The First Descendant: All Research Materials (& How to Get…

Players playing The First Descendant, a third-person shooter that is free-to-play, may have come across places where they are able to research their weapons or different Descendants (and even some Ultimate Descendants).

However, in order to actually research anything, players will need to find the material to do so. Here's a breakdown of all the research material available, and how to get it.

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All Research Materials & How To Get Them

Players are able to research things once they meet Anais. Material can be found in certain ways, but each region has its own unique materials that are available. Here's a breakdown of all the regions, what items are found there, and how to get those items.

Please note that these are the materials we have found so far. If more are located, the list will be updated.

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Region	Item	How To Obtain
Agna Desert	Divided Plasma Battery	Farmed in these areas/quests The Asylum (Vermillion Waste) Caligo Ossuary (The Mining Site)
	Mixed Energy Residue	Found in Encrypted Vaults
	Monomolecular Extractor	Resource Boxes Munitions Boxes
	Nanopolymers	Resource Boxes Munitions Boxes
	Positive Ion Particle	Dropped by quest monsters
	Synthesized Artificial Biometal	Farmed in these areas/quests Void Fusion Reactor – The Storage Miragestone: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Vermillion Waste: Vulgus Strategic Outpost
Any Region	High Precision Exchange Components	Dismantling weapons
	Liquid Metal	Dismantling rare and standard weapons
	Multi-Composite Receivers	Dismantling weapons
	Nano Compound	Dismantling Reactors
	Quantum Crystal	Dropped from hard difficulty Void Fragments and Void Fusion Reactors
	Solenoid	Dropped from normal difficulty Void Fragments and Void Fusion Reactors
	Superalloy	Dismantling rare and standard weapons.
	Superconductor Core	Dismantling Reactors
	Void Organism	Dismantling Sensors, Memory, Processors, and Auxiliary Power units.
Echo Swamp	Complex Carbon Activator	Farmed in these areas/quests Seed Vault (Abandoned Zone) The Chapel (Derelict Covert)
	Compound Coating Material	Resource Boxes Munitions Boxes
	Encrypted Neural Circuit	Dropped by quest monsters
	Macromolecule Biogel	Farmed in these areas/quests Muskeg Swamp: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Derelict Covert: Vulgus Strategic Outpost
	Silicon	Resource Boxes Munitions Boxes
	Thermal Metallic Foil	Found in Encrypted Vaults
Fortress	Balanced Plasma Battery	Farmed in these areas/quests Heart of the Fortress Quarantine Zone
	Deformed Biometal	Farmed in these areas/quests Frozen Valley: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Convertor Facility: Vulgus Strategic Outpost
	Hellion	Resource Boxes Munitions Boxes
	Polyatomic Ion Particle	Dropped by quest monsters
	Pure Energy Residue	Found in Encrypted Vaults
	Reverse Charging Coil	Resource Boxes Munitions Boxes
Hagios	Anode Ion Particle	Dropped by quest monsters
	Carbon Crystal	Resource Boxes Munitions Boxes
	Heat Plasma Battery	Farmed in these areas/quests The Haven (The Corrupted Zone) Old Mystery (Starfall Road)
	Highly-concentrated Energy Residue	Found in Encrypted Vaults
	Shape Memory Alloy	Resource Boxes Munitions Boxes
	Specialized Biometal	Farmed in these areas/quests Dune Base: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Forward Base: Vulgus Strategic Outpost
Kingston	Insulated Metallic Foil	Obtained in These Special Operations Magister’s Lab (Fallen Theater) Slumber Valley (Grand Square)
	Low-carbon Activator	Fallen Theater: Vulgus Strategic Outpost
	Monad Shard	Resource Boxes Munitions Boxes
	Organic Biogel	Farmed in these areas/quests Kingston Communication Repeater Vulgus Field Generator Kingston Surveillance Radar
	Repton	Resource Boxes Munitions Boxes
Sterile Land	Artificial Biometal	Dropped by quest monsters
	Fusion Plasma Battery	Farmed in these areas/quests Rockfall: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Classified Area: Vulgus Strategic Outpost
	Metal Accelerant	Resource Boxes Munitions Boxes
	Murky Energy Residue	Farmed in these areas/quests The Forgottense (Restricted Zone) Unknown Laboratory (Classified Area)
	Negative Ion Particle	Found in Encrypted Vaults
	Superfluid	Resource Boxes Munitions Boxes
Vespers	Common Carbon Activator	Farmed in these areas/quests Sepulcher (Lost Supply Depot) The Shelter (Timerfall)
	Conductive Metallic Foil	Found in Encrypted Vaults.
	Data Processing Neural Circuit	Dropped by quest monsters
	Hardener	Resource Boxes Munitions Boxes.
	Inorganic Biogel	Farmed in these areas/quests Lumber Yard: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Lost Supply Depot: Vulgus Strategic Outpost
	Semi-permanent Plasma	Resource Boxes Munitions Boxes
White-Night Gulch	Advanced Neural Circuit	Border Line of Truth
	Ceramic Composite	Resource Boxes Munitions Boxes
	Compound Carbon Activator	Farmed in these areas/quests Mystery’s End (Moongrave Basin) Bio-Lab (Hatchery)
	Cooling Metallic Foil	Found in Encrypted Vaults
	Crystal Biogel	Farmed in these areas/quests Void Fusion Reactor Shipment Base: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Hatchery: Vulgus Strategic Outpost
	Flectorite	Resource Boxes Munitions Boxes