One of the easiest resources you can get early on in Hades 2 is Silver. While it can appear after your first few runs and spawns quite often, you’ll need to have the right tool with you if you want to extract it. It’s not like Ash, Psyche, Boons, or other resources like flowers and mushrooms where you can just walk up and pick them up. You’ll need the Crescent Pick for it. So here’s how to not only unlock this pick, but also how to farm Silver nodes and the things you can use it for.
How to Get Silver in Hades 2
You need to mine Silver Nodes which randomly spawn in areas as you progress with your Crescent Pick. Collect Ash during your runs, select the room with Ash as your reward for an encounter and you will usually get +5 Ash from it. You can also buy it with Bones and other methods.
To make sure you don't miss it, you can even craft the Reagant Sensing enchantment at the cauldron in the Crossroads. You also have a chance to get Silver as a gift from Narcissus. You can find him in one of the rooms in Oceanus.
Silver is a resource that you can use mainly to unlock your weapons. But it is also needed in some Incantations and later to unlock aspects of these weapons. In the beginning of the game you need it to unlock: