The First Descendant News

Greetings, Descendants.
We are here to give you the details about patches for The First Descendant Hotfix 1.1.3b, applied maintenance-free on Friday, 9/27.

■ Patch Schedule
- 09.27.2024 (Fri) 00:00 PDT

■ Platforms
- Steam, Xbox Series X│S, Xbox One, PS4, PS5

■ Patch Details
- Fixed an issue where party members cannot join mid-session if some party members move first during certain Invasion Dungeons.
- Fixed an issue where you cannot progress right after you revive during the play in certain Invasion Dungeons.
- Fixed an issue in certain Invasion Dungeons where the damage of ‘Room 0 Trauma’, which given by ‘Toxic Swamp’ using Freyna’s ‘Putrid Venom’ skill, is not applied.
- Fixed an issue where the detailed description of Hailey's 'Zenith' skill is not displayed.
- Fixed an issue where the camera direction for Valby’s ‘Clean Up’ is not applied properly.
- Fixed an issue where the player detection range of Field Monsters was applied abnormally.
- Fixed an issue where the name and description of Sub Quest ‘Obtain Freyna’s Equipment Materials 5’ is not properly displayed.
- Fixed an issue where some 'Russian' texts were not displayed.

Thank you

Greetings, Descendants.

Here are the results of the crackdown on abusive users carried out between 9/20(Fri) – 9/26(Thu).

We're inspecting abusive gaming behavior to ensure that all Descendants can enjoy the game in a pleasant environment.
If you notice any abnormal or abusive behavior while playing the game, please report it through the in-game reporting feature.

Please see below for the detailed outcome of the crackdown.

■ Crackdown status
- Crackdown period: 2024.09.20(Fri) – 2024.09.26(Thu) PDT


■ Creation, distribution, or use of unauthorized programs - Permanent game ban (71 users)
- Actions have been taken for creating, distributing, or using unauthorized programs.


■ Exploitation of all processes related to the Open Store – Permanent game ban (77 users)
- Actions were taken because of unfair gains by exploitation on store payment process.


■ Notes
- The outcome of the crackdown on abusive users includes enforcement actions taken based on Descendant’s reports and monitoring.
- If you would like to vindicate yourself in relation to a claim on the exploitation of the Open Store's payment process, please visit our official website > Customer Service > 1:1 Support and make your inquiry.
- If you would like to vindicate yourself in relation to a claim on the exploitation of the payment process through chargebacks, please contact the platform store where you made the payment.

We will continue to strive to ensure that all Descendants can enjoy the game in a pleasant environment.
Thank you.

Greetings, Descendants!

The web event " Freyna's Encrypted Vault Shop " started.
Use points you've gained from accomplishing missions to unlock Encrypted Vaults and get the rewards you want.

■ Event Schedule: September 26, 2024 00:00 (Thu) - October 30, 2024 (Wed) 23:59 (PDT)
■ Shop Availability: September 26, 2024 00:00 (Thu) - November 6, 2024 (Wed) 23:59 (PST)

■ How to Log In
Linking your account is not mandatory. You can participate by logging in with your current platform account (KRPC, Steam, Console).
※ However, if you have already linked your account, you can participate by logging in with your Nexon ID.
※ When logging in with your Nexon ID, it will be automatically set based on your country’s IP.
If the country information of the created Nexon ID and the login attempt do not match, you will not be able to log in.
Example) If you linked your account with a Nexon ID from the SEA region, you will not be able to log in with that SEA region Nexon ID from the NA region.

■ Account Linking Guide Account
Account Linking is a service that allows you to store game data from the platform you are using to a Nexon ID, and then use the same game data on another platform by linking the account with that Nexon ID.
Therefore, unlinking the account does not reset the game data. You can check the game data again by re-linking the Nexon ID where the game data is stored.
For more detailed information on Account Linking, please refer to the game guide.
We hope this guide will help our descendants for a better experience on Freyna's Encrypted Vault Shop event.

[Go to Account Linking Game Guide] [Go to Event]

Thank you.

Greetings, Descendants.

We are here to give you the details about patches for The First Descendant Hotfix 1.1.3, applied maintenance-free on Thursday, 9/26.

■ Patch Schedule
- 09.26.2024 (Thu) 00:00 PDT

■ Platforms
- Steam, Xbox Series X│S, Xbox One, PS4, PS5

■ Patch Details

Content Improvements
(1) Content
- You can now start Public Operations in the Invasion.
ㄴ The number of monsters increases depending on the number of participants.
ㄴ Order of Truth - Interacting with a drone now makes other drones despawn.
- Fortress - Fallen Ark Void Fragment has been changed.
ㄴ Expanded the terrain.

ㄴ Additional snipers has been placed for the second round.
- Traps in certain dungeons have been modified or deleted.
ㄴ Sterile Land - Unknown Laboratory (Hard)
ㄴ Agna Desert - Caligo Ossuary (Normal, Hard), The Asylum (Normal, Hard)
ㄴ White-night Gulch - Bio-Lab (Normal, Hard)
ㄴ Hagios - The Haven (Normal, Hard), Old Mystery (Normal, Hard)
- The amount of HP orbs and ammo dropped by scout monsters roaming the field, has increased.

(2) Descendants
- Yujin's 'Hyperreactive Healing Ground' skill now heals HP after granting Purification, rather than before.
- Improved certain skills of Freyna, Kyle, and Esiemo.


(3) Weapons/Modules
- Two new Modules have been added.
ㆍ Bio Sync Shield
ㄴ Reduces HP Recovery from HP orbs by a certain amount and instead heals the shield by the said amount.
ㆍ Last Stand
ㄴ When using a skill to attack enemies, consumes all of your shield to deal additional damage equivalent to a certain percentage of the total damage.
ㄴ The additional damage has a base value, and the value increases based on the amount of shield consumed.
ㄴ After activation, recovers Shield by a certain percentage of Max Shield every second for a certain period of time. It has a Cooldown.

(4) UI/UX
- Now you can check recommended stats for each Intercept Battle.
ㄴ Recommended stats include Weapon DPS, Max HP, Max Shield, DEF, and Resistance per Attribute.
- Ultimate Weapons will no longer be filtered as junk regardless of the 'Exclude from Junk' settings.
ㄴ In order to dismantle an Ultimate Weapons, you need to manually designate it as junk.
- Max Capacity UP Modules now display Capacity with the '+' sign in the Module UI.
- Tracked Items in the Research UI will no longer be untracked when the Research is completed.
- In No Resurrection Zones of Infiltration Operations, a system message will tell you that you cannot abandon rescue during the DBNO state.
- You can now set whether to run or sprint by default for movement in Game Options.
- The range of possible values for Controller - Dead Zone settings in Game Options has been increased from 20-40 to 0-99.
- You can now set Controller - Vibration Intensity to 'Weak' in Game Options.
- Terrain damage in every field now reduces Shield first. (The survival time is the same as before.)
- Customize – Spawn settings have been moved to the Descendant Skins menu.
- The Storage object under the Workbench in Albion has been moved to near the Mailbox above.

(5) Optimization
- [PS5, XSX, XSS] Slightly improved the game's CPU performance.
- Frame Generation improvements and changes
ㄴ Fixed an issue where enabling AMD Frame Generation often caused frame drops.
ㄴ You can now enable AMD Frame Generation on PS4 Pro and XB1X.
ㄴ Removed a restriction where the option could only be enabled on a 120Hz display on consoles.
ㄴ You can now choose Frame Generation regardless of the upscale you're using on PC. (However, Nvidia Frame Generation can only be enabled on GeForce 40 Series or higher.)


(6) Miscellaneous
- Now you can view Spawn/Despawn animations for each Descendant in Customize.
- Added a feature to rewatch cinematics.
ㄴ You can use this feature by interacting with an Arche Trace in Albion, the camp of a battlefield where the cinematic took place, and the starting point of Infiltration Operations.
ㄴ Arche Traces can be found in the following locations:
Albion
Kingston - The Destruction
Sterile Land - The Forgottense
Vespers - The Shelter
Echo Swamp - The Chapel
Agna Desert - Miragestone
White-night Gulch - Mystery's End
Hagios - Old Mystery
Fortress - Heart of the Fortress
Fortress - Quarantine Zone
ㄴ The infiltration operation cinematic can be viewed again by starting the "Private Operation”.

# Director's Comments
Since Cinematics provide higher quality lighting compared to the usual gameplay environment, they're perfectly suited for players to examine their customization. Since players who finished the story cannot see the Ultimate Descendants they've farmed or their customized Descendants in cinematics, we've added a feature to rewatch them.

Now you can rewatch cinematics after finishing the story with the Hailey you've acquired or the Ultimate Descendant you've worked hard to get. Get a more vivid look at your own Descendant, customized with various skins and paints, in high-quality cinematics.
- Added the "Preview in Field" button in the Customize UI. Now you can preview the appearance and paint color with an actual field as the background.

(7) Shops
- You can buy the products listed below in the Shop.
ㄴ Ultimate Lepic Bundle I
ㄴ Premium Ultimate Lepic Bundle I
ㄴ Ultimate Viessa Bundle I
ㄴ Premium Ultimate Viessa Bundle I
ㄴ Ultimate Ajax Bundle I
ㄴ Premium Ultimate Ajax Bundle I
ㄴ Ultimate Bunny Bundle I
ㄴ Premium Ultimate Bunny Bundle I
ㄴ Ultimate Gley Bundle I
ㄴ Premium Ultimate Gley Bundle I
ㄴ Freyna's Vulgus Slayer
ㄴ Gley's Vampire
ㄴ Valby's Glowing Frog
ㄴ Emergency Oxygen Cylinder
- The 'Back Attachment' and 'Spawn' included in the 'Premium Ultimate Descendant Bundle I' are exclusive to the corresponding Ultimate Descendant and cannot be used by other Descendants.


Bug Fixes
(1) Content Improvements
- Fixed an issue where you cannot acquire a mission object when monsters die before exiting the dimensional gate.
(2) Descendants
- Fixed an issue where the field of view would be locked when changing weapons, while using Bunny's 'Speed of Light' skill. - Fixed an issue where certain effects of Ultimate Bunny would not be displayed on the Descendant List animation screen.
- Fixed an issue where using Hailey's 'Zenith' skill on an unstable network connection could cause an incorrect field of view when shooting while aiming after the end of the skill.
- Fixed an issue where Ajax's 'Body Enhancement' Skill Module could cause the 'Void Energy' UI to display the effect for only one segment.
- Fixed the incorrect icon images for Viessa's 'Cold Snap Watch' and 'Hypothermia' Module descriptions.
- Fixed the incorrect icon image for Luna's 'Aggressive Melody' Skill Module description.
- Fixed the incorrect icon image for Lepic and Ultimate Lepic's 'Power Unit Change' Skill Module description.
- Fixed an issue where 'Shield Recovery Modifier' did not affect certain Descendants' skills with a Shield Recovery effect.
ㄴ Enzo, Yujin, Ajax, and Kyle's Shield Recovery skills are now properly affected by the said stat.

(3) Weapons/Modules
- Executor's 'Executor's Exaltation' effect no longer activates when attacking enemies that are immune to the effect or hitting environment objects in Intercept Battles.
- Fixed an issue with the Wave of Light - where the effect of 'Solar Halo' remains when changing weapons.
- The effect of the 'Lethal Finish' Module is now properly applied per Cooldown when attacking an enemy with the 'Guardian Lance' of King's Guard Lance.

(4) UI/UX
- Fixed an issue with the acquisition info popup for tracked Core Materials in the Access Info UI, where the list would close when you placed the cursor over it.
- Fixed an issue with the acquisition info popup in the Access Info screen under the certain display resolution where tooltips for Amorphous Material would flicker.
- Fixed an issue in the Infiltration Operation UI, where hovering the cursor over the Research Materials in the reward list after hovering over the Amorphous Materials in the Selectable Rewards could cause the tooltip to display the 'Shape Stabilizer Application Info' and 'Amorphous Material Linked Reconstructed Device Info' buttons.

(5) Miscellaneous
- Changed the barricade height in all Outposts to 2m or higher.
- Fixed an issue leaving the map in the air in the Fortress - Defense Line.
- Fixed an issue where attacking a Colossus when they appear would not increase the Frenzy Gauge.

# Director's Additional Comment
Hello, Descendants. This is the Director of The First Descendant, Minseok Joo.

Today, we also prepared the 'Dev Note Vol. 14' along with the Hotfix changes to tell you about the upcoming October 10th update. Be sure to check out the preview of content that will arrive on October 10th.
[Dev Series] Dev Note Vol. 14 - Oct 10 Update Announcement

The 'Freyna's Encrypted Vault Shop' event has also begun. Accomplish missions, use the points you've collected to unlock Encrypted Vaults and get the rewards you want!
[Go to Event Page]


Thank you.

Greetings, Descendants. This is the Director of The First Descendant, Minseok Joo.

After scheduling the second Season 1 update to October 10, the Dev Team is working hard to bring you more satisfying content.
The Season 1 update has taught us a lot about the direction The First Descendant should take, and we're striving to deliver even better content based on what we've learned.
Today, as part of this effort, we've prepared this Dev Note to share some news about our second update.

Ultimate Freyna and Exclusive Story

Still trapped in the day of the Room 0 Incident, Freyna's trauma has stopped time and left her to suffer alone in her long grief.
In this exclusive story for Freyna, you'll explore the inner mind of a crestfallen hero, gripped by the guilt of surviving alone after failing to save her love and comrades.
Bunny was able to overcome resentment of her parents with the help of teammates. Will Freyna also be able to overcome her trauma and face reality?

On October 10, the even more powerful Ultimate Freyna will make her appearance.
Ultimate Freyna's Arche Chemical Control Suit, Nightmare Dominator, is a piece of gear especially designed for Freyna who feels greater physical strain as her Arche grows more powerful.
Up until now, Freyna has had to stall the growth of her Arche in order to survive, but the Nightmare Dominator enables her to adjust to more powerful Arche.
With this control suit equipped, Ultimate Freyna's trauma has now become a nightmare not only for herself but also for her enemies.

New Modules
Ultimate Freyna's exclusive modules Toxic Mixture and Venom Injection will be added.

- Toxic Mixture: Freyna's passive skill Contagion Links is changed to Toxic Mixture. When equipped, this skill module will trigger Necrosis instead of Room 0 Trauma. As enemies gain more stacks of Necrosis, your Firearm ATK increases when you shoot at them, and if an enemy reaches max stacks, your Firearm Critical Hit Rate also increases.
- Venom Injection: Defense Mechanism is changed to Venom Injection. Venom Injection consumes resources to recover your Shield and increase Skill Power Modifier, while inflicting Corrosion on enemies. Enemies inflicted with Corrosion suffer reduced Toxin Resistance, making them more vulnerable to Freyna's Toxic attacks.

Hailey's exclusive modules Supercooled Kuiper Round and Cryogenic Cluster Shot will be added.

- Supercooled Kuiper Round: Using the Unique Weapon reduces Firearm ATK and Fire Rate, but increases Weak Point Damage in return. Also, successful Weak Point attacks recover your Shield instead of your MP. The increase in Weak Point Damage decreases on firing the Unique Weapon, but increases again on successful Weak Point attacks.
- Cryogenic Cluster Shot: The Cryo effect is changed to Cryogenic. Using a firearm to attack an enemy inflicted with Cryogenic deals additional AoE damage to nearby enemies, making this a useful skill module for clearing out Common monsters.

In addition, we're adding new modules to improve your builds.
Following the addition of modules to improve shield utilization on September 26, we'll be adding modules that boost Skill Power or Firearm ATK instead of Critical Hit on October 10 to encourage the use of weapons and Descendants that have low Critical Hit Rates.

Death Stalker

While the enemy wreaks havoc, a new Colossus, the Death Stalker, has appeared in the Void, and it's approaching Ingris.
A stalker of living things in the darkness of the Void space, the Death Stalker is a more formidable foe than any Colossus you have intercepted so far.
You must jump back in the Void once again to defend Ingris from the threat of the Death Stalker. Overcome the fear of death, destroy the lying mask and discover your true power.
With the introduction of the most powerful Colossus, Death Stalker, the difficulty of the final Intercept Battle, Gluttony, will also be readjusted. Join for the opportunity to intercept more Colossi.

Frost Watcher

To wield true power, sometimes you need to be cold and deliberate rather than fast and hot.
Frost Watcher is the perfect weapon for such Descendants.

This Scout Rifle has been designed with a built-in Chill Arche catalyst to allow anyone to fire Cryogenic bullets,
but that cold power wasn't something anyone could wield. The Frost Watcher's Chill Arche would course through the entire body of its user and slow their movements,
and very few Descendants in Albion could handle being in such state.

But if a Descendant can handle it all, Frost Watcher can provide them with the most cold-hearted skill in battle.
Especially a Cryogenic Arche user like Hailey will benefit from the metabolic boost caused by the Frost Watcher's refrigerant that surrounds the rifle.

Highest Difficulty Infiltration Operations
On October 10, we're also introducing new 400% Infiltration Operations with more monsters and loot to enjoy.
You can choose the 400% option in Infiltration Operations with the Invasion event, and continue to participate after you have stopped the Invasion.
400% Infiltration Operations feature a greater number of monsters and enhanced monsters than other dungeons, allowing you to fight endless battles. The final battle, which pits you against two named monsters at the same time, is a unique feature of this content.
With more monsters appearing, you'll be able to plunder a deluge of loot in 400% Infiltration Operations.
This includes an exclusive currency obtainable only in 400% Infiltration Operations, which can be used to obtain special items that can be traded to ETA-0.

ETA-0
Every Friday to Sunday, a mysterious merchant, ETA-0, visits Albion.(The days may vary depending on the time zone of the Descendants)
ETA-0 offers a different list of goods each week, consisting of Descendant blueprints, weapon blueprints, materials, inventory expansions, paints etc., which require Standard ETA Vouchers or Premium ETA Vouchers to trade. These vouchers can be obtained by playing the 400% Infiltration Operation and exchanging surplus weapon blueprints.
In addition to the rotating shop, ETA-0 also offers the feature to exchange surplus weapon blueprints for ETA vouchers. However, due to the limited amount of goods that ETA-0 brings in, the amount of blueprints that can be exchanged each week is also limited.
We're also planning new content that will consume surplus blueprints even after ETA-0 is added. For now, ETA-0 will serve to consume some of the surplus blueprints, but we'll continue to expand opportunities to utilize them more effectively.

Celebrate Halloween in Albion!
With Halloween just around the corner, the city of Albion has been transformed with dark and mysterious Halloween decorations. The decorations placed throughout the city will add a lively Halloween atmosphere to Albion.

We've also got some special cosmetics and skin paint that are perfect for Halloween night, so please look forward to them. We hope you all enjoy a spooky and joyful Halloween and have an unforgettable time.


And the Rest of the Additional Season 1 Updates
The Resource Defense Special Operations have been underplayed compared to Mine Blockades due to long playtime, low monster density, and sprawling placements.
We plan to improve Resource Defense and make it more interesting by shortening the playtime of Resource Defense to the level of Mine Blockade, increasing the number of monsters, and changing the placement style.
We also want to address the issue of Reactor farming. To reduce the inconvenience of having to farm a new Ultimate Reactor every time you switch to a new weapon, we're introducing the Reactor Implant system.
This system will allow you to implant the Weapon Optimization Conditions of other Ultimate Reactors to your current Ultimate Reactor. An Ultimate Reactor can have up to three Weapon Optimization Conditions, and you can freely implant Weapon Optimization Conditions based on your weapon settings.
With this, you'll no longer have to farm a new Reactor each time you switch your weapons, as you only need to implant a new Weapon Optimization Condition into the Reactor you're currently using.

We hope this Dev Note has answered some of your expectations and questions. The Dev Team is always listening to your feedback and constantly striving to provide you with a better gaming experience.
We promise to continue to improve and evolve, and we'll do our best to make your time in The First Descendant even more enjoyable. We always appreciate your support and feedback, and we look forward to seeing you in the upcoming update.

Thank you.