Hyper Light Breaker Resource Guide: A Comprehensive Overview
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 conveniently 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, and upgrading gear at Hub vendors.
2. Gold Ration:
- Acquisition: Completing Cycles (typically by depleting all four Rezes and resetting the Overgrowth via an NPC at the Hub Telepad after providing requested materials).
- Usage: Unlocking permanent upgrades at Pherus Bit (Hub), and accessing new vendor services in the Hub.
3. Abyss Stone:
- Acquisition: Defeating Crowns (challenging bosses located behind gates in the Overgrowth; requires prior Prism collection).
- 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 in the Overgrowth to access Stashes and other containers, and entering Labs.
5. MediGem:
- Acquisition: Interacting with glowing flowers in the Overgrowth.
- Usage: Exchanged for Medkits at the Hub Telepad and Overgrowth Shrines (requires unlocking Medkit Capacity at Pherus Bit using one 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, and selling gear to Hub vendors.
- Usage: Purchasing gear from Hub and Overgrowth vendors.
This guide provides a complete resource breakdown for Hyper Light Breaker, empowering players to effectively manage resources and progress through the game.