Key points
- The First Descendant blends the shooter and role-playing genres, complete with a cash shop and optional season pass.
- The shotguns featured in the game, such as Fireworks or The Last Knight, offer variable damage, critical hit chance and rate of fire, suiting different playstyles.
- Ultimate-tier hunting rifles, such as Smithereens and Executors, deal increased damage and have unique stats, but require effort to unlock through blueprints and research.
The first descendant mixes several genres into a unified whole. It is part looter shooter, part RPG. It functions as a live service game and, of course, has a money shop. There is also an optional season pass, which offers better rewards to subscribers.
As in most first-person shooters, there is a full range of weapon categories in The first descendantincluding shotguns. They are high damage, slow rate of fire weapons that do the most damage at close range. Unfortunately, there is little differentiation between the different shotguns in this game, with many having a significant amount of overlap. But then again, a shotgun is a pretty basic weapon in the real world, so that's somewhat understandable.
6 Fireworks
Low damage and low criticals
- Level: Rare
- DPS: 254
- The shifts: 12
- Rate of fire: 67
- Critical rate: 1%
- Critical Damage Modifier: 1.15
- Charging speed: 1.61 seconds
Fireworks is a pretty average hunting rifle in The first descendantbut it does walk the line between useful shotguns and useless shotguns. Being the lowest entry model doesn't mean it's bad. It's capable but nothing special. For players who want to focus on a high-powered build in The first descendantt, Fireworks is pretty easy to get and is better than any standard weapon.
This rifle should be fairly easy to loot. It drops with a 50% chance in the Classified Area in Sterile Land for completing the Unknown Laboratory. For many players, the Fireworks will likely be the easiest of the best rifles to obtain early in the game.
5 The Last Knight
High critical hit chance
- Level: Rare
- DPS: 272
- The shifts: 9
- Rate of fire: 120
- Critical rate: 3%
- Critical Damage Modifier: 1.2
- Charging speed: 1.69 seconds
The Last Knight is not just a very nice looking hunting rifle The first descendantIt is also quite capable. Sure, it is not comparable to either of the two max-level hunting rifles, but it is much easier to acquire. But with its higher critical hit chance, it could be the basis of a hunting rifle build until the player can unlock one of the two max-level hunting rifles.
As with most rare weapons in The first descendantThe Last Knight can be farmed. Players must head to the Grand Square area of Kingston and complete the Suspicious Battery Pack. There is a 50% chance that The Last Knight will drop.
4 In the blink of an eye
It can be grown quite easily
- Level: Rare
- DPS: 400
- The shifts: 8
- Rate of fire: 75
- Critical rate: 2%
- Critical Damage Modifier: 1.2
- Charging speed: 1.54 seconds
In a Blink is an excellent rifle and, like all rifles, uses high-powered rounds as ammunition. What makes this rifle an interesting choice is that it is fairly easy to create a high DPS build around this weapon, trying to maximize the Firearm ATK, Weak Point Damage, Bonus Firearm ATK, and Weapon Change Speed stats.
Another reason to look closely at In A Blink is the fact that it can actually be farmed. Players can head to the Lost Supply Depot area of Vesper and complete the Sepulcher. In A Blink drops with about a 50% chance.
3 Subconscious
Shotgun with the highest raw damage
- Level: Rare
- DPS: 412
- The shifts: 10
- Rate of fire: 120
- Critical rate: 2%
- Critical Damage Modifier: 1.2
- Charging speed: 1.45 seconds
The subconscious is everything a good rifle should be. With very high damage but very close range, it is a weapon that should be used up close and personal in The first descendantFor players who don't yet have access to either of the two best ultimate shotguns, then Subconsciousness is a good choice.
The Subconscious can be farmed with a 50% drop rate, which is good news. Players should head to the Convertor Facility area of the Fortress and complete the Central Control Unit. This weapon is the perfect rare rifle to start putting together a high-powered build, based on the player's class and skills, and then move on to an ultimate rifle when possible.
2 Performer
Launch for first place
- Level: Definitive
- DPS: 282
- The shifts: 15
- Rate of fire: 109
- Critical rate: 1%
- Critical Damage Modifier: 1.1
- Charging speed: 1.85 seconds
It was hard to decide where to put the Executor on this list. Either max level shotgun could have taken the top spot. However, the Executor isn't in first place simply because Smithereens fits the shotgun weapon archetype better. But at the end of the day, it's up to the player to decide which one they prefer.
Unlock this weapon in The first descendant It's a bit complicated. It involves getting the blueprint through interception battles or by looting it on hard mode in some regions. Once the player has the blueprint, they need to find all the research materials and research it.
1 Fragments
The best choice for a hunting rifle
- Level: Definitive
- DPS: 292
- The shifts: 10
- Rate of fire: 150
- Critical rate: 1%
- Critical Damage Modifier: 1.1
- Charging speed: 1.6 seconds
Smithereens took the top spot over the Executor because it has higher damage and a better rate of fire. However, as mentioned, both of these latter two shotguns The first descendant could have won first place.
Unlocking this weapon will take some work, as it uses the same mechanics as all the master weapons. That is, loot the blueprint and then research it. But for a high-powered build, this is the endgame weapon, unless the player prefers the slightly different stats of the Executor.
