Hyper Light Breaker: All Resources (How To Get Them & What They Do)

Author : Grace Mar 04,2025

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. All resources are viewable 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 after using all four Rezes). Reset the Overgrowth by providing materials to the NPC at the Hub Telepad.
  • Usage: Unlocking permanent upgrades via Pherus Bit in the Hub, and accessing new vendor services in the Hub.

3. Abyss Stone:

  • Acquisition: Defeating Crowns (difficult bosses found through Overgrowth gates; requires collecting Prisms beforehand, marked 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 in the Overgrowth.
  • Usage: Bypassing barriers in the Overgrowth to access Stashes and other containers, and entering Labs (subterranean areas with enemies and items).

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 at Pherus Bit using one Gold Ration).

6. Core:

  • Acquisition: Found in Stashes (marked with chest icons on the map) or by combining four Core Shards (obtained from enemies that award Prisms and unmarked lootable objects).
  • Usage: Upgrading Sycom stats during loadout confirmation before entering the Overgrowth to improve Breaker stats.

7. Material:

  • Acquisition: Opening small chests in the Overgrowth (often marked with gems on the map) and selling gear to Hub vendors.
  • Usage: Purchasing gear from Hub and Overgrowth vendors.

Mastering these resources is key to fully experiencing Hyper Light Breaker.