Snakestones are quasi-living crystal entities which lurk in the Temple of Styx.
Snakestones fire multiple charged energy beams across a long distance. These beams begin aimed in multiple directions but will converge on a single point (aimed at Zagreus) as the Snakestone continues its attack, making the beams potentially difficult to dodge.
The beams do continuous, low-level damage, and are blocked by terrain. Should Zagreus come into contact with multiple beams at the same time, he will take damage from both beams simultaneously.
They share a resemblance to the Brimstone, although their attacks are much more dangerous.
There is a miniboss variant of the Snakestone (the Dire Snakestone) which has heavily increased armor, and is bright purple instead of its usual neon green color. When it attacks, it fires more lasers than a normal Snakestone. These fire out radially and all rotate clockwise or counter-clockwise simultaneously in an effort to damage Zagreus with one.
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- Despite the fact that the Snakestones were still alive when Zagreus kills them, they are never seen anywhere else in the Underworld. It's possible that since most souls seem to start out in the afterlife as disembodied Shades, they simply might not be immediately recognizable to Zagreus or the player.
- It's also possible that since they died recently, they haven’t had time to be properly judged by Hades yet as Hades mentions various times throughout the game that he and the rest of his staff have been overworked lately.
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