How to unlock Blue Beetle Ultimate Weapon in The First Descendant

by JFFK · July 3, 2024

This is a quick guide on How to unlock Blue Beetle Ultimate Weapon in The First Descendant. The Blue Beetle is a Scout Rifle with an unique ability called Arcane Wave. You can view all ultimate weapons in The First Descendant Ultimate Weapons List.

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Blue Beetle is an Ultimate Weapon that has the unique ability Arcane Wave. When using a Fusion skill, grants self the unique ability Arcane Energy with a set chance. When using a Singular skill, grants self the unique ability Purification with a set chance.

Arcane Energy:

Trigger Rate: 50%
Duration: 10s
Skill Critical Hit Rate: 10%

Purification:

Trigger Rate: 50%
Duration: 1s
Remove Debuff: 100%

How to unlock the Blue Beetle Scout Rifle

You have to research the Blue Beetle at the Research Institute. Talk to Magisters Anais, go to the weapon section and select Blue Beetle. It takes 4 hours to research and costs 100k Gold + 150k Gold for the Materials. You also need to be Mastery Rank 10. Now to the tricky part, you need to get the following research material:

1x Blue Beetle Polymer Synctium

143x Superfluid
73x Flectorite
7x Anode Ion Particle
1x Blue Beetle Polymer Synctium
50k Gold

1x Blue Beetle Synthetic Fiber

72x Semi-permanent Plasma
115x Shape Memory Alloy
25x Synthesized Artificial Biometal
1x Blue Beetle Synthetic Fiber Blueprint
50k Gold

1x Blue Beetle Nano Tube

130x Metal Accelerant
125x Monomolecular Extractor
7x Compound Carbon Activator
1x Blue Beetle Nano Tube Blueprint
50k Gold

1x Blue Beetle Blueprint

If you bring all these four items to Magisters Anais, you can start researching the weapon and then unlock it for your character.

How to get Blue Beetle Polymer Synctium

To craft the Blue Beetle Polymer Synctium you need a lot of materials.

143x Superfluid

Superfluid drops in the Sterile Land zone from resource boxes and munition containers in the zone.

Location 1: Sterile Land Normal/Hard, Resource Box
Location 2: Sterile Land Normal/Hard, Munition Containers

73x Flectorite

Flectorite drops in the White-night Gulch zone from resource boxes and munition containers in the zone.

Location 1: White-night Gulch Normal/Hard, Resource Box
Location 2: White-night Gulch Normal/Hard, Munition Containers

7x Anode Ion Particle

Anode Ion Particle can be obtained from mission monsters in the Hagios zone.

Location 1: Hagios Normal, Vulgus Blockade, Mission Monster
Location 2: Hagios Normal, Deep Digger, Mission Monster
Location 3: Hagios Normal, Large Supply Transport Point, Mission Monster
Location 4: Hagios Normal, Broadband Fleet Beacon, Mission Monster
Location 5: Hagios Normal, Antiaircraft Defensive Position, Mission Monster
Location 6: Hagios Normal, Ancient Quantum Facility, Mission Monster
Location 7: Hagios Normal, Tethered Energy Position, Mission Monster
Location 8: Hagios Normal, Ruins Guard Facility, Mission Monster

1x Blue Beetle Polymer Synctium

Blue Beetle Polymer Synctium is a bit tougher to get. The easiest way to obtain it is via the Intercept Battle from the Amorphous Material Pattern 010.

Location 1: Intercept Battle: Stunning Beauty Common, Amorphous Material Pattern 010
Location 2: Vespers Hard, Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor, Vespers Ruins
Location 3: Agna Desert Hard, Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor, Agna Desert Miragestone Deposit
Location 4: Hagios Normal, Void Fusion Reactor, Hagios Fractured Monolith

How to get Blue Beetle Synthetic Fiber

To craft the Blue Beetle Synthetic Fiber piece you need the following materials.

72x Semi-permanent Plasma

Semi-permanent Plasma drops in the Vespers zone from resource boxes and munition containers in the zone.

Location 1: Vespers Normal/Hard, Resource Box
Location 2: Vespers Normal/Hard, Munition

115x Shape Memory Alloy

Shape Memory Alloy drops in the Hagios zone from resource boxes and munition containers in the zone.

Location 1: Hagios Normal/Hard, Resource Box
Location 2: Hagios Normal/Hard, Munition

25x Synthesized Artificial Biometal

Synthesized Artificial Biometal drops from Mission Monsters in the three listed areas below.

Location 1: Agna Desert Normal, Void Fusion Reactor, Agna Desert The Storage, Mission Monster
Location 2: Agna Desert Normal, Vermilion Waste, Vulgus Strategic Outpost, Mission Monster
Location 3: Agna Desert Normal, Miragestone, Vulgus Strategic Outpost, Mission Monster

1x Blue Beetle Synthetic Fiber Blueprint

The easiest way to get the Blue Beetle Synthetic Fiber Blueprint is to do the Dead Bride intercept battle.

Intercept Battle: Dead Bride common, Amorphous Material Pattern 025
Intercept Battle: Devourer Hard, Amorphous Material Pattern 077
Intercept Battle: Swamp Walker Hard, Amorphous Material Pattern 094
Location 4: White-night Gulch Normal, Void Fusion Reactor, White-night Gulch Hatchery

How to get the Blue Beetle Nano Tube

To craft the Blue Beetle Nano Tube piece you need the following materials.

130x Metal Accelerant

Metal Accelerant drops in the Sterile Land zone from resource boxes and munition containers in the zone.

Location 1: Sterile Land Normal/Hard, Resource Box
Location 2: Sterile Land Normal/Hard, Munition Containers

125x Monomolecular Extractor

Monomolecular Extractor drops in the Agna zone from resource boxes and munition containers in the zone.

Location 1: Agna Desert Normal/Hard, Resource Box
Location 2: Agna Desert Normal/Hard, Munition

7x Compound Carbon Activator

Compound Carbon Activator drops from mission monsters in the following areas.

Location 1: White-night Gulch Normal/Hard, Mystery’s End, Mission Monster
Location 2: White-night Gulch Normal/Hard, Bio-Lab, Mission Monster

1x Blue Beetle Nano Tube Blueprint

Intercept Battle: Executioner Common, Amorphous Material Pattern 019
Location 2: Agna Desert Normal, Void Fusion Reactor, Agna Desert Vermilion Waste
Location 3: Fortress Hard, Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor, Fortress Frozen Valley
Location 4: White-night Gulch Hard, Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor, White-night Gulch Hatchery

How to get the Blue Beetle Blueprint

The Blue Beetle Blueprint drops from the following locations:

Intercept Battle: Dead Bride Common, Amorphous Material Pattern 023
Intercept Battle: Dead Bride Hard, Amorphous Material Pattern 069
Intercept Battle: Pyromaniac Hard, Amorphous Material Pattern 086
Intercept Battle: Molten Fortress Hard, Amorphous Material Pattern 0127

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