How to use Amorphous Material in The First Descendant
Jul. 9, 2024Amorphous Material in The First Descendant is used to unlock new research, such as characters
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The First Descendant Amorphous Material is one of the most important resources in the game for researching new characters and options back in Albion, but actually working out how it works as a system is less than clear. Players will likely have some sort of Amorphous Material in their inventory after playing for a while, but if you’re new to The First Descendant, you might be struggling to work out how to turn it into anything useful. If you need Amorphous Material explained, our guide will cover all the details below.
What to do with Amorphous Material in The First Descendant
If you have Amorphous Material in The First Descendant, youneed to convert it into usable resources for research,done throughReconstructed Devices.The process is basically as follows:
This process sounds a lot simpler than it is, especially if you have a specific research target in mind and are trying to access it as quickly as possible. The best thing we can recommend is to check theAcquisition Info and Linked Reconstruction Device infoshown in the menus attached to both research targets and the Amorphous Material when you get it, as these provide your next targets.
Amorphous Material, as mentioned, requires aReconstructed Device.Players are given access to these devices at the end of certain missions and boss fights, butAmorphous Material requires a specifickindof Reconstructed Device,depending on its pattern - not any one will do.
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When you have Amorphous Material in your inventory, go into the Consumable menu and check the Material Pattern. There’ll be an option toopen the sub-menu “Linked Reconstructed Device Info”- from there, it’ll tell you what mission or boss you need to beat to access the correct device.
These missions are usually either Void Fusion Reactors - which unlock when you break enough ofThe First Descendant Void Fragments- or the Void Intercepts, the major boss fights accessible through the main map screen, such as the Grave Walker and Stunning Beauty.
When you complete these missions, the Reconstructed Device (a green globe in some sort of metal brace) will appear nearby. You can interact with it anduse it onceto convert/open a single piece of compatible Amorphous Material. What it turns into is randomised, with different blueprints tied to different Material Patterns with different percentages of success.
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