Overview
This is a guide detailing where to find the different outfits available in Hyper Light Drifter!
Different Outfits
In Hyper Light Drifter, there are many different outfits(cape, sword and sprite) that you can find! Some are hidden behind locked doors, others require certain challenges to be completed. Each cape provides a different effect that changes some attribute of your character. There are currently 10 outfits that can be found that will affect The Drifter.
Red – Starter Cape/No effect
Purple – Energy used for special moves(charged attacks/dashing)
Pink – Energy recharge rate
Orange – Bomb recharge rate
White – Item interaction speed
Blue – Attack delay
Yellow – Movement speed
Green – Dash delay
Purple/Black – Cosmetic: beheading effect on all kills
Fuschia – Ammo recharge rate
Ochre – Health
Pink Outfit
This cape is found after meeting with your Drifter friend in the southern region. After finding him for the fourth time, he appears very sick and cannot move. He gives you the coordinates of four square fragments, tells you his tale, and dies. After he dies, you can acquire his cape off of his body.
This outfit affects your energy recharge rate. It triggers faster and recharges at a much faster rate than normal.
Orange Outfit
This outfit is located in the Eastern region, locked behind a 1 key door.
Start at the East teleport, head east
Take this elevator down
Fight through this room, move right after beating all the monsters
Take this elevator
Fight through this room. Move to the right platform after beating all the monsters
1 key door! Move south throughout the next area
Keep heading south and east until you make it to the module
Dash to the small block next to the module, then dash to the one below it
There are hidden platforms here, take them across to get the Orange outfit
This is where you will find the Orange Outfit!
The Orange Outfit affects your bomb recharge rate. This outfit decreases the time it take for your bombs to recharge, from 110 seconds to 50 seconds.
Blue Outfit
This outfit is found in the Northern region, locked behind a 10 key door.
Start at Town and head North
10 Key door!
This is where you find the Blue Outfit!
The blue outfit affects your attack. This outfit decreases the time it takes to swing your sword consecutively.
Yellow Outfit
This outfit is located in the Western region, locked behind a 12 key door. You will need a long range gun to hit the interruptors in this area.
Start at the Western teleporter, head west
Head southwest from here
Kill the mobs to unlock the south gate
Using your laser rifle, shoot the interruptor across the way. If you cannot completely hit it, hitting the wall causes an explosion that activates the interruptor with splash damage
Dash across and head up, then move west until you make it to the end of the platform
There is a second interruptor. Shoot it to activate the platforms and dash across
There are hidden platforms here. Break the crystals and dash across
12 key door!
This is where you find the Yellow Outfit!
The yellow outfit affects your movement speed. The outfit gives you increased walking speed.
Fuchsia Outfit
This outfit is found in the Southern Region, behind a 16 key door.
Start from the teleport, and head southwest
Take this elevator
Take the right path, and continue through the dungeon for a bit
There is a sliver of a platform to your left, dash across to it
Here is the 16 key door!
This is where you get the Fuschia outfit!
This outfit affects your ammo recharge speed. Attacks you make give you more ammo back.
Purple Outfit
This outfit is found through completing the dash challenge within the dash upgrade shop. It is acquired after making 800 consecutive dashes after purchasing the chain dash upgrade.
After achieving 800 dashes, you will find the outfit here.
The outfit itself affects your energy consumption, which is used for chain dashing and charged attacks. Your energy consumption is halved.
Ochre Outfit
This outfit is acquired in the North, after finding all sixteen stone monoliths. These monoliths are scattered throughout the world, and tell a very interesting history to those who can decipher the language.
To get to the monolith library, follow this path:
Start at the North Teleport, move up and take the western path(do not cross to the bridge or take the teleporter, just move south)
Dash across here
Move South through the woods, follow the steps down
Make your way through the area until your reach the elevator, take it
Keep going until you make it to this elevator, take it
Welcome to the monolith library!
When you have acquired all sixteen monoliths, the Ochre Outfit will be unsealed on this slab! The teleporter to the right will take you back to town.
This outfit affects your health. When you have any piece of this outfit equipped, you will have +1 health on your health bar.
Purple/Black Outfit
This outfit is found in the main town, but in a locked area. To get this outfit, you will need to acquire twelve keys. After that, you’ll be able to open the door and find the Arena.
The Arena is found in the Southeast part of town, and is locked behind a 12 key door.
Unlocking the door reveals an elevator. Take it!
Welcome to the Arena. Here you fight a gauntlet of different enemies from each area. If you make it 10 rounds, you beat that part of the arena!
After beating the first four parts, you are brough to the fifth and final arena. This one is a little harder, so be prepared!
Beating all five arenas unlocks the purple/black outfit. Come up here after you’re done to claim the outfit!
This outfit has no attribute effect. Instead, every kill you get beheads the monster you’re fighting.
White Outfit
This outfit is located in the Eastern region, and is locked behind an 8 key door.
Start at the East teleport, head south for just a bit
Enter this door
Take this elevator
Make it to this room, kill the mobs to drop the walls
Dash acorss here, head north
This button here summons a moving platform to take you across the way. Use it and head left
Make it through here, keep heading left
You can see a little gray area to your left, dash across to it from there
8 key door!
This is where you will find the White Outfit!
The White Outfit affects your item interaction speed. This outfit decreases the time it takes to interact with items like health kits and doors.
Green Outfit
This item is found in the Western region, and is found behind the 8-module door. To acquire this outfit you must have the chain dash upgrade. I also recommend bringing health packs and the Ochre outfit, as this puzzle can be a bit unforgiving.
Start at the Western teleport, then move south
There is an 8-module door blocking the way. Collect all modules in the area to unlock it
Past the door, you end up here, move east
The crystal dash challenge is in here
Here is your challenge: You must chain dash throughout this room and make it to the end. The path to the upper left is unlocked once you make it to the end.
This end room is filled with Crystal Spiders and Goblins. Kill them all to unlock the door blocking the way.
This is where you find the Outfit!
This outfit affects your dash. It lowers the time between consecutive chain dashes.
