The First Descendant update 1.29 Patch Notes (v1.1.6)

The First Descendant update 1.29 (1.1.6) is rolling out on PS4, PS5(1.027) PC and Xbox. According to the official The First Descendant 1.29 patch notes, the latest update brings major Reactor Implant functionality enhancements, streamlined Albion Resource Defense operations, Descendant’s Daily Tasks for event rewards, and Twisted Worship SE skin for customization. Apart from this, today’s TFD patch 1.29 (v1.1.6) also includes advanced graphics options on PS5 Pro, including new ray-tracing features.

The First Descendant Update 1.29 Patch Notes – October 30, 2024

Reactor Implant Functionality

New Reactor Implant Function

Activated on Workbench: Unlocks after completing the “Reactor Implant Training” sub-quest from the Descendant Instructor.
Quest Requirements:
- Complete “Complete Reactor Enhancement Training” to access the “Reactor Implant Training” sub-quest.
Ultimate Tier Reactor:
- Consumes other Ultimate Tier Reactors, enabling implant for Optimization Conditions.
- Can hold up to 3 different Optimization Conditions.
- Skill Power Increase: Only one instance of Skill Power increase can apply, even if multiple conditions are met.
Implant Adjustments:
- Optimization Conditions can be changed through the Implant function on the workbench.

Albion Resource Defense Improvements

Location Changes

New Locations: Special Operation – Resource Defense now available in Kingston, Echo Swamp, and Fortress Field.

Wave and Monster Adjustments

Waves Reduced: All waves shortened from 21 to 10.
Increased Monster Count: More Common and Commander Monsters appear.
Champion Monsters: Now drop Buff Items similar to Special Operation – Mine Blockade.
Improved Rewards:
- Interim Review Stage: New Weapon Proficiency EXP reward added.
- Monster Drops and Rewards: Increased number and drop probability for rewards.

Module Socket Type Auto Application

Automatic Socket Change: Slots now automatically adjust to the module type equipped.
UI Update:
- Socket Type Button replaced with “Socket Info (Y)” for easy reference.

Descendant’s Daily Tasks Event

Event Duration: From October 30, 2024, to November 20, 2024 (PST).
Tasks:
- 6 Daily Tasks and 1 Weekly Task offering various rewards.
- Check in-game Descendant’s Daily Tasks Event Notice for task details and rewards.

Shop Updates

Twisted Worship SE Skin

New Skin Addition: The ‘Twisted Worship SE’ body skin is now part of the Twisted Worship bundle.
Distribution Schedule:
- Prior Purchasers: Descendants who bought “Twisted Worship” before October 30 will receive the SE skin by mail after the update.
- Post-Patch Purchasers: Those purchasing without updating will receive the SE skin progressively starting October 31.

PS5 Pro Enhanced Update

Enhanced Graphics and Ray-Tracing

Graphics Quality: Improvements in resolution across modes with PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR).
Ray-Tracing Enhancements:
- Resolution and Balance Priority Modes: Includes ray-traced shadows, reflections, ambient occlusion (AO), and radiance cache.
- Performance Priority Mode: Includes ray-traced reflections (translucency surfaces), AO, and radiance cache.
AMD Frame Generation: Resolution enhancements for smoother visuals via PSSR-based frame generation.

Content Improvements
(1) Contents
Vulgus Strategic Outpost

The UI has been modified to show count on the left mission tracker only when ‘Sharen’ neutralizes power units through ‘Infiltration’.
Data Collection Mission
Users participating in other missions can no longer acquire collection disks.
Time limit has been increased to 5 minutes for all Data Collection missions for all fields.
Data Collection missions has been relocated in Echo Swamp’s ‘Derelict Covert’ and Hagios’s ‘Dune Base’ and ‘Fractured Monolith’.
ㄴ The number of available disks has been increased.
ㄴ The acquisition flow has been changed and the deployed Moving Actors has been rearranged into large ones.
Monsters
The guidance trajectory of the guided projectiles of common and commander monsters has been completely reorganized.
Infiltration Operations
No Resurrection Zone has been deleted from the final battle section on normal difficulty so that players will be resurrected in place when killed.
At 400% difficulty, Echo Swamp’s ‘The Chapel’ is modified so that enhanced monsters appear evenly during the battle.
Normal Difficulty Level Lowered
The level of normal difficulty content has been lowered overall.
ㄴ The level decline begins with the ‘Kingston: The Last Emergency Communicator’ field mission, ranging from a minimum level of 1 to a maximum level of 15.
The level of rewards obtained from content will remain the same.
Main Quest Reward
Enhanced normal tier modules will be awarded upon completion of the main quest for each field from Kingston to Hagios.
Rewards for already completed quests will not be given retroactively.

(2) Weapons & Modules

Some improvements have been made to the weapon specifications and unique abilities of the three ultimate weapons.
Even if you cannot acquire any more modules because you have the maximum number of modules, if you attempt to acquire the dropped transcendent module, it will be treated as lost.
Farming destinations for some modules have been added.

(3) UI/UX

In the interim review of the ‘Special Operations’, the waiting time has been modified to be shortened if all participants make different choices.
In the mission info tooltip, the order has been adjusted so that additional rewards are displayed before main rewards.
You can now proceed with matchmaking by clicking the Infiltration Operation icon on the map when in Albion.
When receiving a Descendant from the research menu, if the Descendant slot is full, you can now quickly purchase a single slot.
The pop-up window in the Cancel Research window now automatically closes when time runs out.
Research Target setting/release has been improved so that it can be set/released at any time regardless of research status.
The research item menu in the library will be improved to allow detailed viewing of research material holdings for each list.
Tooltips in the inventory for consumables, including enhancement materials and core materials, will be updated to display research material information directly.
For consumable items that can only be acquired through research in the consumable inventory, etc., you can now view detailed research information.
Preset slot increase details have been added to the Mastery Rank benefits.
A Sale Ended label has been added to the tooltips for discontinued skin items to indicate purchase availability.
The text in the “Exclude from Junk” filter has been adjusted to improve ease of use.
If no challenge objectives are set in the main menu, the Event tab will now be prioritized and displayed by default.

(4) Others

Some control keys on the console pad have been modified.
ㄴ Tooltip scroll: PS – L1+R stick, XB – LB+R stick
ㄴ Module, Reactor enhancement level adjustment key: changed to release method
The information message displayed as the Blueprint sales function is unlocked at Mastery Rank 10 has been improved.
The sales period is no longer visible for owned paid products.

Bug Fixes
(1) Contents

Fixed some of the terrain where characters get stuck in the Infiltration Operation fortress ‘Quarantine Zone’.
Fixed some of the terrain where characters get stuck in the Infiltration Operation Kingston ‘Magister Lab’.
Fixed cases of failing to join allies in the Infiltration Operation of Sterile Land ‘Unknown Laboratory’, Agna Desert’, ‘Caligo Ossuary’, and ‘The Asylum’.
Fixed an issue where characters got stuck and couldn’t move between the battle zone movement paths during Infiltration Operation.
Fixed some of the terrain where characters get stuck in Field Hagios ‘Dune Base’.
Fixed some of the terrain where characters get stuck in Field White-night Gulch Hatchery.
Fixed an issue in Field White-night Gulch ‘Shipment Base: Vulgus Strategic Outpost’ where leaving the outpost area was not recognized as a mission departure.
Fixed some of the terrain where characters get stuck in Field Agna Desert ‘Vermilion Waste’ and ‘Miragestone’.
Fixed a case where joining allies failed in the Invasion Sterile Land ‘Unknown Laboratory’.
Fixed an issue where surrounding monsters did not react when a monster identified an enemy.
Fixed an issue where Commander Monster Bhegze’s barrier could not block attacks coming from behind.

(2) Descendants

Fixed an issue where an animation effect is displayed even when hit by an ally’s firearm other than the player’s own when using Hailey’s skill module ‘Cryogenic Cluster Shot’.
Fixed an issue where the shoulder launcher was not exposed when using the ‘Time Bomb’ skill while wearing some of Esiemo’s skins.
Fixed an issue where ‘DEF Object’ could be recovered through Yujin’s ‘Hyperreactive Healing Ground’ skill.
Fixed an issue where the ‘max expandable range’ notation was missing from the ‘Contagion Ring’ skill information window for ‘Freyna’ and ‘Ultimate Freyna’.
Fixed an issue where the notation of ‘max expandable range’ was missing from the ‘Plague Bodyarmor’ skill information screen when wearing ‘Toxic Stimulation’, the skill module of ‘Freyna’ and ‘Ultimate Freyna’.
Fixed an issue where the Max Expandable Range for ‘Toxic Puddle’ was missing, as well as the notation indicating the amount of change when adjusting the range of ‘Room 0 Trauma.’
Fixed an issue where the value in the ‘Continuous Damage’ section of ‘Waterway’ was fixed at level 1 in the information window of Ultimate Valby’s ‘Clean Up’ skill.

(3) Weapons & Modules

The notation method for numerical calculations in the ultimate weapon’s unique ability information window has been unified.
ㄴ In case of addition operation, it is indicated as +, in case of multiplication operation, it is indicated as %.
The marker icon for the ‘Guardian Lance’ installed as the ‘King’s Guard Lance’ has been modified so that only the player’s own is exposed.
Fixed an issue where the shield recovery function of the ‘Shield Collector’ module did not work.
When wearing modules that increase the stats below, the stats have been modified so that they are not displayed separately in the module window but are displayed as correct sums.
ㄴ ‘Tech Skill Power Modifier’, ‘Dimension Skill Power Modifier’, ‘Singular Skill Power Modifier’, ‘Fusion Skill Power Modifier’

(4) UI & UX

Fixed an issue where two mission markers were displayed when setting waypoints in ‘Moongrave Basin – Forgotten Comms Device’ and ‘The Mountaintops – Ancient Transmission Detection Facility’ in White-night Gulch on normal difficulty.
Fixed an issue where mission objects dropped by monsters in Special Operation Vespers ‘The Shelter’ were dropped inside the passage spawn.
Solved an issue where some function buttons were not exposed when attempting to enter the Infiltration Operation through the Infiltration Operation terminal.
Adjusted the issue so that skipping the animation when receiving research also stops the sound from playing.
When attempting to replace with the same module, it has been modified so that it is replaced if the capacity is no problem.

(5) Customization

Fixed an issue where Jayber’s thighs appeared constricted when wearing his ‘Gentlemanly’ skin and ‘Summer Vacation’ skin.
Fixed an issue where the thigh seams of Ultimate Freyna’s ‘Toxic Plant Disposal Suit’ skin looked unnatural during the belly button salute and grotesque zombie emote.
Fixed an issue where some borders of Luna’s ‘Pool Party’ skin bottoms looked empty.

(6) Others

Fixed an issue where the character would intermittently move when switching to another window while playing with a pad on a PC.
Fixed an issue where was an issue where the descriptions of ‘Small Devil Wings’ and ‘Small Angel Wings’ were changed which are included in the limited skin ‘Gley’s Albion Medical Support Corps’ and ‘Bunny’s Albion Medical Support Corps’ bundles.

Recently, a major The First Descendant update 1.23 resolved various issues including a bug where party members cannot join mid-session. Unfortunetly, players have been facing various server issues with the game. Today’s TFD patch 1.29 will address a few of these errors.

Download free The First Descendant update 1.29 for PS4, PS5, PC and Xbox One.