Hades nectar gift1/5/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Other than its smell, we’ve no canonical information about nectar (other than in the Odyssey, nectar is described as either ‘rose-red’ in color, or in scent). Makes sense that nectar smells good, if in the AD period we’ve taken the word to mean the sweet stuff within flowers. Ambrosia and nectar are fragrant foods/drinks, sometimes used as literal perfume by the gods. Some take this to mean that both nectar and ambrosia can be seen as something both food and drink, like honey.īoth share canonical similarities. There’s more recorded mentions of ‘ambrosia’, rather than nectar. But in Sappho’s and Anaxandrides’s poems, it’s the opposite. Homer describes nectar as the god’s drink, and ambrosia is the food. In original Greek mythology, ‘nectar’ and ‘ambrosia’ aren’t two distinct things. True enough, Zagreus can only find ambrosia after defeating the Elysium boss.) The final release wrote ambrosia as the coveted, rare prize you earn after defeating the champions of Elysium. (In the early-access versions of the game, nectar was ambrosia. Everyone from your multimillionaire uncle Poseidon to your humble jailbird neighbor Sisyphus are pleased to receive such a gift, even if they might value its contents differently. It’s a gift borne of societal custom, and implores the giftee to give you something in return, eventually. Something you spot while on errands, and impulsively buy so you have a hostess gift the next time someone invites you over. If ambrosia is the equivalent of Zagreus gifting $30,000,000 Breguet watches to his friends and family, then nectar is the gourmet-wrapped basket of cheese and crackers you see in the ‘gift’ section of the grocery store. But nectar is still prestigious enough that gifting the actual Olympic gods nectar goes over well. Unlike with gifting ambrosia, their eyes don’t pop out with shock at receiving such a luxurious gift, it’s instead just something nice, even if relatively commonplace. The first times Zagreus gifts nectar to npcs, they describe honoring some sort of godhood custom and exchange with him with a ‘keepsake’ - an in-game powerup he can wear. ¼ teaspoon edible gold shimmer powder (make sure it lists all ingredients, and is certified food safe).1 1/3 cups Martinelli’s sparkling cider.Nectar, on the other hand, gives us more room for invention. Maybe not based off of the Hades (2018) version, but there’s nothing new or exciting in making yet another ambrosia drink. Why are we recreating nectar, and not ambrosia? Because there already exists tons of ‘ambrosia’ drink recipes. Today, we’re gonna re-create the nectar of Hades (2018) for ourselves! It may be contraband in Hades’ domain, but it’s not like anyone pays attention to that rule, anyways. But he needs to defeat the champion of Elysium boss to gain a single bottle of ambrosia. In-game, nectar is the more commonplace counterpart to ambrosia Zagreus finds nectar as a dungeon drop. In turn, ‘nectar’ exists in Greek mythology. It’s sometimes interchangeable with ambrosia both are the legendary foods/drinks of the gods, said to grant immortality to anyone who consumes them, amongst other positive effects. Zagreus has spent his entire life sheltered underground in Tartarus, so he doesn’t know what birds are, or what winter is. Achilles’ personal questline is about reuniting him with his lover Patrocles. All items, settings, and characters are from classic Greek mythology Zagreus’ foster mother is the primordial goddess of night. Hades (2018) is a retelling/adaptation of the classical Persephone and Hades mythos. By gifting these bottles of golden liquid to other characters, he raises his affinity with them, which in turn gives him powerup items and advances character questlines. Nectar is one of the in-game items Zagreus can collect. ![]()
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