The next update is live, so let’s see the patch notes for The First Descendant Hotfix 1.2.12. It added new items to the shop and fixed some small issues, but the players are still complaining about the crashes.
The First Descendant Hotfix 1.2.12 was announced some days ago. In the preview, Nexon revealed only vague information on what to expect, to everyone’s annoyance. Unfortunately, occasional crashes are a common occurrence in online games, and TFD is no different. Players were hoping that this hotfix would do something about it. And now, the hotfix details are finally revealed.
The First Descendant Hotfix 1.2.12 Patch Notes
This update added a bunch of “business” cosmetics to the game, tweaked some nodes in Arche Tuning, added more options for Photo Mode, and some other minor improvements. Unfortunately, it does not mention the infamous crashes.
Content Improvements
(1) Content Improvements
- In Arche Tuning, the Rare ‘Skill Power Modifier’ Enhancement Node has been changed to Rare ‘Skill Power’ Enhancement Node.
- Rare Skill Power Modifier 10% → Rare Skill Power +500.582
- When certain modules caused ‘Skill Power Modifier’ values to be negative, the calculation method led to excessive amplification, causing inconveniences when grinding. It has been replaced with ‘Skill Power’ for better usability.
(2) UI & UX
- Changed camera height adjustment hotkeys in Photo Mode for PC platform.
- Camera Up: T
- Camera Down: G
(3) Mission
- Changed the Weak Point Type of some Commander monsters in Sigma Sector ‘Isolated Desert’ Normal/High-risk.
- Previous Weak Point Type: Toxic
- Changed Weak Point Type: Fire
(4) Miscellaneous
- Changed the ‘Latent Strength’ effect in the ‘Unpredictable’ 4-set External Component effect from ‘Skill Power’ to ‘Base Skill Power Boost Ratio’ with adjusted values.
- Skill Power 21% → Base Skill Power Boost Ratio 31%
- The display in the External Component information window shows Skill Power-related items comprehensively, so it appears the same as above.
Shop
| Category | Product Name |
| Themed Skins | Albion Administrative Support Set |
| Themed Skins | Albion Administrative Support Bundle I |
| Themed Skins | Albion Administrative Support Bundle II |
| Weapon Skin | Dark Nebula (The Last Dagger) |
| Weapon Skin | Adorable Judgement (Divine Punishment) |
| Weapon Skin | Future Relic (Restored Relic) |
| Weapon Skin | Melody of Death (Executor) |
| Emotes | Thinker |
| Emotes | Energy Recharge |
| Spawns | Paperwork Hell |
| Ecives | Documents |
- Changed subcategory settings for some products.
- Ultimate Descendant Bundle and Normal Descendant Bundle have been merged into the ‘Descendant Bundle’ category.
- Descendant Skin Bundles and Evolving Skin products have been merged into the ‘Premium Skin Bundle’ category.
Bug Fixes
(1) Content
- Fixed an issue where sometimes two or more Descendants interacted with an object at the same time, the character model of the Descendant with the slowest timing would become uncontrollable.
(2) Descendants
- Fixed an issue where Serena’s passive skill ‘Divinity’ UI icon would activate during sliding even when not airborne.
(3) Weapons & Modules
- Fixed an issue where the Ultimate module ‘Heat Circulation’ (General Round) was incorrectly set as Handgun Exclusive.
(4) UI & UX
- Fixed an issue where page navigation was impossible when using the Descendant Filter in Shop > Descendant tab.
- Fixed an issue where the Descendant Purchase Ticket page would appear even when only Ultimate Descendants were selected in the Shop filter.
- Changed the Reconstruction Device UI’s Amorphous Material page change buttons for PS and Xbox to (PS) L2/R2 → L1/R1, (Xbox) LT/RT → LB/RB.
- Fixed an issue where the Purchase button icon was not displayed properly when buying Descendants with Descendant Purchase Tickets under Shop Details.
- Fixed an issue where the pop-up message displayed “Infiltration Operation” when attempting to enter “Sigma Sector” as a party member.
- Modified the description of the Event Challenge “Assist with Serena’s Covert Operations.”
- Removed unnecessary punctuation marks in Korean description.
- Corrected English description from Event Shop replacement content to Challenge replacement content.
(5) Miscellaneous
- Fixed an issue where the ‘Frozen Heart Energy’ icon and ‘Frozen Heart Essence’ icon were switched in the External Component ‘Frozen Heart’ 4-set effect description.
- Fixed an issue where abnormal animations would play when monsters were dazed by firearm perk effects.
Players Still Complain About Crashes
What this hotfix failed to do is fix the frequent crashes (and failures to connect) some people are seeing. You can see comments on the official posts, like: “I don’t see anything about a server fix? You’d think actually having players being able to play the game would be a priority…” from ben29732331, and “…Of course, there’s still the Network Errors to address soon.” from SirChar103.
On the other hand, it looks like this issue is mostly happening to players who use last-gen consoles. Knowing that Nexon plans to stop supporting TFD on those consoles in the near future, it is no surprise that it’s not a priority to fix right now.
