The First Descendant Perforator build guide: Best Modules and Unique trait explained

The First Descendant’s Perforator Hand Cannon is one of the best Ultimate weapons in the game. This is a Hand Cannon for players who like to nail perfect shots - headshots and weak points in particular. If that’s how you want to play, you can’t afford to pass up on this gun. Regardless of weapon type, the Perforator is easily one of the best guns in the whole of this action MMO.

That said, like most Ultimate Weapons, the Perforator is going to take a little bit of a grind. If you need to know how to unlock this Hand Cannon, or simply want to know what the perfect build for it is, look no further - we’re here to help.

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How to unlock Perforator in The First Descendant

It takes some effort, but this is one fantastic gun (Image via Nexon)

The Perforator is an incredible gun in The First Descendant, but you have to grind a while to unlock it. In addition to the various blueprints you need, you also require Mastery Rank 15, which could take a significant amount of time, depending on how you play. The weapon also costs 100,000 gold to make, on top of the real-life time research cost.

Perforator Blueprint

• Vespers (Normal): Void Fusion Reactor - Vespers Lost Supply Depot
• Echo Swamp (Hard): Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor - Echo Swamp Muskeg Swamp
• Fortress (Hard): Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor - Fortress Defense Line
• Sterile Land (Hard): Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor - Sterile Land Rockfall Zone

Perforator Nano Tube

• Intercept Battle (Common): Pyromaniac (Amorphous Material 038)
• Vespers (Hard) : Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor - Vespers Lost Supply Depot
• Agna Desert (Hard): Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor - Agna Desert The Storage
• Hagios (Hard): Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor - Hagios Fractured Monolith

Perforator Polymer Syncytium

• Intercept Battle (Common): Stunning Beauty (Amorphous Material 011)
• Fortress (Normal): Void Fusion Reactor - Fortress Defense Line
• Sterile Land (Hard): Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor - Sterile Land Restricted Zone
• White-night Gulch (Hard): Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor - White-night Gulch Observatory

Perforator Synthetic Fiber

• Intercept Battle (Common): Executioner (Amorphous Material 018)
• Intercept Battle (Hard): Dead Bride (Amorphous Material 069)
• Intercept Battle (Hard): Molten Fortress (Amorphous Material 124)
• Agna Desert (Normal): Void Fusion Reactor - Agna Desert The STorage

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Best build for Perforator in The First Descendant

Here is a setup you should consider for the Perforator (Image via Nexon)

When building a Perforator in The First Descendant, whether Weapon Readjustment or your Weapon Modules, you want to focus on Critical Rate, Critical Damage, Pure Attack, Fire Rate, and Accuracy. These are the most important stats for this particular gun, and that will be reflected in the Weapon Modules that you find below.

• Fire Rate UP
• Marksman
• Rifling Reinforcement
• Better Insight
• Better Concentration
• Anti-matter Round
• Hit Rate Insight

You can make an Elemental version of this setup, but you will have to focus on a particular element since you cannot equip all the various elements. Just slot in the ones you need for the fight you’re going into.

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Unique ability of Perforator explained in The First Descendant

If you want to blast through shields, the Perforator is your Hand Cannon of choice (Image via Nexon)

Detect is Perforator’s incredible Unique ability in The First Descendant. When you hit a Weak Point, it inflicts damage to the enemy’s Shield in proportion to their Max Shield, at a set chance. The higher the Firearm Level, the closer this damage reaches to the Max Limit.

In addition, when damage dealt to the enemy completely depletes the target enemy’s Shield, it has a chance to Stun. The easier time you have nailing weak points on an enemy like a boss, the easier you can shred through their shields, and start chunking their health bar. It’s an incredibly fun weapon and one worth designing.

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Check out our other The First Descendant guides

• The First Descendant Enduring Legacy build guide
• The First Descendant character tier list
• The First Descendant High Voltage location