The First Descendant News

Greetings, Descendants.

We have prepared gifts to celebrate the Lunar New Year with you.
These gifts can be claimed by logging in the game during the event period announced below.

We appreciate your patience and understanding with the Known Issues addressed from January update until now, as well as your continued interest in The First Descendant.

Wishing our Descendants the happiest moments with The First Descendant in 2025.
Our team will continue to strive to provide a more stable service for you.

■ Reward Info
- Rewards will be delivered to your Mailbox within a maximum of 10 minutes upon logging in during the event period detailed below.


Thank you.

Greetings, Descendants!

We are excited to announce an opportunity to gather your feedback on upcoming content for our March update. Please refer to the details below for information on how to apply for the FGT (Focus Group Test) and the schedule.

■ FGT Application Period
- January 24 (Fri) – February 5 (Wed)

■ How to Apply for FGT
- Participate in the survey: [Link]
※ For more information about the FGT, please refer to the survey link. Please note that an external FGT support team will contact selected participants directly. We kindly ask for your understanding that the team may not be able to notify all applicants of the selection results.

■ Information for Selected FGT Participants
- Starting from February 10 (Mon), selected participants will be contacted individually through the contact details provided in the survey.
※ Additional FGT details will be shared exclusively with those selected to participate.

■ FGT Schedule
- Between February 25 (Tue) and March 2 (Tue)
※ The schedule may vary depending on participants' availability.

The FGT will only be accessible in certain regions, and we kindly ask for your understanding regarding this limitation.

We encourage Descendants who are passionate about The First Descendant to apply and share your valuable insights!
Thank you for your interest and support.

Greetings, Descendants.

We would like to inform you that a maintenance-free patch has been completed.

■ Patch Schedule

- PST 2025.01.23 (Thu) 10:50

■ Platforms

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

■ Patch Details

- Fixed an issue where players were intermittently transported to Albion when restarting Infiltration Operations or Intercept Battles

For a smooth gameplay experience, please log back in.
Thank you for your understanding.

Greetings, Descendants.

Here are the results of the crackdown on abusive users carried out between 1/17 (Fri) – 1/23 (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, please report it through the in-game report feature.

The results of the crackdown on abnormal users for the next week will be announced together in the first week of February 2025.

Please see below for the detailed outcome of the crackdown.

■ Crackdown status
- Crackdown period: 2025.1.17(Fri) – 2025.1.23(Thu) PST

■ Creation, distribution, or use of unauthorized programs - Permanent game ban (27 users)
- Actions have been taken for creating, distributing, or using unauthorized programs.


■ Exploitation of all processes related to the Open Store – Permanent game ban (25 users)
- Actions were taken because of unfair gains by exploitation on store payment process.


■ Interfering with other user's gameplay – 3-day separate matchmaking penalty (104 users)
- A history of repeated interference with other Descendants' gameplay has been confirmed and action has been taken in accordance with the Operation Policy.


■ 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.

# PST 2025.01.24 (Fri) 10:00 – The issue described below has been resolved through a server patch. Please return to the title screen and reconnect.
#PST 2025.01.23(Thu) 18:25 - We have identified an issue where disconnections continuously occur after the maintenance-free patch, so we have reset the server to the version prior to the patch. As a result, the patch details that were notified have not been applied. We will identify the cause as quickly as possible and make corrections. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.


Greetings, Descendants.

 

We would like to inform you that a maintenance-free patch has been completed.

 

■ Patch Schedule

- PST 2025.01.23 (Thu) 05:30 2025.01.24 (Fri) 10:00

 

■ Platforms

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

 

■ Patch Details

- Fixed the issue where the damage dealt by 'Spiker' monsters appearing at stages 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20 of 'Void Erosion Purge' was abnormally high.

 

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Thank you for your understanding.