The Afterglow Sword is an Ultimate Sniper Rifle that you will come across in The First Descendant. Although like every other Sniper in the game, this weapon has a slow rate of fire, but with the right build, you can melt bosses in an instant.
This weapon is currently dominating the meta, making it a must-have in the game. So here’s the best build that you should be using with the Afterglow Sword.
Best Afterglow Sword module setup
| Module | Effect |
|---|---|
| Concentration Priority | Firearm Critical Hit Damage +8%, Reload Time Modifier -8% |
| Concentration Stabilizer | Recoil -8%, Firearm Critical Hit Damage +5% |
| Fire Rate Up | Fire Rate +6% |
| Strengthen First Shot | After Reload, the first shot’s Firearm ATK +100% (Cooldown 20s) |
| Rifling Reinforcement | Firearm ATK +12% |
| Better Concentration | Firearm Critical Hit Damage +8% |
| Fire Rate Concentration | Fire Rate +8%, Firearm Critical Hit Damage +3.5% |
Being a Sniper Rifle, the Afterglow Sword in The First Descendent is mostly used to deal critical hit damage, so we’ll use modules that buff the critical hit damage in general. Other than than we’ll also be looking to use Modules that increase the rate of fire and the firearm damage in general.
How to get Afterglow Sword in The First Descendant
The only way to get this weapon in the game is by crafting it, but before that you will have to gather all the research materials for the weapon.
| Item | How to Get |
|---|---|
| Afterglow Sword Blueprint | ・Intercept Battle: (Hard) Dead Bride Amorphous Material Pattern: 066 ・ Devourer Amorphous Material Pattern: 079 ・ Swamp Walker Amorphous Material Pattern: 094 ・ Obstructer Amorphous Material Pattern: 107 required |
| Afterglow Sword Nano Tube Blueprint | ・Intercept Battle: (Hard) Executioner Amorphous Material Pattern: 056 ・ Molten Fortress Amorphous Material Pattern: 127 required ・ Echo Swamp (Hard) – Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor Echo Swamp Muskeg Swamp complete ・ Hagios (Hard) – Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor – Hagios Corrupted Zone complete |
| Afterglow Sword Polymer Syncytium Blueprint | ・Intercept Battle: (common) Grave Walker – Amorphous Material Pattern: 002 required ・ Fortress (Hard) Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor – Fortress Defense Line complete ・ Sterile Land (Hard) – Abysall Void Fusion Reactor – Sterile Land Repository complete ・ White-night Gulch (Hard) – Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor – White-night Gulch Observatory complete |
| Afterglow Sword Synthetic Fiber Blueprint | ・Vespers (Hard) – Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor – Vespers Ruins complete ・ Kingston (Hard) – Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor – Kingston Grand Square complete ・ Agna Desert – (Normal) Void Fusion Reactor – Agna Desert Vermilion Waster complete ・ Agna Desert (Hard) – Abysall Void Fusion Reactor – Agna Desert Vermilion Waster complete |
Once you’ve unlocked all the blueprints, you will have to craft the research materials, which require their own items.
- Afterglow SwordPolymer Syncytium Blueprint
- Ceramic Composite (102)
- Hellion (76)
- Common Carbon Activator (4)
- Afterglow SwordSynthetic Fiber Blueprint
- Flectorite (73)
- Carbon Crystal (139)
- Pure Energy Residue (10)
- Afterglow SwordNano Tube Blueprint
- Shape Memory Alloy (115)
- Reverse Charging Coil (114)
- Cooling Metallic Foil (9)
After you’ve unlocked and crafted these items, you will finally be able to craft the Afterglow Sword. However, to craft it, you’ll have to make it to research level 15. Once you’ve unlocked the research, you’ll need 4 hours and 100,000 Gold to craft it.
Best Descendant
You can use this weapon with any Descendant of your choosing, however, considering that Sharen has the highest single target damage of them all, the Afterglow Sword works best with her in The First Descendant.
