THE FIRST DESCENDANT

Descendant Fest 2026 Creator Roundtable Recap

Greetings, Descendants! First, we want to sincerely thank every Descendant who has been with The First Descendant over the past two years. Thanks to your passionate interest and feedback, our dev team has been able to make the game better, one step at a time. To celebrate, we recently invited several creators to join us for a 2nd Anniversary Roundtable (open talk). During this session, we listened to the creators' candid opinions on a wide range of topics - Content, Descendants, Weapons, Mod

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Dev Note vol. 27 | Details Regarding the Patch on July 15th

Greetings, Descendants! In this Dev Note, we shared information on the main content coming with the patch on July 15th(Wed). This includes balance adjustments for Serena and Ines, Void Intercept Battle: EXTREME, Serena’s new skill modules, Blair’s balance adjustments, weapon balance adjustments for Divine Punishment and Final Masterpiece, firearm core type improvements, skill cooldown reduction along with rolling and resurrection effect improvements, new Trigger Modules, additional Onslaught Mod

Summary of the July 2 (Thu) 2nd Anniversary Descendant Fest Broadcast

Greetings, Descendants! We sincerely thank all Descendants who joined us for the 2nd Anniversary Descendant Fest livestream. During this broadcast, we shared various updates, including the Season 4 'The Great Clash' story and the Karel Narrative Trailer, the 2026 second half content roadmap, Void Intercept: Extreme, Mega Dungeon, the new Descendant Raven, new Transcendent Weapons, Trials, Ultimate Hailey, Cradle of Evolution, Colosseum-A, and the 2nd Anniversary Events, Skin Contest, Pre

Dev Note vol. 26 | Details Regarding the Patch on June 18th

Greetings, Descendants! In this Dev Note, we shared information on the main content coming with the patch on June 18th(Thu). Along with skill improvements for Bunny and the EVANGELION cosmetic collaboration, we covered additional updates for Onslaught Mode, the new dungeon “Bastion of Immortality,” the new Ultimate Weapon “Shackles of Mortality,” weapon balance adjustments, the returning Void Abyss Intercept Colossus Tormentor, new Trigger Modules, the Boost Path, QoL improvements, and new skins

Apology Notice for Game Access Error on May 26 (Tue)

Greetings, Descendants. This is the Director of The First Descendant, Minseok Joo. From 12:00 PDT on May 26 (Tue), a game access error occurred on the Steam and Nexon platforms, lasting approximately 17 hours. I am writing this directly, as the Director, to personally apologize to all Descendants who experienced this extended disruption to your gameplay experience. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. This issue was triggered by an unannounced policy change from an external authenticati

Summary of the May 19 (Tue) Developer Live Stream

Greetings, Descendants! We sincerely thank all Descendants who joined us for the May developer livestream. During this broadcast, we shared various updates, including the release of Ultimate Esiemo and the official launch of Onslaught Mode planned for the May 21st update, alongside the Season 3 Episode 4 Battle Pass, new Ines skill modules, monthly balance adjustments for Valby, weapon balance changes, new Trigger Modules, new content (Axium Mining and Bounty Operations), the returning Void Abys

Dev Note vol. 25 | Survey Results and Improvements for Onslaught Mode

Greetings, Descendants! In this Dev Note, we shared details of the survey results and improvements for the upcoming Onslaught Mode. For more details, please check out the video below. Please look forward to our Dev Live on May 19th! Thank you.

Summary of the April 14 (Tue) Developer Live Stream

Greetings, Descendants! We sincerely thank all Descendants who joined us for the April developer livestream. During this broadcast, we shared various updates, including the Onslaught Mode beta planned for the April 16th update, monthly balance adjustments for Viessa and Harris, overall base stat and synchronization value adjustments for Descendants, weapon balance changes, new Trigger Modules, returning colossus for the Void Intercept battle, Arche Tuning changes, QoL improvements, and new skins

Summary of the March 10 (Tue) Developer Live Stream

Greetings, Descendants! We sincerely thank all Descendants who joined us for the March developer livestream. During this broadcast, we shared various updates, including Sharen's balance adjustments scheduled for the March 12th update, the new Legion Laboratory infiltration operation, new weapons and modules, Keelan's new skill modules, the Descendant Mission Board, Axion Infiltration Support, QoL improvements, new skins and events for March. For more details, please check our YouTube cha

Dev Note vol. 24 | Details Regarding the Patch on February 12th

Greetings, Descendants. In this Dev Note, we shared information on the updates coming with the patch on February 12th. [Summary of Dev Note Video] ■ Gley: Changes to ‘Blood and Iron’ - Gley's Blood and Iron build demonstrated over 10% higher performance in end game content. Due to this, through further internal verification, the development team has determined that adjustments are necessary. - The Blood and Iron ‘Rampage’ skill power modifier will be reduced by 35%, with the range becoming 1

Dev Note vol. 23 | Follow-up Patch Related to the February 5th Update

Greetings, Descendants. This is the Director of The First Descendant, Minseok Joo. Since the Season 3 Episode 3 update on February 5th, the dev team and I have been reviewing various feedback from the community. We are fully aware of the disappointing aspects of the newly updated content and are preparing to make improvements through a follow-up patch. Currently, the development team is reviewing Gley's ‘Blood and Iron’ module, which has shown performance beyond its intended scope. Along wit

Summary Developer Live Stream on 2/3 (Tue)

Greetings, Descendants! We sincerely thank all the Descendants who joined us for the February Developer Live Stream. In this Developer Livestream, we shared various updates scheduled for the February 5th (Thu) update, including the new descendant Dia, the 'Exposed Underwater Base' infiltration operation, new weapons and modules, balance adjustments for Gley and Kyle, the HQ Orders system, research feature for the Companion App, improvements to the Trade Market, and new skins along with F

Dev Note vol. 22 | February Events with Dia

Greetings, Descendants! In this Dev Note, we shared various events for new and returning players starting on February 5th, along with Dia’s exclusive skin, ‘Red Rider’, and Ines’s ‘Cleaning Service’ skin. For more details, please check out the video below. Please look forward to our Dev Live on February 3rd! Thank you.

Summary of Developer Live Stream on 1/13 (Tue)

Greetings, Descendants! We sincerely thank all the Descendants who joined us for the first Developer Live Stream of 2026. In this Developer Livestream, we revealed a range of updates scheduled for 1/15 (Thu), including “Breach Tracking”, Enzo and Jayber’s balance adjustments, new Trigger & Ultimate Modules, along with new skins and events. For more details, please check out our YouTube channel. ※ Some content revealed during the broadcast may be subject to change upon actual release. ■ New D

Dev Note vol. 21 | 2026 New Year Greetings

Greetings, Descendants! In this Dev Note, we shared the dev team’s New Year greetings along with the Albion Girls & CeleXtar skins, and information on content that will be shared in the next Dev Live. For more details, please check out the video below. Please look forward to our Dev Live on January 13th! Thank you.

2025 Year-End Appreciation Letter and Gifts from the Producer and Director

Greetings, Descendants! As we reach the end of 2025, Producer Beom-Jun Lee and Director Min-Seok Joo have prepared handwritten letters for our Descendants. Please find below the English text version of the letters along with the rewards. ■ Message from the Producer Greetings, Descendants. This is Beom-Jun, Producer of The First Descendant. It’s already the last few days of 2025. It feels especially meaningful to me as this is the second holiday season after the launch of TFD. As the year draws t

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