Argent Skull Guide: Best Boons and Hammer Upgrades

Argent Skull is a Nocturnal Arm and craftable Weapon in Hades 2. Read on to learn about Argent Skull attacks, best boons for Argent Skull, best Daedalus Hammer Upgrades, and more in this guide!

Argent Skull Information

Argent Skull Basic Information

Argent Skull
Description	Blast foes with explosive Attacks, and retreive the Shells with lunging Specials.
Lore	“Revaal's final honor as Adjudicator was to become immortalized in adamant and death.”

Argent Skull Attacks

Button	Effect
(Tap)	Attack Launch up to three Skull attacks that explode on impact. Skulls must be picked up to reload the weapon.
(Hold)	Omega Attack Charge your attack to launch a skull at a larger area and deal more damage. Costs Magick.
(Tap)	Special Dashes forward while dealing damage. Can be used to pick up skulls.
(Hold)	Omega Special Dash further while leaving a trail of outward moving bursts that deal damage.
+	Dash-Strike Dash a short distance then fire a regular skull.

How to Unlock Argent Skull

Craftable After Crafting All Other Weapons

Weapon	Resource Cost
Argent Skull	・Bronze x 1 ・G.Rock x 2

The Argent Skull is unlocked in the Crossroads after crafting all the other Weapons. Crafting the Argent Skull requires Glassrock and Bronze.

This weapon has long range and AoE damage, but features a reload mechanic with the skulls. You can only fire up to three Skulls before needing to pick them up to reload your weapon.

Argent Skull Best Boons

AoE and Burst Damage Boons

Best Argent Skull Boons
Zeus Thunder Sigil	Hera Rune Sigil	Poseidon Trident Sigil

Zeus Boons for Blitz Buffs

Argent Skull deals high damage with its Attacks, allowing you to activate the Blitz curse against enemies with ease.

The Zeus Boons that give chain lightning and lightning strikes also pair well with Argent Skull, since you can still damage your enemies passively while picking up skulls.

Zeus Boons and Gameplay Tips

Hera Boons for AoE Clearing

Hera's Hitch curse makes enemies share the damage they receive, making it great for Argent Skull's heavy AoE attacks.

With one skull, you can damage groups of enemies, and exponentially increase your damage with the second skull once they are inflicted with Hitch.

Poseidon Boons for Crowd Control

One downside of the Argent Skull is that you can only use three skulls before reloading, making it harder to deal with large groups of enemies.

The knockback effect from Poseidon's Boons make up for this weakness, working especially well with your Special for repositioning.

Poseidon Boons and Gameplay Tips

Best Hammer Upgrades for Argent Skull

Bolstered Array

Bolstered Array gives you an additional 2 Skulls, allowing you to fire up to 5 times before reloading.

With the high damage from Argent Skull, you can essentially deal even more damage before having to worry about picking up the skulls to reload and fire again.

Twisting Crash

Twisting Crash buffs Argent Skull's Omega Special, making it move inward after the initial outward burst. This gives it better crowd control, and essentially doubles the damage your Omega Special deals.

Taking this hammer upgrade also means you can now rely more on your Omega Special to deal damage, especially during instances where you run out of skulls.

Possessed Array

Possessed Array basically refunds the Magick Cost of your Omega Attack, allowing you to spam it. The only downside is the skull will take longer to drop, but proper cycling through your other attacks should take care of this problem.

Argent Skull's Omega Attack has a large AoE range and damage, so you can use this as your first attack then cycle through your other skulls and special to deal damage and reposition while waiting for the first skull to be picked up.

Hades 2 Related Guides

Weapons and Nocturnal Arms

Weapons Guides

Nocturnal Arms

All Nocturnal Arms
Witch's Staff	Moonstone Axe	Umbral Flames
Sister Blades	Argent Skull