Charon Shops and Character Guide

Charon is the Stygian Boatman of the Underworld and one of the NPC merchants in Hades 2. Read on to learn how to access Charon's shops, who Charon is, and what Keepsake he gives you in Hades 2.

Charon's Shops

Charon is an NPC merchant in Hades 2 that provides Melinoe upgrades and items needed for her journey, provided she has the Gold Crowns to purchase them.

Shop Rooms

You can usually identify which room Charon is selling his wares by checking the entrance. The rooms occupied by Charon have brown pouches that have golden skulls sewn on them.

Charon's stock of items usually consists of various resources and upgrades that you might need during your progress.

Door Symbols and Room Rewards Explained

All Available Shop Items

Charon's Shop Items
Armor 40 Gold Crowns	Bones 90 Gold Crowns	Boon 150 Gold Crowns
Centaur Heart 125 Gold Crowns	Daedalus Hammer 200 Gold Crowns	Moon Dust 1000 Gold Crowns
Nectar 75 Gold Crowns	Obol Points 600 Gold Crowns	Pom of Power 100 Gold Crowns
Pom Slice 50 Gold Crowns	Psyche 50 Gold Crowns	Random Boon 125 Gold Crowns
Soul Tonic 100 Gold Crowns

The table listed above shows all the available items you can find when visiting Charon's Shops in the game.

Do note that Charon sells 3 items in his shops that are randomly generated and will vary every time you visit him.

List of All Items

Additional Shop Items Available Between Tartarus and the House of Hades

Once you've reached the rest stop that appears between Tartarus and The House of Hades, you will see that the number of items Charon is selling has increased to 5.

You will also notice that the fifth item he sells is more expensive compared to the rest, and will usually vary from either Moon Dust, Obol Points, or other valuable resource needed in the game.

Wells of Charon

Once you've gained access to the cauldron at the Crossroads, you can concoct the Rise of the Stygian Wells incantation to conjure Wells of Charon at rooms you might visit later on.

The Wells of Charon are randomly generated, and provide temporary upgrades that you can purchase.

You can also concoct the Surge of Stygian Wells so that they'll appear at rest stops located between regions.

Best Incantations to Get First

Gold Rewards Delivery at the Crossroads

Charon's Gold Rewards Shop can be unlocked after you've acquired your first Obol Points card in the game.

You will receive the card from Charon after you've spent 1000 Gold Crowns and interacted with him as an exclamation mark hovers above him.

Charon's Gold Rewards Shop is located south of where the Wretched Broker is. You can exchange your Obol Points for large amounts of reagents such as Ashes, Psyche, and Fate Fabrics.

How to Unlock Charon's Gold Rewards Shop

Charon Keepsake

Gold Purse

The Gold Purse Keepsake enables you to gain 100 Gold Crowns for each night you've progressed in the game. This can be helpful if you want to purchase something from Charon's wares.

Best Keepsakes Tier List

Who is Charon?

Stygian Boatman

Charon	Epithet	Stygian Boatman
	Faction	Unseen
	Voice Actor	Logan Cunningham

Charon is described as the Stygian Boatman that ferries the dead in the Underworld.

He functions as one of the NPC merchants in the game, providing Melinoe with items and supplies that she might need during her progress.

Merchant to Zagreus During First Game

Similar to his role in Hades 2, Charon was also an NPC merchant in the first game that supplied Zagreus with items in exchange for Obols.

He is also fought as a boss if the player decides to select the borrow option from him, which can be described as one of the most difficult fights in the first game.

Ferryman of the Underworld

In Greek Mythology, Charon is famous for his role as the ferryman of the Underworld. He is known to sail the River Styx to guide and accompany lost souls still roaming the mortal realm.

Charon is mostly associated with a golden coin, given that the said coin was needed to pay him for his services to escort you through the River Styx and bring you to the land of the dead.

Charon also resembles many figures in mythology that symbolize death and afterlife, such as the Grim Reaper and the Shinigami from Japanese folklore.

Hades 2 Related Guides

Characters

Character Guides

Hades 2 Characters

The Unseen
Melinoe			Dora			Schelemeus			Charon
Nemesis			Odysseus			Hypnos			Moros
Frinos			Toula			Homer			-
The Gods
Zeus			Hera			Poseidon			Demeter
Apollo			Aphrodite			Hephaestus			Hestia
Artemis			Hermes			Selene			Chaos
Bosses
Hecate			Scylla			Cerberus			Chronos
Underworld NPCs
Arachne			Narcissus			Echo			Hades
Surface NPCs
Medea			Circe			Heracles			Icarus