Best Thunder Cage Build for Season 2 – The First Descendant

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Base Weapon Stat Info

Here is the full weapon stat breakdown of the Thunder Cage in The First Descendant.

Thunder Cage Build for The First Descendant

Next, let us take a look at an optimized Thunder Cage Build for The First Descendant. This weapon is best played as an AoE damage weapon; therefore, we will optimize the damage for AoE. We will use chill elemental damage with the setup below, but you can use any elemental damage type depending on what enemy you fight.

Here is all the info you need to build a powerful Thunder Cage:

• Modules
• Weapon Readjustment
• Weapon Cores

Thunder Cage Modules

Modules are an important part of every weapon build in The First Descendant. This setup is optimized for harder dungeon content where you want AoE damage for Thunder Cage.

Note: You can use whatever element you prefer. On this setup we use the chill element.

Thunder Cage Module Configuration Table

Module Slot	Module Name	Socket Type
1	Action and Reaction	Malachite
2	Rifling Reinforcement	Malachite
3	Fire Rate UP	Xantic
4	Chill Enhancement	Cerulean
5	Chill Priority	Cerulean
6	Edging Shot	Almandine
7	Concentration Priority	Almandine
8	Sweeping Squad	Malachite
9	Better Concentration	Almandine
10	Better Insight	Almandine

Weapon Readjustment

You can use the Weapon Readjustment at the Weapon Workbench in Albion. Here are the best Weapon Readjustments for the Thunder Cage:

• Firearm ATK
• Elemental Damage
• Critical Hit Damage
• Rounds Per Magazine (or Critical Hit Rate)

Try to upgrade the Weapon Readjustments to at least purple quality.

Weapon Cores

Weapon Cores juice up your damage quite tremendously. However, especially the later-level Weapon Cores are difficult to get. So start with whatever weapon cores you have available. Weapon Cores drop in the Void Erosion Purge endgame activity.

Higher level Weapon Cores drop in the higher level Void Erosion Purge levels in The First Descendant. However, you can gradually work towards the highest level. I recommend trying to get to level six as soon as possible, since it won’t require to clear many stages and will already increase the power of your weapon tremendously.

Best Weapon Cores for the Thunder Cage:

• Chill Damage (Free Augmentation)
• Firearm ATK (Firepower Augmentation)
• Firearm Critical Hit Damage (Hit Augmentation)
• Rounds per Magazine (Tactical Augmentation)
• Sprint Speed (Precision Augmentation)

Thunder Cage Lore Info

The “Thunder Cage” is hailed as the most successful attempt at electrifying a technology used by the Ancestors. It is a combination of the prototype of Bunny’s suit technology and a submachine gun.

This firearm, considered Albion’s strategic weapon for the next generation, converts kinetic energy into electromagnetic force, which is stored in a specialized battery. Once the energy reaches its critical state, the user can use a Sub Attack which releases the energy in one powerful burst. The power of this sub attack influenced the weapon’s official name. The Magisters said it looked like trapped thunder being released, leading to the weapon being called the “Thunder Cage”.

Keep in mind that as the firearm’s internal devices function independently from Bunny’s Arche ability, there is no additional effect when used by Bunny.

Related Guides for The First Descendant

You can also check out our Ultimate Weapons Database for The First Descendant or the Builds Database for The First Descendant.