Like any shooter game, weapons are a crucial part ofThe First Descendantgameplay. As players, or descendants as they are called, fight against Vulgus, having the right weapon can make a massive difference.

You can find manydifferent weapons with unique featuresas you make your way through the game. In addition to general weapons, the game also features Ultimate Weapons with unique abilities. But to unlock their full potential, you will need to upgrade them. In this article, we’re going to show you how to level up your Ultimate Weapons inThe First Descendant.

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How to Upgrade the Ultimate Weapons in The First Descendant

Ultimate Weapons inThe First Descendantare undoubtedly fantastic tools, but they start with very low DPS at their base level. To make them truly effective and deal significant damage to your enemies,you need to upgrade them. Upgrading weapons inThe First Descendantis a lot more complicated than you would expect, but here is a detailed guide on how to do it easily.

To level up an Ultimate Weapon, you need two things:

Getting A Phase Exchanger

A Phase Exchanger is atype of rare materialin the game that can instantly transmit a weapon’s level to the other weapon. An NPC named Anais can help you craft this material, but you have to spend a lot of Liquid Metal for it.

Liquid Metal is a rare material inTFD. To get it quickly, you should dismantle weapons often. Missions like Void Intercept Battles are a good choice because they often provide many new weapons that you can dismantle for Liquid Metal.

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Descendants will need250 Liquid Metalto make the Precision Phase Exchanger, and it costs aton of goldas well. Alternatively, you’re able to also get Phase Exchangers through the Battle Pass.

Once you have the required amount of Phase Exchangers ready, you can head to the workbench located in Albion or any other safe zone on the map. Click on the Weapon Level Transmission button and choose the weapon you want to upgrade.

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Next, you need to pick a weapon you want to sacrifice by transmitting its levels to your Ultimate Weapon and click on ‘Weapon Level Transmission’. And just to quickly mention, the levels can only be transmitted from a weapon of high level to a weapon of low level, and not the other way around.