and one colored green (the green talents are not available from the start—they will be unlocked following a conversation with Nyx after collecting a minimum of 300 ). Each version needs to be invested in separately. For example, spending Darkness on Shadow Presence does not upgrade Fiery Presence. Only one version of each ability can be active at a time, and they can be switched between freely while reflecting at the Mirror.
Talents[edit | edit source]
Ability | Description | Ranks | Cost | Ability | Description | Ranks | Cost | Unlock Cost |
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Shadow Presence | Each rank gives you +10% damage when you strike foes from behind. | 5 (+50% damage) |
10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 (Total: 100) |
Fiery Presence | Each rank makes you deal 15% damage when you strike undamaged foes. | 5 (+75% damage) |
10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 (Total: 100) |
Available from start |
Chthonic Vitality | Each rank restores 1 ![]() |
3 (+3 ![]() |
10 / 20 / 40 (Total: 70) |
Dark Regeneration | Each rank makes +30% of any ![]() ![]() |
2 (+60% restored) |
30 / 60 (Total: 90) | |
Death Defiance | Each rank restores you for 50% ![]() |
3 (3 extra chances) |
30 / 500 / 1000 (Total: 1530) |
Stubborn Defiance | This restores you to 30%![]() |
1 | 600 | |
Greater Reflex | Each rank lets you chain +1 Dash before briefly recovering. | 1 (+1 dashes) |
50 (Total: 50) |
Ruthless Reflex | If you Dash just before getting hit, gain +50% damage and dodge chance for 2 Sec. | 1 | 75 | |
Boiling Blood | Each rank gives you +10% Attack & Special damage to foes with ![]() |
5 (+50% damage) |
10 / 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 (Total: 250) |
Abyssal Blood | Each rank reduces foes' speed and damage by -6% while they have ![]() |
5 (-30% speed and damage) |
20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 (Total: 300) |
5 Chthonic Keys |
Infernal Soul | Each rank gives you +1 ![]() |
2 (+2 ![]() |
20 / 80 (Total: 100) |
Stygian Soul | Your ![]() |
3
(5 / 4 / 3 Sec.) |
0 / 60 / 120 / (Total: 180) | |
Deep Pockets | Each rank grants you 10 ![]() |
10 (+100 ![]() |
30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 (Total: 525) |
Golden Touch | Each rank grants you +5% ![]() |
3 (+15% ![]() |
70 / 90 / 110 (Total: 270) |
10 Chthonic Keys |
Thick Skin | Each rank adds +5 ![]() |
10 (+50 ![]() |
40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 (Total: 625) |
High Confidence | Each rank gives you +5% damage, while you have 80%![]() |
5 (+25% damage) |
50 / 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 (Total: 750) | |
Privileged Status | Each rank gives you +20% damage vs. foes afflicted by at least two Status Curse effects. | 2 (+40% vs ![]() |
50 / 500 (Total: 550) |
Family Favorite | Each rank gives you +2.5% damage for each different Olympian whose Boons you have. | 2 (+5% damage per Olympian) |
50 / 150 (Total: 200) |
20 Chthonic Keys |
Olympian Favor | Each rank adds a 1% bonus chance for a Boon to be Rare. | 40 (+40% chance) |
50 per rank (Total: 2000) |
Dark Foresight | Each rank gives you +2% greater chance for Gold Laurel rewards (Boons, Hammers, Obol and Poms). | 10 (+20% chance) |
150 per rank (Total: 1500) | |
Gods' Pride | Each rank adds a 1% bonus chance for a Boon to be Epic. | 20 (+20% chance) |
100 per rank (Total: 2000) |
Gods' Legacy | Each rank gives you +1% greater chance for a Boon to be Legendary or a Duo (if possible). | 10 (+10% chance) |
250 per rank (Total: 2500) |
30 Chthonic Keys |
Fated Authority | Each rank gives you 1 die, used to randomly alter the reward for the next chamber. | 8 (8 dice) |
500 / 750 / 1000 / 1250 / 1500 / 1750 / 2000 / 2250 (Total: 11,000) |
Fated Persuasion | Each rank gives you 1 die, used to randomly alter Boon and Well of Charon choices. | 4 (4 dice) |
1000 / 2000 / 3000 / 4000 (Total: 10,000) |
Totals[edit | edit source]
It takes a total of 65 Chthonic Keys to unlock all upgrades on the Mirror.
To unlock all non-Boon, non-Fated Authority upgrades requires 6,165 Darkness; including the Boon upgrades takes this total to 14,365 Darkness. Including Fated Authority and Fated Persuasion, the total required to max out the Mirror is 35,365 Darkness.
Fated Authority[edit | edit source]
One point of Fated Authority can be used to change a room's reward into any other item from its pool. Room rewards belong in two distinct item pools.
One pool consists of permanent resources, indicated by a blue laurel wreath on the door:
- Chthonic Keys
- Gemstones
- Darkness
- Nectar
The other consists of temporary (run-specific) resources, indicated by a golden laurel wreath around the door:
- All Boons
- Daedalus Hammers
- Charon's Obol
- Centaur Hearts
- Poms of Power
Some rooms cannot be altered, nor can they be acquired through Fated Authority. These rooms are Charon's shops, friendly NPC encounters with Sisyphus, Eurydice and Patroclus, passageways through Underworld areas, and boss rooms. Infernal Gate rewards can be changed, however.
- The encounter itself is not altered, so you cannot use Fated Authority to change a miniboss room with a skull marker into a regular room or vice versa.
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