The First Descendant: How to Get Energy Activators

Discover how to get, all of the locations to farm, how to craft and how to use Energy Activators in The First Descendant.

What Are Energy Activators in The First Descendant?

In the First Descendant Energy Activators are one-time use items you can use to increase the Maximum Module Capacity of either a Descendant or a weapon. Using an Energy Activator on a Descendant will increase their module capacity by 20. Additionally, using an Energy Activator on a weapon will increase its module capacity by 30.

Furthermore, Energy Activators are typically mid-game level enhancement materials. If you have just started playing the game, then they are not something that you should be concerned about farming for yet. Moreover, when you reach the maximum level of 40 with your first Descendant, you will receive one Energy Activator for free from the Descendant Instructor droid in the ‘Complete Energy Activator’ side quest. This side quest will generate automatically once you hit level 40, and you can find it by checking your journal.

How to Get Energy Activators in The First Descendant

To get Energy Activators in The First Descendant, you will either need to buy them from the store with the premium currency Caliber or gather all the necessary materials to craft them. Furthermore, if you choose to purchase them from the store, They will cost 1,200 Caliber each.

To collect all of the materials necessary to craft Energy Activators in the first Descendant, there are numerous locations where the five different resources drop. You can check each resource and discover the multiple places you can farm them by using the Access Info menu. To keep things simple, we’ll be listing each of the five materials and the best location to farm each.

Low-Carbon Activator

The first material you need to collect is Low-Carbon Activators. Moreover, choosing a spot to farm this resource is simple because there is only one. However, you should be aware that the Vulgus Strategic Outpost mission in The Fallen Theater of Kingston has a refresh timer on it. Therefore, you can only attempt it once every 5 minutes.

You can avoid this timer by changing the world setting to a Private instance. Once you enter The Fallen Theater area and complete the mission, then port over to another area of Kingston across the map. Next, go back to The Fallen Theater, and hopefully, the timer will have reset, or at least dropped a significant amount.

Additionally, if you have Sharen, you can use her Active Camouflage ability to infiltrate the outpost and hack the three consoles. This will still summon the mission monster you must defeat. However, successfully doing this will give you a chance for additional loot. If you need help extending the duration of her camouflage ability, try equipping her with the Maximize Duration or Skill Extension modules.

Best location to find Low-Carbon Activator in The First Descendant:

• Kingston zone, The Fallen Theater area, Vulgus Strategic Outpost
  • Drops from the more powerful mission monster.
  • Infiltrate and hack the three consoles, or just destroy them by shooting to ‘summon’ the boss.

Conductive Metallic Foil

The best way to find Conductive Metallic Foil for crafting Energy Activators in The First Descendant is by using the character Enzo, whose passive ability, Shoot Support, gives him a better chance at unlocking Encrypted Vaults for increased rewards. However, recent changes to the game have added additional missions which can also drop the Conductive Metallic Foil resource.

If you’re using Enzo, then the best location is in the Timberfall area of the Vespers zone. Use the Timberfall Tactical Transporter teleport to the north and look for one of two Encrypted Vaults in the extended area of the map that loops around off the southwestern portion of the map.

With any other Descendant, the best place to farm for Conductive Metallic Foil is by running various Vespers missions, including the Ruins Underground Entrance battlefield mission. This mission can be found in The Ruins area, and the materials have the potential to drop from any defeated enemy. However, they drop at a much smaller rate than Enzo can find at one time when breaking open a vault.

Best location to find Conductive Metallic Foil in The First Descendant:

• Vespers zone, Timberfall area, Encrypted Vaults
  • Only possible if you have and use Enzo
• Vespers zone, The Ruins area, Ruins Underground Entrance battlefield mission
  • Conductive Metallic Foil can drop from any enemy, but in much smaller amounts then Enzo can find

Heat Plasma Battery

The Heat Plasma Battery for crafting Energy Activators in The First Descendant can be found by defeating mission monsters in the Hagios zone’s operation dungeon called Old Mystery. Furthermore, the Heat Plasma Battery will only drop from elite enemies and not the normal vulgus. Look for enemies with yellow names and HP bars above their heads.

If you’re just specifically farming Heat Plasma Battery, the best way to do this is by going into the operation in Private mode. Run through all of the regular mobs until you reach a room where you must destroy 6 Kuiper orbs to advance. This is the first area where you will find the elite mobs. Kill the elite enemies and then wait for the timer to run out so that you fail the mission. Exit the operation, port back in, rinse, and repeat.

However, if you wish to farm other materials and items, you can run either the Old Mystery or The Haven operations fairly quickly with a group.

Best location to find Heat Plasma Battery in The First Descendant:

• Hagios zone, Starfall Road area, Old Mystery operation

Polyatomic Ion Particle

The two best locations to find the Polyatomic Ion Particle for crafting Energy Activators in The First Descendant are both in the Frozen Valley area of the Fortress zone. In fact, they are both right next to each other. Therefore, you can choose to focus on one or switch back and forth between the two if you are looking for some gameplay variety. Again, the Polyatomic Ion Particle will not drop from regular enemies, but only from the elite Vulgus.

Best location to find Polyatomic Ion Particle in The First Descendant:

• Fortress zone, Frozen Valley area, Munitions Loading Dock battlefield mission
• Fortress zone, Frozen Valley area, Command Relay battlefield mission

Energy Activator Blueprint

Unfortunately, getting the Energy Activator Blueprints will be one of the more difficult grinds in The First Descendant because you have to grind two separate things. First, you need to collect an Amorphous Material Pattern that corresponds with the Colossus boss you wish to try farming the blueprint from. We recommend running the Kingston zone Magister’s Lab operation dungeon on either Normal or Hard.

If you run Magister’s Lab on Hard, you have a chance to collect Amorphous Material Pattern: 057. Then, you need to enter and defeat the Void Intercept Battle: Executioner on Hard. Afterward, using the Amorphous Material Pattern: 057, gives you a 6% potential drop rate on the Energy Activator Blueprint.

Furthermore, if you run Magister’s Lab on Normal, you have a chance to collect Amorphous Material Pattern: 002. Then, you need to enter and defeat the Void Intercept Battle: Gravewalker on Normal. Afterward, using the Amorphous Material Pattern: 002, gives you a 3% potential drop rate on the Energy Activator Blueprint.

Best location to find Energy Activator Blueprint in The First Descendant:

• Kingston zone, The Fallen Theater area, Magister’s Lab operation on Hard
  • Drops Amorphous Material Pattern: 057
  • Then fight Executioner Colossus on Hard, and use Pattern 057 for a 6% chance to receive the Energy Activator Blueprint
• Kingston zone, The Fallen Theater area, Magister’s Lab operation on Normal
  • Drops Amorphous Material Pattern: 002
  • Then fight Gravewalker Colossus on Normal and use Pattern 002 for a 3% chance to receive the Energy Activator Blueprint

How to Craft Energy Activators in The First Descendant

To craft Energy Activators in The First Descendant you will need to visit Anais at the Research Institute in Albion and bring all of the required materials as well as enough credits to pay the crafting fee. To craft Energy Activators you will need the following amounts of materials:

• 55 Low-Carbon Activator
• 25 Conductive Metallic Foil
• 55 Heat Plasma Battery
• 72 Polyatomic Ion Particle
• 1 Energy Activator Blueprint

Additionally, you will need to pay a fee of 750,000 credits to start crafting. Energy Activators will take 1 day and 6 hours (or 30 hours total) to complete crafting. Moreover, the required Mastery Rank is level 1. However, that will likely be something you already unlocked back at the start of the game.

How to Use Energy Activators in The First Descendant

To use an Energy Activator in The First Descendant, first, you need to choose the Descendant or weapon you want to use it on. Unless you are paying for them with real money, it will take time to farm the materials and craft multiple Energy Activators in the game. Think carefully about which character you most enjoy playing or which weapon gets a lot of cross-character use.

To use an Energy Activator on a Descendant:

• Go to the Descendant Module screen from the Inventory
• Select the Module Additional Settings button
• Click Max Capacity UP from the new menu
• At the bottom of the new screen, hold the button down to “Execute Max Module Capacity UP”
• Your Descendant’s module capacity will now be increased by 20 points

To use an Energy Activator on a Weapon:

• From your Inventory screen click on the Weapon you’ve chosen
• From the weapon module screen, click on the Module Additional Settings button
• Click Max Capacity UP from the new menu
• At the bottom of the new screen, hold the button down to “Execute Max Module Capacity UP”
• Your weapon’s module capacity will now be increased by 30 points

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