[SPOILER] How to get Secret Ending?

[HaltarDhrim]

If you don't have seen the first ending, get outta here NOW, so you don't get spoilers.

So, I beated Hades and Persephone told me about her plan. I have to forge Bonds with the Olympians. But they don't want to!
For example, I know that to get Hermes', I have to max his keepsake and meet him with it. I did it, and he talked about something else! I tried a dozen times, and yet nothing happens!
I got a hundred fishes, and talked to Poseidon, and still got nothing from him!
What am I doing wrong? I just want to see the end of this, I got pretty bored of slaying enemies again and again for nothing...

[Anhedonia]

If you don't want everything spoiled here is some general advice:
Talk to everyone, especially: Hades, Persephone, Zeus, and Demeter.
Let the nectar flow like wine.
You don't have to forge a bond with every god, just most of them. You'll trigger the ending while working towards that goal.

If you just want a spoiler here is a guide:
https://hades.gamepedia.com/Epilogue_Guide

As for Hermes and Poseidon I am a bit confused. Are you sure you did the steps correctly?
Give them nectar till you can't anymore (on the codex you should see a locked heart). Then talk to them fulfilling the "favor" requirement. (Hermes, 3 star plume. Poseidon, caught a fish that run and ~20+ across all runs.). After that you will now need to start giving them ambrosia to finish out the hearts (I think 2 bottles each?).

They don't give your anything for forging a bond. You'll know it's done because you have filled the hearts (and you can check the keepsakes that they gave you, they will now have a cute cartoon version of the person in the corner and a little note from them).

[Tiank]

Originally posted by HaltarDhrim:

For example, I know that to get Hermes', I have to max his keepsake and meet him with it. I did it, and he talked about something else! I tried a dozen times, and yet nothing happens!

The trigger line is RNG-based, so you might get other lines before you get the right one. It is not guaranteed you'll get the line when you have the keepsake equipped, but you do need to have it equipped to get it.

I got a hundred fishes, and talked to Poseidon, and still got nothing from him!
What am I doing wrong?

To add to the post above - you need to catch a fish and after that talk to Poseidon during that run. And again, the triggering line for unlocking the hearts might or might not be shown, so you need to keep trying following those steps for it to appear.

[HaltarDhrim]

Ok thanks, so I just have bad luck..
I already reached the locked heart for all of the Olympians, so I just have to keep trying until I get the right sentence.
This kinda sucks IMHO, I'll probably get bored before reaching the end... oh well.
Thank you for your answers anyway!

[RPG Gamer Man]

Yea, same thing happened to me..it is just random luck i think..i finally got the posiedon one, but hermes i have yet to get, even with the keepsake tier 3....

[Nibbie]

Originally posted by HaltarDhrim:

Ok thanks, so I just have bad luck..
I already reached the locked heart for all of the Olympians, so I just have to keep trying until I get the right sentence.
This kinda sucks IMHO, I'll probably get bored before reaching the end... oh well.
Thank you for your answers anyway!

To be fair it isn't a secret or even true ending, it is an epilogue. I don't think it is meant to be something you specifically go for to finish the story, but is meant more as a bonus for people who keep playing the roguelike.