The First Descendant Hotfix 1.1.3 patch notes – Public Invasions, Descendant changes, and more

The more, the merrier.

Kyle standing on a glowing yellow plate in The First Descendant
Image via Nexon

The Hotfix 1.1.3 for The First Descendant, released on Sept. 26, includes a long-awaited public mode for Invasion Dungeons, changes to Freyna, new Modules, and a couple more things.

Recommended Videos

Here’s everything you need to know about The First Descendant Hotfix 1.1.3.

Everything included in The First Descendant Hotfix 1.1.3

Public Invasions

Green, Yellow, Orange, and purple tiles in one of The First Descendant Dungeons
More players to do the plates. Image via Nexon

As promised by Nexon, the Invasion Dungeons seasonal activity gets a public mode. You can play with friends or matchmake with other players to grind for Hailey instead of running it solo repeatedly. It’s not all fun and games, though, as the number of enemies in the Invasion Dungeons scales with the team’s size.

Aside from the Invasions, traps in four regular Infiltration Operations have been modified or removed to make your experience smoother. Scout monsters who roam the map now drop more HP orbs and ammo, too.

Descendant changes

Freyna looking at her hands in The First Descendant.
No air left to breathe. Image via Nexon.

Ahead of Ultimate Freyna’s release (and possible balancing changes) in the mid-season update, Freyna, Yujin, Eisemo, and Kyle received updates to their kits. Changes to Freyna seem to be a part of Nexon’s plans to strengthen DoT characters.

Freyna’s Contagion Links passive now has a chance to spawn a Toxic Puddle when killing an enemy inflicted with Room 0 Trauma. The puddle inflicts Room 0 Trauma and deals damage. Freyna’s other skills and Modules have been adjusted to inflict Toxic Reaction, Panic, Despair, Decay, and Nightmare effects instead of Poison. New effects deal more damage (except for Nightmare) and are stackable with each other.

New Modules

The First Descendant Silion vendor in Albion
Farm or combine them. Screenshot by Dot Esports

The Hotfix 1.1.3 features two new Modules focused on Descendant’s Shields. Even though Shields aren’t the best form of sustain in The First Descendant at the moment, it could be worth picking them up if you’re playing someone like Enzo.

  • Bio Sync Shield: Reduces HP Recovery from HP orbs and instead regenerates the Shield by the said amount.
  • Last Stand: When attacking enemies with a skill, consume all Shield to deal additional damage that scales on the amount of Shield consumed. After activation, the Module recovers the Shield every second for a certain period.

Rewatch cinematics

Bunny and Lepic looking around in The First Descendant
Relive your best moments. Screenshot by Dot Esports

If you need a refresh on the main story of The First Descendant, the patch adds an option to rewatch cinematics. You can rewatch any cinematic linked to an Infiltration Operation by starting a Private Operation. The rest are available via Arche Traces—interactable objects you can find where the cinematic took place.

Check out the official patch notes for the full list of changes, fixes, and improvements.

Author
Image of Edward Strazd
Edward Strazd
Freelance News and SEO Writer for Dot Esports, covering everything from live service games like Destiny 2 and Fortnite to new releases. Writing about games since 2021. When he's not writing, he's probably grinding for loot in Destiny 2.