How to Unlock Invasion Missions in The First Descendant

Discover everything you need to know to unlock and complete Invasion Missions in The First Descendant for unique rewards.

A new activity, known as Invasions, released with Season 1 of The First Descendant. These new missions pit us against the Vulgus who now have Ancestral weapons to boost their arsenals. Also, the Invasion Mission drop a new unique resources needed to craft Hailey, the newest Descendant, called DNA. Below we detail what are invasion missions, how to unlock them, and all the rewards possible for completing them in the First Descendant.

What are Invasion Missions

Invasion Missions are the newest missions in The First Descendant, pitting our characters against the Vulgus, who are equipped with new ancestral-powered weapons. Also, these missions are split into two variants, Infiltration Operations and Disrupt invasions.

Invasion Mission Features in the First Descendant:

  • Infiltration Operations: Similar to other infiltration activities but with special drop tables and access to Hailey DNA pieces. You can complete solo or group queue for it
  • Disruption Invasions: Solo only time-based activity that faster completions reward more loot. Limited runs per day.

Disruption Invasion missions are the newest style of missions released in The First Descendant. They are solo only missions with color matching puzzles and a boss fight all of which you need to complete as fast as possible to reach maximum rewards. Due to the nature of the timer and speed requires, we highly recommend Ultimate Bunny for easier runs.

How to Unlock Invasion Missions

Upon loading into the game after the patch, you will need to head to HQ and speak to Nell. She gives you a new questline with the first quest “Fallen Teammates”. During this questline you will gain access to the Inversion Reinforcement, a new seasonal passive buff path designed to give additional power bonuses each season.

Eventually you will get a quest called Hailey Rescue Operation in which you are attempting a rescue operation for Hailey. Once, you complete the mission you will gain access to the Invasion Mission locations located at two zones on the map each day.

Rewards for Invasion Missions

Rewards for Invasion Mission in the First Descendant include Hailey DNA parts, Ironheart Particles, and various resources and materials. You will need Hailey DNA parts to craft the various parts of Hailey. Also, you will use Ironheart Particles to unlock passives in the Inversion Reinforcement tab on your character sheet.

Rewards for completing Invasion Missions in the First Descendant:

  • Ironheart Particles: Needed for Inversion Reinforcement
  • Hailey DNA: Needed to craft Hailey parts
  • Amorphous Materials
  • Transcendent Modules
  • Crafting Materials
  • Kuiper
  • Gold

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