Hyper Light Breaker: A Comprehensive Guide to Resource Acquisition and Usage
Hyper Light Breaker features seven crucial resources vital for gear acquisition, permanent upgrades, enhanced survivability, and character roster expansion. This guide clarifies how to obtain and utilize each resource. All resources are conveniently stored within the inventory's items tab.
1. Bright Blood:
This common resource is earned by defeating enemies, destroying objects, and opening crates in the Overgrowth. Selling gear to Hub vendors also yields Bright Blood. Its uses include:
- Acquiring Blades and Rails from Overgrowth corpses.
- Opening Overgrowth Stashes and crates.
- Purchasing gear from Overgrowth and Hub vendors.
- Upgrading gear at Hub vendors.
2. Gold Ration:
Obtained by completing Cycles (typically by depleting all four Rezes). After death, find the NPC at the Hub's Telepad and provide requested materials to reset the Overgrowth and progress towards earning Gold Rations.
Gold Rations are key to meta-progression:
- Unlock permanent upgrades via Pherus Bit in the Hub.
- Access new vendor services in the Hub.
3. Abyss Stone:
Earned by defeating Crowns (challenging bosses found via Overgrowth gates). Requires collecting Prisms beforehand (locations marked by yellow diamonds on the map).
Abyss Stones facilitate meta-progression:
- Upgrade Sycom stats.
- Unlock new characters (during loadout confirmation before entering the Overgrowth).
4. Key:
Occasionally found in unmarked small containers within the Overgrowth.
Keys are used to:
- Bypass barriers to access Stashes and containers.
- Enter Labs (subterranean areas with enemies and items).
5. MediGem:
Acquired by interacting with glowing flowers in the Overgrowth. Crucial for obtaining Medkits:
- Exchanged for Medkits at the Hub's Telepad and Overgrowth Shrines.
- Requires a Medkit capacity upgrade (using one Gold Ration at Pherus Bit).
6. Core:
Found in Stashes (marked with chest icons) or by combining four Core Shards. Shards are obtained from:
- Enemies that award Prisms.
- Unmarked lootable objects (e.g., bone piles).
Cores are used to:
- Upgrade Sycom stats (during loadout confirmation).
7. Material:
Primarily earned by using Bright Blood to open small chests (often marked with gems). Also obtained by selling gear at the Hub.
Materials are used to:
- Purchase gear from Hub and Overgrowth vendors.
This comprehensive guide provides a complete overview of resource management in Hyper Light Breaker, enabling players to effectively navigate the game's progression systems.
