The First Descendant Winter Festival challenges and rewards

The First Descendant Winter Festival is a Christmas-themed event featuring activities, challenges, and exclusive rewards. It will be running from December 5, 2024, to January 1, 2025, with select events extending until January 8. During this, you will have the opportunity to earn event-specific items like skins, materials, and more.

To get the rewards, you have to complete the challenges featured in The First Descendant Winter Festival. This article provides a detailed brief of the same.

What are the weekly challenges in The First Descendant Winter Festival?

Complete the challenges to get rewards (Image via NEXON)

You can start completing the weekly challenges, aka, year-end Celebration challenges, from December 5, 2024, till the end of the event, on January 1, 2025. The weekly challenges, their respective requirements, and rewards are:

Challenges Period	Reward Requirements	Rewards
Week 1: 12.05 -12.11, 22:59 PST	Complete 2 Infiltration Operations on any difficulty	Spray "Warm Cookie"
Week 2: 12.11, 23:00 - 12.18, 22:59 PST	Own a Fellow	Fellow Skin "Gift Supply Cloak"
Week 3: 12.18, 23:00 - 12.25, 22:59 PST	Complete 2 Void Intercept Battles on any difficulty	Back Attachment "Merry Snowman"
Week 4: 12.25, 23:00 - 01.01.2025, 22:59 PST	Complete Research 5 times	Makeup "Happy Dreams (Enzo)"

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What are the other activities in The First Descendant Winter Festival?

From December 5, 2024, to January 15, 2025, this event will also reward you for consecutive daily logins. Rewards range from useful materials to customization options, with the highlight being the Descendant Special Exchange Tokens earned on the 14th day. These can be redeemed for a Material Collection or an HQ Gift Box.

Anais' Token Exchange Shop

Anais, a character you can find in Albion, plays a central role during the Winter Festival. By collecting and exchanging Anais’ Tokens, you can acquire a variety of rewards, including Descendant unlocks, Sharen Skins, Ultimate Weapon Materials, and Crystallization Catalysts.

Also read: All Playable Characters in The First Descendant, explored

Twitch Drops Event

The Twitch Drops Event offers players the chance to earn additional rewards by watching official The First Descendant streams. By linking their Twitch accounts, players can unlock event-specific items, likely including skins or customization options, just by tuning in to the specified streams on Twitch.

Rewards that you should focus on during the event:

As already established, the Winter Festival offers a wealth of rewards for participants. Key prizes include:

Merry Snowman Back Attachment: Earned through the Year-end Celebration challenges.
Special Exchange Tokens: Redeemable for Material Collection or HQ Gift Box from the Attendance Check.
Sharen Skins: Available through Anais’ Token Exchange Shop.
Ultimate Weapon Materials & Crystallization Catalysts: Acquired through Anais' Winter Festival Event and Challenges.

The HQ Gift Box, in particular, provides exciting personalization options, addressing the game's ongoing improvements in the field of character customization.