Best Luna Build Guide Loadout – The First Descendant TFD

Welcome to the Best Luna Build Guide for TFD (The First Descendant).

In this guide, we will explain how to create a powerful build for the Luna Descendant. We’ll cover how the skills work and which weapons, stats and modules you need to create the most powerful build for Luna. Visit The First Descendant Builds page for more TFD Character Builds.

Luna wasn’t playable during any of the betas but she was shown in one of the new trailers.

WORK IN PROGRESS.

Table of Contents:

How to play Luna
How to unlock Luna
Skills Explanation

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Modules – Important!
Descendant Modules
Best Weapons & Weapon Modules
Reactor
External Components
Smooth Grapple Hook
Luna’s Story

Here is a quick list of the pros and cons of the Luna Build for The First Descendant.

 

How to Play Luna in the First Descendant

 

How to Unlock Luna in The First Descendant

Let’s take a quick look at how to unlock Luna in the First Descendant. To unlock Luna, you have to purchase her from the store, or research her. You need the following items to research Luna:

1x Luna Enhanced Cells
1x Luna Stabilizer
1x Luna Spiral Catalyst
1x Luna Code
100-300k Credits

When you visit Magisters Anais at the Research Institute you can hover over each item. Then click on Acquisition Info and it will tell you where this specific item drops.

Luna Skills Explained

In this section, we are going to explain the skills available to our Luna Build in the First Descendant, how each skill works and the best ways for you to use them.

 

How Modules Work in The First Descendant

Modules in The First Descendant are the bread and butter of all Descendant Builds. There are a few important things to remember about modules. This is for both Descendant and Weapon Modules.

While most builds require you to increase Module Capacity with an Energy Activator (you get two for free), they won’t require you to reduce the Module cost with Crystallization Catalyst. However, if you want to truly min-max a build, you will need plenty.

How to increase your Module Capacity
Module Levels and Cost

Kuiper Shards & best way to farm!

Reduce the cost of Modules
How to farm Modules

How to Increase Module Capacity

You get a base of 45 Modules for every Descendant character. And you can increase this up to 85 currently. First off, always slot a Sub Attack Module (Slot 7). When you increase this to the max level you will get an additional 10 Module Capacity. if you use a Crystallization Catalyst on the Sub Attack Module, you even get 15 extra slots. You will see this in the setup below.

Additionally, you can use an Energy Activator to increase your Module Capacity by another 20. However, these are fairly hard to farm, only use them on your best Descendants.

Lastly, increasing your Mastery Rank will also increase Module Capacity. Rank 1 gives you 25 Module Capacity, Rank 20 gives you 50 Module Capacity. That is how we reach the 80 Module Capacity that you see on most builds.

Slot a Sub Attack Module (and max it out to get +10 capacity, crystallize it for +15)
Use an Energy Activator (2o extra capacity)
Increase Mastery Rank (25 base capacity, max 50)

Weapons: Basically the same, but because you don’t have Subattack Modules, the Energy Activator gives you 30 instead of just 20 extra capacity.

You can also read my in-depth guide on how to increase Module Capacity in The First Descendant if you need more information. Or my Best Energy Activator Farm Spots and our Best Crystallization Catalyst Farm Spots. I tested all of the grind spots by myself and have already farmed plenty of these items with this method.

Module Levels and Cost

Modules can be enhanced (leveled up) with Kuiper Shards in The First Descendant. Enhancing Modules increases their power. At higher levels, the power will increase way more than at lower levels. Therefore it is always recommended to max out the most important Module first.

Here is an example of a must-have Module called Increased HP for our Descendant. You will notice that we start at 22%, but at the max level, we get a whopping 218.5% increase in health!

Transcendent Modules are the exception; they decrease Capacity Cost with higher levels!

For an in-depth overview, please visit our How to Level Up Modules in The First Descendant guide.

How to Farm Kuiper Shards

Kuiper Shards are used to level up Modules. We have a guide on the Top 3 Kuiper Shard Farming Locations in the First Descendant. We explain how to most efficiently farm Kuiper Shards (300-500k/hour) and show the amount you need to level up mods. As a summary, to max out a Module you need:

Normal Modules: 103’100 Kuiper Shards
Rare Modules: 206’200 Kuiper Shards
Ultimate Modules: 309’300 Kuiper Shards
Transcendent Modules: 515’500 Kuiper Shards

Always max out the most important Modules first, we will showcase the order below.

How to Reduce the Cost of Modules

To reduce the cost of Modules you need Crystallization Catalysts in The First Descendant. These require a lot of time investment, most builds won’t require you to get many if any at all (Budget Setup). But if you want to completely min-max you need to get plenty of them as technically, every slot can have a specific socket type to half the cost.

Modules have Socket Types. Our Increased HP Module has the Cerulean Socket Type.

Module: Increased HP
Socket Type: Cerulean

This is important because if we place our Increased HP Module in the fitting Socket Type, it will half the cost of the Module!

How to farm Modules

Most Modules can be acquired fairly easily, but the higher-quality ones (Ultimate, Transcendent) are more tedious to obtain. Here is the easiest process to farm Modules quickly.

Open Map > Swap to Access Info > Select Modules

Here, you can find all Modules and their drop locations. If a module drops from several locations, it is recommended to select drop locations with higher drop chances.

There isn’t really much more to this. Simply check the location and go farm. Normal and Rare quality Modules have 30-50% drop chances in most cases. Ultimate ones range around the 5% mark and Transcendent ones can be a tough cookie with around 2% drop chance.

We will list the best farming location of modules in the next step of the guide.

Descendant Modules for our Luna Build in TFD

In this section, we will explain the recommended Descendant Modules for this Luna Build in the First Descendant.

Important! When equipping Modules on Luna, make sure that as many modules as possible are in a slot with a matching icon (top left corner on tooltip). This will half their Module Capacity Cost.

Your Module Capacity Cost limits how many modules you can equip, and can be upgraded as you level up your character. Different modules have a different Capacity Cost, which generally depends on how powerful the Module is. This is a balancing system to prevent players from only equipping the strongest modules and having a totally overpowered character.

Learn here How To Farm Modules in The First Descendant for your Luna Build. And learn here How to increase Module Capacity in The First Descendant for your Builds.

Luna Max Level Modules Setup

 

We recommend using the following modules:

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Best Weapons & Weapon Mods for our TFD Luna Build

In this section, we will explain the best weapons for our TFD Luna Build and the ideal weapon mods for them.

We recommend using the following weapon for Luna in the First Descendant:

Thunder Cage – Submachine Gun

The Thunder Cage Submachine Gun is an Ultimate weapon. The firearm emits an electric shockwave that creates the appearance of thunder being directed at the enemy.

See: How to Get the Thunder Cage Submachine Gun in TFD

Thunder Cage Description:

When defeating an enemy, the defeated enemy has a set chance to discharge Electric Shockwave that deals Additional Damage to nearby enemies.

Basic Info

Reload Speed:  -20%

Electric Shockwave

Trigger Rate : 60%
Damage Range:  3 meter radius
Additional Damage:  Firearm Damage x 150%

This is a high DPS weapon with a quick fire-rate. It suits Luna’s Build very well in The First Descendant.

We are using the following weapons mods for the Thunder Cage Weapon:

Hawk-Eye – Improves your Accuracy
Reload Concentration – Reloading is quicker, and Firearm Critical Damage is improved
Rifling Reinforcement – Significantly improves your Firearm Attack
Concentrate Support Ammo – You get more rounds per magazine, and slightly more Firearm Critical Hit Damage
Electric Conductor – Improved Firearm Attack when attacking Electrocuted enemies
Action and Reaction – Improves Firearm Attack and Recoil
Marksman – Improves Firearm Critical Hit Rate, and slightly improves Attack
Weak Point Control – Improves Weak Point Damage and Recoil
Weak Point Sight – Greatly improves Weak Point Damage
Fire Rate Up – Significantly improves your Fire Rate

 

Best Reactor Stats for Luna in The First Descendant

Your Reactor is a very important item that determines your skill damage and can also include extra modifiers that buff certain aspects of your build. The better your Reactor is, the more damage your skills will deal to enemies.

 

External Components

Finally, we have the best External Components for the Luna build in the First Descendant.

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Smooth Grapple Hook for your Build

Using the standard Grapple Hook in The First Descendant can be a pain, and it feels kinda frustrating at times. Don’t worry, there is a way better alternative that will make it a joy to use the grappling hook!

It is called the Mid-Air Maneuvering Sub Module. I use this on all my The First Descendant Builds because it improves grappling by so much.

With this Module, you can attach your Grapple Hook to anything, even air! That means you can simply aim towards the sky and Hook up your grapple hook there for guaranteed fast movement!

Here is a guide on how to get the Mid-Air Maneuvering Sub Module in The First Descendant. It won’t take a lot of effort, but it will definitely improve your build and overall gameplay in The First Descendant.

Luna’s Story in The First Descendant

 

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