NEXON has announced the launch of the April Update for The First Descendant Season 2 Episode, which was released earlier this year. The April Update comes loaded with new content, features, and enhancements across the board. You will find a newly reworked beginner experience, which includes new Guide Quests and a simplified Main Quest, making it much easier for new players to dive into the game and get ready for future content. Descendant Blair finally gets his Descendant Story along with an Ultimate Version and a special in-game cinematic showcasing his backstory and powerful new ability.
You will also find a new Void Erosion ‘Challenge’ Mode, a new Badge system, a New Reactor/External Component Option Enhancement System, 5 New External Component sets, several new skin updates, and new in-game events. Check out The First Descendant Season 2 Episode 2 Void Trailer below:
Below, we have listed the new Season Update in its entirety for you:
- New Content
- New Ultimate: ‘Ultimate Blair’
- Ultimate Blair Modification Modules (Killer Recipe & Next-level Recipe)
- Significantly changed mechanism with newly added skill modules
- Can be obtained by farming Amorphous Materials in Infiltration Operations and Outposts
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- New Blair’s’ Descendant Story & In-game Cinematic
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- Void Erosion ‘Challenge’ Mode
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- New Badge System
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- New Reactor/External Component Option Enhancement System
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- 5 New External Component Sets
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- New Skin Updates:
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- Players can now enjoy the “Dandy Corn” Unisex Skin
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- Beginning April 30th, players can look forward to using the “Albion Academy Summer Uniform” Full Body Skin.
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- Void Erosion ‘Challenge’ Mode
- Content exclusive for players who have cleared Void Erosion Normal ‘stage 30’
- Increased difficulty compared to existing Void Erosion ‘stage 30’
- A total of 5-layer structure with one-time rewards per ID given upon completing each layer
- Ranking system based on maximum cleared layers and completion records
- Plan to award “Badges,” a periodic honorary reward, to the top 100 players for each descendant when Season 2 Episode 2 ends
- “Badges” can be optionally worn in front of the descendant’s name
- Beginner Experience Improvements
- Guide Quests added for Beginners
- Simplified Main Quests
- Reorganized Early Game Fields
- Addition of In-game Web Guide
- Ultimate Bunny Farming Difficulty Adjustment
- New In-game Events
- Beginning April 17th, players will have the opportunity to participate in both the “Ingris Guardian Blair” and “Weekly Fire Support” challenges.
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- A new on-time event will begin on April 17th and run through April 24th. Players who log in during the event period will receive the ‘Surprise Egg’ social motion as a gift—don’t miss out!
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- The ongoing Season 2 Episode 2 Update event continues, offering players the chance to earn Ultimate Bunny or Haley skins. The event will run until June 12th.
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- Quality of Life Improvements
- New Badge System
- Structure for obtaining badges through achievement completion
- System for rank upgrade and appearance enhancement when acquiring duplicate badges
- Implementation of displaying badges on name tags and name cards
- A system allowing players to show off achievements gained from core gameplay to other players
- New Badge System
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- New Reactor/External Component Option Enhancement System
- System for growing maximum option values by inputting materials into reactors and external components
- Materials can be obtained through dismantling reactors/external components
- A grinding system allowing players to grow their desired options to maximum values
- New Reactor/External Component Option Enhancement System
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- New External Components (5 Sets)
- Fire Brand: Maximizes flame attribute skill effects through “Burn” triggers applied to most flame attribute descendant skills
- Plague: A set related to poison attribute descendants, considerably increases skill power when worn, considering that poison attribute descendants are mainly used as skill dealers
- Enlightened Mage: Designed considering the damage cycle of non-attribute descendants, implementing more powerful damage in the next damage cycle
- Moving Fortress: Improves defense stat utility for all descendants. Connects defense to incoming DMG, instantly strengthening descendants’ basic survivability and preventing sudden death
- Shell Crusher: Considers Voltia’s necessity due to the increase in monsters with barriers/shields. Additionally provides means to remove barriers/shields
- New External Components (5 Sets)
- PAX East 2025 Participation Announcement
- On May 11th (Sunday) at 9 AM PT / May 12th (Monday) at 1 AM KST, A Dev Livestream is scheduled to be held both online and offline at PAX East 2025, be sure to tune in for new information on some of the highly anticipated new content of Season 3 that’s sure to capture the dreams of global players.
The next major update for The First Descendant will arrive in May which will bring the much-awaited Dynamic Motion Feature, new skins, enhancements to the Party Finding System, new Sticker and Frame functions in Photo Mode and plenty of other improvements to the game. NEXON will reveal additional details closer to its release. The First Descendant is currently available on PC via Steam, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.
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Are you looking forward to jumping back into The First Descendant to play as Ultimate Blair or trying out the new features and enhancements? Let us know in the comments section below.
