Hyper Light Breaker: Farming Golden Rations – A Comprehensive Guide
Hyper Light Breaker features several resources, with Golden Rations being the rarest and crucial for essential upgrades. This guide clarifies their acquisition.
Where to Find Golden Rations
Golden Rations are primarily obtained through two methods: exploration and cycle resets.
Exploration: While traversing the game world, keep an eye out for chest icons on the map. These often contain resources, including a chance at Golden Rations. A Golden Ration icon above a chest indicates its presence. Areas marked with Prism icons (golden diamond) 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, you can choose to retry the map (losing some resources) or completely reset the cycle at the Cursed Outpost. Successful cycle resets, yielding sufficient score for rank advancement, reward you with Golden Rations.
Golden Ration Uses
Golden Rations are vital for progression in Hyper Light Breaker. Their primary uses include:
- Home Base Upgrades: Invest Golden Rations in permanent character upgrades or new vendor services at your home base.
- Sycom Unlocks: Unlock Sycoms, which define your Breaker's stats and passive abilities, significantly impacting their playstyle.
Prioritization: Upon acquiring your first Golden Ration, prioritize purchasing the extra medkit upgrade from Pherus Bit. This significantly aids survivability, especially given the game's punishing combat mechanics.
Important Note: While you retain collected resources upon death, your equipped weapons, amps, and perks suffer damage (one pip), potentially leading to permanent loss.
