Hyper Light Breaker: A Comprehensive Guide to Resources
Hyper Light Breaker features seven crucial resources vital for gear acquisition, permanent upgrades, enhanced survivability, and character roster expansion. This guide clarifies their acquisition and usage. Resources are tracked within the inventory's items tab.
1. Bright Blood:
- Acquisition: Defeating enemies, destroying objects, opening crates in the Overgrowth, and selling gear to Hub vendors.
- Usage: Looting Blades and Rails, opening Stashes and crates, purchasing gear from Overgrowth and Hub vendors, upgrading gear at Hub vendors.
2. Gold Ration:
- Acquisition: Completing Cycles (typically by using all four Rezes and resetting the Overgrowth via an NPC at the Hub Telepad after providing required materials).
- Usage: Unlocking permanent upgrades via Pherus Bit in the Hub, accessing new vendor services in the Hub.
3. Abyss Stone:
- Acquisition: Defeating Crowns (challenging bosses accessed via gates in the Overgrowth; requires collecting Prisms beforehand, indicated by yellow diamonds on the map).
- Usage: Upgrading Sycom stats and unlocking new characters during loadout confirmation before entering the Overgrowth.
4. Key:
- Acquisition: Occasionally found in unmarked small containers within the Overgrowth.
- Usage: Bypassing barriers to access Stashes and other containers, entering Labs (subterranean areas with enemies and loot).
5. MediGem:
- Acquisition: Interacting with glowing flowers in the Overgrowth.
- Usage: Exchanging for Medkits at the Hub Telepad and Overgrowth Shrines (requires unlocking Medkit capacity via Pherus Bit using a Gold Ration).
6. Core:
- Acquisition: Found in Stashes (marked with chest icons), or by combining four Core Shards (obtained from enemies that yield Prisms and unmarked lootable objects).
- Usage: Upgrading Sycom stats during loadout confirmation before entering the Overgrowth.
7. Material:
- Acquisition: Opening small chests (often marked with gems) using Bright Blood, selling gear to Hub vendors.
- Usage: Purchasing gear from Hub and Overgrowth vendors.
This guide provides a complete overview of resource management in Hyper Light Breaker, enabling players to effectively utilize these resources for optimal gameplay.
