Welcome to the Ancestor Module Godroll Perk Guide for The First Descendant. Here you will find the best Ancestor Module perks for each Descendant in the game. Please visit the TFD Ancestor Module Database for a list of all Ancestor modules.

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Ancestor Module Godroll List for The First Descendant

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Important Ancestor Module Know-How:

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Female Descendants

Male Descendants

 

Serena

Serena icon The First Descendant

Most often, Serena is played as a weapon-based Descendant. However, she also has a skill-based build that some users play. Serena’s damage scales off her HP, therefore Max HP should be your top priority on any Ancestor Module in The First Descendant.

Because Serena’s synchronization value is one of the lowest, the Ancestor module is more of a small improvement, rather than a full power-up. Which is also why you shouldn’t equip one unless it has insanely good rolls on it, preferably max HP. Serena’s damage scales off max HP, but the hardcap is 39k. So if you actually go over the cap with a good Ancestor Module HP roll, make sure to finetune your build in the Arche Tuning section, remove a HP perk, and add another multi-hit/firearm perk.

Weapon-Based Serena Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Max HP
    • Cost (Only worth it if you have sustain issues)
    • Duration (Only worth it if you don’t have 100% uptime on 4th skill yet)
    • Cooldown (Only worth it if you don’t have 100% uptime on 4th skill yet)
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield

Skill-Based Divine Surge Serena Build

  • Best Rolls
    • Fire
    • Dimension
    • Cost Cooldown
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield

Bunny

The First Descendant Ultimate Bunny Build

Bunny has plenty of viable builds in The First Descendant. Therefore, it is important to know what Ancestor Module perks you want to use for what Bunny Builds. Here are some of the most common builds with optimized Ancestor Module perks.

You don’t have to get all the listed options below, for example, if you have an excellent Ancestor Module with 2 positive and 1 negative perks, you can use it and adjust your build accordingly! If you have one with 3 positive perks you can also use that. There isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution.

Crit Bunny Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Electric
    • Fusion
    • Crit Rate
    • Crit Damage
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield
    • DEF
    • Max HP

Non-Crit Bunny Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Electric
    • Fusion
    • Singular
    • Range (Only if you aren’t already at max range)
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield
    • Crit Rate
    • Crit Damage
    • DEF
    • Max HP

Hailey

Hailey Icon The First Descendants

Hailey has an incredible strong synchronization value, therefore she will get a lot out of a good Ancestor Module. Because she has a fairly good skill combo, you can pretty much always use an Ancestor Module with Chill+Singular for both mobbing and bossing. Of course, adding a Crit Damage perk will also do wonders, if you manage to get all 3 together!

Hailey Mobbing Build with Cold Heart

  • Best Rolls
    • Chill
    • Singular
    • Crit Damage
    • Cooldown
  • Negative Rolls
    • Dimension Skill Modifier
    • Dimension Skill Boost Ratio

Hailey Bossing Build

  • Best Rolls
    • Chill
    • Singular
    • Crit Damage
  • Negative Rolls
    • Dimension Skill Modifier
    • Dimension Skill Boost Ratio

Ines

Ines Icon The First Descendant

Depending on which Ines Build you play, you must change your Ancestor module. If you equip the Time of the Hunting Hounds transcendent mod all her skills change to tech. However, if you don’t have any transcendent mod slotted, her 1st and 3rd skill are singular type. Other than that all other stats are fairly similar with focusing on Skill Critical Hit Damage and Cooldown.

Ines’ synchronisation value is exceptionally high at 1.125; therefore, she can gain a vast amount of power if you get strong rolls on your perks. For example the Skill Critical Hit Damage value can go up to 244.9%, crazy!

Ines Builds with Time of the Hunting Hounds mod

  • Best Rolls
    • Electric
    • Tech
    • Crit Damage
    • Cooldown (Only if you need more cooldown)
    • Range (Only if you aren’t at max range already)
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield
    • DEF
    • Max HP

Ines Builds without any transcendent mod

  • Best Rolls
    • Electric
    • Singular
    • Crit Damage
    • Cooldown (Only if you need more cooldown)
    • Range (Only if you aren’t at max range already)
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield
    • DEF
    • Max HP

Nell

Nell icon tfd

Depending on which Nell Build you play, you want to focus on different things because her skills are either tech or fusion based. For her mobbing setup you spam the 2nd skill to deal AoE damage, that skill is fusion based. For her bossing setup you spam the 1st and 4th skill, these are tech based. Therefore, we must select the correct Ancestor module with the correct fusion/tech type.

Nell Mobbing Build (Shattering Heart mod)

We spam 2nd skill to deal AOE damage, 2nd skill is fusion based.

  • Best Rolls
    • Non-Attribute
    • Fusion
    • Critical Damage
    • Range (Only if you aren’t at max range yet)
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield
    • DEF
    • Max HP

Nell Bossing Build (Shattering Heart mod)

We spam 2nd skill to deal AOE damage, 2nd skill is fusion based.

  • Best Rolls
    • Non-Attribute
    • Tech
    • Critical Damage
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield
    • DEF
    • Max HP

Harris

TFD Harris Icon

All Harris Builds are currently based on a non-crit spec; therefore, we can use any crit-specific perk as a negative modifier or Max Shield. Otherwise, Harris is easy to set up with Toxic and Fusion, as well as extra Cooldown or DEF.

Harris Mobbing Build

  • Best Rolls
    • Toxic
    • Fusion
    • Cooldown
    • DEF
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage

Harris Bossing Build

  • Best Rolls
    • Toxic
    • Fusion
    • Cooldown
    • DEF
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage

Viessa

Ultimate Viessa Build The First Descendant

Viessa has an insanely strong synchronization value of 1.213. Skill Critical Hit Rate perk can go up to a max of 400%, which is absolutely crazy. For reference, the Skill Insight module gives you 115.4% Skill Critical Hit Rate. This means if you get an Ancestor Module with an extremely high Skill Critical Hit Rate perk you can swap it out with Skill Insight and still get close to 100% crit rate plus all the other positive perks you obtain.

Absolute-Zero & Cold-Blooded Viessa Build

  • Best Rolls
    • Chill
    • Singular
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage
  • Negative Rolls
    • Fusion Skill Power Boost Ratio
    • Tech Skill Power Boost Ratio
    • Fusion Skill Modifier
    • Tech Skill Modifier
    • Max Shield

Hypothermia Viessa Build

  • Best Rolls
    • Chill
    • Fusion/Singular
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage
  • Negative Rolls
    • Tech Skill Power Boost Ratio
    • Tech Skill Modifier
    • Max Shield

Glacial Cloud Viessa Build

  • Best Rolls
    • Chill
    • Fusion/Tech
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage
  • Negative Rolls
    • Tech Skill Power Boost Ratio
    • Tech Skill Modifier
    • Max Shield

Gley

Ultimate Gley Build The First Descendant

Most often, Gley is played as a weapon-based character. However, she also has skill-based builds, you will find both optimal Ancestor Modules below for her.

Weapon-based Gley Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Max HP
    • Duration
    • Cooldown
  • Negative Rolls
    • Range
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage

Skill-based Gley Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Non-Attribute
    • Dimension
    • Duration
    • Cooldown
  • Negative Rolls
    • Singular Skill Power Boost Ratio
    • Singular Skill Modifier

Freyna

Ultimate Freyna BUild The First Descendant icon

Depending on what Freyna Build you play, there are various options for Ancestor Module stats. If you play a crit build, you want to get an Ancestor module with crit perks; if you play a non-crit build, obviously not. Best to focus on Toxic and Tech always and then you need to decide what build you have. Cooldown generally is also favorable, especially if you can replace a cooldown module with the Ancestor Module. If you have a range perk, make sure that you are not already at the cap, otherwise you should swap out a range module for the Ancestor mod.

Non-Crit Freyna Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Toxic
    • Tech
    • Cooldown
    • Range (Only if you are not at max range yet, or you can swap out a range module)
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield
    • DEF
    • Max HP

Crit Freyna Build

  • Best Rolls
    • Toxic
    • Tech
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage
    • Cooldown
    • Range (Only if you are not at max range yet, or you can swap out a range module)
  • Negative Rolls
    • DEF
    • Max HP
    • Max Shield

Valby

Ultimate Valby icon The First Descendant

Depending on what Valby Build you are using, you will need different Ancestor Modules. its mostly a difference between non-crit and crit builds.

Non-Crit Valby Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Non-Attribute
    • Fusion
    • Cooldown
    • Range (Only if you aren’t at max range yet)
  • Negative Rolls
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage
    • Max Shield
    • DEF

Crit Valby Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Non-Attribute
    • Fusion
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage
    • Cooldown
    • Range (Only if you aren’t at max range yet)
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield
    • DEF

Sharen

Ultimate-Sharen-icon

Area Suppression Mobbing Build

  • Best Rolls
    • Electric
    • Fusion
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield
    • DEF

Ambushed & Overcharged Bossing Build

  • Best Rolls
    • Electric
    • Fusion
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield
    • DEF

Luna

Ultimate Luna Icon TFD

Depending on what Luna Build you use, you either have to focus on damage or buff perks for Luna like shown below.

Battlefield Concert Mobbing & Bossing Build

  • Best Rolls
    • Non-Attribute
    • Tech
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage
  • Negative Rolls
    • DEF

Buffer Nimble Footsteps Build

  • Best Rolls
    • Non-Attribute
    • Singular
    • Duration
    • Range (If not at max range yet)
  • Negative Rolls
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage

Enzo

Enzo Icon The First Descendant

Turret & Focus Fire Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Non-Attribute
    • Singular
    • Cooldown
    • Duration
    • Range
  • Negative Rolls
    • Dimension Skill Boost Ratio
    • Dimension Skill Modifier

Blair

Ultimate Blair Icon the first dUltimate Blair Icon the first descendantescendant

Blair Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Fire
    • Dimension
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage
  • Negative Rolls
    • Singular Skill Boost Ratio
    • Singular Skill Modifier
    • Max Shield

Lepic

Ultimate Lepic icon The First Descendant

Most Lepic Builds are using crit setups, therefore it makes sense to always go for maximum damage and any crit perks.

Crit Lepic Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Fire
    • Tech
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage
    • Cooldown
    • Duration
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield

Ajax

Ajax Icon The First Descendant

Support/Debuffer Ajax Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • DEF
    • Cooldown
  • Negative Rolls
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage

Damage Ajax Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • DEF
    • Skill Cost
    • Cooldown
  • Negative Rolls
    • Dimension Skill Power Boost Ratio
    • Dimension Skill Modifier

Jayber

Jayber Icon The First Descendant

Non-Crit Jayber Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Non-Attribute
    • Dimension
    • Duration
    • Cooldown
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield
    • DEF

Crit Jayber Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Non-Attribute
    • Dimension
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage
    • Duration
    • Cooldown
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield
    • DEF

Yujin

Yujin Icon the first descendant

Healer/Support Yujin Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Cooldown
    • Skill Cost
  • Negative Rolls
    • DEF

Damage Yujin Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Non-Attribute
    • Singular
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage
    • Cooldown
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield

Keelan

Keelan Icon The First Descendant

Mobbing Keelan Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Toxic
    • Fusion
    • Cooldown
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield

Bossing Crit Keelan Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Toxic
    • Fusion
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage
    • Cooldown
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield

Esiemo

Esiemo icon The First Descendant

Keep in mind Esiemo’s 2nd and 4th skill is fusion based, and the 1nd and 3rd is tech based. So depending on what you play you will need to either pick tech or fusion, or both also work.

Non-Crit Esiemo Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Fire
    • Tech
    • Fusion
    • Skill Cost
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield

Non-Crit Esiemo Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Fire
    • Tech
    • Fusion
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
  • Negative Rolls
    • Max Shield

Kyle

Kyle Icon the first descendant

Please note that Kyle’s snyc value is extremely low at 0.424. To make it worth slotting an Ancestor Module you will need really good stats on the perks!

Non-Crit Kyle Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Non-Attribute
    • Tech
    • Cooldown
  • Negative Rolls
    • Dimension Skill Boost Ratio
    • Dimension Skill Modifier

Crit Kyle Builds

  • Best Rolls
    • Non-Attribute
    • Tech
    • Cooldown
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage
  • Negative Rolls
    • Dimension Skill Boost Ratio
    • Dimension Skill Modifier

Descendant Synchronization Value Explained

TFD Synchronization Value Ancestor Modules

In The First Descendant, Synchronization Value is a per-Descendant stat that affects Ancestor Modules.

  • Ancestor Modules scale off your Descendant’s Synchronization Value.
  • Higher Synchronization Value = better roll ranges on the random options an Ancestor Module can have. That means both the minimum and maximum possible option values go up for that Descendant.
  • You can check a Descendant’s Synchronization Value in-game via Info screen → Sub section for that character.

Why it exists

Nexon uses Synchronization Value as a balance lever. Some Descendants have lower or higher values depending on their overall performance, so their Ancestor Modules don’t over- or under-scale. If a Descendant gets buffed or reworked, Synchronization Values may be adjusted accordingly.

What happens to Ancestor Modules you already own

If a Descendant’s Synchronization Value changes, your existing Ancestor Modules for that Descendant update automatically to match the new scaling.

Quick practical takeaway

When farming or readjusting Ancestor Modules, a Descendant with a higher Synchronization Value will generally get stronger stat rolls, so two players rolling the “same” Ancestor Module on different characters may see different ranges.

Ancestor Module Stat Scaling Explained

Ancestor Module Stat Scaling Example The First Descendant

Depending on how many perks you have on an Ancestor Module in The First Descendant, they can have different stat ranges. If a negative perk is included, that means you will get stronger positive perks as a trade-off.

  • 2 Positive + 1 Negative = Strongest Rolls
  • 2 Positive = 2nd Strongest rolls
  • 3 Positive + 1 Negative = 3rd Strongest Rolls
  • 3 Positive = Weakest Rolls

Example Perk Max HP Rolls Strength
Max HP 65.9% 2 Positive + 1 Negative Highest Values
Max HP 52.7% 2 Positive 2nd Highest Values
Max HP 46.7% 3 Positive + 1 Negative 3rd Highest Values
Max HP 40.0% 3 Positive lowest Values

Therefore, depending on how many stats you want to buff, it can make sense to get 2 positive and 1 negative perk to get the highest values. But if you want to get as many perks as possible, you probably want to go for the option of 3 Positive +1 Negative.

Serena has a low synchronization value, so her Max HP perk can only go up to 65.9%[x]. Whereas a normal module like Increased HP gives you 218.5%[x]. Now even if you get a max HP perk from an Ancestor Module it doesn’t sound that great anymore if we compare it to other modules. Therfore, slotting an Ancestor module with Max HP only makes sense if you can stack it on top of other Max HP mods. But that means you need to remove something else, maybe a range mod? Maybe it’s not worth it at all depending on your build!

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Why Ancestor Module Quality Is Important

Ancestor Module Strength Example How good is it TFD

Let’s take a look at how effective some of these stats for Ancestor Modules are and lets also look at their max and min values. It most often really comes down to what build you are running and how useful the Ancestor Module perks enhance your build. Just keep in mind that you will have to replace another normal module; it always comes with a trade-off!

Example 1 Adventurer’s Resolution

Here we have an Ancestor module with 3 positive perks. This one is very useful, but obviously I would have preferred a 2 positive + 1 negative perk module to enhance the power of the perks even further. For example, the Toxic Boost Ratio max with 3 positive perks is 0.514x, but with 2 positive and 1 negative it would be at max 0.847x, which is a significant power increase.

Because Keelans abilities are Toxic and he relies on Skill Cooldown, this module can be very useful, but with what do we swap it out? The Focus on Fusion module gives us 68.2%[+] and -6.1% Skill Cooldown [+]. This translates into 0.682x[+] Fusion Skill Modifier and 0.061x[+] Skill Cooldown. Our Ancestor Module improves both of these stats and we additionally get even more Toxic Skill Power Boost ratio, therefore, you want to replace the Focus on Fusion module with this Ancestor Module!

  • Fusion Skill Modifier 0.711x [+] minmax(0.193x-0.732x)
  • Toxic Skill Power Boost Ratio 0.491x[+] minmax(0.136x-0.514x)
  • Skill Cooldown -0.111x[+] minmax(-0.19x–0.051x)

Example 2-3 Hunter’s Resolution

This Ancestor Module is a good showcase of why perks are stronger when you have a negative perk in your module. Let’s just look at the Skill Critical Hit Rate and compare the values. The Ancestor Module with 3 positive perks gives us a transcendent quality Skill Critical Hit Rate at 240.1%. The 3 positive 1 negative Ancestor Module gives us an epic quality Skill Critical Hit Rate at 230.7%. Now the transcendent is obviously still stronger, but lets look at the max values!

Example Nr 2 can actually get a higher max value because the negative perk enhances the positive perks as a trade-off. Therefore, I would actually prefer the 3 positive 1 negative Ancestor Module over the other one with the transcendent quality, especially since all the stats there are super helpful. If I play a Viessa Absolute-Zero Build, all my skills are Singular and Chill too; it’s basically an insanely strong Ancestor Module if you can make the extra Skill Cost work.

  • Example Nr 2
    • 3 positive 1 negative perk
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate 230.7%
    • Purple Quality
    • minmax(75.1%-283.7%)
  • Example Nr 3
    • 3 positive perks
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate 240.1%
    • Transcendent Quality
    • minmax(64.2%-242.6%)

Example 4 Assassin’s Resolution

The module shown in the image under Nr. 4 is a good Ancestor Module for Sharen. Her builds often favour crit setups, and all damage is electric. So all three perks are valuable. Obviously, I would have loved to get a negative perk like Max Shield or DEF to further enhance the three positive perks.

  • Skill Critical Hit Rate 108.9%[x] minmax(61.8%-233.8%)
  • Electric Skill Power Boost Ratio 0.312x[+] minmax(0.134x-0.509x)
  • Skill Critical Hit Damage 108.0%[x] minmax(40.9%-154.3%)

Example 5 Guardian’s Resolution

Nr. 5 is a handy Ancestor Module for any Ajax Build that focuses on skill critical damage. The Skill Critical Hit Rate perk is pretty much a godroll, it has 241.8% and the max for 3 positive perks is 242.6%. However, if we had a negative perk attached to this the max value would go up to 283.7%. If we only had 2 positive and 1 negative perk it would even go up to a max of 400.1%. Once again showcasing just how insanely powerful the negative perk enhances the positive counterparts.

  • Skill Cooldown -0.134x[+] minmax(-0.196x–0.052x)
  • Max Shield 121.0%[x] minmax(51.7%-195.5%)
  • Skill Critical Hit Rate 241.8%[x] minmax(64.2%-242.6%)

Example 6 + 7 Marksman’s Resolution

Let’s compare two Ancestor Modules for a Hailey Build. Both of these Ancestor Modules can be useful, for different builds! I would use Nr 7. for any Hailey Crit Build, because look at the juicy stats it give as long as you can stomache the extra skill cost. This module is insane, especially because it gets the highest values due to it being 2 positive and 1 negative perk.

Nr. 8 is great if you want to focus on Cooldown and Cost, but the Dimension Boost ratio is a bit useless. However, the negative Max Shield perk is perfect, since we don’t care about our shield anyway. So I would only use this if it can actually replace another Cooldown or Cost module!

  • Example Nr 7
    • Skill Critical Hit Rate 126.2%[x] minmax(42.6%+161.2%)
    • Skill Critical Hit Damage 91.2%[x] minmax(28.2%-106.4%)
    • Negative: Skill Cost 0.031x[+] minmax(0.019-0.072x)
  • Example Nr 8
    • Skill Cooldown 0.092x[+] minmax(-0.092x–0.024x) (literally godroll perk)
    • Skill Cost -0.081x[+] minmax(-0.102x–0.026x)
    • Dimension Skill Power Boost Ratio 0.105x[+] minmax(0.045x-0.172x)
    • Negative: Max Shield -26.1%[x] minmax(46.1%-12.2%)

Example 9 Chef’s Resolution

The last example is for a Blair Build. Most of Blairs skills are Dimension based, so the Singular buff only applies to his second skill. Now if your build focuses on the second skill, then great! Otherwise not so much. However, the other two rolls are high quality and can be useful. The Fire perk is amazing (literally godroll for 3 positive perks module), and the range perk, you have to decide for yourself if you need more range or not. If you are already at the range cap, you could try replacing a range module with this and see if you are still at the cap or slightly below it. Then obviously, it would make sense to use this Ancestor Module since you will be getting more or less the same range but also a lot of extra fire damage.

  • Singular Skill Modifier 0.317x[+] minmax()
  • Skill Effect Range 0.514x[+] minmax()
  • Fire Skill Power Boost Ratio 0.401x[+] minmax(0.106x-0.401x) (This is a godroll perk wow)

Note: If this Ancestor Module was 2 positive 1 negative, the Fire Skill Power Boost Ratio could have gone up to a max of 0.661x instead of 0.401x.

Related Guides for The First Descendant

 

TFD Ancestor Module Perks Godrolls for all characters

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