Welcome to the Secret Garden Weapon Guide for The First Descendant. This powerful weapon is ideal for Tech Descendants like Ajax, Kyle, Freyna, and Viessa, boosting ability damage and excelling against mobs and bosses. In this guide, we’ll cover how to maximize its potential, from ability builds and boss-damage setups to farming tips for acquiring its parts. Buy TFD Secret Garden Weapons Unlock, use “harry” coupons to get 5% off！
Overview of The Secret Garden’s Abilities
The Secret Garden shines with its Gardener ability and Pest Control buff.
- Gardener Ability: Using a Dimension Skill has a chance to recover a custom resource, especially beneficial for Ajax and Kyle, though less effective for Frina and Viessa.
- Pest Control Buff: The weapon’s core strength. Each Tech skill has a 50% chance to trigger a 10-second buff, boosting firearm attack and skill power. This buff stacks up to three times, offering a 37% skill power increase. To maximize it, use Tech Descendants with low cooldown abilities for quick damage scaling.
Budget Build for The Secret Garden
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- Mods:
- Action and Reaction Rifle: Boost base damage.
- Critical Hit Rate Mod: Achieve up to 70% critical hit chance.
- Crit Damage Mods: Equip two for maximizing crit damage.
- Fire Rate Mod: Increase the weapon’s fire rate, allowing for quicker mobbing.
Advanced Build for The Secret Garden
For those looking to push the weapon’s damage output even further, here’s the build that I use for 99% of my gameplay:
Mod Setup:
- Firearm Attack Mods: Boost overall weapon damage.
- Critical Hit Damage Mods: Maximize crit damage.
- Weak Point Damage Mods: Increase damage against boss weak points.
Key Stats:
- Critical Hit Rate: With a base 50% critical hit rate, you can easily scale this up to 100% when paired with Valby, Enzo, Haley, or Blair.
- Crit Multiplier: Aim for a high crit multiplier (up to 4.7x) to maximize damage.
- Weak Point Damage: High weak point damage ensures The Secret Garden excels at both mobbing and boss fights.
Use in Boss Fights:
For bossing, switch to the Real Life Fighter mod to increase your overall damage output. The weapon’s high fire rate and accuracy make it perfect for melting down bosses, especially with Weak Point mods equipped.
Weapon Farming Guide
Here’s where to farm the necessary parts for crafting The Secret Garden:
- Polymer Syntium (32% drop rate): Farm at Outpost 082 in Echo Swamp. This location also drops Executor blueprints, which were recently buffed, making this farm doubly valuable.
- Synthetic Fiber: Farm at Outpost 120 in Converter Facility of Fortress. This is another easy-to-farm location.
- Nano Tube (10% drop rate): This is the hardest material to farm, with only a 10% drop rate. Head to Outpost 088 in Agna Desert. The outpost boss here is easier to kill since it lacks immune phases.
- Blueprint: For the blueprint, target Pyromaniac at Outpost 085 in Seed Vault. The dungeon has been buffed for faster farming, making it a great spot for grinding. If you’re not confident in fighting Pyromaniac, farm Outpost 054 in Kingston instead.