Players working through The First Descendant achievements can download the free Xbox game‘s first patch since launch, which looks to make a few tweaks to its gameplay. Check out The First Descendant’s Hotfix 1.0.1 patch notes below for all of the changes.The First Descendant had a bumpy start to life when it launched on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One in June, with players reporting a host of issues with the game’s performance and criticizing its microtransactions. Developer Nexon is updating its list of known issues on The First Descendant’s website as players report them, and even offered some free in-game items as compensation for the choppy launch.
The first update is now here, and while it doesn’t touch on The First Descendant’s microtransactions, it does offer up a few gameplay tweaks and fixes an issue on Xbox Series X|S which was causing AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution to malfunction. Among the gameplay tweaks, knockback and knockdown times have been sped up, the Eterlick Shield skill can now only be used once per phase, and players on Xbox One should now stop seeing headless players.
Here are the Hotfix 1.0.1 patch notes.
The First Descendant Hotfix 1.0.1 patch notes
Platform & System
- Fixed the issue where the logo sound volume was too high when launching the game.
- Server and client stabilization has been carried out.
- (PS5) Removed unintended factors that were degrading performance.
- (PS5, XSX) Fixed the issue where FSR Upscale was malfunctioning.
Content Improvements
- Knockback and knockdown recovery times have been sped up by 1.5 times.
- The maximum usage of the Eterllick shield skill per phase has been reduced from 2 times to 1 time.
Bug Fixes
UI/UX
- Fixed the issue where the back button did not work after closing the capacity exceeded popup in the module enhancement UI.
Descendant
- (XB1) Fixed the issue where the heads of other players wearing skins would intermittently not display.
Module
- Fixed the issue where the ‘Skill Power Modifier’ number was not applied correctly after level 5 enhancement of the ‘Lethal Infection’ module.
- Fixed the issue where the ultimate module drop animation was used when the normal module ‘High-Power Rounds Capacity Increase’ was dropped.
Field
- Fixed the issue where object destruction animations did not appear in the Strategic Outpost.
- Fixed the issue where the name and description of the NPC Dominique in the Hagios region were displayed incorrectly.
Equipment
- Fixed the issue where the Guided Round of the Ultimate Weapon ‘Restored Relic’ did not apply the ‘Ancient Fire’ status effect.
- Fixed the tooltip error for the Fire Skill Power of the ‘Active Volcano’ External Components 2-set effect.
- Fixed the tooltip error for the Weak Point Damage of the ‘Frozen Heart’ External Components 4-set effect.
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