The First Descendant: Best Subconsciousness Build Guide

Discover how to get the Subconsciousness, the best modules, best stats, and more in our weapon build guide for The First Descendant!

Best Subconsciousness Build Guide in The First Descendant

The Subconsciousness is a Rare Shotgun in The First Descendant, and is capable of dealing strong base damage with the right application of modules. The downside to this gun is that it has a very low critical hit rate and critical damage modifier. Therefore, you’ll want to build this weapon out focusing on applying strong Firearm ATK modules and re-rolling for Firearm ATK stats.

All Subconsciousness features in The First Descendant:

• Weapon Type: Shotgun
• Pros: The right modules can really boost the standard damage
• Cons: Which is necessary because the critical hit rate is incredibly low
• Best Characters: Enzo, Gley
• Best Mods: Rifling Reinforcement, Weak Point Sight, Weapon Tuning

Subconsciousness Advanced Stats

Below are the base advanced stats for the Subconsciousness at level 1:

• Firearm ATK – 36
• Fire Rate – 120
• Rounds per mag – 10
• Reload time – 1.45 seconds
• Crit rate – 2%
• Crit damage – 1.2x
• Weakpoint damage – 1x

How to Get Subconsciousness in The First Descendant

To get the Subconsciousness firearm in The First Descendant, you can play the Outpost Workshop mission in the Agna Desert zone’s The Remnant area. The Agna Desert is the fifth overworld zone in the game. Therefore, you must play through the main story campaign to unlock access to it. If you are new to the game, and playing with your first character, you will need to fully advance your first Descendant to Level 40 and beat the Dead Bride before you can unlock it.

The best spot to farm the Subconsciousness in The First Descendant is:

• Agna Desert zone, The Remnant area, Outpost Workshop battlefield mission

Furthermore, the Subconsciousness is a rare Shotgun you can only get through random drops. Consequently, you cannot craft it at the Research Institute with Anais.

Best Modules for Subconsciousness in The First Descendant

Rifling Reinforcement, Sharpshooter, and Chill Enhancement are the best mods for Subconsciousness. Rifling Refinrocement increases your Firearm ATk and overall damage, and is easy to get and upgrade. The Sharpshooter mod also increases Firearm ATK and Firearm Critical Hit, while stacking in effectiveness with Rifling Reinforcement. Lastly, Chill Enhancement adds elemental damage to each bullet, helping increase overall defense.

Best Beginner Mods for Subconsciousness

Below are the best beginner weapons mods for the Subconciousness:

• Rifling Reinforcement – Explosive ATK +12%
• Weak Point Sight – Weak Point damage +10%, Accuracy -5%.
• Chill Enhancement – Adds Chill ATK equal to 8% of Firearm ATK
• Fire Rate UP – Fire Rate +6%

Slot	Module
1 (First Row)	Rifling Reinforcement
2	Weak Point Sight
3	(empty)
4	(empty)
5	(empty)
6 (Second Row)	Chill Enhancement
7	Fire Rate UP
8	(empty)
9	(empty)
10	(empty)

Best Advanced Mods for Subconsciousness

Below are the best advanced weapons mods for the Subconsciousness:

• Rifling Reinforcement – Explosive ATK +12%
• Weak Point Sight – Weak Point damage +10%, Accuracy -5%.
• Sharpshooter – Firearm ATK +8%, Firearm Critical Hit Rate +1%.
• Chill Enhancement – Adds Chill ATK equal to 8% of Firearm ATK
• Weak Point Quick Fire – Fire Rate +6%, +2 Weak Point Damage
• Weapon Tuning – Rounds per Magazine +8%, Firearm ATK +1%

Slot	Module
1 (First Row)	Rifling Reinforcement
2	Weak Point Sight
3	Sharpshooter
4	(empty)
5	(empty)
6 (Second Row)	Chill Enhancement
7	Fire Rate UP
8	Weapon Tuning
9	(empty)
10	(empty)

Maximum Module Capacity

When upgrading weapon mods, be aware there is an increased cost and a max module capacity of 80. The material needed is Energy Activators, and you will get one of these after playing through the end of the campaign, or you can craft them with Anais. Therefore, you want to balance increasing mods and not attempt to max out everyone. A balanced approach to firearm ATK, critical chance, and critical damage is the best (+3 or so to each).

Best Weapon Stats for Subconsciousness in The First Descendant

In the First Descendant weapon stats are randomly generated for all weapons when they drop or are created via crafting. You can change (or re-roll) them through the Weapon Readjustment system, which is covered in more detail below.

There are the best weapon stats for Subconsciousness in The First Descendant:

• Firearm ATK
• Bonus Firearm ATK (vs Colossus)
• An Elemental ATK (chill, toxic, electric)
• Weak Point Damage

In the First Descendant, weapon stats are randomly generated for all weapons when they are picked up as loot or picked up after crafting. You can change (or re-roll) them through the Weapon Readjustment system. Each weapon has four random traits or stats that can be rerolled to find the ideal trait. These regenerated traits are also random and so is their quality. Therefore, expect to spend a lot of materials to min-max the perfect roll.

How to Upgrade Subconsciousness

The First Descendant provides several different avenues for upgrading and improving your weapons by using their repair station Workbench. The Workbench is located in the same general area as Anais and weapons seller Deslin on the west side of Albion.

Weapon Transmission

Each time you pick up a dropped weapon in The First Descendant, its level will correspond to the region and zone you are playing in. However, you can easily bring it up to your current weapon level by using the Weapon Transmission mechanic at the Workbench.

Finally, you will need to reach Mastery Rank 3.

To level up Subconsciousness in The First Descendant you will need:

• Phase Exchanger
  • 50 Superalloy
  • 2,500 credits/gold
  • 2:30 of research time

To get Superalloy in the First Descendant, you will need to dismantle many weapons you don’t want by junking them. This breaks down the weapon into crafting materials you can use to make other items. Consequently, we highly recommend breaking down your excess weapons instead of selling them. Credits are easier to earn just by playing the game and completing missions.

Weapon Readjustment

In The First Descendant, the Weapon Readjustment mechanic allows you to use the Workbench to re-roll your weapon stats. Moreover, you can re-roll all of your stats at once, or lock individual stats you like and only re-roll the ones you want to change.

Finally, you will need to reach Master Rank 4 in order to unlock Weapon Readjustment at the Workbench.

To change Subconsciousness stats in The First Descendant you will need:

• Adjustment Control Axis x4
  • 340 Superalloy
  • 12,000 credits/gold
  • 15:00 of research time

How To Use Subconsciousness

The best way to use Subconsciousness in The First Descendant boss battles where burst damage is required using high-impact rounds. The Shotgun is meant to be used in close range where you have an opening for rapid fire before swapping to another weapon. The Devourer hard mode mechanic requires you to shoot barrels, swap to the Shotgun, use your ammo and then go back to your main gun. Moreover, make sure to reload this in between actions and keep your magazine full.

Additionally, another reason why you want to be conservative with the Subconsciousness is because of ammo rarity. The purple high-powered rounds are typically the hardest to come by in the game, and if you try to use this shotgun as your primary weapon, you’ll be running out of ammunition regularly. However, you can mitigate some of these problems with the Fire Rate UP and Weapon Tuning mods. Additionally, you can use Subconsciousness with Enzo for additional ammo capacity or with Gley, who can use her Increased Sensory ability to fire without using any bullets.

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