The First Descendant Gets Proper Update and Exclusive DLC for Xbox

What do you want to know?

• The First Descendant team has released the 1.02 patch update on all platforms, and here you will find dozens of fixes, optimizations, and balance updates.
• It also includes plenty of commentary and promises from the Nexon team about how they’re working to make The First Descendant as fun as possible for players.
• First Descendant players on Xbox can now also redeem a new Xbox Game Pass Ultimate perk with exclusive cosmetic DLC.
• Well, mostly exclusive. This is almost the exact same DLC pack that was previously exclusive to PlayStation Plus, except for a different Xbox-themed weapon skin.

Live games don’t last long without community cooperation, and The First Descendant takes some important steps in that direction. Nexon has released The First Descendant 1.02, a hotfix update available on all platforms and, realistically, the first appropriate Update that the looter shooter MMORPG has received since its launch. This update contains many improvements, as well as helpful updates and feedback from The First Descendant team.

You can find the full changelog for The First Descendant update 1.02 on Nexon’s website, but I’ll cover the biggest and most interesting updates below. A little further down, I’ll also detail the new exclusive DLC pack for The First Descendant players on Xbox.

• Sequential type immunity spheres for named monsters have been removed, with Nexon admitting they are neither appropriate nor fun for public matchmaking
• Additionally, the Nexon team has taken note of community complaints about the monotony of breaking immunity spheres when battling named monsters (a sentiment I share), and has committed to developing new models and diversifying existing named monsters.
• Nexon has significantly increased the amount of rare materials dropped from Encrypted Vaults and made it so that Elite Vulgus in Missions and Field Operations also drop more rare materials.
• You can now get free limited-time cosmetic skins from the Battle Pass Supply Shop simply by completing seasonal missions
• The descending instructor no longer speaks at an incredibly fast pace, and Nexon is working on a way to revisit old dialogues and tutorials in the game.
• Nexon has pledged to avoid nerfs to the game’s powerful builds that are currently dominating the meta, like Ultimate Gley and the infinite magazine Tamer build, and has expressed joy in seeing players find creative ways to build their characters.
• Nexon also commented on players concerned about resource drop rates that are secretly variable, saying that the drop rates displayed in-game are both accurate and verified… But the team is still working on measures to ensure community trust and other ways to improve the farming experience.
• Many other bug fixes and miscellaneous improvements

The latest update for The First Descendant isn’t the only interesting development of late. Since its launch, PlayStation players have been able to enjoy an exclusive DLC pack for The First Descendant that includes three cosmetic paints, a weapon skin, a back bling, and an emote. The pack was included for free as part of PlayStation Plus, giving subscribers a unique in-game boost. Now it seems that this pack isn’t as exclusive as we thought.

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I’ve already commented in previous articles on The First Descendant on the possibility of the game getting an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate perk in the future, and now that time has come. Except… It’s almost completely identical to the PlayStation version of the same bundle. Right now, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can redeem the exclusive launch pack, which includes the same paint jobs, back bling, and emote as the PlayStation Plus version.

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The only difference is the weapon skin. It’s actually the same weapon, but the colors are much more suited to the Xbox platform. Regardless, The First Descendant supports cross-play and cross-save, so all of these cosmetics can follow you across platform boundaries if you play on multiple devices. Now, only PC-specific players are excluded from the fun; hopefully something will come soon for those players.

If you’re on PlayStation and missed this perk, you can still use it for free with a PlayStation Plus subscription.

The First Descendant is one of the best new Xbox games to release this year, despite some early server issues that plagued the online-only title. It pits players, as one of many powerful Descendants, against hordes of vicious Vulgus and immensely powerful Colossi in an epic battle to save humanity. It’s the latest in a genre previously dominated by titles like Destiny 2 and Warframe, and it looks set to do just that.