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Surprise login Event

Greetings, Descendants!

Thank you for actively participating in The First Descendant Crossplay Open Beta.
As a token of gratitude, we have prepared a surprise event so you can enjoy various contents for the lasting test preriod.

■ Gifts
- If you are logged in the game within schedule, below gifts will be presented to you to the mailbox within 10 minutes.
- If there is delay in receiving gifts, please move to the title screen and login again then you will find the item in the mailbox.

- SEPT 23(SAT) 23:30 ~ SEPT 24(SUN) 07:59 PDT
100,000 Kuiper Shard / 1,200,000 Gold / 660 Credits / 700 Caliber / 3 Energy Activator
- SEPT 24(SUN) 08:00 ~ SEPT 25(MON) 23:59 PDT
200,000 Kuiper Shard / 2,400,000 Gold / 1,320 Credits / 1,400 Caliber / 5 Energy Activator

Please have fun and enjoy The First Descendant for the rest of the test period.

Thank you.

(Completed) Sep 23rd Server Maintenance Notice (23:00 ~ 23:45 PDT)

Greetings, Descendants.

The maintenance has been completed early, and the game is now available.
Please update the game before you start the game.

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We are planning to proceed maintenance to provide more stable service.

■ Maintenance Schedule
- 23:00 PM, 23 Sep 2023 (Sat) –00:30 AM, 24 Sep 2023 (Sun) (PDT) 23:45 PM, 23 Sep 2023 (Sat) (PDT)

■ Effects: The First Descendant will be unavailable
※ The maintenance info and time may change based on the situation.

■ Maintenance Details
- Fix the Match Making que issue
: Match Making has been found to be taking more than 10 minutes.
: Match Making is automatically canceled on loading screen and not started by pressing ‘Start’ button.

Thank you.

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Greetings, Descendants.

The maintenance has been completed early, and the game is now available.
Please update the game before you start the game.


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Greetings, Descendants.

We are planning to proceed maintenance for more stable service.

■ Maintenance Schedule
- 03:30 AM, 21 Sep 2023 (Thu) – 05:30 AM, 21 Sep 2023 (Thu) (PDT) 04:40 AM, 21 Sep 2023 (Thu) (PDT)

■ Effects: The First Descendant will be unavailable
※ The maintenance info and time may change based on the situation.

■ Maintenance Details
- Game Access and crash issues will be improved.
: Disconnection issues during gameplay will be improved.
: Improved suspected causes of crashes when compiling shaders.
※ We are continuing to investigate other disconnection and crash issues.
- The beam rifle weapon fire rate issue will be fixed.
- Graphic quality for PC ultra options and console fidelity modes will be improved.

Thank you.

Crossplay Open Beta Start

Greetings, Descendants!

The First Descendant’s Crossplay Open Beta starts today!

As much as this test is an Open Beta, we hope that many users will participate and provide their valuable feedback so we can prepare for the official launch.

■ Crossplay Open Beta Schedule
- Survey Period: 00:00 AM, 19 Sep 2023 (Tue) - 23:59 PM, 25 Sep 2023 (Mon) (PDT)
- Supported Platforms: Steam, Xbox Series X│S, Xbox One, PS4, PS5
- Find more details in [Information about Crossplay Open Beta].
※ All game data from the Crossplay Open Beta will be reset.

■ Survey
- Please send us plenty of feedback about your gameplay experience during the Crossplay Open Beta.
- We’re planning to send the "Trendsetter" Bunny Head Skin at the official launch to users who participated in the survey. For more details, please refer to the Event Notice.
- Survey Period: 00:00 AM, 19 Sep 2023 (Tue) - 23:59 PM, 26 Sep 2023 (Tue) (PDT)
[Go to Survey]

■ Notice on events during test period

-The Crossplay Open Beta currently has ongoing events that provide various participation rewards.
- Some of those rewards will be sent after the launch to the same platform account that was used to participate in the test.
- Check the Event Notice for more details!
[Go to Event Notice]

■ Twitch Drops Event Notice
- Watch The First Descendant streams on Twitch and receive various rewards! You can receive special rewards based on your watch time.
[Go to Twitch Page] [Go to Twitch Notice]

Please Note
■ PC Requirements

■ Console Graphic Mode

■ Notice on Sending Reports, Suggestions, Bugs, and Chat Errors
(1) Reports
- Griefers or abusive users can be reported during the test period by using the in-game report function.
You can report a user by pressing Player Interaction (T) while in their proximity, clicking the chat window, or via Inventory (T) → Social to open the user list to select the player, and then clicking the Report icon at the bottom right of the Player Interaction screen.

(2) Customer Service
[Link]

Thank you.

Crossplay Open Beta Event

Greetings, Descendants!

This notice is about the events that will be available during the Crossplay Open Beta.

Participants will be able to obtain not only rewards given at the official launch,
but try out various Skins in advance, so we hope many of you will be able to participate.

You can learn how to equip Skins obtained through events through Guide Part 5_Customization.

(Updated) Known Issues

Greetings, Descendants.

We would like to inform you Known Issues.
Please take note of the matter below and prepare for the test.

We will keep updating this page when additional issues are found.

[Sept 23rd(Sat) Known Issues]

■ Party Matching Issue (Solved on Sept 23rd)
- Some Match Making que has been found to be taking more than 10 minutes.
- Also found intermittently, after match making is automatically canceled on loading screen, match making will not start by pressing 'Start’ button
* If you encounter such a problem, it is temporarily resolvable by moving to the game title screen and reconnecting.


We are very sorry for the inconvenience. We are doing our best to fix this matter as soon as possible, and will make notice when problem is resolved.

[Sept 22nd(Fri) Known Issues]

■ Client Patch
9/22(Fri) There has been a Client Patch to resolve some of the current issues in the game.
For a better gameplay performance, it is highly recommended to exit the game and play after downloading the patch.

(Details)
- Item description that has been miswritten in some quests have been corrected.
- Suspected cause of disconnection during gameplay has been partially improved.
- [PC] Graphic quality has been partially improved on graphic settings “High”
- [PS/Xbox] Version upgrade notification Pop-up has beend applied to inform whenever software version does not match the latest version.


[Sept 21st(Thu) Known Issues]
■ Xbox Client Patch
Client Patch has been applied to the game on Sept 21st to solve issues on Xbox.
For a better gameplay performance, Xbox players are highly recommended to exit the game and play after downloading the patch.

(Details)
- [XSX/XSS] Graphic quality for fidelity mode has been partially improved.
- [XSX/XSS] Game cursor movement stuttering in 120Hz resolution has been fixed.

■ Client Patch
9/21(Thu) There has been a Client Patch that added a Pop-up Notification to appear whenever the game build is not at its latest version.

For a better gameplay experience, please exit the game and update the build to the latest version before playing the game.

■ PS4 Client Patch
Client Patch has been applied to the game on Sept 21st to solve issues on PS4
For a better gameplay performance, PS4 players are highly recommended to exit the game and play after downloading the patch.

(Details)
- [PS4] Character rotation and up & down camera move on the Customize menu has been fixed.

[Sept 20th(Wed) Known Issues]
■ Client Patch

Client Patch has been applied in-game on Sept 20th to solve current issues.
For a better gameplay performance please exit the game and play after downloading the patch.

(Details)
- Additional optimization for PS4 and PS4 pro platforms.
- Missing Module, Accessories set text details restored.
- Void Intercept issues, fixed.
- Descendants & NPC visual appearance error, fixed.
- Shadow effect issue within the Inventory, Customize screen, fixed.
- Invisible 'Devourer’s Symbiont Shield', fixed

■ Error during game access after compiling shaders
- Issues have been found where users can't access the game after compiling shaders 100%

[Sept 19th(Tue) Known Issues]
■ Audio Mix, Combat Sound On/Off Option settings
Sounds are setup to be more intense in speaker environment.
If you want a softer sound environment, please check the settings below.
- Options → Audio → Volume → Audio Mix change to ‘Headphones’
- Options → Audio → Advanced Sound Options → lower ‘Hit Marker Sound Volume’
If you want to turn off the Battle Voice during combat, please check the settings below.
- Options → Audio → Advanced Sound Options → ‘Battle Voice’ OFF

■ Available Slot indication at ‘Assign Module Socket Type’ screen
When you click multiple slots, the outline turns grey, same as when all slots are selected.
Slots that are actually available to assign sockets have green outlines.

■ Void intercept Death count error
- Currently, the Death count is not working properly during the Void intercept.

■ Skill Modification Module Typo (Solved on Sept 20th)
- Some of the Skill Modification Module text details are confirmed missing.

■ Descendant and NPC visual outputs on XB1, XSX (Solved on Sept 20th)
- Sharen character animation shows unnaturally in the Descendant Menu
- Some character faces turn out dark in the Descendant Selecting screen
- There are some occasions where Descendant’s eyes turn out dark
- NPC Anais face shows unnaturally

■ Void Intercept Battle (Solved on Sept 20th)
- XB1, XSX sometimes the items that are dropped in the void intercept battle is not marked on the radar
- Steam, PS5 sometimes the Ultimate items that are dropped in the void intercept battle is not marked on the radar
- XB1, XSX clear timer does not show after finishing a void intercept battle
- XB1, XSX Devourer’s Symbiont Shield is not visible

■ Schedule for Xbox Client Patch (Solved on Sept 20th(Wed))
There will be a client patch to update Xbox’s latest build. Patch will be initiated as soon as it’s prepared.
We will inform you the details when the patch is finished.

If you have any inquiries or feedback please follow link below.

[Go to Customer Service] [Go to OBT Survey]

Thank you.