The First Descendant

Afterglow Sword: How to Get and Stats

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
The First Descendant - Afterglow Sword.png Afterglow Sword Tier Ultimate
Type Sniper Rifle
Ammo
The First Descendant -High-Power Rounds.png High-Power Rounds
Unique Ability
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.

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

The First Descendant - Weapons

List of All Weapons

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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Starfield -  Fireworks
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Starfield -  Subconsciousness
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Starfield -  Forest Gaze
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Starfield -  Supermoon Z-15
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Starfield -  Belief
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Starfield -  Different Dream
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Starfield -  Death Roar
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Starfield -  Guardian R4
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Starfield -  Lightspeed Barrel
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Starfield -  Vestigial Organ
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Starfield -  Smithereens
Smithereens
Starfield -  Executor
Executor
Starfield -  Afterglow Sword
Afterglow Sword
Starfield -  Piercing Light
Piercing Light
Starfield -  Sigvore
Sigvore's Proof
Starfield -  Restored Relic
Restored Relic

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