We’re simply days away from The First Descendant Breakthrough replace, launching August 7 – and I need to thank all of you who’ve been eagerly awaiting this main content material drop. Your continued help means the world to us.
As we speak, I’m excited to share an outline of the brand new season’s key options with our Xbox neighborhood. It’s a pleasure to attach with you immediately and provide you with a more in-depth have a look at what’s coming.
The Story of Breakthrough
In Breakthrough, the primary villain, Karel, Commander of the Vulgus, lastly steps into the highlight. With the activation of “Iron Coronary heart,” chaos spreads throughout the whole lot of Ingris, and dimensional anomalies are even detected at Axion Plains close to Albion. Whereas Descendants examine these unusual phenomena, grotesque Legion of Breach and Mutants emerge, and to make issues worse, a Dimensional Wall opens—summoning Colossus. Following Karel’s invasion, humanity faces a disaster larger than ever earlier than. However why does Karel refuse to halt his invasion? What’s he making an attempt to attain via the Iron Coronary heart? His hidden motives will lastly be revealed in Breakthrough.
Large Area, Axion Plains
Axion Plains is a large area that can function a key function in Breakthrough. True to its huge scale, it’s house to quite a lot of new monsters whose formidable assaults will make your fight expertise much more thrilling.
Amongst Axion Plains’ most distinctive threats is the Legion of Breach—monsters that adapt to the weather used in opposition to them. This adaptive potential stems from their origin: the Breach Swarm Sac, which analyzes the fundamental traits of Descendants and adjusts newly spawned Breach Creatures accordingly. This evolving menace could be reset by destroying Breach Swarm Sac or Swarm Tunnels, every affecting enemy variations otherwise. Alongside them, Assault Ships rain down enemies onto the battlefield and this may solely be destroyed with particular abilities or pickup weapons, including a brand new layer of technique and urgency to every encounter.
New Trip, Hover Bike
Hover Bike was created to assist gamers journey shortly and easily throughout the vast Axion Fields, making exploration sooner and extra enjoyable. We targeted on making the driving expertise really feel pure, so you will get on and off whereas shifting and even hyperlink it easily with actions like utilizing the grappling hook. There are three sorts to select from—Fundamental, Pace, and Stability—every upgradeable for higher efficiency. It’s also possible to customise your Hover Bikes with totally different skins and, sooner or later, particular attachments, so your trip can match your individual model.
8 Participant Co-op Colossus Raid, Wall Crasher
Some of the spectacular options within the Axion Plains is the colossus Wall Crasher. This huge enemy is summoned at set intervals by a central Colossus Guided Machine situated within the coronary heart of the battlefield. When the time comes, warning indicators unfold throughout the sector after which, the Wall Crasher seems.
Wall Crasher encounters happen in a particular eight-player occasion, providing a large-scale co-op battle. Towering over the battlefield, the Wall Crasher unleashes huge space assaults that demand fixed motion and consciousness. Regardless of its sluggish however heavy actions, gamers can learn its patterns and react accordingly. Defensive Descendants like Ajax are particularly useful, utilizing their abilities to dam key assaults and provides teammates the house they should concentrate on dealing harm.
New Descendant, Nell
The Breakthrough replace additionally introduces a brand-new Descendant: Nell. As soon as generally known as the chief officer who stood by Alpha’s aspect in Albion Headquarters, Nell has now woke up as a full-fledged Descendant, with a very new look and fight talents. Residing as much as the joy of gamers who’ve lengthy awaited her playable debut, Nell contains a daring and dynamic fight model that feels highly effective and fascinating.
Nell now fights with telekinetic powers, permitting her to regulate the battlefield with each model and precision. Her fight model feels straight out of a sci-fi motion film—highly effective and sharp!
The First Descendant X NieR:Automata Crossover
We’re thrilled to announce our first-ever crossover, and it couldn’t be with a extra excellent associate: NieR:Automata. Iconic characters 2B and A2 arrive as gorgeous playable skins in The First Descendant—together with beloved components like Pod, Virtuous Contract, and Sort-4O Sword as again attachments. To prime it off, two particular social emotes are included to deliver the total NieR:Automata expertise to life. As followers ourselves, we are able to’t wait so that you can soar in, gear up, and expertise this distinctive crossover on this planet of The First Descendant.
We hope this text sparks much more pleasure and curiosity amongst new and returning Descendants. See you on the battlefield on August 7!
The First Descendant
NEXON
(As of June 19 2025, The First Descendant is now not supported on Xbox One. An Xbox Sequence X|S is required to play this recreation and add-on content material.)
The First Descendant is a next-generation third-person co-op motion RPG looter shooter that includes high-quality graphics created in Unreal Engine 5.
Gamers turn out to be a Descendant whose mission is to fight alien invaders – The Vulgus who crossed dimensions over 100 years in the past and introduced with them the devastating Colossi and destruction – for the survival of humanity and to guard Albion and the continent of Ingris. Gamers will encounter spectacular tales of forces combating over the Iron Coronary heart as they develop stronger via varied missions and raids.
Encounter options that make The First Descendant’s gameplay distinctive: quite a lot of characters with distinctive ideas and fight kinds, huge boss battles with as much as 4 participant co-op, free motion and coordinated motion with grappling hooks, quite a lot of weapons and compelling customization choices.
