How to get Code Analyzers in The First Descendant

It’s just a fancy way of saying “Keys.”

The First Descendant cutscene of players talking to the guide.
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If you’re an avid explorer in The First Descendant, you need to know about Code Analyzers. This ball-shaped material is useful if you want to check out every nook and cranny of the game. In this guide, we’ll tell you everything you need to know about Code Analyzers.

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What are Code Analyzers in The First Descendant?

Ultra-precision Code Analyzer in The First Descendant
The Ultra-precision code analyzers are the rarest of them all. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Code Analyzers open Encrypted Vaults and storage boxes in The First Descendant. You may have come across an Encrypted Vault or box if you’ve been exploring zones, but you may not have worked out how to open them. Well, you open them with Code Analyzers.

There are three types of Code Analyzers: Code Analyzer, Precision Code Analyzer, and Ultra-Precision Code Analyzer. Depending on which one you have in your inventory, the vaults and boxes will be different and have a more difficult minigame.

How to get Code Analyzers in The First Descendant

Precision Code Analyzer and where it can drop from
So many missions in the game drop this. Screenshot by Dot Esports

To get Code Analyzers in The First Descendant, you must complete missions. Almost any type of mission has a chance of dropping a Code Analyzer. You won’t see them in the loot pool if you hover over a mission, but they have a small chance to drop at the end.

After you get one copy of the Code Analyzer, you can check all the missions that drop it in its Acquisition Info in your inventory. There are a lot of them, but here are our picks for quick and easy missions to farm Code Analyzers:

  • Frontline Base mission in Vespers.
  • Baggage Transport Base battlefield mission in Agna Desert.
  • Logistics Facility battlefield mission in Sterile Land.
  • Kuiper Refinery battlefield mission in Sterile Land.
  • Triumphal Arch battlefield mission in White-night Gulch.
  • Order Supply Warehouse mission in White-night Gulch.

These missions take less than five minutes to complete (you can be even faster if you’re way above the enemy level), so you can farm them to your heart’s content. At the same time, you can focus on farming something else, like research materials or Transcendent modules, and get the Code Analyzers passively. This might be a better use of your time, considering the low drop rates of the analyzers.

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Aleksandar Perišić
Staff Writer at Dot Esports. Aleksandar has been gaming ever since he can remember and has been writing game reviews long before he joined Dot Esports. He loves MMORPGS, Nintendo and Indie games. He also steals gifts on Christmas but then gives them back when everyone starts to sing.
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