The First Descendant April update provides new functions and improvements.
Nexon publishes season 2 episode 2 for the free-to-play-looter shooter The First Descendant. The April update ensures a revised entry-level experience with new guide quests and a simplified main quest. So now is the perfect time for new players to immerse yourself in The First Descendant, and for experienced players to rediscover the title.
The update also contains the story of Descendant Blair, a feature film sequence and “Ultimate Blair”, which gives the fan favorite a new background story and a powerful ability.
There is also a void erosion 'Challenge' mode, a new badge system, a new reactor/external component options enhancement system, five new external components, several new skin updates and new in-game events.
The Developer Livestream can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zir0qxibefu
The 'Ultimate Blair' video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hac1tedrvtk
The updates of the new season:
- New content
- New Ultimate: Ultimate Blair '
- Modification modules for Ultimate Blair (Killer Recipe & Next-Level Recipe)
- Significantly changed mechanism with newly added skill modules
- Can be obtained from the farm of amorphous materials in infiltration operations and outposts
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Recipe of the next level |
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- New descendant story to Blair & in the game cinema
- Hollow room erosion 'Challenge' mode
- New badge system
- New reactor/external component optional improvement system
- 5 new external component sets
- New skin updates:
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- Players can now use the “Dandy Corn” Unisex-Skin
- From April 30th, the players can look forward to the full body skine “Albion Academy Summer Uniform”.
- Hollow room erosion, challenge 'mode
- Content exclusively for players who have completed void erosion normal 'level 30'
- Increased level of difficulty compared to the existing void erosion 'level 30'.
- A total of 5 levels with unique rewards per ID, which are awarded after each level
- Ranking system based on the number of maximum masturbated levels and final records
- It is planned to award at the end of season 2 episode 2 “badge”, a regular honor reward, to the 100 best players for each descendant
- “Badge” can optionally be worn in front of the name of the descendant
- Improvements for beginners
- Guide quests for beginners added
- Simplified main quests
- Newly organized early game fields
- Add a web guide in the game
- Adaptation of the level of difficulty for Ultimate Bunny Farming
- New in-game events
- From April 17, the players have the opportunity to take part in the challenges “Ingris Guardian Blair” and “Weekly Fire Support”.
- A new on-time event starts on April 17th and runs until April 24th. Players who log in during the event period receive the “Surprise Egg” social motion as a gift
- The current season 2 episode 2 update event continues and offers players the chance to earn Ultimate Bunny or Haley Skins. The event runs until June 12th.
- QOL improvements
- New badge system
- Structure for the acquisition of badges by completing Achievements
- System to improve the rank and appearance when purchasing double badges
- Implementation of the display of badges on name signs and name cards
- A system that enables players to show other players their successes from the main game
- New reactor/external component optional improvement system
- System to increase the maximum option values by adding materials in reactors and external components
- Materials can be obtained by reducing reactors/external components
- A grinding system with which the players can expand their desired options to the maximum values
- New external components (5 sets)
- Fire Brand: maximize the effects of flame attribute skills by “burn” triggers that are applied to most flame attribute descendant skills
- Plague: A set that is related to Giftattribut descendants significantly increases the skill power if it is worn, since Giftattribut descendants are mainly used as a skill dealer.
- Enlightened Mage: Designed taking into account the damage cycle of non-attribute descendants, implementation of greater damage in the next damage cycle
- Moving Fortress: Improves the benefits of defense values for all descendants. If the defense combines with a DMG suffered, immediately strengthens the basic survival of the descendant and prevents sudden death.
- Shell Crusher: Taking into account the need for Voltia due to the increase in monsters with barriers/shields. Also offers means to remove barriers/shields
- New badge system
- Pax East 2025 Participation announcement
- On May 11th (Sunday) at 6 p.m., a developer live stream will be held on Pax East 2025 both online and offline. There is new information about some of the excessive new content from Season 3.
Players can also look forward to the next big update in May, which will introduce the long-awaited Dynamic Motion feature, new skins, improvements in the party finding system, new stickers and frame functions in photo mode as well as various other changes that improve the gaming experience.