How to Increase Max Health

Having increased Max Health in Hades 2 will help you substantially during your runs. Learn how to permanently increase your Max Health and how to increase your max health during runs in this guide!

How to Increase Max Health Permanently

Unlock Arcana: The Titan

Using the Altar of Ashes allows you to unlock different arcana cards that grant you buffs when activated.

After unlocking the surrounding arcana, you may use 7 Ashes to spend on acquiring The Titan arcana which will permanently grant you an increase of 20 Max Health capacity while filling up your Grasp gauge by 2, if you have it activated.

Altar of Ashes

How to Increase Max Health During Runs

Unlock Arcana: The Centaur

The Centaur arcana is unlocked with 25 Ashes and 1 Cinder. This allows you to gain 3 Max Health for every 5 rooms that you pass. This arcana has the Awakening condition which requires you to have arcanas with a Grasp of 1 through 5 activated in order for it to work.

How to Increase Grasp

Increase Maximum Health With Centaur Hearts

Item	How to Get
Centaur Heart	・Reward for clearing Encounters in Erebus and beyond ・ Purchased from Charon

Each time you consume a Centaur Heart, it adds 25 HP to your health bar. This effect will remain active and stacks up until you die, in which case, your HP reverts back to its base amount.

Consume Centaur Hearts For Survivability

Pictured above shows the Health capacity gain after consuming a Centaur Heart.

During your runs, you will encounter foes that give you a hard time. Piling up on Centaur Hearts will help you last longer through increasingly tough situations as it increases the amount of hits you can take before you die

Use Armor as Mitigation

Armor does not directly affect your Max Health capacity, although it offers an extra layer of protection for your Life Points for instances where you do take damage.

Armor Guide

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