How to Get Animal Familiars

Familiars are pets, like the cat and frog, that aid you in Hades 2. Check out this guide to find out more about how to get familiars, what familiars you can get and their upgrades here in Hades 2!

How to Get Animal Familiars

Trigger Hecate's Dialogue

To acquire your first Familiar, you have to defeat Hecate at the end of Erebus. She will eventually trigger a voice line and give you the Faith of Familiar Spirits incantation.
Hecate Guide

Chant the Incantation

Head back to the Crossroads and use the cauldron. The Faith of the Familiar Spirits grants you the ability to turn beasts into Animal Familiars. It also grants you one Witch's Delight that you can use immediately.

Feed Them Witch's Delight

Once you have Witch's Delight, head towards either Frinos the Frog near your tent, or Toula the Cat in either Erebus or Rift of Thessaly. Feed them the snack to turn them into an Animal Familiar.

Keep in mind that you can only get Frinos and Toula for now as an Animal Familiar.
How to Get Witch's Delight

Animal Familiar Effects

Frinos Effects

Bonds	Rank 1	Rank 2	Rank 3
Life 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.
Soul 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.
Strength 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.

Frinos the Frog is the first pet you meet throughout the game. His abilities consist of being capable of blocking projectiles, dealing damage to his foes, and increasing your Max Life.

Frinos the Frog

Automatically Compel Shades Using Frinos

Once you've acquired Frinos as a familiar, you will 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

Toula Effects

Bonds	Rank 1	Rank 2	Rank 3
Heart Bond	Death Defiance effects from Toula restore an additional +10 Life.	Death Defiance effects from Toula restore an additional +20 Life.	Death Defiance effects from Toula restore an additional +30 Life.
Soul Bond	While together, have a 25% chance to manifest Fishing Points.	While together, have a 50% chance to manifest Fishing Points.	While together, have a 75% chance to manifest Fishing Points.
Claw Bond	Toula strikes +1 time before losing interest.	Toula strikes +2 time before losing interest.	Toula strikes +3 time before losing interest.

Toula the Cat can be acquired as a familiar by petting her a number of times as an interaction option in Erebus and bonding with her by the docks at the Rift of Thessaly using Witch's Delight.

Her abilities are an increase in healing on Death Defiance, additional Fishing Rod usage, and dealing damage to her foes.

Toula the Cat

Automatically Catch Fish Using Toula

Once you've acquired Toula as a familiar, head towards a Fishing Point and hit the interact button to have Toula catch a Fish for you without playing the minigame.

How to Fish

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