Greetings, Descendants!
In this Developer Livestream, we revealed a range of updates scheduled for 12/4 (Thu), including Ultimate Yujin, the new Infiltration Operation "Forbidden Sanctuary," the new Void Abyss Colossus "Grim Reaper," as well as new External Components/Modules, and balance adjustments.
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※ Some content related to December and first half of 2026 updates revealed during the broadcast may be subject to change upon actual release.
■ New Descendant: Ultimate Yujin
- The new Descendant Ultimate Yujin and his new story will be added.
- 2 New exclusive Modules will be added.
Category | Description |
Combat Protocol | A new combat style Module that consumes HP to deal Skill Damage to enemies, then recovers HP by utilizing buffs and debuffs. |
Battlefield Medic | A Party oriented Module where your attack increases as you fulfill a support role in the Party. |
- The Ultimate Yujin Premium Skin "Extreme Savior" will be added.
- Yujin Improvements: Yujin's buff capabilities have been enhanced so that when Yujin is in a Party, ally firepower increases more significantly. Additionally, a Movement Speed buff has been added to base Yujin, and overall skill convenience has been improved.
■ New Infiltration Operation: Forbidden Sanctuary
- The "Forbidden Sanctuary" is a new Infiltration Operation set in an Order of Truth experimental facility discovered in Axion.
- The difficulty scaling based on Party size has been redesigned to alleviate the sharp difficulty spike that was previously reported in multiplayer actives like the Medium-Sized Facility Zone/Supermassive Receptor.
- New Boss "Abandoned Fusion Form": An experimental subject created by combining human and Vulgus genes, this boss uses a variety of Toxic attack patterns.
- This will be the primary source for Ultimate Yujin Blueprints, and new Trigger Modules can also be obtained from the Forbidden Sanctuary. Additionally, you can obtain up to 10 Ancestors Modules as Weekly Completion Rewards.
■ New Void Abyss Intercept Battle: Grim Reaper
- A new Void Abyss Colossus "Grim Reaper," a variant of Death Stalker, will be added.
- As a Toxic Colossus, the battle takes place in Void Space with a fresh atmosphere.
- It uses a number of AoE skills and the combat structure is designed to reward efficient evasion and responses to attacks.
- Void Abyss Grim Reaper themed Skins and Colotoys will also be added.
■ New External Components and Modules
- New External Component "Sprint Accelerator": A new Bunny exclusive External Component set was designed to serve as a viable alternative to the "Slayer" set commonly used in current Bunny builds.
- 3 New Trigger Modules
Category | Description |
Infected Weapon | A Module that applies Arche Infection effects via "Continuous Damage" and deals additional damage when using Unique Weapons, allowing it to be used by Freyna. |
Ground Eruption | A Module that triggers additional damage when using "Global DoT" damage is dealt to targets affected by Ground DoT, enabling Viessa and Valby to operate both Skill types simultaneously. |
Instant Acceleration | A Module that grants a Movement Speed buff upon ending a "Movement Restriction" type Skill, providing the ability to catch up after having been hit by a skill that hinders mobility. |
- 3 New Melee Weapon Modules
Category | Description |
Execution | A Module that increases Critical Hit Damage, enabling Critical Hit builds to trigger more frequently the more enemies are eliminated in one hit. |
Overpower | An Impact Rounds specific Module that increases Melee Weapon Critical Hit Damage when using Special Attacks. |
Eye of Morvalde | An Impact Rounds specific Module that significantly increases Critical Hit Damage on Critical Hits. While its single-hit peak is higher than "Overpower," it has a cooldown, making it useful for tempo-based combat. |
■ Monthly Rebalance
- Ajax: Improvements will be made to enable more active utilization of firearms and reflection damage.
ㄴ Auto-Reload functionality will be added when shooting enemies hit by "Orbit Barrier" or affected by firearm reflection damage.
ㄴ "Expulsion" will receive a significant increase to the Taunt effect range, and "Hyper Cube" will add a decrease to enemy ATK and an increase to ally DEF effects.
ㄴ Damage output will be further improved through synergy with the "Void Explosion" Skill Module.
ㄴ "Barrier Charge" will be changed from carrying a barrier to a skill that dashes forward with the barrier, dealing damage to enemies ahead.
ㄴ "Mobile Fortress" is a renamed version of the "Life Barrier" Skill Module, which has been modified so the barrier follows Ajax and can be utilized while moving.
- Numerical Balance Adjustments for Descendants
ㄴ We plan to make minor adjustments to the numerical balance of Freyna, Valby, and Viessa, and will review mechanism improvements after higher-priority Descendant improvements.
ㄴ In the January update, we will add a smart casting option, providing control settings that allow instant activation of placement-type skills such as Viessa's "Blizzard" and Valby's "Plop Plop."
- Weapon Balance Adjustments
ㄴ Truly Deadly Arson: Adds an effect that increases Skill Power when using Fire or Continuous Damage type skills.
ㄴ Fallen Hope: The unique effect will be redesigned to synergize with Descendants who use Toxic or Ground DoT skills.
ㄴ Hive Master: The performance of the unique effect has been improved in areas deemed inefficient.
ㄴ Future firearm balance will focus on improving unique effects and strengthening synergy with Firearm DPS skills.
■ Content and System Improvements
- Ancestors Module Trading: Ancestors Module Trading will begin on 12/4 and the Caliber limit per transaction will be increased to 10,000 Caliber.
- One-on-One Trading and Web Marketplace: On 12/4, a statistics menu will be added to the Web Marketplace, allowing transaction volume and average transaction amounts to be checked for each item. We are also actively reviewing feedback on Trading System convenience (trading chat, web marketplace improvements, etc.).
- Party Finder System Improvements: The Party Finder UI will be revamped, and improvements will be made so it is possible to chat with Party Members through the chat window while waiting during Recruit Party.
- Other Improvements:
ㄴ Improvements will be made so that additional attacks based on Additional Attack Damage and Additional Attack Chance also occur for Melee Weapon Special Attacks.
ㄴ FSR 4 support will be added for Radeon RX 9000 series and higher graphics cards.
ㄴ Field Colossus Devourer incursions will be added to the Axion Field.
■ December Cosmetic Updates
- 2025 Special Winter Skins (12/4): Winter skins for Viessa/Freyna/Gley/Serena and an Arctic-themed Men’s skin will be added.
- On 12/18, Men's Skins featuring a coat and sportswear, and Women's Skins featuring loungewear and sportswear will be released.
- Additionally, Albion will be decorated for winter.
■ New Features to the Lounge
- After reviewing the Season 3 roadmap, we decided to focus on reorganizing combat based systems and to add new content. Accordingly, the large-scale Lounge 2.0 update scheduled for December will be scaled down, and the following features will be added to the Lounge instead.
ㄴ New Spaces: Bar, Garden, Additional Figurine Display Room, and Tactical Equipment Room for Weapon and Vehicle display
ㄴ Lounge Guide Customization: Guide Skins provided through Collec-T purchases and event rewards
ㄴ Jukebox Addition: Change Lounge BGM and change the feeling of the music via LP mode
ㄴ Lounge Photo Mode and improved detailed view function for Figurines/Ornaments
ㄴ The feature to visit other players' Lounges will be provided separately as a future content improvement.
■ First Half of 2026 Roadmap
- Seasonal Direction: In the first half of 2026, we plan to continue using Season 3 Episodes 3 and 4 to focus on reorganizing the game's core loop and reinforcing content and systems before Season 4.
- Breach Tracking Field (Episode 2, January): Gold farming content where you can acquire additional rewards such as Superconductive Cooling Units.
- Onslaught Mode (Episode 3): New end game content where you face increasingly stronger enemies as you progress through different difficulty stages. During Episode 3, we will first launch a beta version to refine core gameplay, aiming for an official release in May.
- Void Intercept Battles: Toward the end of Episode 4, we plan to introduce new Intercept Battle content as end game content with multiple difficulty stages. Additionally, from Episode 3 until the new Intercept Battle is added, the Void Abyss will rotate monthly.
- New Descendant Releases: Dia will be added in Episode 3 and Ultimate Esiemo in Episode 4. We plan to invest more resources into improving existing Descendants and Weapons to enhance game play, instead of additional Ultimates.
- System Improvements: We plan to improve systems that create barriers to entry due to high complexity, such as Mutant Cell Box Fragments, stat display information, and farming loops.
- Research Time Boosts: Starting from Episode 3, we are preparing an event where the Research Time is reduced by starting Research and playing the game.
- Bounty Board: We plan to enable management of routines and rewards for Sigma Sector, Infiltration Operations, Invasion, etc., within a single system.
- Season 4 (Summer 2026): Season 4 will feature the final battle against Karel and a matching mega dungeon. Additionally, the Weapons system will be restructured from the current Research, Readjustment, and Augmentation Core based framework.
■ December Events
Start Date | Event | Details |
Starts 12/4 | Warm Albion Winter | A long-term Login Event offering 2 Event Skins, as well as Ultimate Weapon Selection Boxes, Crystallization Catalysts, Descendant Purchase Ticket Selection Boxes, and more. |
Albion Winter Preparation | Play Sigma Sector, Infiltration Operations, Axion Operational Areas, and more to steadily earn boosts, currencies, Fortified Supplements, and more. Complete Weekly Challenges to receive an Ultimate Weapon Selection Box, and finish Yujin's Descendant story to obtain a winter-themed Chest Attachment. | |
First Steps of a New Descendant & Back to Albion | A 7-day Login Event for new and returning players, providing Weapons, Descendants, and other support items needed to settle in. | |
Starts 12/18 | BB-On's Time Shop | Use coins that have a set chance to drop from defeating monsters to purchase Ancestors Module Selection Boxes, Ancestors Module Loot, Reset Readjustment Counts, Item Customizations, and more from BB-On's Shop. |
Training Week | Boosts will be applied to a major piece of content every weekend. | |
[Web] Year End Lounge Party | Simply access the official website to acquire a variety of items and check your year-end fortune. Choose between Team Power or Team Style and defeat enemies to earn Tokens for everyone in the faction to receive rewards. |
We hope you have a wonderful time with The First Descendant this year-end
and we will continue working to provide better service based on the feedback of our Descendants.
Thank you.