Hyper Light Breaker boasts a diverse arsenal, and a solid weapon is crucial for any successful build. While starting with basic equipment, discovering more suitable weapons tailored to your playstyle is key to progression. This game blends roguelike and extraction elements, resulting in a unique approach to acquiring new weapons. Here's how it works:
Acquiring New Weapons in Hyper Light Breaker
Explore Overgrowths to unearth new gear. While exploration naturally yields new items, focusing on sword or pistol icons on the map will directly lead you to Blades (melee weapons) and Rails (ranged weapons) respectively.
Blades offer diverse movesets and abilities, while Rails feature unique functionalities. Both weapon types come in varying rarities, with gold being the most powerful. As expected in loot-driven games, rarer items possess superior stats.
To save any weapon found in an Overgrowth for later use, press the Cache button instead of Equip. You can then equip them before starting your next run by adjusting your loadout at the Outpost.
Obtaining New Starting Weapons
Beyond discovering weapons during runs, you can purchase new starting equipment from merchants at the Cursed Outpost. Initially, only the Blades merchant is accessible. To unlock the Rails merchant, repair their shop using gathered materials.
Merchants have limited stock, but their inventories refresh periodically. If you don't find what you're looking for immediately, check back later.
Weapon Upgrades
Upgrade your gear at the Outpost merchants. However, you must first unlock the upgrade function by increasing your affinity with the merchants. This requires Golden Rations, a rare resource obtained through exploration or cycle resets. Use these rations wisely, as they are difficult to acquire.
Death results in a loss of one durability pip from equipped weapons (indicated by the bar below their icons). Excessive deaths will eventually break your weapons.
