Welcome to The First Descendant Frenzied Locomotive Build. This Frenzied Locomotive Build is updated for Season 3 Episode 4. The Frenzied Locomotive is a machine gun that achieves an increased rate of fire by heating its specially coated barrel. It was given a somewhat aggressive name because it relentlessly fires bullets until it reaches a critical temperature that triggers its safety mechanism.

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Frenzied Locomotive Summary

The Frenzied Locomotive is an Ultimate Machine Gun. A rotary multi-barrel machine gun inspired by Gley’s Frenzied state, during which she unleashes overwhelming sustained fire using her Arche

  • Name: Frenzied Locomotive
  • Type: Machine Gun
  • Tier: Ultimate
  • Unique Ability: Sprint Instinct

Unique Ability “Sprint Instinct”

  • Firing applies Preheating.
  • Shots are fired once Preheating is completed.
  • Each shot grants Unleashed Frenzy and increases the Overheat Gauge.
  • Grants Additional Damage proportional to the number of Unleashed Frenzy stacks.
  • Additional Damage is affected by Multi-Hit.
  • While Unleashed Frenzy is active, meeting specific conditions decreases Overheat Gauge.
  • Not firing for a certain period of time decreases Overheat Gauge.
  • If the Overheat Gauge is reset when Unleashed Frenzy is not active, Preheating is applied.
  • When the Overheat Gauge reaches its max, changes to Frenzy Halt.
  • During Frenzy Halt, cannot fire during the cooldown period.

Frenzied Locomotive Build for The First Descendant

Next, let us take a look at an optimized Frenzied Locomotive Build for The First Descendant.

Here is all the info you need to build a powerful Frenzied Locomotive:

Frenzied Locomotive Modules

The First Descendant Frenzied Locomotive Build Modules

Modules are an important part of every weapon build in The First Descendant.

Frenzied Locomotive Module Configuration Table
Module Slot Module Name
1 Rifling Reinforcement
2 Fire Rate Up
3 Action and Reaction
4 Chill Enhancement
5 Chill Priority
6 Sharp Precision Shot
7 Multi-Percussion Sight
8 Multi-Bullet
9 Multi-Piercing Sights
10 Charge Amplification

Weapon Readjustment

You can use the Weapon Readjustment at the Weapon Workbench in Albion. Here are the best Weapon Readjustments for the Frenzied Locomotive:

  • Multi-Hit Damage
  • Firearm ATK
  • Multi-Hit Chance
  • Chill ATK

In any order. Try to upgrade the Weapon Readjustments to at least purple quality.

Weapon Cores

Weapon Cores juice up your damage quite tremendously. However, especially the later-level Weapon Cores are difficult to get. So start with whatever weapon cores you have available. Weapon Cores drop in the Void Erosion Purge endgame activity.

Higher level Weapon Cores drop in the higher level Void Erosion Purge levels in The First Descendant. However, you can gradually work towards the highest level. I recommend trying to get to level six as soon as possible, since it won’t require to clear many stages and will already increase the power of your weapon tremendously.

Best Weapon Cores for the Frenzied Locomotive:

  • Free Augmentation Icon TFDFire Rate (Free Augmentation)
  • Hit Augmentation Icon tfdMulti-Hit Damage (Hit Augmentation)
  • Hit Augmentation Icon tfdMulti-Hit Damage (Hit Augmentation)
  • precision augmentation icon tfdGrappling Hook Charge Time Increase(Precision Augmentation)
  • precision augmentation icon tfdSprint Speed (Precision Augmentation)

Frenzied Locomotive Lore Info

TFD Frenzied Locomotive Weapon icon

A rotary multi-barrel machine gun inspired by Gley’s Frenzied state, during which she unleashes overwhelming sustained fire using her Arche.

This weapon undergoes a preheating process before firing, where a specialized coating applied to the barrels, forms a thin gaseous film on the surface when heated to minimize bullet friction. Additionally, a built-in thermoelectric converter utilizes the elevated internal temperature to increase the output of the barrel rotation motor, allowing for faster firing.

However, this method had a fatal flaw. During sustained fire, the temperature would rise, causing the barrels to glow red-hot and trigger the safety mechanism. Even rotating the bundle of twin barrels connected by a central bridge to disperse recoil and improve cooling efficiency could only delay overheating, failing to serve as fundamental solution. The Magisters opposed the weapon’s production on these grounds, but the weapon’s developer refused to modify the design, arguing that it resembled Gley in its tendency to push itself to the limit.

Contrary to the developer’s high hopes, however, Gley gave a scathing critique of the firearm that had supposedly captured the very essence of her being.

“My Frenzied state isn’t anything to be proud of. It gnaws at my body and reminds me that the blood of those who took my daughter flows through my veins. Besides, “Frenzied Locomotive”… You aren’t making fun of me with that name, are you?

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