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 in the early access version: exploration and cycle resets.
Exploration: Explore the map diligently, searching for chest icons. These chests often contain resources, and some hold Golden Rations (indicated by a Golden Ration icon above the chest). Areas containing Prisms (marked by a golden diamond icon) frequently have nearby Golden Ration chests.
Cycle Resets: Each Overgrowth instance constitutes a cycle, resetting when your revives (Rez count) deplete. After a cycle reset at the Cursed Outpost, you're scored. Sufficiently high scores leading to rank increases reward you with Golden Rations.
What are Golden Rations Used For?
Golden Rations are vital for progression in Hyper Light Breaker.
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Home Base Upgrades: Invest Golden Rations in permanent character upgrades and new vendor services at your home base.
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Sycom Unlocking: Unlock Sycoms, which define your Breaker's stats and core 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, mitigating the game's harsh penalty for combat errors.
Important Note: Resources collected during a run are retained even upon death. However, your weapons, amps, and perks sustain damage (one pip), potentially leading to permanent loss.
