UPDATED Beginners Guide to The First Descendant (2024)

[@DrybearGamers]

What beginner tips do you have for The First Descendant? 00:00 Introduction 00:24 Game Overview 00:44 Story Campaign 01:32 Leveling Build 03:03 Best Weapons 03:34 Early Weapons 06:08 Main Hub Albion 10:42 Early End Game 12:32 Activators & Catalysts 21:40 Ultimate Descendants 24:12 Required Descendants 24:48 Outposts 26:28 Vaults 29:17 Best Farming Spots 36:39 Access Info 40:17 Extra Modules

[@Guide_online]

Thank you for sharing your obviously deep understanding of the game and which elements to pay attention to 😎

[@DevilsGrimm333]

No clickbait just straight to the point. This is actually a great guide that hopefully gets more views. Sad that yt recommends clickbaiters but not channels with useful info

[@ronaldbennett8791]

Returning player here, I appreciate the straightforwardness of this video Thank you very much.

[@coldfries8976]

I wish i didn't start before this video was out! What a lifesaver holy. I already feel nostalgic about starting the game fresh! It's been 2 months only lol. Great work dude!

[@Stallioniinyaa]

I've watched so many beginner guides on this game and this is the only actual real guide I've seen. I hope more people see this cause you deserve much more love on this.

[@바보Queen]

every online mmo rpg type game needs this access info thing... tired of needing 3rd party websites to learn where to get anything

[@Kevfactor]

It doesn’t explain blueprint stuff well (I still don’t understand much of it) but ya much better than most games. Then again most games are not made like Poe so there isn’t vast deep systems

[@noseriouslyimserious4073]

@@KevfactorI can’t get passed the god awful inventory system..

[@cheetozclaiborne7761]

guild wars was the best mmorpg

[@huntercrawford5556]

Btw leveling mastery doesn’t increase your total mod capacity. Like warframe, it just unlocks the mod capacity early so you don’t have to rank up the weapon to get it. For ex. MR 1, weapon lv 1, 30 mod cap MR 20, weapon lv 1, 50 mod cap MR 1, weapon lv 40, 50 mod cap MR 20, weapon lv 40, 50 mod cap MR 20 is the last rank that gives you a head start with mods and everything after just gives inventory space I believe. Hope this helped someone.

[@huntercrawford5556]

I’ve seen a lot of people confused about this.

[@Arunnn241]

Inventory space is the true end game

[@TerraDoLL]

Amazing guide for a noob that's only been playing for around 2 days it's great!

[@regycyde289]

Fantastic info! I have played this game from the beginning, and stopped shortly after I reached the swamp/colossus fight as I couldn't understand what I was doing wrong with my playthrough. I now have new life in me to keep pushing forward. Thanks for making this game seem less daunting of a task!

[@zerulaw9118]

great guide worth watching every second of it summarize character - max hp mod,def mod,spear&shield mod,1 socket mod of your chioce to survive weapon- max action&reaction,rifling reinforcement to do enough dmg get sharen for end game character&weapon loot box farm *tons* of shard to open loot box i never open a vault before so idk what kind of loot inside

[@farhanmaqbool9286]

Best beginner/essential knowledge of the game shared by the expert. This will be very helpful for new players to set their mind and structure their progress of the game on sound footings. Must watch in my opinion! GGs

[@michaelbeckettii3686]

Great content. Super helpful. Keep the FD content coming! This will be the video I recommend to help get people over the barrier to entry that is…yeah, all the systems.

[@subtledemisefox]

I've been playing since close to launch, but i even learned some new things! I was starting to have trouble surviving Hard difficulty, and couldn't complete the "tutorial" invasion where you rescue Hailey. This video will help a lot.

[@subtledemisefox]

I had no idea about the Mastery level!! Well now I know I'm running more than Thunder Cage starting tomorrow after work lol

[@ishi.fitness]

Only started playing 4 days and this really helps

[@DrybearGamers]

So glad! Enjoy :)

[@playin4power]

1. Great video, thank you for clearing up the grind a bit. 2. Im an old paladins player and I was pleasantly surprised to see Drybear pop up. Glad to see he's doing well

[@Justme-jp8ih]

Just started, great guide. Straight to the point

[@Archerforthelord]

Here's the real answer new players are looking for: You use colored text in chat by using this format: "your text here" . You're welcome :)

[@coldfries8976]

I never knew it and i don't even wanna participate in this wack chat system... they need to give us a proper chat with channels etc. It's 2024 come on!

[@BasedBrave]

Thanks for that. I’m not new but thanks alot

[@ravenpotter5131]

So it's just like runescape.

[@Tru3Gamb1t]

Awesome video. I came to TFD from Destiny 1/2 love games like this. And right after the game launched my pc quit so just getting back into thanks man

[@Iamgoldygramz]

Phenomenal Guide!! This the FIRST one I have come across that not only explains ‘HOW’ but also ‘WHY’ Drybear, you sir are a national treasure!!

[@DrybearGamers]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Not_Elite_]

I knew the second I saw that badass Superman chin that this guide will be the best.

[@meezwy9652]

crimson chin

[@Seaview123123]

This is excellent info on TFD. Thanks for this.

[@RockLeeMC]

31:17 - omg so glad you pronounced it properly. other streamers pronounced like they were cousins with Barry Kripke. LOL

[@Sgt.Veganer]

ok, so ive watched this video even though i am not a beginner (MR 26 actually lol) and i wanted to give some feedback Overall, this is a good video with nice structure to it and it will probably help new players very well as it intends. I do not like recommending pure exp spots like bunny cave or the other void fragment spot. because while yes, they are very fast exp you only get exp and after you need to farm for gold and kuiper making the process just very inefficient while seeming efficient... just level up your stuff in Ambush point or other gold/kuiper farms (Echo swamp - Environment Contamination Zone which is also good for Code breakers or Sterile Land - Kuiper mine which is also kind of exploity but much more effective than only farming for exp at void fragment which you dont even get the shards at if youre not bunny or sharen) Also quick correction: Code breakers do not drop from any mob, just the mobs with additional conditions (icons above the HP bar) thats why Ambush point is so good . has lots of mobs with additional effects.. I will still share this video with my friends who recently started tho (:

[@AbhilashRathod5]

Thank you very much… this guide is a lifesaver 🤝

[@JCR7113]

Thank you very much for the super helpful guide and the links. Literally a game changer!

[@Oni1975]

I've never done an exp session at places like Bunny Cave, but I've had no issues gaining exp and weapon proficiency just by doing defense missions. These days, they also drop shards from the monsters you kill there. One session at Echo swamp just up to the second review and I had gone from level 1 to 16. It's more effort, but it's also more interesting.

[@aeslofi]

Great job Drybear, love your content and simplicity

[@GendacGames]

very straight forward not confusing like some other peoples videos

[@jarek94cze]

Good video, explained a lot to me. Thanks.

[@nohandle8008]

EXCELLENT video so informative and well done THANK YOU, well worth a sub and like.

[@DrybearGamers]

Appreciate it! Good luck on your grind!

[@OrionStarzz]

Such a good guide for the game, thank you

[@Arunnn241]

The mod socket types are all "fancy" characters that are short hand for their respective name. The "3 slashes" is actually an "m" for malachite socket type. Arrow pointing up is an "A", C for cerulean, X for xantic, etc.

[@alexhype1]

Best guide ever bro thanks alot I am less confused after starting this game couple days ago I made alot of mistakes but u have to learn. Somehow lol

[@Ceeskee_21]

Thank you for this video. Gonna start playing today ❤❤.

[@siefhemeda6183]

holy too many information ty for that i needed it

[@gamerboy6787]

Thank you. Very helpful. Some of these tips I had completely forgotten about. Thank you for this vid. Bookmarked. And thank you for pronouncing the word "Kuiper" correctly. XD The game's writers really should have spelled it "Kyper" or "Kaiper" or something like that.

[@bxe_jokermania796]

I personally believe the special operations are better for shards especially with a decent bunny you also can gain exp for guns money and patterns.

[@mdkmax9389]

Yep same I think a lot of peeps don’t realise as it doesn’t mention it when you look at rewards. Got info from Dev- patch notes Aswell as I do them anyways to farm xp/ levelling. Definitely worthwhile as you can do with friends and don’t need to match openworld void elements. Also devs increased drop rate of random void shards x7 in these special operations missions. eg I did 3waves of Kingston ops got 100+ win / win xp gains leveling and shards 🙏👍

[@ForbidenNinja]

HUGE guide, thanks!

[@AngryJunglist]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@CrazySwed]

Grait guide. You have a sub.

[@willrobinson4859]

I learned some things even though I'm in endgame. Thanks

[@Dejavuedoo-gg4dd]

Thank you!!!!

[@LzHiei]

Thank you for the updated guide. I will share this with my enemy.

[@MrPhins]

I just started playing and I'm sure it'll get better but right now I feel like I need a Doctorate to understand what's going on lol

[@funkydaddy007]

finally a verry good guide, thank u sir

[@somekindwitch6774]

Helpful guide , thank you man rly, heres ur comment

[@ricktong1655]

Thank you for the video

[@DrybearGamers]

You bet!

[@Kang003]

Great video

[@gabemaurer4969]

Hearing the name Kingston throughout this guide, being its the name of one of the first zones is just interesting to me as thats the name of a city near me lol

[@billy_cross]

Thing on what character you’re talking about Jews recommended will do that for you. In addition it will pop in from Philp modules and other things with the gun. It will pretty much put most of the right module I mean pretty much the same thing because mostly the same modules are used on every single gun, you don’t have to think about it and tell you get the level 100 and start thinking about upgrading and leveling up your gear get to where you’re drawing level 100 stop in hard mode

[@MrMagJon]

I was always wondering what the baduuup sound was when looking for a vault!! This makes looking for them quite a bit easier! :D

[@Beatvictor]

Thank you, good sir for this guide ☺

[@sidneylu7294]

Damm it, This vidoo's data is the first details and clear

[@716lox]

Dude I hope they're paying you! Lol that was awesome and efficient! Great job 🤘🏻

[@kream5429]

Grab your dagger on normal mode, then a sword in hard mode!

[@darkeater600]

3:04 How is burst different from the other categories of best weapons?

[@Allurapre]

Informative video, ty

[@Frieren-v9e]

Great Guide ! thnx

[@KhaleelWard]

Whew that was a lot but very helpful

[@michaelklein3244]

Good shit

[@AnthonyLopez-cc9nf]

Great guide

[@ImNoyader]

Cheers dude ❤🎉

[@GrahamtheTitan]

I recommend picking viessa since there are void fragments that drop from missions that only she can do as she is the only ice character

[@Beatvictor]

I recently started playing and selected her, what are void fragments? 🤔

[@Spike9819]

This was Really Good, However, you did not explain about the stuff to the right of the Guns equipment area im new i have no idea what they are called, but some of them look like gears with an element and the other 3 objects as well.

[@rubennieves8248]

Awesome job man really appreciate this video I have a question for you when you have two virgins of oneAwesome job man really appreciate this video I have a question for you when you have 2 version Of one character if you level both of them up. Does it count towards your mastery?

[@madwilli3205]

Wish i saw this b4 I started. I would prob be much better equipped to farm for ult des

[@Dekarowski25]

played bit of open beta (or something like that) it was kind of strange and worked shitty (or my internet was shit at the moment) is it better now?

[@billy_cross]

It isn’t just the Luder shooter. It’s a hero rooter shooter, which is important to the contacts right it’s not Sesame to back class page you are building your main are leveling up and ripping a character with certain abilities when you’re done with that you’re going to level up and equip another character with certain abilities, the video shooter or the war frame really I mean Warf is the shooter but it’s a shooter and flies out borderland light and it is absolutely not sad at all

[@thatdavejones]

Why is it when killing the level commanders that require shards to activate, why is the reward box telling me “no amorphous to be found”? Feels like I’m being ripped off after using stuff I had to grind for to activate the fight.

[@eclipsos8187]

Top secret only grab sharen from normal then ill wait untill ult versions are released which will all be on hard.

[@cliffordperalta2003]

Great video but sadly I couldn't finish it. There is too many sound spikes that hurt my ears. I tried lowering the volume but spikes on certain sounds hit loud for half a second. Hope you can correct this on your content

[@ShauryamaanChauhan]

hey i just got bunny and i keep gettign this sub quest popping up telling me to go talk to teh research lady to "replace with bunny." what does this mean?

[@ragnaroket1285]

use bunny as your character . this will start that sub quest( descendant specific quest) . after that talk to lab lady

[@ShauryamaanChauhan]

@@ragnaroket1285 I am, thats the thing.

[@ragnaroket1285]

@@ShauryamaanChauhan talk to lab lady with Bunny

[@ShauryamaanChauhan]

@@ragnaroket1285 thx. i had to switch characters and back again for sum reason.

[@MultiRoyds]

Who is a good character to buy?

[@IvoryTaurean]

Depends on your play style. I farmed Frenya and Bunny because of the sidequests. I only paid for Sharen because of the fact that I wanted. You do the outpost things. I have no other characters. I would say it depends on your play style.

[@natsukisubaru1732]

is it me or did he not say HOW TO GET THE ULTIMATE MODULES FOR THE ULT CHARACTER. for example i swiped my card to buy the ulti character. now where is my 2 exclusive mods for ultimate freyna?

[@DrybearGamers]

You'll have to farm those in-game. Go to "Access Info" tab on your map screen and look for the specific modules for Ultimate Freyna

[@fall5923]

Are the base decendants still viable for endgame ?

[@DrybearGamers]

Yep, but best if you get their Ultimate versions

[@tnyeh]

Can I really just use like 2 or 3 mods on a character?

[@that80ssongyoulove84]

Take your time and enjoy the story. You will regret rushing through it.

[@Oni1975]

While it's not the greatest story ever told, you only get to experience it once--literally. There's no redo option.

[@MeretriciousLynn]

nahh story here boring

[@Jacob-uh2ed]

To much yapping, I hit that skip button

[@king-paulkpaulk5516]

Vault are like mummy tombe

[@6sense187]

Brain overload....i'll be back.

[@jamestonberry6129]

Ok but who is the second one. You said sharen but who is the second required descendant 😭😭

[@jamestonberry6129]

Nvm I saw. But like maybe next time, mention both of em before going into detail. It went into the outposts category and it threw me off. Thot I missed something haha

[@IvoryTaurean]

Enzo

[@DevonDekhran]

I wonder how comparable this game's macrotransactions compare to warframe

[@Rogue_Trooper970]

People are shouting that they're a lot worse but I've played both and they aren't. There's a lot more to buy in WF but it's been out for a decade now and while I will say that some of the packs in TFD are pretty pricey you get a couple of skins, a character, and a few other bits and bobs. WF Prime access is usually around 120 dollars for the full pack, TFD ultimates are around 100 dollars for the full pack the one major difference that I see with WF is you get a fair amount of premium currency in the packs. If they wanted to even the playing field they'd need to throw in a couple new weapons and some premium currency, I will add to that by saying, I've yet to manage the grind for a Prime frame in WF (With time constraints and the actual times I'm able to play, usually quite late at night when it's quiet) without organizing a group to do relics for the drops but in TFD I've already unlocked two Ultimates in two days by farming for a few hours. At the end of the day, either way you're paying for some pretty graphics in both games (And some slightly enhanced stats) I feel the need to pay in TFD far less than I do in WF for some reason even to rush builds as in WF it takes 3 and a half days to build a frame which is ridiculous.

[@thermogenesis]

you forgot about reactors

[@charleswilliam8335]

Yeah but HOW do you unlock hard mode bosses? I have never seen a game with more creators either leaving information out of their videos or giving conflicting information from each other. These guys really don’t know the game that well OR they just DONT understand how to PROPERLY explain mechanics and systems. Your build is SO dependent on your modules for your character and weapons, your external mods, reactor, your mastery level, etc.

[@JS-cz2to]

Fyi the bosses are locked within the story mode, as I currently am at Devourer but I can't go to White night or Fortress or hagios as yet. Until I beat that boss.

[@SkorianDnb]

In normal mode, yes. In hard mode you can do them whenever you like and it's a long list of bosses to progress through.

[@JS-cz2to]

@@SkorianDnb this video is for beginners and an understanding of how progression is, why explain about Hard Mode when beginners need to get past Normal first.

[@ashleyclifford4723]

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[@tinysmardy]

so its basically warframe with anime uwu uwu girls.

[@billy_cross]

When you’re going to the weapon configuration under the modules, it’s called Jews recommended that’s all you need to do and like any Luder shooter always be putting on the vets you have don’t worry about bills or anything else. If you have a level 60 item and you’re using a level 56 item put the level 60 item on just keep doing that, all the way, and until you do the final story mission that which point you will unlock hard mode and you can start getting level 100 gear at which point you can start thinking about what your bill is going to look like

[@godofm3tal1]

You lost me with "made by Nexon"

[@coldfries8976]

Pick Ajax as a starter.

[@GrahamtheTitan]

No pick viessa since it’s a pain to get polymer shards without ice

[@cobra5x5]

This is not a good begeners guied... if you payed the game and know it, yea it may seem like it's for begeners, but it's not. This just does brad strokes abut stuff that we all know about... This is where you can upgrade your modlule... but he doesn't show you how and what are some of the compaones and where to get them... example... this is where you can go to the lab and train on dummies... Ok... I want to do that... I go there and there is a locked icon in it... he dosn't say anything about it. I want to break down my weaons into components... how do I do that? he doesn't say it... I keep selling my guns when inveontory is full becasue I haven't found the place where to break them down. During my play, there are hundreds of items to pick up on the gournd... some have icons like a gun... I get it, I pick it up, it's a gun... some have a circle... those are materials... what do you use them for? where do they stock up? ... what do ammo pick ups look like? where do I get speical ammo? I stood over a blue box with a plus on it... didn't pick it up... waited, got shot... shilds going down... didn't pick it up... heald going down... didn't pick it up... I shoot all my guns... didn't pick it up... I use some powers... didn't pick it up... WTF are all the things on the ground and who picks them up and for what reason? I just run over everything and hope some of it is ammo and health... any explanation for this for beggeners? nope... but we jump into Early End Game... oh, End game for beneggers? is that what we're talking about? This explains nothing of value... if I get to end game, I figured thinsg out and won't be watching a begeners video... but end game videos. What do the colors mean? Blue is the lowest? then purple then yellow? ... This is for people that know all of ths already... at this point, why watch this? He neven gos oever "upgrade a weapon" ... he select it, and it says he don't have anything usable to upgarde the gun... yea, me too... I have a machine gun and I want to upgrad it... I select it, my inventory is FULL of stuff... and it says, just like in his video, you dont' have anything usable to upgarde the gun... HOW DO I ACTUALY UPGRADE THE GUN?!?! What do I need in my inventory to do it? "You can just use any fodder gun to upgrade" ... WTF? My inveontory is full of fudder guns... now what? ehh... waste of time.

[@nikolowolokin]

You talk too much. Actual beginners have already left comments stating that the vid helped them. I don't think telling them where a specific drop comes from is helpful. He's teaching them how to effectively farm, not spoonfeed where each specific loot drops. Shut your ass up boy

[@corywilliams9007]

This was hard to read. This was also a waste of a comment. Please use spell check…it’s in your phone Man!!!

[@dvdryb]

This game is a joke. worst servers i ve ever seen. please do not spend money on this trash!

[@tomaszszupryczynski5453]

i am done with that game, no coop, i will not go to discord, all is solo, no way to filter trash reactors cos we miss last section like weapons, drop rates i have enough of grind to have 20 enzos or materials for 40 weapons but not one i want, stabilizers are useless, and next there is no content, next constant random crashing due shaders and network, and you lose loot and gold, lost and found is useless. research for 29h same shit you already done it should be faster next time. only good thing compared to warframe, new weapons have more energy to put upgraded mods so you dont feel so weak, yet grind again 40 levels is stupid, next enemies spawn not like warframe run 900m for 5 minuts to kill enemy and run back 900m to extraction to end level. thats why i left warframe. all we need for next is do nerfs in pve game and add lgbt and feminazi and blm. reactors especially exotic are so stupid, next every character needs its own and they are for so many weapons, shotgun, sniper and grenade launcher are useless, next separate mods for heavy, zero ammo drops especially during collosi fight, so many times i run out of ammo for general, special and tactical, killed minions and no ammo even in lava. they must fix that cos playerbase already dies, and i will not get back to destiny, i want bungo dead. for all they did, content money they stole from me. remove stuff i paid for

[@nikolowolokin]

Ok bro