Hyper Light Breaker: Farming Golden Rations – A Comprehensive Guide
Hyper Light Breaker features several resources, with Golden Rations being the rarest and crucial for vital upgrades. This guide clarifies their acquisition.
Where to Find Golden Rations
Golden Rations are primarily obtained through two methods in the early access version:
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Chest Exploration: While exploring, locate chest icons on the map. These often contain resources, and some chests contain Golden Rations (indicated by a Golden Ration icon above the chest). Areas with Prisms (golden diamond icons) frequently have nearby Golden Ration chests.
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Cycle Resets: Each Overgrowth instance constitutes a cycle, resetting when your revives (Rez count) deplete. Upon running out of revives, you can retry the map (losing resources) or fully reset the cycle at the Cursed Outpost. Successful cycle resets with sufficient scores grant Golden Rations as rewards.
What are Golden Rations Used For?
Golden Rations are essential for progression in Hyper Light Breaker:
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Home Base Upgrades: Spend Golden Rations to unlock 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 passive abilities, significantly impacting playstyle.
Prioritize Upgrades
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.
Resource Retention
Resources, including Golden Rations, are retained upon death. However, equipped weapons, amps, and perks sustain damage (one pip), potentially resulting in permanent loss.
