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9/06 (Fri) – 9/12 (Thu) Results of the Crackdown on Abusive Users

Greetings, Descendants.

Here are the results of the crackdown on abusive users carried out between 9/06(Fri) – 9/12(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: 2024.09.06(Fri) – 2024.09.12(Thu) PDT

■ Creation, distribution, or use of unauthorized programs - Permanent game ban (128 users)
- Actions have been taken for creating, distributing, or using unauthorized programs.


■ Exploitation of all processes related to the Open Store – Permanent game ban (132 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.

(In-game) New Event Notice

Greetings, Descendants!

New events will be started after Hotfix 1.1.2.

■ Event Schedule: PDT 2024.09.12(Thu) After Hotfix 1.1.2 ~ 09.25(Wed) 23:59

■ Descendant’s Daily Task Event

- Complete your Daily Challenges to obtain rewards!
- As Daily Challenges reset everyday at PDT 00:00, you can obtain your reward everyday if you participate the challenges after every rest. 
- Daily Challenge Rewards will be delivered to your Mailbox.


■ 50% Weapon Proficiency Boost in Infiltration Operations
- 50% Weapon Proficiency Boost will be applied when defeating an enemy in Infiltration Operations regardless of difficulty during the event period.

Specific event information can also be found on Game Menu -> ‘Event’ Tab

Thank you.

The First Descendant Hotfix 1.1.2

The First Descendant Hotfix 1.1.2

Greetings, Descendants.

We are here to give you the details about patches for The First Descendant Hotfix 1.1.2, applied maintenance-free on Thursday, 9/12.

■ Patch Schedule
- 09.12.2024 (Thu) 06:00 PDT

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

■ Patch Details

Content Improvements
(1) Content
- Removed certain Dungeon Penalties that appear in the Invasion.
ㄴ When using a General Round Weapon, Bullet Cost +1
ㄴ When using an Impact Round Weapon, Bullet Cost +1
ㄴ When using a Special Round Weapon, Bullet Cost +1
ㄴ When using a High-Power Round Weapon, Bullet Cost +1
ㄴ When using Roll, Firearm ATK -3.6% (up to 10 stacks)
ㄴ When using Grappling Hook, Skill Power -43.6% (30s duration)
ㄴ When using Skill, Movement Speed -50% (30s duration)
ㄴ When aiming, Incoming Damage Modifier +2.7%
- HP Orbs that appear in Intercept Battles now recover 25% of Max HP instead of 20%.
- MP Orbs that appear in Intercept Battles now recover 16% of Max MP instead of 13%.
- Lowered the difficulty of Normal/Hard 'Dead Bride.'
ㄴ Decreased the frequency of 'Teleport' while Frenzied.
ㄴ Decreased the range of 'Snow Storm (the veil consisting of Chill)' and reduced the damage.
ㄴ Decreased the Part HP of the Amplifier.
- Lowered the difficulty of Normal 'Hanged Man.'
ㄴ Greatly reduced the Part HP of the 'Charger (the object inside the mouth that attacks while Frenzied).'
ㄴ Greatly reduced the damage of 'Thunder Wave (the wave of thunder emanating from the center).'
ㄴ Greatly reduced the damage of 'Charging Laser (the laser fired from the mouth when you fail to destroy the Charger).'
ㄴ Decreased the damage of the Thunderbolt skill that occurs while Frenzied.
ㄴ Decreased the duration of the 'Electric Cannon (the electric sphere).'
- Lowered the difficulty of the 'Deception Transmitter (Defense)' mission at the 'Sterile Land: Rockfall.'
- Knockdown damage will not occur in a row when damaged by traps.
- Made monsters spawn faster in the Extermination Mission of the Hard Infiltration Operation 'Echo
Swamp: Seed Vault,' and lowered the required amount for the Collection Mission.
- The Data Collection Mission of the Hard Infiltration Operation 'Hagios: The Old Mystery' has been changed to a Traversal Mission.
- In the Invasion: Legion of Immortality, the maximum distance for feeding Artificial Brains to the Quantum Computing Unit has been changed from 2m to 3.5m.
- Added sniper monsters to the 'Fortress: Defense Line" Void Fragment mission to prevent simple macros.
- The ESC menu can now be activated during the DBNO state.
- Changed the Aim Assist settings for controllers.
ㄴ The default value is now 50 instead of 80.
ㄴ The maximum Aim Assist range for every weapon except Sniper Rifles has been changed to 100m.
ㄴ Aim Assist now reactivates faster when targeting multiple enemies in a row.
ㄴ The minimum distance for Camera Auto Rotate to trigger has been changed to 4m or above.
ㄴ Weakened the pull strength of crosshair towards the center of an enemy.
ㄴ Decreased the duration of Aim Assist when trying to target another monster.

# Director's Comments
The Dev Team is aware of the feedback regarding Aim Assist and has improved the feature to further enhance the console player experience.
Previously, the Aim Assist feature made delicate control difficult as the aim automatically turns towards a nearby monster or focuses on the enemy's torso when you want to attack their Weak Points.
With this improvement, the players with controllers now have more control over their aiming, while new players are given appropriate assistance.

- Added page 13 for the Season 1 Battle Pass. 'Crystallization Catalysts' and 'Energy Activators' have been added as rewards.

# Director's Comments
To meet the community's expectations for further improving the value of the Battle Pass rewards, we temporarily added page 13 for the Season 1 Battle Pass while providing 'Crystallization Catalysts' and 'Energy Activators' as the rewards.
Even if you have already reached Season Level 96, you can still receive the additional rewards on page 13.
The Dev Team is working hard to incorporate feedback from the community to further improve the game and provide more value to players.
Based on the feedback we received during the pre-season, we have improved the Season 1 Battle Pass to make it easier to achieve weekly and seasonal missions.
We appreciate your continued interest in the Season 1 Battle Pass along with the Battle Supply Shop where you can receive free rewards.

(2) Ultimate Weapon
- Improved the base performance and unique ability of the Ultimate Weapon 'Wave of Light (Scout Rifle).'
ㄴ Decreased the recoil of 'Solar Halo' while increasing the 'Firearm Critical Hit Rate.' Increased the 'Duration' of the effect depending on the enhancement level.
ㄴ Hitting enemies while 'Solar Halo' is active now creates 'Dusk,' inflicting 'Lunar Halo' to enemies within the range.
ㄴ 'Firearm ATK' increases on hitting enemies inflicted with 'Lunar Halo.'
- Improved the base performance and unique ability of the Ultimate Weapon 'King's Guard Lance (Beam Rifle).'
ㄴ Increased the 'Base Fire Rate' of King's Guard Lance while decreasing the base time it takes to charge.
ㄴ You can now place up to three 'Guardian Lances,' and the Lances automatically attack enemies within the 'DMG Range' when placed.
ㄴ The 'Damage Interval' of the 'Guardian Lance' is now affected by the 'Fire Rate' of King's Guard Lance.
ㄴ Increased the 'Duration' of the 'Guardian Lance' depending on the enhancement level.
ㄴ Increased the 'Duration Increase Upon Hit' and 'DMG Range' of the 'Guardian Lance,' with the maximum possible increase in range being limited.
- Improved the base performance and unique ability of the Ultimate Weapon 'Executor (Shotgun).'
ㄴ Increased the base 'Hip Fire Accuracy' and 'Aimed Shot Accuracy' of 'Executor.'
ㄴ When the 'Executor's Exaltation' effect is active, failing to hit all fired bullets will no longer decrease the amount of stacks.
ㄴ Decreased the maximum stacks of the 'Executor's Exaltation' effect, and firing the gun at maximum stacks will no longer disable the ability.
ㄴ Increased 'Accuracy' and 'Firearm Critical Hit Rate' based on the adjusted maximum stacks of the 'Executor's Exaltation' effect. 'Firearm Critical Hit Damage' and 'Fire Rate' are also increased now.
ㄴ The 'Executor's Exaltation' effect at maximum stacks now increases 'Weak Point Damage' instead of 'Firearm ATK.'
ㄴ 'Firearm ATK' is no longer increased when hitting enemies inflicted with 'Electrocution.'
- Improved the base performance and unique ability of the Ultimate Weapon 'Peace Maker (Hand Cannon).'
ㄴ The 'Single Reload for Peace' effect is now also granted when using a 'Fusion' skill.
ㄴ The 'Skill Cost' of the 'Single Reload for Peace' effect now decreases depending on the enhancement level.
ㄴ Increased the 'Non-Attribute Skill Power per Stack' of the 'Single Reload for Peace' effect.
- Improved the base performance and unique ability of the Ultimate Weapon 'EXCAVA (Assault Rifle).'
ㄴ Decreased the maximum stacks of 'Voltage Charge' depending on the enhancement level in order to grant the 'Energy Grenade' effect more quickly.
ㄴ Increased Additional Damage for shooting while aiming when the 'Energy Grenade' effect is active depending on the enhancement level.
ㄴ Slightly increased the projectile size of the 'Energy Grenade.'
ㄴ Increased the Electric Resistance Decrease of the 'Voltage Accumulation' effect depending on the enhancement level.

(3) UI/UX

- The 'Filter all as junk' function has been retooled to 'Bulk Exclude Junk Filter.'
ㄴ Now it functions by specifying conditions for which ones to not designate as junk.
ㄴ 'Option Filter' now allows you to choose whether the items are excluded if they meet only one specified condition, or more than two.
ㄴ With this change, the current settings for 'Filter all as junk' will be reset, so please make sure to check your 'Exclude from junk' settings before you dismantle items.

For weapons, ‘Ultimate or Higher’, ‘Level 1 or Higher’ must be set to exclude level 1 ultimate weapons from Junk. Once set, all level 100 Rare Tier weapon will be selected as junk. As the Filter option has been changed from select to exclude, make sure you check your ‘Exclude from junk’ settings before you dismantle items.
- Made improvements so that players can move between Inventory and Map more easily.
ㄴ Pressing the Map (M) button in an Inventory menu (Inventory, Descendants, Customize, Consumables, Battle Pass, Shop) allows you to enter the Map screen.
ㄴ Pressing the Inventory (I) button in a Map menu (Map, Library, Journal, Quest, Social) allows you to enter the Inventory screen.
- You can now bind hotkeys for the Library, Consumables, Journal, Social, Battle Pass, and Shop menus in Game Options.

- You can now immediately choose a selectable reward before you begin Hard Infiltration Operations.
- The Weapons List in Customize now displays the status of skins for each weapon.
- At the Library, the items obtained from Research are also displayed in the acquisition info. You can also check tooltips for Amorphous Materials now.
- 'Change Firing Mode' in the gameplay settings is now enabled by default.

Bug Fixes
(1) UI/UX
- Fixed an issue where it automatically switched to the Tracked Items tab upon entering the Research screen if there are completed or in-progress Research Items.
- Fixed an issue where the Usage Information button is not displayed for the tooltips of certain common skins.
- Fixed an issue where entering a private battlefield as a party and leaving the party could turn the battlefield to public. Now you are sent to Albion the moment you leave your party on a private battlefield.
- Fixed an issue where trying to equip a Module when the Socket Type is changed could incorrectly display accumulated applied values.

(2) Descendants & Ultimate Weapons
- Fixed an issue where the effect remains if Ajax’s Barrier is immediately destroyed at the time it is created
- When Hailey uses the 'Zenith' skill, it is now affected by the 'Movement Speed' of her current weapon rather than her Unique Weapon. This allows the 'Arche Pacemaker' effect of the Inversion Reinforcement to be properly applied.
- If the Max HP of an ally healed by Yujin is less than 1, the amount of recovery is now calculated based on the target's 'Max Energy Shield.'
- Fixed an issue where 'King's Guard Lance' blocked enemy projectiles.

(3) Miscellaneous
- Fixed an issue where the "Collect Ironheart Particles” quest was not being completed despite being carried out.
ㄴ After the hotfix patch, the reward will be automatically applied upon re-login.
- Fixed an issue in the Invasion: Order of Truth mission where interacting with a drone before starting the battle with a Named Monster could complete the mission. (This issue will be fixed through Hotfix 1.1.3)
- Fixed an issue in the Invasion: Legion of Immortality mission where dying during the battle against a Named Monster could cause certain UI to not properly show up.
- Fixed an issue in the Agna Desert: The Asylum (Normal) Infiltration Operation where dying during the battle against a Named Monster could cause the door to not open.

Thank you.

(Updated) The First Descendant Discord Quest Notice

# PDT 2024.09.05 (Thu) 05:00 – Updated Expiry Dates for Avatar Decorations
# PDT 2024.08.30 (Fri) 16:15 – Event Start Delay Notice
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Greetings, Descendants.

We apologize for the delay in the Discord Quest event that started on Saturday, August 31st.
As a token of our apology, we are extending the usage period for the Discord Avatar Decorations.

■ Extension of Event Reward Usage Period
- Hailey Avatar Decoration Expiry: (Original) PDT 2024.10.05 (Saturday) 16:59 → (Updated) PDT 2024.11.05 (Tuesday) 16:59
- Bunny Avatar Decoration Expiry:: (Original) PDT 2024.10.12 (Saturday) 16:59 → (Updated) PDT 2024.11.12 (Tuesday) 16:59

For any inquiries related to the Discord Quest, please feel free to reach out via the link below:
[Contact for Discord Quest Inquiries]

Thank you.

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Greetings, Descendants.

The Discord Quest event, originally set to commence at PDT 10:00, has been delayed due to technical issues on Discord's end.
The event is now underway as of PDT 14:30 and is running smoothly.


We regret any inconvenience caused and appreciate your understanding.
Any additional updates will be provided here.

Thank you.
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Greetings, Descendants!
The "First Descendant Quest" event is now live on Discord.
Launch the Discord app and play The First Descendant for at least 15 minutes to receive limited-time avatar decorations featuring "Hailey" and "Bunny".

■ Quest Period
- Week 1: PDT 2024.08.30 (Fri) 10:00 – 2024.09.05 (Thu) 16:59
- Week 2: PDT 2024.09.06 (Fri) 10:00 – 2024.9.12 (Thu) 16:59

■ Quest Rewards
- Avatar decorations are limited-time rewards and will expire after the specified period each week. Once expired, the avatar decorations will no longer be accessible.
- Each Discord account can receive the avatar reward only once per week.

[Week 1]
Limited-time Hailey avatar decoration
※ Expiration Date: PDT 2024.10.05(Sat) 16:59


[Week 2]
Limited-time Bunny avatar decoration
※ Expiration Date: PDT 2024.10.12 (Sat) 16:59


■ How to Participate
1. Click the "Quest Bar" in the bottom-left corner of Discord and select "Accept Quest."
- If the "Quest Bar" is not visible, go to the "Discover" icon in the server list, navigate to the "Quests" menu, and accept The First Descendant Quest from "All Quests."
2. Launch The First Descendant while Discord is open and play for at least 15 minutes.
3. After completing the quest, click the "Quest Bar" and select "Claim Reward" to receive your avatar decoration.
- ‘If the "Quest Bar" is not visible, go to "User Settings" (gear icon) > "Gift Inventory" and click "Claim Reward" for The First Descendant Quest.

■ How to Use Avatar Decorations
- Click your Discord account in the bottom-left corner, then select "Edit Profile."
- ‘In the "User Profile" section, click "Change Decoration" to set your newly acquired avatar decoration.

For inquiries regarding The First Descendant Discord Quest, please click the link below:
[Discord Quest Inquiries]

Thank you.




8/30 (Fri) – 9/05 (Thu) Results of the Crackdown on Abusive Users

Greetings, Descendants.

Here are the results of the crackdown on abusive users carried out between 8/30(Fri) – 9/05(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: 2024.08.30(Fri) – 2024.09.05(Thu) PDT

■ Creation, distribution, or use of unauthorized programs - Permanent game ban (93 users)
- Actions have been taken for creating, distributing, or using unauthorized programs.


■ Exploitation of all processes related to the Open Store – Permanent game ban (225 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.