Key Takeaways
- Belief sniper rifle is the worst rare sniper but good for early game, acquired in the Crimson Contaminated Area.
- Forest Gaze is a significant upgrade over standard sniper, only slightly harder to acquire than Belief in The First Descendant.
- Different Dream offers good crit chance, not too difficult to obtain, great for mid-game until ultimate sniper rifles are found.
The First Descendant is a free-to-play, third-person looter shooter developed by Nexon. It combines team-based challenges with a well-scripted storyline. Players take on the role of a Descendant, and battle to save humanity from an alien race named the Vulgus.
As with most first-person shooters, the game has a range of weapons that can be classified as snipe rifles. All of the of the sniper rifles in First Descendant fire High-Power Rounds. Each of them does high damage, with a high critical chance and good critical damage. Offset by a low rate of fire and a limited magazine size. They are intended to be used from long range.
6 Belief
The Worst Of The Best
- Tier: Rare
- DPS: 239
- Rounds: 9
- Fire rate: 79
- Critical rate: 45%
- Critical damage modifier: 1.8
- Reload speed: 2.31 seconds
In First Descendant, the Belief sniper rifle can be farmed by completing the Crimson Contaminated Area. The rifle has a 50% drop rate here. The Crimson Contaminated Area is located in the Corrupted Zone area of Hagios in this FPS game.
The Belief sniper rifle takes the bottom place on this list, as it isn’t really very impressive. It is the worst of the rare sniper rifles, but it is still better than the standard sniper rifle, Recipient Unknown. The best thing about Belief is that it should be pretty easy to loot fairly early in the game, so it will be useful to players just starting on their sniper build.
5 Forest Gaze
High Crit Damage Modifier
- Tier: Rare
- DPS: 247
- Rounds: 7
- Fire rate: 49
- Critical rate: 50%
- Critical damage modifier: 2
- Reload speed: 2.52 seconds
The Forest Gaze sniper file has a 50% drop chance. It can be farmed by completing The Forgottense in First Descendant. This is located in the Restricted Zone area of Sterile Land.
In many ways, Forest Gaze is the first really useful sniper rifle that a player can get hold of in First Descendant. It is a significant upgrade over the standard sniper rifle, and is only a little harder to acquire than Belief. Put simply, consider not bothering with looting Belief and go for this sniper rifle instead.
4 Different Dream
High Crit Chance
- Tier: Rare
- DPS: 272
- Rounds: 12
- Fire rate: 63
- Critical rate: 55%
- Critical damage modifier: 1.8
- Reload speed: 2.15 seconds
First Descendant players who want to try and farm the Different Dream sniper rifle, can head to the Defense Line area of Fortress. The rifle has a 50% drop rate for completing the Fortress Command Entrance.
Different Dream is a solid sniper rifle. It gives up some critical damage, for a better chance to score a critical hit in the first place. It is not too difficult to loot, and would be a good choice of weapons for the mid-game stage, until a player can acquire one of the ultimate sniper rifles.
3 Supermoon Z-15
A Well Balanced Sniper Rifle
- Tier: Rare
- DPS: 252
- Rounds: 9
- Fire rate: 65
- Critical rate: 50%
- Critical damage modifier: 2
- Reload speed: 2.24 seconds
Players can head to the Starfall Road area of Hagios in First Descendant to farm the Supermoon Z-15 sniper rifle. They need to complete the Ancient Quantum Facility and there is a 50% chance that this rifle will drop.
With its decent damage output, good crit percent, and high crit damage modifier, the Supermoon Z-15 is a great sniper rifle in First Descendant. So good in fact, that it can take a player all the way to the endgame, at which time they may decide to switch to one of the ultimate sniper rifles on this list. However, for casual players who don’t have time to farm the ultimate blueprints and the research materials, the Supermoon Z-15 could be their forever weapon.
2 Piercing Light
Contender For Best Sniper Rifle
- Tier: Ultimate
- DPS: 238
- Rounds: 6
- Fire rate: 48
- Critical rate: 40%
- Critical damage modifier: 1.2
- Reload speed: 2.6 seconds
As with all ultimate weapons in First Descendant, unlocking the Piercing Light sniper rifle involves several steps. Firstly, the player needs to acquire the blueprint, which is generally looted. They then need to gather the research materials required to research the blueprint.
The only negative thing about Piercing Light, is the fact it has a low critical chance compared to all other sniper rifles, and also a very low critical damage modifier. Even so, it is a solid contender for the best sniper rifle in the game.
1 Afterglow Sword
Best Sniper Rifle In The Game
- Tier: Ultimate
- DPS: 251
- Rounds: 6
- Fire rate: 66
- Critical rate: 50%
- Critical damage modifier: 2
- Reload speed: 2.5 seconds
Acquiring the Afterglow Sword in First Descendant follows the same process as outlined in the previous section. The two ultimate sniper rifles, this one, and Piercing Light, are pretty much interchangeable in their positions on this list. Both are excellent weapons in their own right.
Afterglow Sword gets the top position on this list simply because it follows the standard sniper rifle archetype more closely than Piercing Light. It has higher damage, a higher crit chance, and a higher crit multiplier. But it is up to the player to decide which of the two ultimate sniper types of weapons in First Descendant fits their playing style the best.
