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Hyper Light Breakerintroduces a lot of mechanicsthat fans of the previous game,Hyper Light Drifter, may be unfamiliar with. The game mostly features roguelike mechanics like randomized world generation and randomized items and enemies, but it also features a mechanic borrowed from the Extraction genre that’s vital for long-term survival.
With the appropriately named Extraction mechanic,Hyper Light Breakerlets players escape a run without progressing a Cycle. Follow this guide to understand what Extraction does for you inHyper Light Breakerand learn how to engage with this important system – itjust might save your run.
What Is Extraction In Hyper Light Breaker?
InHyper Light Breaker,Extraction is a way to escape the Overgrowth safely and return to the Cursed Outpostwithout losing anything. When you die, your gear will degrade and the current Cycle will progress as you lose one Rez. But if you successfully Extract, you will return to the Hub, nothing will degrade, andyou will not lose any Rez.
Extraction is an essential mechanic you must interact with if you hope to finish a Cycle. Because you keep all resources and equipped items, Extracting gives you a chance to upgrade your currently-equipped gear, spend Cores on stat upgrades, purchase new equipment with your saved Bright Blood, and more.
When youinitiate an Extraction,Hyper Light Breakerplayers will see a wall suddenly form around the Extraction Zone. Then,waves of progressively stronger enemies will spawn as the green bar progresses: one wave of enemies for every notch as the Extraction event progresses.
When the bar is fulla miniboss will spawn. Defeat this boss and the remaining enemies tosuccessfully Extract back to the Cursed Outpostto rest up. The next time you go into the Overgrowth, theDanger meter will be reset back to 0even though the Cycle will not have progressed.
How To Extract In Hyper Light Breaker
To start an Extraction,Hyper Light Breakerplayers should open up the map of the Overgrowth and look for anicon with a red arrow pointed upward from a white line. This is theExtraction pointin your current version of the Overgrowth.
After collecting some items and resources, or when your HP gets too low to continue, start heading towards the Extraction point. It’s a good idea tostart making your way here once the Danger bar reaches about halfway.
The Extraction zone looks like a landing pad for a ship with a glowing node in the center. Stand on this glowing point and hold down the Interact button to initiate the Extraction countdown. If you want to cancel the Extraction event, press up on the D-Pad before the short timer ends.
You will be immediately healed for 50 HP upon initiating an Extraction, and the event progression bar will appear along with a horde of low-level enemies. From here, it’s up to you to defeat all the enemy waves and the miniboss that spawns as the green bar progresses.
If you are Successful, your Breaker will lift up into the air andarrive back in the Hub safe and soundwith full HP and everything that was collected in the last Run.
