Piercing Light in The First Descendant is an Ultimate Sniper Rifle that you will come across during the later stages of the game.
Given that it’s considered as a Heavy Weapon, using a Sniper in most missions can be difficult because it requires a little bit of skill to use properly. However, if you don’t have an issue with aiming a Sniper, the Piercing Light can help you take down bosses with ease.
Best Piercing Light Module setup
| MODULE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Strengthen First Shot | After reload, first shot Firearm ATK +100% |
| Sharpshooter | Firearm ATK +X%, Firearm Critical Hit Rate +X% |
| Marksman | Firearm Critical Hit Rate +X%, Firearm ATK +X% |
| Fixed Shot | Recoil -X%, Weak Point Damage +X% |
| Weak Point Sight | Weak Point Damage +X% |
| Weak Point Insight | Weak Point Damage +X%, Firearm Critical Hit Rate +X% |
| Rifling Reinforcement | Firearm ATK +X% |
| Better Concentration | Firearm Critical Hit Damage +X% |
| Better Insight | Firearm Critical Hit Rate +X% |
| Action and Reaction | Firearm ATK +X%, Recoil +X% |
| Bullet Rain | Fire Rate +X%, Firearm ATK +X% |
The basic problem with all Sniper Rifles in The First Descendant is their recoil and low rate of fire. With the module selection mentioned above, not only will you see a decrease in recoil, you will also see an increase in the fire rate of the weapon.
How to get the Piercing Light in The First Descendant
Just like the other Ultimate weapons in the game, you’ll have to craft the Piercing Light if you want to use the weapon for yourself.
You’ll have to acquire blueprints for the different parts and craft them before you can craft the weapon.
| Item | How to Get |
|---|---|
| Piercing Light Blueprint | ・Intercept Battle: (Common) (Executioner) Amorphous Material Pattern: 019 required ・ Vespers (Hard) – Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor – Vespers Moonlight Lake ・ Fortress (Normal) – Void Fusion Reactor – Fortress Frozen Valley ・ White-night Gulch (Hard) – Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor – White-night Gulch Hatchery |
| Piercing Light Nano Tube Blueprint | ・Intercept Battle: (Hard) (Executioner) Amorphous Material Pattern: 058 required ・ Intercept Battle: (Hard) (Obstructer) Amorphous Material Pattern: 106 required ・ Kingston (Normal) – Void Fusion Reactor – Kingston Grand Square ・ Hagios (Normal) – Void Fusion Reactor – Hagios Dune Base |
| Piercing Light Polymer Syncytium Blueprint | ・Fortress (Hard) – Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor – Fortress Frozen Valley ・ Sterile Land (Normal) – Void Fusion Reactor – Sterile Land Restricted Zone ・ Hagios (Hard) – Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor – Hagios Dune Base ・ Whit-night Gulch (Normal) – Void Fusion Reactor – White-night Gulch Mountaintops |
| Piercing Light Synthetic Fiber Blueprint | ・Intercept Battle: (Common) (Hanged Man) Amorphous Material Pattern: 053 required ・ Intercept Battle: (Hard) (Molten Fortress) Amorphous Material Pattern: 125 required ・ Agna Desert (Hard) – Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor – Agna Desert The Storage ・ Echo Swamp (Normal) – Void Fusion Reactor – Echo Swamp Derelict Covert |
Here’s what you need to craft all the parts of this weapon:
- Piercing Light Polymer Syncytium
- 105x Repton
- 130x Metal Accelerant
- 6x Divided Plasma Battery
- Piercing Light Polymer Syncytium Blueprint
- Piercing Light Synthetic Fiber
- 108x Silicon
- 91x Nanopolymers
- 9x Artificial Biometal
- Piercing Light Synthetic Fiber Blueprint
- Piercing Light Nano Tube
- 72x Semi-permanent Plasma
- 60x Compound Coating Material
- 15x Complex Carbon Activator
- Piercing Light Nano Tube Blueprin
Once you’ve crafted all the parts, you’ll have to initiate the Piercing Light research at Magister Anais. It’ll take you four hours and 100,000 Gold to craft this weapon. However, the research will only become available once you hit Mastery Rank 10.
Best Descendant
Piercing Light is a versatile weapon, so you don’t need to pair it up with a Descendant in specific to make the most out of it. Feel free to use it with your highest ranked character, or with the one you’re most comfortable playing.
