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Afterglow Sword is arguably the most popular Sniper Rifle in The First Descendant, and a part of the default “meta”. This Sniper has a somewhat lower Fire Rate but rewards players who can consistently keep hitting Weak Spots, with stackable bonuses to Reload speed and Damage. It, along with the Thunder Cage and Nazeistra’s Devotion makes up the “meta-trio“. So, keep reading to see how can you get your hands on Afterglow Swords and what is the best build for it in The First Descendant.
How to Get Afterglow Sword
As with all Ultimate Weapons, you need to farm for Afterglow Sword parts before you can craft it. Unfortunately, some parts are pretty hard to come by and require playing on Hard mode. That means only veterans will get their hands on this firearm, beginners will have to find something else until they progress through the game far enough.
Getting all the Afterglow Sword parts will require some grinding and effort but the payoff is worth it. On that note, here is the list of all the general materials you’ll need, with blueprints and their locations.
- Afterglow Sword Polymer Syncytium Blueprint
- Ceramic Composite (102)
- Hellion (76)
- Common Carbon Activator (4)
- Afterglow Sword Polymer Syncytium, found by:
- Opening Amorphous Material Pattern 002, after completing Grave Walker Intercept Battle
- Using the Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor in Fortress – Defence Line (Hard)
- Using the Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor in Sterile Land – Repository (Hard)
- Using the Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor in White-night Gulch – Observatory (Normal)
- 50.000 Gold
- Afterglow Sword Synthetic Fiber Blueprint
- Flectorite (73)
- Carbon Crystal (139)
- Pure Energy Residue (10)
- Afterglow Sword Synthetic Fiber, found by:
- Using the Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor in Vespers – Ruins (Hard)
- Using the Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor in Kingston – Grand Square (Hard)
- Using the Void Fusion Reactor in Agna Desert – Vermillion Waste (Normal)
- Using the Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor in Agna Desert – Vermillion Waste (Hard)
- 50.000 Gold
- Afterglow Sword Nano Tube Blueprint
- Shape Memory Alloy (115)
- Reverse Charging Coil (114)
- Cooling Metallic Foil (9)
- Afterglow Sword Nano Tube, found by:
- Opening Amorphous Material Pattern 056, after completing Executioner Hard Intercept Battle
- Opening Amorphous Material Pattern 127, after completing Molten Fortress Hard Itercept Battle
- Using the Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor in Echo Swamp – Muskeg Swamp (Normal)
- Using the Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor in Hagios – Corrupted Zone (Hard)
- 50.000 Gold
- Afterglow Sword Blueprint, found by
- Opening Amorphous Material Pattern 066, after completing Dead Bride Hard Intercept Battle
- Opening Amorphous Material Pattern 079, after completing Devourer Hard Intercept Battle
- Opening Amorphous Material Pattern 094, after completing Swamp Walker Hard Intercept Battle
- Opening Amorphous Material Pattern 107, after completing Obstructer Hard Intercept Battle
When you have gathered all of these parts and materials, head back to Albion and visit Magister Anais. There you can request the research of a new Afterglow Sword. It will take two hours to complete, and you’ll have to pay 50.000 Gold. Lastly, you need to have at least Mastery Rank 15 in order to craft this weapon.
Best Build for Afterglow Sword in The First Descendant
Afterglow Sword is one of the best Snipers in the game, with a pretty high starting Critical Hit Rate. Add the fact that shooting enemy Commanders and Colossi further increases the Critical chance, and, naturally, you’d want to exploit that as much as possible. So the best build for the Afterglow Sword focuses on increasing the firearm ATK and Critical Hit Damage as much as possible. Here’s our best build for Afterglow Sword, but bear in mind that best builds are subjective, and your experience and impressions might differ from ours.
| Concentration Priority | Increases weapon’s Critical Hit Damage and Reload Time |
| Concentration Stabilizer | Reduces weapon’s Recoil and improves Critical Hit Damage |
| Fire Rate Up | Increases weapon’s Fire Rate |
| Strengthen First Shot | After reloading, the first shot fired deals triple damage |
| Rifling Reinforcement | Increases weapon’s ATK |
| Better Concentration | Increases weapon’s Critical Hit Damage |
| Focus Fire | Increases weapon’s Critical Hit Damage and Weak Point Damage |
| Chill Enhancement | Adds Chill ATK |
Note that you should switch Chill Enhancement with another Enhancement mod (Electric, Fire, or Toxic), depending on what Colossus are you taking on. Afterglow Sword is one of the best weapons for taking on bosses and it is great in every Descendant‘s hands, especially in Sharen‘s hands, as she can deal the most damage with this weapon.