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 in 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 via Pherus Bit in the Hub, and accessing new vendor services in the Hub.

3. Abyss Stone:

- Acquisition: Defeating Crowns (challenging bosses found through Overgrowth gates; requires prior Prism collection, 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 in the Overgrowth to access Stashes and other containers; accessing 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 one Gold Ration).
6. Core:

- Acquisition: Found in Stashes (marked with chest icons), or by combining four Core Shards (obtained from enemies that drop Prisms and unmarked lootable objects).
- Usage: Upgrading Sycom stats during loadout confirmation, enhancing Breaker stats.

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.
Mastering these resources is key to conquering Hyper Light Breaker. Good luck, Breaker!