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The First Descendant
Afterglow Sword: How to Get and Stats
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Afterglow Sword is an Ultimate Sniper Rifle that uses High-Power Rounds in The First Descendant. Read on to learn how to get Afterglow Sword, its stats, and more!
How to Get Afterglow Sword
Collect Research Materials
| Item | How to Get |
|---|---|
| Afterglow Sword Blueprint |
・Intercept Battle: (Hard) Dead Bride Amorphous Material Pattern: 066 ・ Devourer Amorphous Material Pattern: 079 ・ Swamp Walker Amorphous Material Pattern: 094 ・ Obstructer Amorphous Material Pattern: 107 required |
| Afterglow Sword Nano Tube Blueprint |
・Intercept Battle: (Hard) Executioner Amorphous Material Pattern: 056 ・ Molten Fortress Amorphous Material Pattern: 127 required ・ Echo Swamp (Hard) - Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor Echo Swamp Muskeg Swamp complete ・ Hagios (Hard) - Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor - Hagios Corrupted Zone complete |
| Afterglow Sword Polymer Syncytium Blueprint |
・Intercept Battle: (common) Grave Walker - Amorphous Material Pattern: 002 required ・ Fortress (Hard) Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor - Fortress Defense Line complete ・ Sterile Land (Hard) - Abysall Void Fusion Reactor - Sterile Land Repository complete ・ White-night Gulch (Hard) - Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor - White-night Gulch Observatory complete |
| Afterglow Sword Synthetic Fiber Blueprint |
・Vespers (Hard) - Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor - Vespers Ruins complete ・ Kingston (Hard) - Abyssal Void Fusion Reactor - Kingston Grand Square complete ・ Agna Desert - (Normal) Void Fusion Reactor - Agna Desert Vermilion Waster complete ・ Agna Desert (Hard) - Abysall Void Fusion Reactor - Agna Desert Vermilion Waster complete |
Research Cost and Required Mastery Rank
| Research Cost | 100,000 |
|---|---|
| Required Mastery Rank | 15 |
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!
Afterglow Sword Basic Info & Stats
Basic Info
| Afterglow Sword Basic Info | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Afterglow Sword
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Tier | Ultimate | |
| Type | Sniper Rifle | ||
| Ammo |  High-Power Rounds |
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| Unique Ability | |||
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Nightmare Reaper: On hitting a Weak Point, inflicts the unique effect, Death Propagation. On hitting an enemy Commander or Colossus, increases Firearm Critical Hit Rate and applies the effect to the attack. |
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Stats
| DPS | 251 | Firearm ATK | 240 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magazine Capacity | 6 | Rate of Fire | 66 |
| Crit Damage | 2x | Crit Rate | 50% |
| Reload Time | 2.5s | Crush | 10% |
| Attribute Trigger Rate | 33.33% | Weak Point Damage | 1.8x |
| Hip Fire Accuracy | 44.44 | Aimed Shot Accuracy | (Max) 100 |
| Range (Start) | 55m | Range (End) | 85m |
| Max Range | 0.6x | ATK Drop-off Modifier | 0.6x |
| Charge Gain Speed | - | Charge Depletion Speed | - |
| Movement Speed | 500 | Movement Speed (Firing) | 320 |
| Movement Speed (Aiming) | 230 | Sprint Speed | 750 |
The stats here are only at level 1.
The First Descendant Related Guides
Weapon Rounds
| General Rounds Weapons | Impact Round Weapons |
| Special Round Weapons | High-Power Round Weapons |
Weapon Rarities
| Ultimate Weapons | Rare Weapons |
| Standard Weapons | - |
Weapon Types
| Machine Guns | Assault Rifles | SMGs | |||||||||
| Beam Rifles | Tactical Rifles | Hand Cannons | |||||||||
| Shotguns | Scout Rifles | Sniper Rifles | |||||||||
| Launchers | Handguns | ||||||||||
All Weapons Using High-Power Rounds
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