The First Descendant: How To Get Shortsword Module

Getting upgrades for your weapons and armor in RPGs is always fun when you finally get them, but the process can be tedious. This is especially true if you don’t know where to look for the upgrade materials and such, so you’ll need to learn them!

In The First Descendant, there are multiple modules that you can get in the game that can give you different bonuses. Some of them can even change how your attacks work, and most builds will need the right one module so that it can work.

In this guide, we’ll show you how you can get the Shortsword Module in the game. Lucky for you, the drop rate for this module is quite high, so you don’t have to worry about farming for long! Now let’s see where this module can be found!

How To Get Shortsword Module

If you want to make your characters stronger in The First Descendant, you’ll want to get the right modules. These can give you all sorts of bonuses from stat upgrades to even changing the way some attacks work. The latter is what the Shortsword Module is!

Here are the steps that we’ll be taking to get the Shortsword Module in the game:

1. Go to the Echo Swamp Map.
2. Select the Abandoned Zone Normal Mission on the eastern side of the map.
3. Kill enemies around the mission until you get the Shortsword Module drop!

Detailed Walkthrough

To get the Shortsword Module, much like most modules, you’ll need to do a specific mission. The mission you’re looking for is the Abandoned Zone in Echo Swamp. Go to the eastern part of the map and there you’ll find the mission as shown below.

When going through this mission, you’ll have a 50% chance of getting the Shortsword Module as a drop from certain enemies. Make sure to clear out as many of the enemies as possible to get the module faster.

For the game, a 50% drop rate is high compared to the other modules out there. The Shortsword Module will let you change the Charged Sub Attack by making it use a shortsword.

That’s how you can get the Shortsword Module in The First Descendant. Now, go out there and try to get one for your character! Do you want to get more modules in the game? Check out our How To Get Emergency Measures Module Guide for more details!