A new hotfix for The First Descendant is live now on the servers and there are quite a few changes to go through before the Week 5 update arrives soon.
One of the biggest changes of hotfix 1.0.4 is the upgrade to the module storage limit, however, you simply cannot overlook the ten times boost to the amount of gold received from “Mark for Arrest” items.
Other changes in the hotfix include modifications to the spawn time of monsters, the cooldown timer of the Vulgus Strategic Outpost, and Void Fragments.
Having said that, here are all the changes made to the in-game experience of The First Descendant with hotfix 1.0.4.
The First Descendant hotfix 1.0.4 patch notes
Content Improvements
- Module storage limit has been increased from 1000 to 1500.
- Cooldown for ” Vulgus Strategic Outpost” has been reduced from 5 minutes to 1 minute.
- Spawning time between monster respawn has been increased, and the reward amount has been adjusted at the ” Vulgus Strategic Outpost”.
- Void Fragments will now drop when defeating monsters in Special Operation. There will be the most void fragment drops at the Special Operation “Neutralize Void Experiment.”
- Using “Mark for Arrest” item obtained from Special Operation will grant ten times the usual amount of gold. When “Mark for Arrest” is used from ‘consumable’ tab, it will convert to 100,000 gold, and “High-Value Mark for Arrest” will convert to 1,000,000 gold.
In their official statement to address the changes made in this hotfix, the director’s comment states, “With this adjustment, the reward amount at Fortress outpost has been reduced. However, to ensure that ‘Valby run’ remains a popular hunting ground like Ambush Point and Refined Run, we have set the reward efficiency significantly higher than originally intended.”
They further added, “We hope to provide numerous farming spots in The First Descendant, each with unique characteristics and usefulness to different Descendants. Instead of reverting Valby run to its original design intent, we have adjusted it to offer similar efficiency to other high-reward hunting grounds.”
Given that this was only a hotfix and not a full size patch, there aren’t a whole lot of changes. However, the Week 5 update is scheduled to release next week and will definitely feature a lot more changes.
