How do you unlock The First Descendant characters? There are a total of eleven characters to pick from, with one of three given to you from the start. To get your hands on the rest of them, you’ll need to put in a bit of work.
You may have noticed that each mission has a set list of rewards upon completion. Upon finishing assignments in The First Descendant, there’s a good chance that you can be rewarded with an item to unlock characters. Here’s how to unlock The First Descendant characters on your journey through the free PC game and complete the playable roster.
Unlock all The First Descendant characters
To unlock The First Descendant characters, you’ll need a Code, Spiral Catalyst, Enhanced Cells, and Stabilizer specific to that character. Upon collecting all the parts, head to the hub area and speak to Magister Anais. Select Research Quest and, provided you have all the components needed, you can pay for the recruit to join your roster.
Note that this is a hugely time-consuming process. To help with this, Magister Anais has a shop in Albion called the “[Event] Descendant Material Shop”, which you can use to find the spare part you need to unlock that character at the cost of several thousand Caliber.
You can also use looted parts from missions to research each part. This also requires lots of resources and takes several hours to finish. To get them, you’ll need to go into the world map and highlight each mission reward for the parts you’re looking for. You’ll then need to grind each mission until you get the part you seek or enough resources to craft the part at Magister Anais’s research station.
The First Descendant character resources
You can choose between Lepic, Viessa, or Ajax at the start of the game. To get the rest, you need to make them at Albion. Here are all The First Descendant characters, including the resources needed to unlock them.
Ajax
Ajax attempted a life of peace, opting to take up teaching as a profession, only to be thrown a curveball on his first day. Giving up any hope of inner peace, Ajax rejoined the Descendant Corps to help his comrades and to put an end to the Vulgur threat once and for all.
- Enhanced cell parts
- Repton x192
- Hardner x453
- Hyper Cube x5
- Ajax Enhanced Cell Blueprint x1
- x150,000 gold
- Stabilizer parts
- Superfluid x384
- Metal Accelerant x270
- Arche Receptor x15
- Ajax Stabilizer Blueprint x1
- x150,000 gold
- Spiral Catalyst parts
- Monad Shard x402
- Semiconstant Plasma x225
- Optical Catalyst x13
- Ajax Spiral Catalyst Blueprint x1
- x150,000 gold
- Code parts
Blair
An excellent chef who hated his work, for it was his job to prepare ‘The Last Supper’ for soldiers heading into battle, Blair found his powers during an impossible battle with Colossus. He fights as a Descendant so no soldier will have to have The Last Supper again.
- Enhanced cell parts
- Repton x192
- Semiconstant Plasma x225
- Arche Receptor x15
- Blair Enhanced Cell Blueprint x1
- x150,000 gold
- Stabilizer parts
- Repton x192
- Hardner x453
- Data Processing Cercuit x9
- Blair Stablizer Blueprint x1
- x150,000x gold
- Spiral Catalyst parts
- Metal Accelerant x270
- Hardner x453
- Monite Stone x16
- Blair Spiral Catalyst Blueprint x1
- x150,000x gold
- Code parts
Bunny
Abandoned by her parents, Bunny took to the streets, stealing to provide a living for her and her grandmother. This criminal activity escalated to the point where Bunny began dealing in black market weapons. To save her grandmother from certain death, Bunny found that she had powers beyond that of a normal human. She now fights in the Descendant Crops to provide for her grandmother and the rest of civilization.
- Enhanced cell parts
- Repton x192
- Monad Shard x402
- Anti-Gravity Fixer x4
- Bunny Enhanced Cell Blueprint x1
- x150,000 gold
- Stabilizer parts
- Superfluid x384
- Metal Accelerant x270
- Data Processing Cercuit x9
- Bunny Stablizer Blueprint x1
- x150,000x gold
- Spiral Catalyst parts
- Semiconstant Plasma x225
- Hardner x453
- Monite Stone x16
- Bunny Spiral Catalyst Blueprint x1
- x150,000x gold
- Code parts
Freyna
A special forces soldier, Freyna had an unpleasant awakening when her toxic powers were unleashed, killing her unit. Wracked with guilt, Freyna now fights for good in an attempt to atone for the death of those closest to her.
- Enhanced cell parts
- Repton x192
- Metal Accelerant x270
- Hyper Cube x5
- Freyna Enhanced Cell Blueprint x1
- x150,000 gold
- Stabilizer parts
- Monad Shard x402
- Semiconstant Plasma x225
- Monite Stone x16
- Freyna Stabilizer Blueprint x1
- x150,000x gold
- Spiral Catalyst parts
- Superfluid x384
- Semiconstant Plasma x225
- Arche Receptor x15
- Freyna Spiral Catalyst Blueprint x1
- x150,000x gold
- Code parts
Gley
A member of the Medical Corps, Gley is on a mission to find her missing daughter, Dia, blaming herself – and Ajax – for allowing her to join the military. Fuelled by anger and duty, Gley is a force to be reckoned with. She will not rest until she finds Dia and punishes anyone who may have harmed her.
- Enhanced cell parts
- Repton x192
- Superfluid x384
- Anti-Gravity Fixer x3
- Gley Enhanced Cell Blueprint x1
- x150,000 gold
- Stabilizer parts
- Monad Shard x402
- Metal Accelerant x270
- Data Processing Cercuit x9
- Gley Stabilizer Blueprint x1
- x150,000x gold
- Spiral Catalyst parts
- Monad Shard x402
- Superfluid x384
- Optical Catalyst x13
- Gley Spiral Catalyst Blueprint x1
- x150,000x gold
- Code parts
Jayber
Was Jayber’s genius inherited or was it created? It doesn’t matter much to him – his superior intellect means that he is a formidable force on the battlefield and a thorn in the side of anyone who has to work in close contact. Jayber has little need for human interaction, instead focusing on the task at hand.
- Enhanced cell parts
- Repton x192
- Semiconstant Plasma
- Anti-Gravity Fixer x3
- Jayber Enhanced Cell Blueprint x1
- x150,000 gold
- Stabilizer parts
- Monad Shard x402
- Superfluid x384
- Arche Receptor x15
- Jayber Stabilizer Blueprint x1
- x150,000 gold
- Spiral Catalyst parts
- Metal Accelerant x270
- Hardner x453
- Optical Catalyst x13
- Jayber Spiral Catalyst Blueprint x1
- x150,000x gold
- Code parts
Kyle
Kyle is the engineer responsible for the most important work of the Construction Corps. He hid his powers for a long time but has now come to terms with this responsibility, and has vowed to take revenge on whatever killed his team.
- Enhanced cell parts
- Repton x192
- Superfluid x384
- Hyper Cube x5
- Kyle Enhanced Cell Blueprint x1
- x150,000 gold
- Stabilizer parts
- Monad Shard x402
- Metal Accelerant x270
- Optical Catalyst x13
- Kyle Stabilizer Blueprint x1
- x150,000x gold
- Spiral Catalyst parts
- Semiconstant Plasma x225
- Hardner x453
- Monite Stone x16
- Kyle Spiral Catalyst Blueprint x1
- x150,000x gold
- Code parts
Lepic
Lepic lost his arm in a fierce battle that also saw him lose his friends. Down and out, he was offered a dangerous surgery to attach a prosthetic arm, and it was during this surgery that dormant powers within him were unleashed.
- Enhanced cell parts
- Monad Shard x402
- Superfluid x384
- Arche Receptor x15
- Lepic Enhanced Cell Blueprint x1
- x150,000 gold
- Stabilizer parts
- Repton x192
- Semiconstant Plasma x225
- Monite Stone x16
- Lepic Stabilizer Blueprint x1
- x150,000 gold
- Spiral Catalyst parts
- Metal Accelerant x270
- Hardner x453
- Anti-Gravity Fixer x4
- Lepic Spiral Catalyst Blueprint x1
- x150,000 gold
- Code parts
Sharen
A special forces soldier who met an untimely end in a Vulgus ambush, Sharen was saved after her vital organs were transplanted into a new, mechanical body. She must come to terms with her new body, and use her new power to take revenge.
- Enhanced cell parts
- Superfluid x384
- Metal Accelerant x270
- Data Processing Cercuit x9
- Sharen Enhanced Cell Blueprint x1
- x150,000 gold
- Stabilizer parts
- Repton x192
- Monad Shard x402
- Hyper Cube x5
- Sharen Stabilizer Blueprint x1
- x150,000x gold
- Spiral Catalyst parts
- Semiconstant Plasman x225
- Hardner x453
- Arche Receptor x15
- Sharen Spiral Catalyst Blueprint x1
- x150,000x gold
- Code parts
Valby
An environmentalist, Valby’s powers were awakened when she was on the verge of death; her group had been ambushed by the Vulgus, and she was thrown into a lake. Refusing to die, she discovered that Mother Earth had given her the ability to fight back.
- Enhanced cell parts
- Superfluid x384
- Hardner x453
- Anti-Gravity Fixer x3
- Valby Enhanced Cell Blueprint x1
- x150,000 gold
- Stabilizer parts
- Monad Shard x402
- Semiconstant Plasma x225
- Optical Catalyst x13
- Valby Stabilizer Blueprint x1
- x150,000x gold
- Spiral Catalyst parts
- Metal Accelerant x270
- Hardner x453
- Hyper Cube x5
- Valby Spiral Catalyst Blueprint x1
- x150,000x gold
- Code parts
Viessa
A former smuggler, Viessa was left to rot in jail after a delivery went awry. She was offered a chance at redemption, and after discovering she had powers, had no hesitation in joining the Descendant Corps. She now fights for the side of good.
- Enhanced cell parts
- Metal Accelerant x270
- Semiconstant Plasma x225
- Data Processing Cercuit x9
- Viessa Enhanced Cell Blueprint x1
- x150,000 gold
- Stabilizer parts
- Monad Shard x402
- Hardner x453
- Optical Catalyst x13
- Viessa Stabilizer Blueprint x1
- x150,000 gold
- Spiral Catalyst parts
- Repton x192
- Superfluid x384
- Anti-Gravity Fixer x4
- Viessa Spiral Catalyst Blueprint x1
- x150,000 gold
- Code parts
- Viessa Code x1
That’s everything you need to know about The First Descendant characters. Once you’ve unlocked any one of them, you can change your current character by selecting the Descendant tab in the inventory menu and selecting them before clicking Use. If you haven’t jumped in yet, you can check out The First Descendant system requirements, or see which other action-adventure games we recommend.