New Ways to Equip: Hyper Light Breaker Weapon Acquisition Guide

Hyper Light Breaker boasts a diverse arsenal, and a well-rounded build necessitates strong weaponry. While starting with basic equipment, exploration unlocks superior gear tailored to your preferred playstyle. This game blends roguelike and extraction elements, impacting weapon acquisition.

Acquiring New Weapons

New weapons are primarily discovered within Overgrowths. While exploring, you'll find various items, but focusing on sword (Blades) or pistol (Rails) icons on the map directly leads to these weapon types.

Blades are melee weapons with unique movesets and abilities, while Rails are ranged weapons, each possessing distinct functionalities. Both come in varying rarities, with gold being the most powerful. Rarity directly correlates with weapon stats, as is common in loot-based games.

To save weapons for later runs, press the Cache button instead of Equip. This stores them in your personal stash, accessible for loadout customization before subsequent runs.

Obtaining New Starting Weapons

Beyond acquiring weapons during runs, you can purchase starting gear from merchants at the Cursed Outpost. Initially, only the Blades merchant is available; the Rails merchant requires sufficient materials to repair their shop.

Merchants have limited stock, but their inventories refresh over time. If you don't see something desirable initially, check back later.

Weapon Upgrades

Weapon upgrades are available at the Outpost merchants, but require unlocking the upgrade function by increasing your merchant affinity. This involves collecting Golden Rations, obtained through exploration or cycle resets. Golden Rations are scarce, so use them judiciously.

Death reduces equipped weapon durability (represented by a bar under the icon) by one pip. Repeated deaths will eventually break weapons.