Is the Battle Pass Worth it in The First Descendant?

A battle pass is a must-have for most games, especially one that adopts a free-to-play model like The First Descendant. The most common question is “Is the battle pass worth it?” We’re going to take a deep dive into The First Descendant’s battle pass rewards to see if you should spend the money on it.

Is the First Descendants Battle Pass worth it?

Experience earned from the Battle Pass First Descendant

The First Descendant Battle Pass costs about $10, and if you play on Steam it also depends on your currency, as it should add up to $10. You have to buy the in-game premium currency, Caliber, and use 500 Calibers to buy the Battle Pass.

Battle pass rewards are mostly cosmetic, ranging from sprays and emotes to weapon skins and attachments. For gameplay-related rewards, you can get weapons, temporary power-ups, and some upgrade materials.

Let’s put the decoration aside and focus on the gameplay rewards. Weapons don’t really matter unless you reach a high level. Since weapons are at a minimum level, you have to spend materials to upgrade it so that its DPS is comparable to weapons at your current player level.

You don’t want to upgrade it every time you level up, so save those precious materials. Temporary boosts are what you want. You will get three 30% boosts that last for 1 day, including gold gains, XP gains, Kuiper fragment gains, and weapon proficiency gains.

These power-ups can be purchased individually in the store, but if you add them all up, the total already reaches 360 Calibers. Now, you can also get 300 Calibers from the Premium Battle Pass, so that alone already totals 660 Calibers.

Sigvore's Proof of First Descendant

The only question is whether you can complete enough challenges to complete the premium battle pass. If you spend money on the game, the priority is the battle pass as it always offers the best value among all the microtransactions. However, offspring or new characters are also a hot topic as they are difficult to farm and they are also sold in the in-game store.

If a particular descendant catches your eye, it might be worth purchasing that descendant instead of the battle pass so that you can skip the tedious process of playing the descendant you want.

Overall the battle pass is worth it, but it depends on how you view the game. The game is currently not pay to win, but pay for convenience, which in my opinion is a better structure for a free-to-play game.

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