Hyper Light Breaker: Farming Golden Rations – A 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: Explore the game world, searching for chest icons on your map. These chests often contain resources, and some may hold Golden Rations (indicated by a Golden Ration icon above the chest). 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 reaching zero revives, you can choose to retry the map (losing some resources) or fully reset the cycle at the Cursed Outpost. Successful cycle resets, yielding a high enough score to rank up, 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 improves survivability, mitigating the game's harsh penalty for combat errors.

Resource Retention: Resources, including Golden Rations, are retained upon death. However, equipped weapons, amps, and perks sustain damage (one pip), potentially leading to permanent loss.