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Contents hide Best ways to farm Mental Focus in The First Descendant What is the Mental Focus Module for? ✓ At a glance
  • The best way to farm Mental Focus Modules is by running missions in Sterile Lands, Vespers, and Hagios regions.
  • This module lowers the modded weapon’s fire rate, while increasing it’s damage by a stacking percentage. It loses the bonus if you reload or switch guns.

You’ll need to collect lots of different Modules to progress your TFD characters. They make up some of the most substantial power scales in the game. Some of them are specific to different characters and weapons, while some can influence even the ammo type of certain guns. That is the case for the Mental Focus Module, which uses General and Special Rounds – some of the most typical ammo you’ll use throughout the game. 

Best ways to farm Mental Focus in The First Descendant

Mental Focus modules can drop from many sources out in the game world and there is a good possibility that you have a few in your inventory simply through playing the game. There are two versions that you should be on the lookout for – with General Rounds affix and Special Rounds affix.

You can get the General Rounds Mental Focus Module by playing through the Sterile Land region on Normal difficulty. Meanwhile, you can get the Special Rounds Mental Focus Module by playing through the Vespers region on Normal difficulty. Then, you can get both versions in the Hagios region on Normal. 

It might be best to skip this mission, as it only offers 1.5% chance to drop. Captured by VideoGamer

With only 2% chance, you’d have to run this mission a lot to get the module. Captured by VideoGamer

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Different missions in these regions offer a chance to get Mental Focus modules as end rewards. We suggest farming the Ruins Modification Base in Hagios on Hard difficulty to get the Special Rounds module version. For the General Rounds version, we suggest going for the Ransacked Village mission on Hard, found in Hagios as well. Both of these missions offer a 5% chance to get the module while being pretty quick to complete, and therefore easy to farm.

What is the Mental Focus Module for?

Mental Focus Modules of either variant have an effect on your fire rate and damage. Specifically, they lower the weapon’s rate of fire with their specific ammo type, while increasing the ATK stat by a percentage that stacks the longer you fire. In a nutshell, this stat increases the gun’s damage the longer you keep firing. However, you lose the accumulated stacks if you reload or change the gun.

This module is an overall net positive whenever you fight elite monsters and bosses. The trade-off being that you’d fire slower, but you want to pump more damage into those enemies anyway. The best way to use this module is with any weapon with a large magazine size, such as gattling and machine guns. One such gun is the Tamer Machine gun, which pairs particularly well with a Mental Focus Module.

About the Author

Miljan Truc

Miljan has been into gaming since the days of Sega Mega Drive and Amiga. During his gaming career, he has raided at a high level, coached other players, and written about games since 2016.

The First Descendant

  • Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X
  • Genre(s): Action, Adventure, RPG
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