The First Descendant - 100% Achievement Guide and Roadmap (F2P)

Guide to unlocking all achievements in First Descendant as well tips for both fast and efficient completion without spending any money in the in-game shop.

List of contents:

• Comprehensive catalog of all achievements and unlocking guide
  
• Roadmap for achievement hunters
  
• Gameplay tips

Overview

Total Achievements : 24

• Offline Achievements: 0
  
• Online Achievements: 24

DLC achievements : 0

Approximate amount of time to get 100% : 50-100 hours (depending on play-style, see Disclaimer or Roadmaps below)

Number of missable achievements: None.
Broken achievements : None. (as of v1.1.9)
Difficulty related achievements : No.
Hardest/Most time consuming achievement: Slot Maketh Module

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DISCLAIMER:

This guide is written first and foremost for completionists who aim to unlock achievements as quickly and efficiently so they can move to work on another 100% as soon as possible. This of course doesn't mean you cannot use this guide if you are not completionist as I will provide detailed information on how to unlock every achievement in the game no matter how you decide to play. That being said, while no achievements are hard, some can be very time consuming and for that reason I will always outline both approaches: For achievement hunter, the fast and efficient way as well as the optimal and favorable way for the TFD enjoyer. By the same token, I will outline both approaches in the Roadmap section.

Roadmaps

The amount of time invested in order to unlock all achievements depends on how you will approach the game. Some achievements can be unlocked much earlier if you will play only for the sake of doing 100%. This means you will have to spend some expensive (in resources, not money) items on sub-par Descendants as the road for Ultimate Descendant is much longer. However if you planning to stick with the game even after unlocking everything, you want to approach it differently. I will specify both roads below.

Roadmap for the Achievement Hunter (50+ hours to complete)

1. Choose any starter Descendant you like.
2. Play through story missions until you unlock components to assemble your second Descendant (Bunny) and first Ultimate tier weapon (Thunder Cage).
3. Main Bunny and Thunder Cage while continuing through the story at your own pace.
4. Whenever you reach lvl 40 with Bunny or Thunder Cage, craft and use Crystallization Catalyst on them (until you eventually unlock the most time consuming achievement - Slot Maketh Module).
5. If still missing some or generally not unlocking any new achievements for a while, check global percentages to get idea what you should unlock next and refer to this guide on how to accomplish that.

Roadmap for the TFD Enjoyer (100+ hours to complete)

1. Choose any starter Descendant you like.
2. Aim to complete the story mission to unlock Hard difficulty, aka the endgame.
3. Don't invest Crystallization Catalyst or Energy activators on non-ultimate weapons or descendants and try to get your hands on any Ultimate Descendant (Ultimate Valby, Ultimate Lepik or Ultimate Bunny will probably be first you'll get you hands on, depending on how lucky you'll be).
4. Invest all in your first Ultimate Descendant as it will make everything else easier (this is a point where researching builds would be advised).
5. If you are still missing any achievements after going wild in endgame, refer to this guide.

Achievement Breakdown

I will separate achievements in this guide into three categories based on how you obtain them:

• Story - achievements you will all unlock as long as you follow the main quest
  
• Endurance - achievements that will require time and dedication
  
• Triumph - achievements that will require a certain feat

Story

Achievements in this sections are unlocked simply by following the main quest, you don't need more than the actual achievement description to know what needs to be done. Technically you don't have to finish the whole story to unlock them, only up to missions in Vespers.

Ready to Move On?
Complete Retrieve the Ironheart operation and return to Albion


First Sweep Operation
Complete all available missions and Descendant duties in Kingston


Pre-emptive Strike for the Future
Complete a Void Intercept Battle for the first time


Hope Within the Dust
Complete all available missions and Descendant duties in The Sterile Land


Knock, Knock! Who is it?
Complete all available missions and Descendant duties in Vespers

Endurance/Grind

In this section you can find all achievements that require some sort of grind. I will provide general tips where the grind is excessive, but most will be unlocked rather quickly by playing. Sorted from shortest to longest time requirements:

Out of Weapons
Dismantle weapons 50 times


Don't be afraid to dismantle weapons non-ultimate weapons, you will dismantle thousands eventually. This one will pop-up very quickly as you'll be dropping more weapons than you can handle.

What Was Always Expected
Reach Level 40 with any Descendant


As you get XP for every kill it won't take long until you reach max level for a Descendant - Lv. 40


This Is Great, Sevenfold
Enhance any module to +7


You can enhance modules by visiting Silion in Albion and paying enough Kuiper. You should be enhancing modules useful for your build but if you don't know yet you can't go wrong with Rifling Reinforcement for general rounds weapon as that will be both cheap and always useful one.


Power! O, Infinite Power!
Reach Mastery Rank Level 10


Mastery Rank is a level of your account, basically. You get Mastery XP by beating missions for the first time and leveling up weapons and descendants for the first time. You will need a substantial amount of XP for this, but you don't have to worry about it, it will pop sooner or later as (before reaching endgame) you will be using all sorts of weapons you will drop and craft.


Execute Order 77
Dismantle modules 77 times


You can and you should dismantle duplicate modules into extra kuiper. As long as they were not enhanced, feel free to dismantle any blue and purple duplicates as they are always easy to come by. There's a feature to dismantle all dupes at once:


I Can See the Future of the Colossi
Complete 10 Void Intercept Battles


Void Intercepts are the boss battles of the game and you can join them from anywhere via map. Simply beat any bosses total 10 times and you'll get this achievement.


Descendants, Assemble
Own 5 Descendants


It will take some time but it won't be hard. One you got at the start, the main quest will guide you to assemble the second one (Bunny) and then you just need to get any three more. Depends on your drops, but these will probably be Freyna, Valby and Sharen or Gley as they are the easiest ones to get early in the game.


And Combining, to Boot
Combine modules 7 times


Once again, for this achievement you need to visit Silion in Albion. Combining modules works basically as transmutation in classic looters. You gamble 4 modules for a chance to get a different or even rarer one, depending on rarity of modules you will combine. To do this fast you can just combine any four common modules total of seven times.


Slot Maketh Module
Assign module socket types 10 times


Easily the grindiest achievement currently in the game. For this you will need total of 10 Crystallization Catalyst (you can craft one each 8 hours) and lot of XP. Each time you reach max level or proficiency with a Descendant or a Weapon they will become eligible for a socket unlock using Crystallization Catalyst. This is of course recommended to do on your main Descendants and ultimate-tier Weapons as it will make them significantly stronger so unless you are doing it solely for the unlock, don't waste the Catalysts on anything but current meta or something you really really like. You can track your progress via Journal / Growth / Module Enthusiast.

Triumph

Is This How You Insert it?
Equip a module for the first time


This will be first achievement you will unlock after intro mission, but for the sake of completeness: Open inventory (i), select Descendant Module and equip any module there.


The Sensible Life of Research
Complete research for the first time


You start and complete research (aka crafting) with Anais in Albion. You'll be guided to this achievement by the game's tutorial so definitely don't worry about it.


No Hope for the Vulgus
Obtain an Ultimate tier weapon


Ultimate tier is a "gold" rarity weapon that does not drop as loot but have to be crafted in Albion. You won't have trouble getting your hands on several of these early into the game, first being the Thunder Cage.


Ready, Extract, Complete
Level up a weapon through Weapon Transmission


You can transfuse levels to a weapon by using a higher-level weapon by using the workbench in Albion. This works between rarities and it's the way how you level up your guns. Simply select the weapon you want to level up and then pick any purple or lower rated weapon of higher level from your inventory to finish the process.


Growing Possibility
Enhance a weapon's Unique Ability for the first time

Each Ultimate-tier weapon has a Unique Ability. To enhance the power of this ability you simply have to craft the same weapon twice and then combine them at the workbench in Albion.


Special Operation Task Squad
Clear up to Wave 7 in the Kingston Albion Resource Defense mission.


This is a defense mission where you simply need to defend the base against waves of enemies. There's 28 waves total with reward obtained each 7 waves. To get this achievement you have to go Kingston and go to this mission on the map and survive until level 7.

You can always come back to this mission so don't worry about it if you try to early and fail.


Good Things Happen Twice
Successfully remove Colossi parts 2 times (excluding Retrieve the Ironheart operation)


This is unlocked in Void Interception mission and can be somewhat complicated when playing in Public squad. If you have trouble unlocking it keep in mind that you can start Void Interception solo and you can do it with any Colossi. To unlock this check what are the removable parts of the particular Colossus, then shoot that part until it starts glowing with yellow color and then use your grappling hook to reach it and punch it off. Do this for two parts within one fight and you get the achievement. Keep in mind that if you want to do it with weaker Colossus, you'll have to take weaker guns otherwise you are risking killing it too soon.


This Reaction's a First
Enhance a Reactor for the first time


Enhancing Reactors is not expensive so you can get this anytime you feel like by using workbench in Albion.



Modules Maketh Descendant
Expand a Descendant's Module Capacity


For this you will need to craft Energy Activator and then use it on your Descendant. This will double their overall module capacity so you want to use this on Descendant you're planning to play as getting Energy Activators is bit costly. Best to use this on some Ultimate Descendant. If you are having trouble getting them, Sharen, Bunny and Freyna are powerful even non-ultimate if you are not planning to get Ultimate versions of them.


Place for Something Special
Expand the module capacity of a weapon that uses Special Rounds


This is done the same way expand the module capactiy for Descendants. You will need to craft Energy Activator and then use it on a weapon you like. Just be sure to use this on weapon using Special Rounds (orange ammo) and preferably an Ultimate tier one. Currently there are four, high chance the one you will be able to craft first will be Greg's Reversed Fate, which is a decent one and therefore a well spent Activator.

Not powerful enough? (General Tips)

If you are here to chase the achievements there's a chance you might have lost focus on your power building and got to a point where the game feels too difficult but you can trust me, it is not. So there's a chance you simply just forgot or overlooked something. Remember to update both your Descendant and Weapon set-up as you go or whenever you feel a bump in combat difficulty. Here's some general tips:

Weapons

Even there are three weapon slots, you can get carried through the most of the game by focusing all upgrades on one of them so don't overthink multiple weapon builds pre-endgame and focus on your the main weapon of your choosing and upgrade it where you can.

💡 Use workbench to raise level of your weapon

• Obvious one. Don't be afraid to use resources to level up the weapon you'll have them plenty, so don't worry and level up whenever you feel like you're not doing enough damage. The level ceiling is 100. After reaching gun Lv.100 you should invest in Weapon Readjustment.

💡 Use Weapon Readjustment (at the Workbench) to re-roll weapon perks

• Remember you can re-roll the four perks of your gun and don't forget you can lock the slots you want to retain but keep in mind the price of re-rolling goes up with number of locked slots. Also the perks are reduced with level transmission so you should invest in it only after you reach the gun's full potential - on gun Lv.100.

💡 Craft weapon duplicates to enhance it

• Whenever you're stopping by Anais in Albion don't forget to check what you can craft and don't hesitate to craft your main weapon multiple times as you should use the duplicates to enhance the effect of the unique ability it has.

Reactors

Reactors are essential for maximizing the powers of your Descendant and they can provide you with considerable boost if you equip the one that will create synergy with the rest of your build. The tricky part is obtaining the one that will suit your needs perfectly.

💡 Obtain the perfect reactor for your build

• To get most out of the reactor power you need to find one that will be compatible with your weapon's mounting and at the same time will align with appropriate skill power boost as you want to boost both the element and skill power type you're using. And on top of that you should aim to get one with the best perks too. If you want to say "sure, but where to get one" just keep reading.
  
  
• There's a great tool to find this ideal reactor and it's actually implemented in the game, but it's so hidden most players can go hours without learning it even exists. When you're in the Map view press F to enter "Difficulty Level Rewards" screen. There you can filter the reactor by searching for the exact mounting, element and skill type and the result will tell you where in the world is the reactor dropping right now.
  
  
• The drops are rotating each week so you might not find the exact reactor available or you might have it dropping in area you not yet unlocked. In such case you might have to wait for next rotation. If you press "V" n the Difficulty Level Rewards screen you can display the schedule of the upcoming drops.

💡 Enhance and implant

• When you find the optimal reactor for your build, don't forget you can further expand it's capabilities by using the workbench to enhance and implant. While implanting is bit expensive right now, enhancing is not so don't hesitate to do so.

Modules

(for both Descenants and Weapons)

I left this part as last, but not because it's the least important but because it's mostly obvious. This is bread and butter of upping up the ante for both Descendants and Weapons.

Upgrading Descendants is fairly straight-forward and it mostly involves upgrading module capabilites. To get Descendant more powerful you need to invest time in getting modules, kuiper in upgrading modules and crafting resources to obtain Energy Activators and Crystallization Catalyst that will further expand your module capacity.

💡 Invest in enhancing modules

• Whatever module you equip you can always move to different Descendant or Weapon so don't be shy to invest in upgrading the essentials as you will always find use for them in certain builds. In what modules to invest depends on what and how you play so for that matter you better search some build configurations (I used AlcastHQ for the time playing and it proved to be good source).

💡 Use Energy Activator to raise max capacity

• Energy Activators will be rather rare early in the game so spend them wisely. However, they are the main cornerstone of your build as they will raise the maximum module capacity of your Descendant or Weapon. You can use them once per Descendant/Weapon.

💡 Use Crystallization Catalysts to raise module slot efficiency

• Whenever you hit Lv.40 of your Descendant or Weapon profficiency you will be able to use (as long as you craft it first) Crystallization Catalyst to add new socket to one of the slots. This will reset your level back to 1 but create opportunity to save on capacity as any modules with corresponding socket will cost half to equip.

Appendix

I hope this guide will help you in obtaining 100% in First Descendant. I stopped playing the game some time ago but if the game receives and update in the future that will add new achievements I will surely come back to get it back to 100% and update this guide in the process.

If you have any constructive feedback or criticism or you found some error feel free to comment.

Have fun!

[Natsu Cadogan]

This is a brilliant guide. However, I have one thing to say about the disclaimer.

Having personally made a 100% guide for this game two days after the game released, there were achievements that were actually next to impossible to get due to how convoluted and broken they were. Between the creation of mine on July 9th and August 2024, they have been fixed.

Plus, if the Christmas event gives you free Descendants and Upgrade materials every year, then it'll be much easier to 100% the game than it was at launch.

I may no longer play TFD (Warframe is my addiction), but I'm glad there are people who still play this game. Even if the grind is so much more painful in comparison.

[emeff]

Short, sweet and straightforward guide.