As you beeline your way through the vast depths of the Underworld, you'll probably find yourself wondering how to save in Hades. The last thing anybody wants to do is emerge from a vicious battle with Lernie the Bone Hydra unscathed, only for the game to spontaneously crash, or procure a lovely dose of Titan Blood before dropping their Switch and praying the autosave function is intact.
So, if you’re keen on making sure your progress isn’t wiped by a crash, misclick, or dead battery, here’s a guide on how to save in Hades.
If you're looking for a more detailed analysis of the game as a whole, you should check out our complete Hades guide and walkthrough.
Hades — How To Save
So, here’s the good news: Hades autosaves at what can only be described as a frankly ridiculously regular rate. It is very rare you see anything other than a prompt reading “progress saved less than a minute ago” on the pause screen, meaning that you’ll barely ever log in to find you’re an hour behind where you were yesterday.
There are exceptions to this, though, which is why a guide like this is important in the first place. Although you don’t necessarily need to know how to save in Hades, you absolutely need to know how saving works — essentially this is a guide on how not to save in Hades, because that’s the only way of knowing how to save properly. Make sense?
Hades — How Does Saving Work?
Saving in Hades is very simple and requires no input on your end, but it’s also something that can easily go wrong if you don’t understand how it works. Essentially, Hades — like most games with autosave structures — saves your progress at certain places deemed as checkpoints.
So, when you defeat every enemy in a chamber, collect your reward — which, if you’re lucky, will be one of the best Boons in Hades — and make your way through the door to the next room, your progress will save. That last encounter and anything you gained as a result of it, from extra cash to a weapon upgrade, is protected by the autosave.
However, if you, for instance, are anything like me, you might, possibly, maybe sometimes forget about that. One time, after having just about defeated Theseus and the Minotaur, I paused the game because I had to work. Several hours passed, I finished work, and, in my ignorance, completely forgot Hades was running. I turned off my laptop and what do you know — no autosave. If you've fought Theseus and the Minotaur yourself, you’ll know it’s a pretty tough tussle to emerge victorious from — as you might expect, I was not a happy camper, which is probably why I played so much afterwards that I was able to write this Hades tips and tricks guide specifically designed to articulate the best ways of approaching literally every single aspect of the game.
Basically, don't leave Hades running in a chamber after you've already beaten it. Always move on to the next one and pause it there instead, because it will autosave and you will not suffer from having to fight the infuriatingly arrogant Theseus all over again.
Anyway, if you do happen to lose a bit of progress though, don’t worry too much. Fortunately, the best thing about Hades is how endlessly replayable it is, so even if you have to do something twice… well, you’ll probably want to do it another 100 times anyway.
If you need more help with Hades, check out the rest of our Hades coverage, which features guides like our full tier list of Hades Duo Boons, our Hades Erebus Gate guide, our Hades Mirror of Night upgrades guide, our Hades tips and tricks guide, our Hades Titan Blood guide, and our Hades best builds guide.