Leveling up your character, weapons and rank is crucial in The First Descendant as you progress through the story. Doing so will help you take down the more difficult bosses and enemies later and complete missions effortlessly. Below I have shown the best XP farming methods that you can use to level up quickly in the game.
Best ways to farm XP in The First Descendant
The First Descendant community just discovered that doing the Special Operation mission called for Albion Resource Defense gives players significantly more XP than any other quest. Available after you have unlocked all areas of the Kingston region by completing the Slumber Valley Mission, you can find this mission in the Grand Plaza at the location marked on the map above.
You can fast travel there by clicking on the green checkpoint right next to it on the map. In the Grand Plaza, go to the mission light and interact with it to see the operation details. Start the mission for Kingston Albion Resource Defense and wait for the matchmaking to create a team for you. After spawning into the battle area with your squad mates, your goal is to fight the waves of enemies and defend the resources so they don’t destroy them (see the image above).
The enemies spawn in fixed locations every time and you will easily identify these spawn points in no time. As you progress through the waves, stronger and deadlier enemies will begin to spawn. You can easily defeat them with the help of your teammates, weapons and character skills. I used Bunny as her Lightning Emission ability takes out enemies in your vicinity while you just run in circles around them.
I highly suggest you only play until the seventh or tenth wave at max. That way you won’t have to fight strong bosses and can earn some easy XP; you can then restart the same mission to continue earning easy experience points. After the seventh wave, you will get a temporary review screen (image above) where you can choose to abort the mission.
This XP farming method works wonders when coupled with a Descendant EXP Gain item (shown in the image above). I received some of these tokens for free in my Mailbox and used one before doing the Kingston Albion Resource Defense mission. You can find the Mailbox in Albion at the location marked on the map in the second image.
While the mission I explained earlier is the best and fastest way to farm XP in The First Descendant right now, you can also try the Destroy Void Fragment missions when you meet one. These don’t take as long but give you a better amount of XP than the other quests. Go to the target and take out a certain number of enemies to make the void vulnerable (second image above). Then, damage it using your character’s skill/ability and repeat the process until the entity is fully destroyed to complete the mission.
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