The First Descendant Gets Helpful New Update

Nexon Games released a helpful new update for The First Descendant with gameplay improvements to the Void Erosion Purge, which fans have been clamoring for during Season 2. Many fans of The First Descendant weren’t happy with the endgame content, citing frustrations with weapons and Void Erosion Purge’s difficulty.

Despite The First Descendant’s mixed reception on platforms like Steam, Nexon Games has continued to improve the game and implement new features and content that keeps coming back for more. This content includes all-new Descendants and Ultimate Descendants, new weapons and gear, and new maps and modes, including the Void Erosion Purge. However, fans have not been happy with the Void Erosion Purge due to weapons feeling underpowered and troublesome enemy spawns that make the mode very difficult, even for players playing in groups of four.

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The First Descendant Season 2 hotfix 1.2.7 is available now on all platforms, and the update makes notable improvements to Void Erosion Purge. In a message shared with the hotfix’s patch notes, The First Descendant director Minseok Joo acknowledged the issues involving Void Erosion Purge, and the update focuses on ensuring the gameplay experience is better while “addressing elements that may have caused discomfort.” Elite Wardens have fewer ranged skills, and Normal and Elite Trackers no longer apply the Chill status effect. Monster spawns for stage 21 onward were also reworked to lower enemy spawns for Farseers and Trackers. The difficulty of Void Erosion Purge has been adjusted for solo players as well, and Commander Monsters were nerfed for players that play in groups of two to four.

The new update increases the attribute attack of weapons in Void Erosion Purge, making them more consistent and reliable for intense gunfights and boss battles. Ammo drops were greatly increased, and the new reward distribution rules ensure players still get a fair amount of rewards, even when accounting for penalty duration. These changes should make Void Erosion Purge much more enjoyable to play and complete, but director Joo notes that there are still issues to address in future The First Descendant updates. The updates aim to improve many other elements for one of 2024’s best co-op games.

Balance adjustments for The First Descendant’s playable Descendants and further refinements to Void Erosion Purge will be made at a later date, according to Joo. Due to ongoing preparations for The First Descendant Season 2 Episode 2 and other events, additional fixes and adjustments could not be made as quickly as the team wanted. More details about the upcoming updates will be revealed at a later date, and the developer is still gathering feedback to improve Void Erosion Purge content in the future.

The First Descendant Hotfix 1.2.7 Patch Notes

Content Improvements

Void Erosion Purge Improvements

• Public Operation is now available in stages 26 and 27 of Void Erosion Purge.
• Changed the number of ranged skills of Elite Wardens from 8 to 3.
• Removed the Chill status effect of Normal and Elite Trackers.
• Changed the beam skills of Normal and Elite Farseers, Trackers, and Abominations so that the beam no longer rotates left or right as the target moves.
• Changed the beam skill of the Commander monster Gruncah to slow down when it starts tracking a target.
• Removed the guiding ability from the skills of Normal and Elite Annihilators and Living Artillery.
• The drop rate of all tiers of General Rounds, Special Rounds, Impact Rounds, and High-Power Rounds has doubled compared to the previous rate.
• Changed the reward distribution rules for Void Erosion Purge so that clear rewards are awarded upon completion of the mission regardless of the penalty duration.
• Changed monster combinations and spawn patterns for Void Erosion Purge stages 21-30.
  • Reduced the spawn proportion of Suicide Bombers in stages 21/24/27 (5% → 1.7%)
  • Changed the Commander that appears in Stage 29 from Dmigor to Plaudia.
  • Legion of Darkness
  • Changed the group spawn chance of Living Artillery (33% → 20%)
  • Legion of Immortality
  • Changed the group spawn chance of Farseers (33% → 20%)
  • Reduced the number of Trackers spawning
  • Farseers and Trackers no longer spawn together
  • Removed Fortress Guards
  • Order of Truth
  • Changed the group spawn chance of Annihilators (33% → 20%)
  • Reduced the number of Wardens spawning
  • Annihilators and Wardens no longer spawn together
  • Removed Ascetics.
• Reduced the difficulty of Solo mode in Void Erosion Purge.
• Increased Attribute ATK of weapons in Void Erosion Purge.
• Nerfed Commander Monsters for 2-4 player modes in Void Erosion Purge.

Descendants

• Ines
  • The increase in the number of hits according to the Skill Range of Ines now changes when the Skill Range module is equipped.
    • Applied to the base skills Chain Lightning, Lightning Conductor, and Snare Hunter.
    • Applied to Floating Lightning of the skill module Time of the Hunting Hounds.
• Keelan
  • The increase in the number of targets according to the Skill Range of Keelan now changes when the Skill Range module is equipped.
    • Applied to the base skill Void Corrosion.

Weapons & Modules

• Fixed the brightness of Albion Cavalry Gun’s Ricochet effect being too bright in certain areas.
• Made some improvements to the weapon stats and unique abilities of three Ultimate Weapons.

• The weapon slot in use no longer changes when moving between fields.
• Increased Firearm ATK of some Rare weapons.

UI & UX

• Changed the Purchase button assignment as below depending on the use of Caliber.
• Buttons for non-Caliber spending purchases
  • PC: Space Bar / PS: X / Xbox: A
• Buttons for Caliber spending purchases
  • PC: F / PS: X / Xbox: A
  • A hold time of 0.5s now applies in all cases
  • Changed Accelerate Research so that you now have to press the Accelerate button directly.
• In NPC shops, such as Deslin and Anais, you can now check the item tooltip and acquisition information at Currency Info at the top of the screen.
• In Void Erosion Purge, the key for Next Stage has been changed to F → N on PC.

Products

Events

Challenge Events

• The ‘Operation: Kate’s Experiment Assistant’ event will run from after 02.12.2025 (Wed) hotfix to 02.26.2025 (Wed) 22:59 PST.
  • Daily challenges and event challenges have been added.
• The “Operation Initiation” event will run from after the hotfix on 02.12.2025 (Wed) PST until 02.18.2025 (Tue) 22:59 PST.
  • During the event period, Descendants who log in at least once will receive a special customization item.
• The ‘Operation: Burning Embers’ event will run from 02.26.2025 (Wed) 23:00 to 03.12.2025 (Wed) 22:59 PST.
  • Daily challenges and Event challenges will be added.

Login Event

• The ‘Operation: Daily Report’ login event will run from 02.12.2025 (Wed) hotfix to 03.12.2025 (Wed) 22:59 PST.
  • The login event will run for 14 days.
  • Rewards include emotes, Ecive skins, and various materials and consumables.
  • Login everyday during the event to earn various rewards!

Bug Fixes

Content

• When all Descendants in the No Resurrection Zone are DNO, they will now be respawned.
  • The restart count will be deducted.
  • They will respawn at a location just before the No Resurrection Zone.

Descendants

• Fixed an issue where the effect icons for Lepic’s Overclock, Power Unit Change, and Nerve Infiltration did not match the skill icons.
• Partially fixed an issue where Luna’s notes were delayed.
  • Fixed an issue where the music and notes would get out of sync in certain situations by removing the problematic notes at regular intervals to resync them.

Weapons & Modules

• Fixed an issue where Auto-Equip for Descendant Modules would not proceed if the cursor was hovering over a Module slot by changing the key to a different button.

UI & UX

• Fixed an issue where Craft Core screen would show misalignment when the player has a large number of Cores or Core Amplifiers.
• Changed the gamepad buttons for skipping the cutscene for Weapon Readjustment.

• UI theme customization can now be applied to leaderboards.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where some Fellow body skins were not shown when equipped.
• Fixed an issue where other players could enter the Laboratory.
• Fixed an issue where the dungeon icon was shown intermittently at the top left of the mini-map.
• Fixed the unnatural wrinkles on the buttocks of Ines’ default skin.

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July 2, 2024

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