Greetings, Descendants!
Here are the details of The First Descendant Patch 1.3.26.
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■ Patch Date
- 04.23.2026 (Thu) 02:10 PDT
■ Platforms
- Steam, Xbox, PS5
■ Patch Details
Descendant Rebalance/Improvements
(1) Synchronization Value
- Adjusted Synchronization Values for some Descendants.
ㄴ Keelan 1.18 → 1.38
Content Improvements
(1) Onslaught Mode (Beta)
- Improved Matchmaking for Onslaught Mode to make it easier to form a 4-player Squad.
| # Designer's Comments Since the Onslaught Mode Beta launched with the April 16 update, we have received a tremendous amount of feedback from the community. Based on that feedback, below is what we are applying in this patch and what we currently have planned.
Difficulty and play time adjustments are on the way. After reviewing both play data and feedback, we found that the Wave structure in Stages 2 and 3 in particular, felt too slow-paced. In the April 23rd patch, we will be reducing the number of Waves in Stages 2 and 3 to shorten overall play time. We will keep the challenging difficulty direction intact while making each run feel more comfortable to get through.
Rewards for the full release will be getting a boost. In the full release, rewards that guarantee the Option Tier of Ancestors Modules will be added. This is something we have been working on to ensure that completing higher Stages of Onslaught comes with rewards that truly match the effort. The reason these rewards were not included during the Beta was to first gather real play data so we could properly design the value and balance of the rewards.
We have also seen feedback that rewards feel too scarce when failing mid-wave, and have increased some rewards for those stages in this patch. Since Onslaught has a higher failure rate and longer play time than most existing content, this adjustment was made to ensure players can feel a meaningful level of reward even throughout the challenge itself. We will continue to review further adjustments as needed, based on play data and feedback going forward.
In the May full release, we plan to refine the mode further alongside the difficulty and reward improvements mentioned above. Improvements to the game mode itself will be communicated separately when the Beta period ends. |
- Changed the number of Waves in Onslaught Mode Stages 2 and 3 to 7 Waves.
- Increased the "Superconductive Cooling Unit" wave rewards for Onslaught Mode Stages 2 and 3.
| Stage | Wave | Superconductive Cooling Unit | |
| Before | After | ||
|
Stage 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| 3 | 7 | 21 | |
| 4 | 10 | 30 | |
| 5 | 13 | 39 | |
| 6 | 17 | 51 | |
| 7 | 22 | 66 | |
| Stage 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 6 | 18 | |
| 3 | 10 | 30 | |
| 4 | 14 | 42 | |
| 5 | 19 | 57 | |
| 6 | 25 | 75 | |
| 7 | 32 | 96 |
- Changed Onslaught Mode Stages 2 and 3 to 7 waves, with base rewards for Waves 1–7 increased to the level of Waves 1–10 rewards.
ㄴ Base Rewards: Descendant EXP, Weapon Proficiency EXP, Inversion Reinforcement EXP, Unique Arche Factor EXP, Gold, Kuiper Shards
- Increased the ATK of Onslaught Mode Sentry Turrets.
- Fixed an issue where the "Corrupted Bomber" monster in Onslaught Mode was unable to attack the Barricade.
- Fixed an issue where the Chill Energy projectile of the Onslaught Mode Commander "Corrupted Goroth" would stutter while moving.
- Fixed an issue where the Onslaught Mode Commander "Corrupted Khulan" would sometimes move in a tilted state.
- Added a "Superconductive Cooling Unit" reward to the Weekly Bonuses for "Onslaught Mode" under Weekly Content on the Descendant Mission Board.
ㄴ After completing the final Wave of each Stage in "Onslaught Mode," you will acquire 1 "Ancestors Module Loot III" and 130 "Superconductive Cooling Units" as Today's Bonus,
with a max of 4 "Ancestors Module Loot III" and 520 "Superconductive Cooling Units" acquirable weekly.
(2) Content
- Changed the acquirable content reward from the "Trigger Module Selection Box" to "Trigger Module Selection Box D."
ㄴ Trigger Module Selection Box D
ㆍ This selection box contains 29 existing Trigger Module Selection Box components plus 2 new Trigger Modules.
ㆍ Reward Content: "Axion Plains," "Wall Crasher," "Void Vessel: Medium-Sized Facility Zone," "Supermassive Receptor," "Forbidden Sanctuary," "Underwater Base," and "Legion Laboratory"
- Added new Trigger Modules to Trigger Module related rewards for defeating the "Axion Plains Wall Crasher."
ㄴ Guaranteed rewards
ㆍ (Before) Acquire 5 of 29 Trigger Module types
ㆍ (After) Acquire 5 of 31 Trigger Module types
ㄴ Trigger Module rewards obtained at a low chance
ㆍ (Before) Acquire 1 of each of 29 Trigger Module types, for a total of 29
ㆍ (After) Acquire 1 of each of 31 Trigger Module types, for a total of 31
- Increased the Ancestors Module Inventory based on Mastery Rank.
| Category | Previous | Changed | Total |
| Mastery Rank 1 | 90 | 90 | 160 |
| Mastery Rank 2 | 90 | 90 | 160 |
| Mastery Rank 3 | 90 | 90 | 160 |
| Mastery Rank 4 | 90 | 90 | 160 |
| Mastery Rank 5 | 90 | 90 | 160 |
| Mastery Rank 6 | 90 | 90 | 160 |
| Mastery Rank 7 | 90 | 90 | 160 |
| Mastery Rank 8 | 90 | 90 | 160 |
| Mastery Rank 9 | 90 | 90 | 160 |
| Mastery Rank 10 | 90 | 90 | 160 |
| Mastery Rank 11 | 93 | 100 | 170 |
| Mastery Rank 12 | 96 | 110 | 180 |
| Mastery Rank 13 | 99 | 120 | 190 |
| Mastery Rank 14 | 102 | 130 | 200 |
| Mastery Rank 15 | 105 | 140 | 210 |
| Mastery Rank 16 | 108 | 150 | 220 |
| Mastery Rank 17 | 111 | 160 | 230 |
| Mastery Rank 18 | 114 | 170 | 240 |
| Mastery Rank 19 | 117 | 180 | 250 |
| Mastery Rank 20 | 120 | 190 | 260 |
| Mastery Rank 21 | 123 | 200 | 270 |
| Mastery Rank 22 | 126 | 210 | 280 |
| Mastery Rank 23 | 129 | 220 | 290 |
| Mastery Rank 24 | 132 | 230 | 300 |
| Mastery Rank 25 | 135 | 240 | 310 |
| Mastery Rank 26 | 138 | 250 | 320 |
| Mastery Rank 27 | 141 | 260 | 330 |
| Mastery Rank 28 | 144 | 270 | 340 |
| Mastery Rank 29 | 147 | 280 | 350 |
| Mastery Rank 30 | 150 | 295 | 365 |
| Mastery Rank 31 | 153 | 310 | 380 |
| Mastery Rank 32 | 156 | 330 | 400 |
| Mastery Rank 33 | 159 | 330 | 400 |
| Mastery Rank 34 | 162 | 330 | 400 |
| Mastery Rank 35 | 165 | 330 | 400 |
| Mastery Rank 36 | 168 | 330 | 400 |
| Mastery Rank 37 | 171 | 330 | 400 |
| Mastery Rank 38 | 174 | 330 | 400 |
| Mastery Rank 39 | 177 | 330 | 400 |
| Mastery Rank 40 | 180 | 330 | 400 |
(3) Equipment & Modules
- Improved the explosion effect that occurs when using a "Restored Relic."
(4) Missions
- Fixed an issue where the order of Dimensional Stones appearing after completing the "Breach Tracking - Vespers" mission was incorrect.
(5) Monsters
- Adjusted item drop spread when defeating "Wall Crasher" and "Molten Fortress" in the "Intercept Battle" so that items don't scatter too widely.
(6) UI & UX
- Added a "Show Explosion Effect During Combat" option.
ㄴ This functions as a sub-option of "Show Battle Effect" and toggles whether explosion effects are displayed on screen.
- Improved the loading screen image displayed when returning to Albion after completing story-exclusive missions.
- Updated guide videos in the Library to match the current UI layout.
- On PC, the key used to access the Descendant Mission Board can now be used to both open and close the menu.
Bug Fixes
(1) Descendants
- Fixed an issue where the "Ice Sphere" from the "Absolute-Zero" passive was not functioning correctly when the Transcendent Module "Absolute-Zero" was equipped on "Viessa."
- Fixed an issue where the decimal point for the "Cooldown Against Same Target" value under "Ice Shackle Increase" in Viessa's "Frosty" was displayed incorrectly.
- Fixed an issue where the current stackable count of "Fierce Attack" increased even when no target was nearby while using the "Tremor" skill during Keelan's Transcendent Module "Fierce Attack" Skill.
- Fixed an issue where the effect triggered when Jayber's Medical Turret is discarded was not affected by the "Show Battle Effects" option.
(2) Equipment & Modules
- Fixed an issue where the "Thermal Burn" effect in the Unique Ability description of the Ultimate Weapon "Sigvore's Proof" was incorrectly listed as "Burn."
- Fixed an issue where, after entering an Intercept Battle with the Ultimate Weapons "Eye of the Typhoon" and "Hammer and Anvil" equipped, pressing the mode change key would intermittently trigger the aim function instead of Typhoon Mode Conversion.
(3) Content
- Adjusted the required number of Hard Difficulty completions for "Void Vessels" in the HQ Special Order Quests from 3 to 2.
- Fixed an issue where character positioning was sometimes processed incorrectly at the Start Point of the "Underwater Base" during Season 3 Episode 3 main quest progress.
- Fixed an issue where "Medical Corps Smoke Grenade" in Yujin's Descendant Exclusive Quest would restart unexpectedly.
(4) Monsters
- Fixed an issue where Nell's Ecive Scan displayed an incorrect position on the Wall Crasher's chest part in Axion Plains.
- Fixed an issue where the Unstable Core and Cumulative Inhibitor summoned by "Storm Hanger" in "Void Intercept Battle: Abyss" and "Void Intercept Battle: Challenge" could not be destroyed with certain Skills or Melee Weapons.
- Fixed an issue where some projectiles were blocked by or attached to the Abyssal Electrode summoned by "Storm Hanger" in "Void Intercept Battle: Abyss" and "Void Intercept Battle: Challenge."
(5) UI & UX
- Fixed an issue where the tag search function in the Library's global search feature was not working correctly for certain languages.
- Fixed an issue where the "Show Unique Appearance Decoration" option setting in Customize was not being applied to cutscenes.
- Fixed an issue where the client would sometimes close when pressing the "Photo Mode" button from the menu.
- Fixed an issue where right-clicking the mouse on PC could designate items as Junk in Deslin's Equipment purchase screen.
(6) Miscellaneous
- Fixed an issue where chat was not visible depending on language settings.
- Fixed an issue where the descriptions of the following products were incorrectly listed as "Smokey's Jazz Live." This has been corrected to "Smokey's Diva."
| Product Name |
| Viessa's Smokey's Diva Set |
| Bunny's Smokey's Diva Set |
| Ines's Smokey's Diva Set |
| Serena's Smokey's Diva Set |
| Nell's Smokey's Diva Set |
| Viessa's Smokey's Diva Bundle |
| Smokey's Diva Bundle I |
| Smokey's Diva Bundle II |
| Smokey's Jazz Live Bundle |
- Fixed the skin material for Esiemo’s "Smokey's Hepcat Set."
- Fixed a graphic corruption issue with Nell’s "Smokey's Diva" skin.
- Fixed an issue where some Back Attachments placed in the Lounge were displayed overlapping with the Lounge background.
Thank you.