The First Descendant

Thunder Cage Build and How to Get

Beginner's Guide and Advanced Tips and Tricks
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This is a Thunder Cage build in The First Descendant. Read on to learn the Thunder Cage's best build, how to get Thunder Cage, its stats, how to fix the Thunder Cage Mounting bug, and more!

Best Thunder Cage Build

Substats Priority
・Firearm ATK
・Firearm Critical Hit Rate
・Weak Point Damage
・Recoil
Best Modules for Thunder Cage
Reload Insight ImageReload Insight Reload Time Modifier +X%, Firearm Critical Hit Rate +X%
Bullet Rain ImageBullet Rain Fire Rate +X%, Firearm ATK +X%
Insight Support Ammo ImageInsight Support Ammo Rounds per Magazine +X%, Firearm Critical Hit Rate +X%
Insight Focus ImageInsight Focus Firearm Critical Hit Rate +X%, Firearm Critical Hit Damage +X%
Sharpshooter ImageSharpshooter Firearm ATK +X%, Firearm Critical Hit Rate +X%
Better Concentration ImageBetter Concentration Firearm Critical Hit Damage +X%
Expand General Magazine ImageExpand General Magazine Max General Rounds +X%
Better Insight ImageBetter Insight Firearm Critical Hit Rate +X%
Rifling Reinforcement ImageRifling Reinforcement Firearm ATK +X%

Since the Thunder Cage is a submachine gun, you will face issues with high recoil and low ammo capacity. Despite that, the movement speed it provides allows you to close the distance! With that in mind, you can engage in short to mid-range skirmishes without recoil issues.

To address the low ammo capacity issue of the Thunder Cage, stacking magazine capacity upgrades alleviates that. Other than that, buff up the Thunder Cage's ATK and Critical Hit Rate, and you should have a weapon that will last you through hard mode.

How to Get Thunder Cage

Collect Research Materials

Item How to Get
Thunder Cage Blueprint ・Setrile Land (Normal) - Logistics Facility
Thunder Cage Nano Tube ・Sterile Land (Normal) - High-Powered Jammer
Thunder Cage Polymer Syncytium ・Sterile Land (Normal) - External Reactor
Thunder Cage Synthetic Fiber ・Sterile Land (Normal) - Kuiper Mine

Research Cost and Required Mastery Rank

Research Cost 100,000
Required Mastery Rank 1

Go to Anais and Research the Weapon

Once you have the research materials, enough gold, and the required Mastery Rank, talk to Anais at Albion and select “Request Research”.

In the Weapons tab, select the weapon you want to research and select “Research Request” to start researching the weapon.

It will take 4 hours to research one ultimate weapon but you can research up to 5 ultimate weapons simultaneously!

What to Research at the Research Institute

Thunder Cage Basic Info & Stats

Basic Info

Thunder Cage Basic Info
The First Descendant - Thunder Cage.png Thunder Cage Tier Ultimate
Type Submachine Gun
Ammo
The First Descendant -General Rounds.png General Rounds
Unique Ability
Overcharge: When defeating an enemy, the defeated enemy has a set chance to discharge Electric Shockwave which deals Additional Damage to nearby enemies.

Stats

DPS 184 Firearm ATK 24
Magazine Capacity 26 Rate of Fire 666
Crit Damage 2x Crit Rate 20%
Reload Time 1.4s Burst 10%
Attribute Trigger Rate 4% Weak Point Damage 1.2x
Hip Fire Accuracy 83.33 Aimed Shot Accuracy 88.88
Range (Start) 23m Range (End) 43m
Max Range 0.3x ATK Drop-off Modifier 0.3x
Charge Gain Speed - Charge Depletion Speed -
Movement Speed 600 Movement Speed (Firing) 600
Movement Speed (Aiming) 600 Sprint Speed 800

The stats here are only at level 1.

How to Fix the Thunder Cage Mounting Bug

Re-equip the Weapon from Inventory

Thunder Cage Mounting is a weapon optimization that enhances the weapon when equipped as the main weapon. However, there's an ongoing bug causing this boost to be lost, with no current explanation for why it occurs.

If you encounter this issue, simply store the weapon back in your inventory and then re-equip it to regain the boost.

Thundercage Recommended Descendants

Descendant Explanation
The First Descendant - Bunny Icon.pngBunny Although the weapon has high recoil and low ammo capacity, the nature of Bunny's kit, she'll be engaging in short to mid-range fights to keep enemies within range of her skills, so recoil control won't be an issue.
The First Descendant - Valby Icon.pngValby Synergizes well with Laundry's debuffs.

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