(Updated) The First Descendant Hotfix 1.2.23

# PDT 2025.07.24(Thu) 02:20 – Support for the DLSS4 option has been added, and some event reward names have been updated.

Greetings, Descendants!

Here are the details on The First Descendant Hotfix 1.2.23.

■ Platforms

- Steam, XBOX SERIES X│S, PS5

■ Patch Details

Axion Plains Demo

- You can experience the Axion Plains Demo through the "Season 3 Breakthrough: Axion Demo" button on the title screen.

ㄴ Period: After maintenance on 07.24.2025 (Thu) - Before maintenance on 08.07.2025 (Thu)

- Demo Info

ㄴ The Demo's game structure, difficulty, and visual elements are specifically created for the demo and differ from regular update content.

ㄴ Demo progress is not saved, so when restarting or retrying, the Descendant settings will be reset to default.

ㄴ You can choose to play as one of three characters: Ultimate Bunny, Ultimate Freyna, or the new Descendant Nell.

ㄴ You can preview two new Ultimate Weapons (ERASER and Exterminator).

ㄴ You can preview the new Legion of Breach monsters, the new Colossus Wall Crasher, and one Vehicle type.

ㄴ You can preview parts of the Axion Plains (one hunting ground and Colossus capture zone).

- Upon completing the Axion Plains Demo, you can earn the following rewards via in-game mail:

ㄴ Demo completion rewards can only be obtained once.

- You can earn the following rewards by participating in the Axion Plains Demo.

ㄴ Rewards will be distributed sequentially starting from 8/13 (Wed) 00:00 PDT.

- You can obtain the following rewards by participating in and submitting responses to the survey that appears in the pop-up after completing the Axion Plains Demo.

ㄴ Rewards will be distributed sequentially starting from 8/13 (Wed) 00:00 PDT.

- For detailed information about Axion participation/completion/survey rewards, please refer to the event notice. [Go to Event Notice]

Shop

- Added new products.

Weapon Rebalance

- The performance of the following weapons has been adjusted.

ㄴ All Unique Abilities are displayed based on Level 4.

ㄴ Attribute damage is displayed based on Level 100 Weapons.

(1) The Final Masterpiece

- Some Unique Abilities have been buffed.

ㄴ Exploding Ecstasy

Damage: 50% → 160%

ㄴ Restrained Dispassion

Damage: 50% → 145%

ㄴ Pulsing Shock

Damage: 50% → 145%

ㄴ Puddle of Indulgence

Damage: 3% → 9%

ㄴ Poison

Damage per second: 7% → 21%

- Attribute damage has been increased.

ㄴ 1,005 → 9,936

- Weak Point Damage has been increased.

ㄴ 1.5 → 2.11

(2) Python

- Attribute damage has been increased.

ㄴ 6,669 → 7,503

(3) EXCAVA

- Attribute damage has been increased.

ㄴ 9,560 → 12,249

(4) Enduring Legacy

- Attribute damage has been added.

ㄴ Fire ATK: 6,578

- Weak Point Damage has been increased.

ㄴ 1 → 1.85

(5) Thunder Cage

- Additional Damage from the Unique Ability "Electric Shockwave" has been increased.

ㄴ Additional Damage: 200% → 400%

- Attribute damage has been added.

ㄴ Electric ATK: 9,176

(6) Fallen Hope

- Some stats of the Unique Ability have been increased.

ㄴ On hit of an enemy inflicted with Poison

Firearm ATK: 30%[x] → 65%[x]

- Attribute damage has been increased.

ㄴ 4,741 → 12,429

(7) Divine Punishment

- The ATK Up of the Unique Ability Glory has been increased.

ㄴ Firearm ATK per stack: 0.7%[x] → 1.4%[x]

- Attribute damage has been increased.

ㄴ 6,906 → 9,031

- Weak Point Damage has been increased.

ㄴ 1 → 1.56

(8) Albion Cavalry Gun

- Some Unique Abilities have been increased.

ㄴ Firearm Critical Hit Rate on hit of an enemy inflicted with Mark

30%[x] → 33%[x]

ㄴ Ricochet

Additional Damage 32% → 39%

- Attribute damage has been increased.

ㄴ 5,119 → 8,217

(9) Secret Garden

- Weak Point Damage has been increased.

ㄴ 1.5 → 1.77

(10) King's Guard Lance

- Some Unique Abilities have been buffed.

ㄴ Guardian Lance

Damage 14.1% → 40.5%

- Weak Point Damage has been increased.

ㄴ 1 → 1.25

(11) Clairvoyance

- Attribute damage has been increased.

ㄴ 2,539 → 13,362

- Weak Point Damage has been increased.

ㄴ 1 → 1.45

(12) Voltia

- Attribute damage has been increased.

ㄴ 2,635→ 7,650

- Weak Point Damage has been increased.

ㄴ 1 → 1.19

- Multi-Hit Damage has been increased.

ㄴ 0.29 → 0.63

(13) Nazeistra's Devotion

- Attribute damage has been added.

ㄴ Toxic ATK: 19,231

- Weak Point Damage has been increased.

ㄴ 1.7 → 5.19

(14) Perforator

- Damage of Unique Ability "Explosive Scanner" has been increased.

ㄴ Damage: 35% → 65%

- Weak Point Damage has been increased.

ㄴ 2.25 → 5.5

(15) Peace Maker

- Weak Point Damage has been increased.

ㄴ 1.2 → 4.86

(16) Wave Of Light

- Firearm ATK on hit of an enemy affected by the Unique Ability Lunar Halo has been increased.

ㄴ Firearm ATK: 10%[x] → 20%[x]

- Attribute damage has been increased.

ㄴ 24,215 → 28,913

- Weak Point Damage has been increased.

ㄴ 1.8 → 2.32

(17) Blue Beetle

- Attribute damage has been increased.

ㄴ 15,029 → 26,816

- Weak Point Damage has been increased.

ㄴ 1.5 → 3.93

(18) Frost Watcher

- Attribute damage has been increased.

ㄴ 16,480 → 22,889

- Weak Point Damage has been increased.

ㄴ 1.5 → 2.81

(19) Afterglow Sword

- Weak Point Damage has been increased.

ㄴ 1.8 → 2.76

(20) Piercing Light

- Weak Point Damage has been increased.

ㄴ 2 → 2.75

Content Improvements

(1) Cores

- Gold costs for crafting Cores will be reduced by stage as follows:

(2) Events

- "Descendant Purchase Tickets" from the "Descendant Purchase Ticket Selection Box" obtained from the Event Shop can now be dismantled.

ㄴ You can exchange "Descendant Purchase Tickets" with 1st Anniversary Tokens through "Sell Blueprints" at ETA-0 in Albion.

ㄴ Descendant Purchase Tickets sold in the Shop cannot be dismantled.

ㄴ This dismantling feature will end along with the "Anais's 1st Anniversary Gift Workshop Event."

(3) UI & UX

- Improved the UI to show First Clear Rewards before acquiring rewards in Void Erosion Purge Challenge difficulty.

- Added "Sale Complete" indicator for Customize items in the Event Shop when purchase limit has been reached.

- Added default stickers to Photo Mode.

- Added description text for frames and stickers in Photo Mode.

- Improved description text in the External Component Core screen.

(4) Miscellaneous

- Changed the notification message for Party Members when the Party Leader modifies Recruitment Conditions.

- Changed the storage notification message to appear in the center when purchasing Caliber from the Shop.

- (Added) Added support for the NVIDIA DLSS 4 multi-frame option on GeForce RTX 5000-series GPUs.

Bug Fixes

(1) Descendants

- Fixed an issue where the number of Small Fireballs generated when using "Deadly Cuisine" while Blair's "Backdraft" was equipped was incorrectly displayed in the tooltip.

ㄴ Before: 3 → After: 5

(2) UI & UX

- Fixed an issue where the remaining sale time timer for limited-time Emotes overlapped with the "Preview in Field" button.

- Fixed an issue where after previewing group Emotes in the Battle Pass screen then switching to Sprays would cause the Emote preview to overlap with the Spray.

- Fixed inconsistencies between dialogue, objective displays, and actual targets in the Sub Quest "Weapon Core Unlocking Training."

- Fixed an issue where some items in the Customize tab were displayed in an order different from their actual release order.

- Fixed an issue where the message indicating time remaining until Void Erosion Purge stage reset was not displaying in Challenge Difficulty.

(3) Miscellaneous

- Fixed an issue where the Ecive Scan would display all Attributes as weaknesses when a monster had identical Resistances to all Attributes.

- Fixed an issue where combining multiple Modules at once in quests with Combine Modules requirements would only count as one completion.

- Fixed an issue where selling multiple Blueprints at once to ETA-0 in quests with Blueprint sale requirements would only count as one completion.

- Fixed an issue where equipping the "Oasis Party" and "Summer Paradise Body Skin" on Valby and Ultimate Valby caused changes in chest size.

- Fixed an issue where equipping the "Summer Paradise Body Skin" on Gley and Ultimate Gley caused changes in chest size.

- Fixed an issue where the "Enhanced Focus Rounds" effect from Inversion Reinforcement wasn't being removed when the "Focus Rounds" effect was removed.

- Fixed an issue where the start countdown occasionally wouldn't display when starting an Intercept Battle while in a Party.

- Fixed an issue where Rounds occasionally wouldn't be supplied when starting an Intercept Battle in a Party.

- Fixed an issue where an "Arche Echoes" near the Complex Support District in Albion was hidden behind a water slide.

- The description text for the "Descendant Purchase Ticket Selection Box" has been modified as follows:

ㄴ Previous: Purchase Tickets for Keelan, Ines, and Serena are not included.

ㄴ Changed: Purchase Tickets for Hailey, Keelan, Ines, and Serena are not included.

- Fixed an issue where hitting the Colossus with Malevolent in the Laboratory would display damage animations on all parts of the Colossus.

- Fixed an issue where Bunny’s "Summer Paradise" Head Skin dye was not applying correctly.

- Fixed an issue where some visual effects of "Cocktail" Ecive were not displaying properly.

- Fixed an issue where Luna’s "Oasis Party" Body Skin paint was not applied to certain parts, causing visual inconsistencies.

Thank you.