On Wednesday night, NEXON and The First Descendant development team hosted a livestream revealing key details about the upcoming Season 3 Episode 2 update, arriving November 5, 2025. The update includes the new Descendant Harris, the Supermassive Receptor Dungeon, Ultimate Weapons, Trigger Modules, Ancestors Modules, the introduction of a Trading System and more.

More information on the new Season 3 Episode 2 update can be found below:

Main Story Progression and Special Events

Following the previous chapter where Alpha was captured by Karel, Alpha is now under interrogation. The Descendants venture into Axion Plains to begin the rescue mission.
In commemoration of the Season 3: Episode 2 update, a new seasonal event will run from November 6 to December 4, 2025 featuring main story elements and content from the new update, giving all players a chance to easily participate and complete missions. Rewards for this special event include Ecive, chest attachment items, and materials that can be used to readjust Ancestors Modules.
A special November login event will also run from November 6 to December 18, offering players a variety of rewards including Serena’s Cleaning Service Set, simply for logging on!

Supermassive Receptor Dungeon

Players can look forward to an all-new Supermassive Receptor Dungeon, available in Hard difficulty and aligned with Axion Plains access rules.
The dungeon can be entered via the Albion Terminal, the World Map, or through beacons located within Axion.
Serving as the primary farming location for the new Descendant Harris and the ultimate weapon Hive Master, this dungeon offers valuable rewards for those who prevail.
The ferocious new boss, Pattern Flores, attacks players at the center of the map using powerful lasers, requiring players to quickly discern the attack pattern to emerge victorious.
Defeat rewards include new modules, while mission-select completions grant players new External Components.

Bayonetta Cosmetics & Skins

Players can look forward to new cosmetics and skins coming this November, including Bayonetta-themed items. These feature a full body skin based on the iconic character, weapon skins inspired by Bayonetta’s iconic handgun, in addition to an exclusive makeup skin and special social motions and spawn effects.
To celebrate the debut of the Bayonetta collaboration, a special event is being hosted in the game from November 6 to December 4 allowing players to complete daily missions to earn various rewards, including an Ultimate Descendant Selection Box, which allows them to choose from Ultimate Lepic, Ajax or Viessa.

New Descendant: Harris

Core Mechanic: Passive “Internal Toxin Control”: This passive skill allows Harris to gain or consume toxins each time a skill is used and grants a variety of effects based on the amount of Toxin. Mastering this passive skill is essential for players who want to unlock Harris’s full potential and maximize performance in challenging encounters.
Active Skills:

Crushing Charge: Dash forward, smashing enemies with her twin mechanical arms.
Site Intrusion: Performs a long leap using her arms and re-casting mid-air triggers a powerful ground slam.
Designate Danger Zone: Creates an area around her that continuously inflicts damage on enemies.
Waste Disposal: Fires a beam from her extended mechanical arms to strike targets at range.

New Ultimate Weapons

Hypernova: Obtainable through the Battle Pass, this ultimate weapon has a special action that allows the wielder to throw the sword, which creates a black hole that pulls in surrounding enemies at its maximum distance. Re-activating the special action recalls the sword and triggers a massive explosion.
Hive Master: Obtainable from the Supermassive Receptor Dungeon, this weapon grants the Descendant an Incubation effect on hit. At maximum stacks, shots release Shock Bugs that attach to targets, track their movement and automatically attack nearby enemies. Multiple hits cause Discharge, dealing damage and stunning enemies, and consecutive multi-hits trigger additional Discharge effects for devastating results.

New Trigger Modules

Exciting new Trigger Modules with powerful effects can be found below for players to experiment with:

Steel Vanguard: When a Clash-type skill hits, it periodically deals AoE damage around the Descendant.
Relative Speed: Damaging enemies with a Slow-type skill builds stacks, and upon reaching 50 stacks, a weak-point shot triggers an explosion from that location.
Domino Drive: Gaining stacks from skill use, the Descendant can use a Chain-type skill to convert stacks into a buff that increases skill area and enhances Fire-type skill power.

New Ancestors Module

The Ancestors Module is a newly added module type that can be equipped exclusively in Descendant module slots.
Randomized Attributes: Several attributes are uniquely generated, including:

Socket type, required Descendant, required Mastery Rank, number and type of options and option values.

Players can readjust option count, type, and values, but the following attributes cannot be changed:

Socket type, required Descendant, required Mastery Rank and capacity.

Unwanted modules can be dismantled, and all collected Ancestors Modules can be viewed and managed separately within the system.
The Ancestors Module will be tradable after the December update.

Upcoming Balance Update - Hailey

The upcoming monthly balance update will focus on Hailey, enhancing the efficiency of her current skills and expanding her build diversity via two new Transcendent Modules.
Her base skill damage will be increased, and her third skill has been tweaked to allow for smoother movement after activation.
The Cryogenic Cluster Shot Transcendent Module will be strengthened, and her first skill will be able to fire up to 18 projectiles.
Two new Transcendent Modules will also be introduced: Camouflaged Sniping, which is designed to reinforce Hailey’s precision-based combat, and Cold Heart, which is aimed at improving Hailey’s close-range combat and farming efficiency.

Enticing New In-Game Trading System

Players can enjoy the newly introduced in-game Trading System to exchange Trigger Modules and Ancestors Modules with one another. Earning a higher Master Rank will allow players to increase their trade limit to exchange tradable Trigger Modules and Ancestors Modules, which will be marked as eligible for trading within the item UI.

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