As a part of one of the sub quests in The First Descendant, you have to make the Divine Punishment assault rifle. There are multiple steps in the process, so here’s everything you need to know to get the Divine Punishment in The First Descendant.
Divine Punishment research requirements in The First Descendant
Divine Punishment is an Ultimate weapon in The First Descendant you can research after reaching Mastery Rank 10. The research requires the following materials: Divine Punishment Polymer Syncytium, Divine Punishment Synthetic Fiber, Divine Punishment Nano Tube, and Divine Punishment Blueprint.
The first three materials have their own crafting recipes with more materials to grind for. Most of them are simple monster drops, but the blueprints require more dedicated farming.
Here’s every blueprint you need to make Divine Punishment and how to get it:
| Meterial | Source |
|---|---|
| Divine Punishment Polymer Syncytium blueprint | Intercept Battle (Normal): Stunning Beauty (Amorphous Material Pattern: 011) Intercept Battle (Normal): Pyromaniac (Amorphous Material Pattern: 038) Intercept Battle (Hard): Pyromaniac (Amorphous Material Pattern: 084) Intercept Battle (Hard): Molten Fortress (Amorphous Material Pattern: 126) |
| Divine Punishment Synthetic Fiber blueprint | Intercept Battle (Normal): Stunning Beauty (Amorphous Material Pattern: 010) Void Fusion Reactor mission in Fortress Defense Line (Normal) Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor mission in Fortress Defense Line (Hard) Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor mission in White-night Gulch Hatchery (Hard) |
| Divine Punishment Nano Tube blueprint | Intercept Battle (Normal): Dead Bride (Amorphous Material Pattern: 022) Intercept Battle (Normal): Pyromaniac (Amorphous Material Pattern: 036) Intercept Battle (Hard): Swamp Walker (Amorphous Material Pattern: 095) Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor mission in Vespers Lost Supply Depot (Hard) |
| Divine Punishment Blueprint blueprint | Void Fusion Reactor mission in Vespers Lost Supply Depot (Normal) Intercept Battle (Normal): Swamp Walker (Amorphous Material Pattern: 046) Intercept Battle (Hard): Frost Walker (Amorphous Material Pattern: 116) Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor mission in Agna Desert Vermillion Waste (Hard) |
Once you have all the materials, head to Anais in Albion, craft all the parts for Divine Punishment, and then the weapon itself. Every part takes two hours to craft, while the weapon takes four hours. You also need a total of 250,000 Gold for all of the research.
What does Divine Punishment do in The First Descendant?
The Divine Punishment comes with a unique ability called Prayer. Granting a buff to teammates grants you the Meditation effect increasing your DEF. Recovering teammates’ HP, Shield, MP, or custom resources grants you the Praise effect, lowering your skill cooldown. Lastly, inflicting a debuff on the enemy grants you the Glory effect increasing the weapon’s ATK.
This weapon can be played in a variety of ways. It’s almost impossible to take advantage of all three effects at the same time due to how most Descendants are designed, but you can lean into either a more supportive role with someone like Yujin or a more offensive role with characters who can inflict debuffs, like Freyna or Blair.
