The First Descendant update 1.18 Patch Notes (TFD 1.18)

The First Descendant update 1.18 (1.1) is available to download on PS4, PC and Xbox. According to the official The First Descendant 1.18 patch notes, Hailey joins the Descendants roster with a focus on Cryo skills, while new Invasion Dungeons and Inversion Reinforcement mechanics introduce fresh gameplay challenges. The new Battle Pass offers EXCAVA, unique skins, and more. Apart from this, today’s TFD patch 1.18 also includes a long list of bug fixes.

TDF Update 1.18 Patch Notes – August 29, 2024

New Descendant: Hailey Scott

• Hailey’s Skills:
  • Passive Skill – Safe Strategic Retreat: Decreases Weak Point Damage to nearby enemies and increases it for distant enemies.
  • Active Skill 1 – Cryo Round: Fires Cryo Rounds, inflicting Cryo. Enemies affected take more damage from firearm attacks.
  • Active Skill 2 – Storm Snare: Knocks back enemies with a Chill Vortex and fires a Freezing Beam, inflicting Cryo.
  • Active Skill 3 – Cold Fury: Gradually increases Firearm Penetration and Critical Hit Rate while reducing Movement Speed. At max stacks, gains Knockdown immunity and increased critical damage.
  • Active Skill 4 – Zenith: Equips a Unique Weapon, enhancing Firearm ATK, Penetration, and dealing Chill damage. MP recovery and cooldown reduction based on bullet usage.

Hailey Research

• Required Materials:
  • Enhanced Cells, Stabilizer Components, Spiral Catalyst Links, Data Chips.
• Research Locations:
  • Materials obtainable via Invasion Dungeons and specific Hard Infiltration Operations.
  • Daily invasions in two dungeons, cleared twice per day.
  • Faster clear times reward more Hailey Research Materials.

New Episode: Invasion

• Main Quests:
  • Unlock “Inversion Reinforcement” and “Invasion Dungeon” by progressing through quests.
• Invasion Dungeon Mechanics:
  • Solo-only with unique mechanics for each Vulgus Legion:
    • Legion of Immortality: Overload and shut down the Phase Separation Veil.
    • Order of Truth: Survive explosions and destroy malignant tumors.
    • Legion of Darkness: Disable encryption by occupying Arche Tiles.
  • Clear Invasion Dungeons faster for additional Hailey Research Materials, Gold, and Ironheart Particles.

Inversion Reinforcement

• Progression System:
  • Level up with Ironheart Particles to unlock five effects: Hunt, Attribute, Recovery, Survival, and Season.
  • Activate up to three effects at once, applicable to all Descendants.
  • Inversion Reinforcement resets at the end of the Invasion Season.

Hard Difficulty Field – Ironheart Particles

• Collect Ironheart Particles for Inversion Reinforcement EXP in Hard Difficulty fields.
• Task resets at the end of the Invasion Season.

New Module: Luna’s Modification Modules

• Singer’s Mercy: Buffs allies near placed speakers.
• Aggressive Melody: Increases Firearm Damage and Weak Point Damage.

Battle Pass

• Invasion Season Battle Pass:
  • New Ultimate Weapon EXCAVA and skins like Bunny (Exhilarating Breakaway) and Valby (For Freedom).
  • Cute cat back attachment “With Cats” and many more rewards.

Invasion Season Battle Supply Shop

• Free rewards available by leveling up the Battle Pass, featuring various skins including:
  • Bunny: Golden Afterimage body skin, Voltage Control Mask head skin.
  • Valby: Liquefaction Acceleration body skin, Hydraulic Adjustment Helmet.

New Skins and Products

• Hailey added to the shop, along with premium skins like Sniper Squad Full-Dress Uniform, Army Beret, and more.
• New premium skins for Lepic, Yujin, Ajax, and various event skins like Twisted Worship and Colossus sets.
• 10 new paint types including Clear Red-Orange, Milk Tea Beige, and Real Matte Black.

The First Descendant update 1.19

Content Improvements

Encrypted Vaults

• Added visual hints (Ecive effects, chat messages) to locate Encrypted Vaults.

Hard Infiltration Operations

• Replaced existing missions with more combat-oriented objectives.
• Increased EXP rewards by 1.5x for both defeating monsters and completing missions.
• Added rare basic materials as rewards for mission completion.

Normal Infiltration Operations

• Increased EXP for defeating monsters by 1.5x.

Fusion Reactor Adjustments

• Doubled shard acquisition from Void Fragments.
• Removed starting requirements (Void Shards) for Void Fusion Reactors, and added shard requirements to Reconstructed Devices.
• Reduced interaction time with Reconstructed Devices, and devices now expire 10 seconds after use.

UI/UX Improvements

• Socket Management: Allowed multiple socket types to be assigned and switched for different Loadout Settings.
• Dead Zone Settings: Added to game controller options.
• Improved research functionality by enabling quantity selection for research materials.
• Simplified module combining by only displaying duplicates.
• Improved mission tooltips on World Map screens for better clarity.

Descendant Changes

Jayber

• Fixed issues with “Turret” stats not reflecting correctly.
• Improved “Turret Sync” effect for summoned turrets.

Blair

• Increased DMG for “Flame Zone” and “Burn” skills.
• “Extinguish” skill no longer retrieves “Flame Zones.”
• Increased MP Heal based on Blair’s Max MP.

Ajax

• Improved “Orbit Barrier” and “Hyper Cube” with higher HP and DEF ratios.
• Enhanced “Void Walk” and “Expulsion” skills to increase DMG based on DEF.

Equipment Adjustments

• Adjusted Ultimate External Component “Bravery” set effect to increase Skill Duration.
• Increased Incoming Damage Modifier values for multiple modules.
• Improved performance when fighting large groups of enemies, including ray tracing optimizations on PC, PS5, and XSX.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed various UI/UX issues, including incorrect DPS displays and missing HUD updates.
• Corrected several skill and equipment bugs, such as icons displaying incorrectly and issues with skill damage not applying.