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In Hyper Light Breaker, mastering the use of its seven key resources is crucial for players aiming to enhance their gear, unlock permanent upgrades, boost survivability, and expand their character roster. Understanding how to acquire and utilize these resources can be challenging, but this guide is designed to clarify their roles and uses, ensuring players can leverage them effectively.
You can easily keep track of your resources by checking the items tab in the inventory menu.
How to Get & Use Bright Blood in Hyper Light Breaker
Bright Blood is the most abundant resource in Hyper Light Breaker. You can acquire it by defeating enemies, breaking destructible objects, and opening crates in the Overgrowth. Additionally, selling gear to vendors in the Hub will also net you some Bright Blood.
Here's how you can use Bright Blood:
- Loot Blades and Rails from bodies in the Overgrowth.
- Open Stashes and other crates in the Overgrowth.
- Purchase new gear from vendors in the Overgrowth and Hub.
- Upgrade gear at vendors in the Hub.
How to Get & Use Gold Ration in Hyper Light Breaker
Gold Rations are earned by completing Cycles. In the game's early stages, you'll likely complete Cycles by exhausting all four of your Rezes. After using up your Rezes, head to the Telepad in the Hub where you'll find an NPC. Hand over the requested materials to reset the Overgrowth and progress towards earning Gold Rations.
Gold Rations are vital for the game's meta-progression system. They allow you to unlock permanent upgrades via Pherus Bit in the Hub. Moreover, you can use Gold Rations to unlock new services from the Hub's vendors.
How to Get & Use Abyss Stone in Hyper Light Breaker
Abyss Stones are obtained by defeating Crowns, challenging bosses found through gates in the Overgrowth. To battle Crowns, you must first collect Prism, which are marked with yellow diamonds on the in-game map.
Like Gold Rations, Abyss Stones contribute to meta-progression. Use them to upgrade your Sycoms' stats and unlock new characters during loadout confirmation before entering the Overgrowth, giving you an edge in future runs.
How to Get & Use Key in Hyper Light Breaker
Keys can be found by opening small containers in the Overgrowth, though these caches are not typically marked on the map, making them a bit tricky to find.
Keys are essential for bypassing barriers in the Overgrowth, granting access to Stashes and other lootable containers. They also allow entry into Labs, underground areas filled with enemies and valuable items.
How to Get & Use MediGem in Hyper Light Breaker
MediGems are crucial and can be collected from small glowing flowers in the Overgrowth. They are exchanged for Medkits when deploying from the Hub's Telepad or visiting Shrines in the Overgrowth.
Before using MediGems, you must expand your Medkit capacity to one. Visit Pherus Bit in the Hub and spend one Gold Ration to unlock the Medkit Capacity node.
How to Get & Use Core in Hyper Light Breaker
Cores are another meta-progression resource found in the Overgrowth's Stashes, marked with chest icons on the map. You can also obtain Cores by combining four Core Shards, which are dropped by enemies that award Prisms (marked with yellow diamonds) and from unmarked lootable objects like bone piles.
Use Cores to upgrade your Sycom during loadout confirmation before entering the Overgrowth, enhancing your Breakers' stats.
How to Get & Use Material in Hyper Light Breaker
Materials are mainly obtained by using Bright Blood to open small chests in the Overgrowth, often marked with gems on the map. You can also gain additional Materials by selling gear to vendors in the Hub.
Use Materials to purchase gear from vendors in both the Hub and the Overgrowth. While similar to Bright Blood, Materials have more specific applications.
