Hyper Light Breaker: Farming Golden Rations – A Guide
Hyper Light Breaker features various resources, with Golden Rations being the rarest and crucial for essential upgrades. This guide clarifies their acquisition.
Golden Rations are primarily obtained through exploration and cycle resets (as of the early access version).
Exploration: Explore the map, searching for chest icons. These chests often contain resources, including a chance at Golden Rations. A Golden Ration icon above a chest indicates its contents. Areas containing Prisms (golden diamond icons) frequently have nearby Golden Ration chests.
Cycle Resets: Each Overgrowth instance constitutes a cycle, resetting when your revives (Rez count) deplete. Upon running out of revives, choose to either retry the map (losing some resources) or reset the cycle entirely at the Cursed Outpost. Successful cycle resets yield a score; achieving a high enough rank awards Golden Rations.
Golden Rations are vital for progression in Hyper Light Breaker. Their primary use is unlocking permanent upgrades at your home base: character enhancements and new vendor services.
They also unlock Sycoms, which define your Breaker's stats and passive abilities, significantly impacting playstyle.
Prioritization: Upon acquiring your first Golden Ration, prioritize purchasing the extra medkit upgrade from Pherus Bit. This significantly aids survivability, mitigating the game's harsh penalty for combat errors.
Note: Resources are retained upon death, but equipped weapons, amps, and perks sustain damage, potentially leading to permanent loss.