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 conveniently tracked under the "Items" tab in the inventory menu.
1. Bright Blood:
This common resource is obtained by defeating enemies, destroying objects, and opening crates in the Overgrowth. Selling gear to vendors also yields Bright Blood. Its uses include:
- Looting Blades and Rails.
- Opening Stashes and crates.
- Purchasing gear from Overgrowth and Hub vendors.
- Upgrading gear at Hub vendors.
2. Gold Ration:
Earned by completing Cycles (typically after using all four Rezes). Give requested materials to the NPC at the Hub Telepad to reset the Overgrowth and progress towards obtaining Gold Rations.
Gold Rations are key for meta-progression:
- Unlock permanent upgrades via Pherus Bit in the Hub.
- Access new vendor services in the Hub.
3. Abyss Stone:
Acquired by defeating Crowns (challenging bosses found through Overgrowth gates; requires collecting Prisms beforehand – locations marked with yellow diamonds on the map).
Another meta-progression resource used to:
- 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 loot).
5. MediGem:
Obtained by interacting with glowing flowers in the Overgrowth. Essential for:
- Exchanging for Medkits at the Hub Telepad and Shrines.
- Requires a Medkit capacity upgrade (using one Gold Ration at Pherus Bit).
6. Core:
A meta-progression resource found in Stashes (marked with chest icons) or by combining four Core Shards (obtained from Prism-rewarding enemies and unmarked objects).
Used to:
- Upgrade Sycom stats during loadout confirmation, enhancing Breaker stats.
7. Material:
Primarily earned by using Bright Blood to open gem-marked chests in the Overgrowth; also obtained by selling gear in the Hub. Used to:
- Purchase gear from Hub and Overgrowth vendors (similar to Bright Blood, but with more limited uses).
