The First Descendant is a hardcore co-op experience, even though you can play all the content on your own, and all fights can be fought with strangers and friends alike.
The presence of crossplay allows you to play with your friends without any worry about the platforms being used. Nexon has released their latest title on PC and both generations of Xbox and PlayStation consoles. While crossplay removes several barriers allowing you to play with your friends, there are some additional steps that you have to take.
How to add friends in The First Descendant
Before you can play with your friends, you have to add them to the game. This walkthrough uses controls from the PC default settings, but similar actions are also available on consoles (so don’t worry if you’re playing on a PS5 or an Xbox Series X).
- Start the game and load your selected Descendant.
- Once you’re at Albion, press the M button to open the social tab.
- This tab shows all the players who are situated locally at Albion besides your character.
- On the right side, you’ll see a text box where you can enter a player’s ID.
- Input your friend’s ID and search for them. Once their profile is shown, you’ll have the option to add them as a friend.
- Send them the request and wait for them to accept it. Alternatively, they can follow the same steps and send you the request.
How to invite your friend in The First Descendant
All your in-game friends will show up in the middle column of the social tab. You can have a maximum of 50 in-game friends as of writing (this limit might be increased in the future).
- Click on a friend you want to invite to your party.
- Click on Party Invitation.
- They will be added to your party once they accept the invite.
You can now jump into different missions with your friend and enjoy all the progression together. As mentioned earlier, there’s full crossplay support across all available devices, making it extremely easy to matchmake with friends.
