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Hades 2

Frinos the Frog

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Hades 2 - Frinos Boons and Gameplay Tips

Frinos is one of the familiars that can be unlocked in Hades 2. See how to unlock Frinos as a familiar and what its abilities are, as well as what confiding in Frinos does in our guide!

Frinos as a Familiar

How to Unlock Frinos as Familiar

Feed Witch
You will need to defeat Hecate at the end of Erebus and concoct the Faith of the Familiar Spirits incantation.

Do note that several attempts to defeat Hecate may be required for you to unlock the incantation, given that she gives out various incantations to Melinoe when defeated.

From there, you will be able to acquire Witch's Delight and feed it to Frinos so you could acquire the frog as a familiar.

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Frinos Abilities

Bonds Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3
Frinos - Life BondLife Bond While together, gain an additional +10 Max Life. While together, gain an additional +20 Max Life. While together, gain an additional +30 Max Life.
Frinos - Soul BondSoul Bond While together, have a 25% chance to manifest Lone Shades. While together, have a 50% chance to manifest Lone Shades. While together, have a 75% chance to manifest Lone Shades.
Frinos - Strength BondStrength Bond Frinos deals 10 damage from leaping into foes. Frinos deals 20 damage from leaping into foes. Frinos deals 30 damage from leaping into foes.

As with all familiars, Frinos has unique abilities of his own that can help you progress in the game.

Frinos' utility varies from increasing your max life in battle, dealing damage to foes, and shielding you from incoming projectiles.

Compel Shades Using Frinos

One of Frinos' unique abilities is Soul Bond, which gives you a +25% chance to manifest Lone Shades for each night.

This means that your chances to encounter and conjure Lone Shades will increase using the Tablet of Peace.

This ability gets upgraded per rank, allowing you more opportunities to compel more shades and gain Psyche.

Automatically Compel Shades

You will also be able to approach a Shade and hit the interact button to have Frinos compel a shade for you without playing the minigame.

How to Compel Shades

Who is Frinos?

Just a Regular Frog

Hades 2 - Frinos

Frinos is just a normal frog that likes to hang out in Melinoe's spawn area. There is seemingly nothing noteworthy about Frinos, and he functions mostly as a pet to Melinoe.

What Does Confide in Frinos Do?

Gives Additional Dialogue

Hades 2 - Confide in Frinos

Confiding in Frinos unlocks additional dialogue lines for Melinoe. It serves almost as a way for Melinoe to reflect on her actions and mistakes in her previous attempt to reach Olympus.

Hades 2 Related Guides

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The Unseen
Hades 2 - MelinoeMelinoe Hades 2 - DoraDora Hades 2 - SchelemeusSchelemeus Hades 2 - Charon PlaceholderCharon
Hades 2 - NemesisNemesis Hades 2 - OdysseusOdysseus Hades 2 - HypnosHypnos Hades 2 - MorosMoros
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The Gods
Hades 2 - ZeusZeus Hades 2 - HeraHera Hades 2 - PoseidonPoseidon Hades 2 - DemeterDemeter
Hades 2 - ApolloApollo Hades 2 - AphroditeAphrodite Hades 2 - HephaestusHephaestus Hades 2 - HestiaHestia
Hades 2 - ArtemisArtemis Hades 2 - HermesHermes Hades 2 - SeleneSelene Hades 2 - Chaos Chaos
Bosses
Hades 2 - HecateHecate Hades 2 - ScyllaScylla Hades 2 - CerberusCerberus Hades 2 - ChronosChronos
Underworld NPCs
Hades 2 - ArachneArachne Hades 2 - NarcissusNarcissus Hades 2 - Echo IconEcho Hades 2 - HadesHades
Surface NPCs
Hades 2 - Medea PortraitMedea Hades 2 - Circe PortraitCirce Hades 2 - Heracles PortraitHeracles Hades 2 - Icarus Icarus

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