Hyper Light Breaker boasts a diverse arsenal of weapons, essential for crafting the perfect build. While everyone starts with basic loadouts, the game offers ample opportunities to discover equipment that aligns with your preferred playstyle. This title blends elements of roguelikes and extraction games, introducing unique mechanics that affect how you acquire new weapons. Here's a comprehensive guide on securing new weapons in Hyper Light Breaker.
Where to Get New Weapons in Hyper Light Breaker
The primary method to acquire new gear is by exploring Overgrowths. During your runs, you'll naturally encounter new items, but for specific weapons, navigate to the sword or pistol icons on your map, indicating Blades and Rails, respectively.
Blades, being melee weapons, offer various movesets and special abilities. Rails, on the other hand, are ranged weapons with distinct functions, setting each apart. Both types can be found in different rarities, with gold being the rarest and most coveted. In keeping with the tradition of loot-based games, the rarer the weapon, the better its stats.
When you find a weapon in the Overgrowth, you have the option to send it to your personal stash by selecting the Cache button rather than Equip. You can then equip these weapons for your next run by modifying your loadout before setting out.
How to Get New Starting Weapons
In addition to discovering new weapons during runs, you can purchase new starting gear from merchants at the Cursed Outpost. Initially, you'll only have access to the Blades merchant. To unlock the Rails merchant, you must gather sufficient materials to repair their shop.
Merchants offer a limited stock of items, which refreshes over time. If you don't find what you're looking for initially, revisit the merchants later to see what new items they have in stock.
How to Upgrade Weapons
To enhance your weapons, you can upgrade them at the merchants in the Outpost. However, you must first unlock the Upgrade feature by increasing your affinity with the merchants. This is achieved by collecting Golden Rations, a scarce resource found through world exploration or cycle resets. Use Golden Rations judiciously, as they are hard to come by.
Be mindful that if you die, the gear you have equipped will lose durability, represented by a pip on the bar under their icons. Continued deaths will eventually cause your gear to break.
