Hyper Light Breaker: How to Get Golden Rations

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• Where to Get Golden Rations

• What are Golden Rations For?

Hyper Light Breaker features various resources, with Golden Rations being the rarest and crucial for essential upgrades. The game doesn't explicitly explain these resources, so let's clarify their acquisition.

Where to Get Golden Rations

Golden Rations are primarily obtained through exploration and cycle resets. During your runs, keep an eye out for chest icons on the map. These often contain resources for upgrades, and some chests may contain Golden Rations (indicated by the Golden Ration icon above them). Areas containing Prisms (marked by golden diamond icons) frequently have nearby Golden Ration chests.

Alternatively, cycle resets offer another route. A cycle represents an Overgrowth instance, resetting when your revives (Rez count) reach zero. After depleting your revives, you can retry the map (losing some resources) or fully reset the cycle at the Cursed Outpost. Successful cycle resets reward Golden Rations based on your performance score. Higher scores yield more rations.

What are Golden Rations For?

Golden Rations are vital for progression in Hyper Light Breaker, primarily used to unlock permanent upgrades at your home base. These upgrades enhance your characters or unlock new vendor services.

Furthermore, Golden Rations unlock Sycoms—items defining your Breaker's stats and passive abilities, fundamentally shaping your playstyle.

Upon acquiring your first Golden Ration, prioritizing the extra medkit upgrade from Pherus Bit is highly recommended. This significantly aids survivability, mitigating the game's punishing combat mechanics.

Remember, resources found during runs persist even upon death. However, your equipped weapons, amps, and perks suffer damage (one pip), potentially leading to permanent loss.