Summary of "The First Descendant Catch Up Guide (New & Returning Players) // Boost Up Path Explained"

The First Descendant Catch Up Guide (New & Returning Players)

Boost Up Path Explained

Overview

This video by Max provides a detailed guide on the limited-time Boost Up/Boost Path event in The First Descendant. It is designed to help new and returning players quickly catch up to current content and prepare for the challenging Season 3 (Axion Planes). The event fast-tracks progression by skipping story fluff, unlocking hard mode, and providing valuable resources and characters.

Boost Up Event & Boost Path

Purpose: Help players skip early grind, unlock hard mode, and gain strong characters, weapons, and materials.
How to Access:
- New players: Hit Activate Boost to get a starter character (Bunny), gear, and set loot filters.
- Returning players: Hit Claim Components Only to get rewards without resetting settings.
Rewards:
- Descendant X Point Serums (instantly level characters from 1 to 40)
- Crafting materials, catalysts, mods, Kyper, gold
- Hagios Sheep Dog companion (auto-loots and auto-dismantles junk)
- New descendants like Fraina, Haley, Sharon
Navigation:
- Use F1 (PC) or LB+Up / L1+Up (controller) to view the boost path.
- Yellow quests are main tasks; purple quests are sub-tasks.
- Use X to track quests and F to navigate directly to objectives.

Post-Boost Path Progression

Mastery Rank (MR):
- Boost path gets you to about MR15.
- Season 3 requires MR18 with fully built characters and weapons.
Ranking Up Characters & Weapons:
- Use Special Operations Terminal (Hard mode) for best XP.
- Two rotating events focus on descendant XP or weapon XP.
- Always level new weapons/descendants to maximize mastery rank gains.
Acquiring New Gear & Descendants:
- Use the Library tab to find where to farm specific weapons, descendants, mods, and materials.
- Check drop chances and best farming locations.
Farming Materials:
- Infiltration Operations (Hard) provide high-level amorphous materials with 400% score multipliers.
- Daily invasion missions grant Haley pieces and gold (up to ~5 million gold/day).
Void Vessels:
- Unlock and farm for rare resources (murky energies, macro molecules, etc.) needed to craft catalysts.
- Obtain the Golden Retriever companion and powerful descendant Inz.
Catalysts:
- Craft catalysts to reduce mod costs, allowing more mods equipped and doubling damage output.
Sigma Sector:
- Run at least twice daily for powerful relics, cores, and mutant cell boxes.
- Fastest way to level the Arcade Tuning board, a secondary progression system enhancing your descendant’s abilities.

Arcade Tuning board quadrants:

- Upper right: Skill improvements (cooldown, range, crit damage)  
- Left: Gun damage boosts (weak point, multi-hit, affinity)  
- Bottom right: Survivability (HP, resistances)  
- Bottom left: Quality of life (movement speed, resistances)

- Mutant cells add buffs to your build.

Void Erosion Purge:
- Ladder-style increasing difficulty content.
- Best place to farm rank 10 attribute augmentation cores for weapons.
- Rank 10 cores massively boost weapon damage and stats.
- Recommended characters for this content: Viasa and Serena.

Recommended Progression Path

Complete the Boost Up Event to gain key resources and characters.
Use Special Operations Hard to level up new weapons and descendants.
Farm Infiltration Operations and Void Vessels for catalyst materials.
Build catalysts to equip more mods and increase damage.
Run Sigma Sector to level Arcade Tuning and acquire mutant cells.
Progress through Void Erosion Purge to obtain top-tier cores for weapons.
Once fully built, enter Season 3: Axion Planes for the toughest challenges and best rewards.

Key Tips

Use new weapons and descendants to maximize mastery rank gains.
Utilize the Library tab to efficiently farm specific resources.
Equip catalysts to double mod capacity and boost damage.
Prioritize daily runs of Sigma Sector and invasion missions for steady resource flow.
Build your Arcade Tuning board according to your descendant’s playstyle (skill or gun focused).
Prepare thoroughly before tackling Season 3 content.

Featured Gamer / Source

Max (content creator)
Sponsored by Nexon

This guide is a comprehensive resource for new and returning players aiming to quickly catch up and thrive in The First Descendant Season 3 content.