In the looter shooter genre, farming is not just an identity but the core of the game. Players need to farm various items and resources to build powerful setups. Sometimes, they even spend hundreds of hours collecting scrap just for a single good option.
Nexon’s new game, THE FIRST DESCENDANT, is no different. As it’s been about a week since its release, many players have dived into endless farming modes to unlock new Descendants or research builds.
GAMETOC is here to introduce two farming areas highly regarded by players. Both spots have their pros and cons, but in terms of efficiency, the ‘Fortress Outskirts’ mission is slightly better. However, it involves a kind of exploit using the monster spawn mechanics and is highly efficient, yielding over 100,000 Kuiper Shards per hour, so it may be patched soon.
You might complain, “If it’s beneficial to players, they’ll patch it right away.” Nevertheless, if the resource acquisition rate is excessively high, it might affect the game’s longevity, making it better to fix. Wise Descendants should rush to farm before the patch.
■ White-night Gulch ‘Fortress Outskirts’
– White-night Gulch ‘Fortress Outskirts’ Mission
▣ Farming Order for Fortress Outskirts (Hard Difficulty)
The farming method is simple. After activating all the Valgus Resource Storage Units, move to the designated spot and kill the swarming monsters. By waiting at the designated spot, the monsters will line up, making them easy to kill from one place.
After killing all the monsters, move to the mission area around 5 minutes and 10 seconds into the mission to see the monsters swarming around each resource storage unit. Kill these monsters, loot the items, then abort and restart the mission.
You can also immediately kill the summoned monsters or wait in a safe spot. However, if you want maximum efficiency, it’s not recommended.
Especially, avoid positioning too close to the mission area from the designated spot. For instance, if you position your character on the wall ledge at the designated spot, the monsters will not swarm and will get stuck beyond the wall. If you kill too many monsters at once, the items might not drop and could disappear due to a bug, so accurately positioning to lure the monsters is crucial.
In this mission, you can drop Ultimate-tier Reactors and Modules, Weapons, Kuiper Shards, Advanced Neural Circuits, and more. The important items here are Kuiper and Advanced Neural Circuits. Kuiper is used for module upgrades, and Advanced Neural Circuits are materials for the ‘Crystallization Catalyst,’ which assigns module socket types.
Since both items are essential for build construction, it’s better to farm them quickly. Including Kuiper Shards obtained from dismantling duplicate modules, you can gather about 150,000 to 200,000 Kuiper Shards per hour.
– Kill the monsters lining up in a row
– Activate all four Valgus Resource Storage Units and move to the designated spot
– Standing on the ledge can cause monsters to get stuck behind the wall
■ Wasteland “Ambush Anticipation Point”
– Wasteland ‘Ambush Anticipation Point’ Mission
▣ Farming Order for Ambush Anticipation Point (Hard Difficulty)
The farming method for Ambush Anticipation Point is even simpler. Start the mission and kill the spawned monsters. The mission starting point and mission area are very close, and there is no special process to remember, making farming convenient.
However, the number of monsters spawning in Ambush Anticipation Point is very low. After killing about five groups of monsters, kill the elite monsters to complete the mission. In terms of efficiency, Fortress Outskirts is better. Additionally, if you don’t have skills that can attack a wide area like Bunny, it can be quite cumbersome since the monster spawn points are scattered.
This mission also drops Ultimate-tier Reactors and Modules, Weapons, Kuiper Shards, and Artificial Biometal items. Artificial Biometal is used for unlocking Ajax and Ultimate Viessa.
– Complete the mission by killing five groups of monsters and then the elite monsters
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