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The First Descendant Announces Winter Festival Event

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December 4, 2024

Christoph Rediske

Key Takeaways

The First Descendant’s Winter Festival Event offers several in-game and web events with exclusive rewards.
Players can enjoy weekly challenges, visit Anais’ Token Exchange Shop, and participate in the Winter Festival Attendance Check.
The main event runs from December 5 until January 1, launching after the Season 2 update.

Nexon has announced when The First Descendant’s Winter Festival Event will begin, and the online looter shooter has a lot to offer players during this year’s festive period. Since Christmas 2024 is right around the corner, several live-service and MMO games are tapping into the holiday spirit, with The First Descendant now following suit, and limited-time events and themed rewards have become a staple end-of-year bonus for gamers of all genres.

The First Descendant was released as a free-to-play title in July 2024, harboring vibrant, adrenaline-fueled gameplay where players become Descendants to protect humanity from the Vulgus alien race. As the game expands, The First Descendant will be applying jiggle physics, in response to this addition being highly requested by players, and this feature was also a point of contention this year regarding Stellar Blade.

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The First Descendant’s Winter Festival Event details highlight four in-game events and two web events, alongside plenty of challenges for players to complete. Descendant’s Year-end Celebration offers weekly challenges that yield neat prizes, including a festive-themed “Merry Snowman” Back Attachment for completing two Void Intercept Battles. Anais’ Token Exchange Shop will also be in full swing, where players can use Tokens acquired from the event to purchase Descendants, Sharen Skins, and more. Anais is fairly easy to locate in The First Descendant, and the Albion-based character also has her own web event, staging weekly Personal and co-op goals granting Ultimate Weapon Materials and Crystallization Catalysts as rewards.

The First Descendant’s Winter Festival Event Content Revealed

Festival Beginning Login Event (In-game Event)
Descendant’s Year-end Celebration (In-game Event)
Winter Festival Attendance Check (In-game Event)
Anais’ Token Exchange Shop (In-game Event)
Anais’ Winter Festival Event (Web Event)
Twitch Drops Event (Web Event)

Descendants can also take part in the Winter Festival Attendance Check, where a consecutive number of days logged in warrants more rewards, such as Character Skins. Descendant Special Exchange Tokens can be acquired on the 14th day of the event and exchanged for a Material Collection or an HQ Gift Box, the latter of which contains various customization options. Some players think The First Descendant should improve on the customization front, but Sharen’s new skins seem to be a crowd-pleaser so far.

The Winter Festival Event will take place after the December 5 update launches and run until January 1, 2025. Some events will last a little longer, including the Winter Festival Attendance Check which will stop on January 8, and the event’s content will be outlined in a “Festival Light’ summary mailed to players when they log in. Looking ahead, The First Descendant’s Season 2 content was previously revealed ahead of its December 5 launch, and fans can look forward to two new Descendants plus an Ultimate Descendant, in addition to new customization options and a pity system for loot drops.

The First Descendant is a next-generation third-person co-op action RPG looter shooter featuring high-quality graphics created in Unreal Engine 5.

Players become a Descendant whose mission is to combat alien invaders – The Vulgus who crossed dimensions over 100 years ago and brought with them the devastating Colossi and destruction – for the survival of humanity and to protect Albion and the continent of Ingris. Players will encounter spectacular stories of forces fighting over the Iron Heart as they grow stronger through various missions and raids.

Encounter features that make The First Descendant’s gameplay unique: a variety of characters with unique concepts and combat styles, massive boss battles with up to four player co-op, free movement and coordinated action with grappling hooks, a variety of weapons and compelling customization options.

Action RPG

Third-Person Shooter