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- Earn Shape Stabilizers from Zone Recon missions, Calling of the Descendant missions, and Special Operations.
- Use them to increase your chances of getting rare loot from Amorphous Materials.
- Each specific Amorphous Material requires the use of an item with the correct Form.
There are many resources and items that interact with each other in The First Descendant. The game rewards grinding for all of them and you will always be on the lookout for something new to find. Shape Stabilizers are a niche item that can help you get what you want from Amorphous Materials but getting them can be quite tricky. Read on to learn how to get them and use them to shorten your gacha-like resource grinds.
Where to get all Shape Stabilizers Forms 1-8
You can get Shape Stabilizers as a reward for completing Zone Recon Missions, Calling of the Descendant, or Special Operations from the world map. These missions, marked by golden icons, only provide a small chance of getting these items as a reward. That means you have to be ready to run some of them over and over again until you get the stabilizer you’re looking for. Here are the odds of getting this item:
- Zone Recon Missions: 0.4% chance
- Calling of the Descendant: 2% chance
- Special Operations: 8% chance
Zone Recon Missions provide the lowest chance of getting Shape Stabilizers. Captured by VideoGamer
Even 2% is a marginally better chance of getting what you need. Captured by VideoGamer
Note that while Special Operations provide the highest chance of finding this item, they only became available after we have completed all missions in one zone. You will need to do the same to unlock them. You can hover over each of the mission types to see the chance of getting them as well as which Form you can get. Each Form is tied to one of the game’s regions. Playing the game in Hard mode improves your odds while farming for these items. Consult our table below to find out where to find all Shape Stabilizer Forms:
| Shape Stabilizer Form | Region | Missions to get them |
|---|---|---|
| Shape Stabilizer Form 1 | Kingston | Defend Albion Resource Fallen Theater: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Magister Lab Slumber Valley |
| Shape Stabilizer Form 2 | Sterile Land | Block Kuiper Mining Rockfall: Vulgus Strategic Outpost The Repository: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Classified Area: Vulgus Strategic Outpost The Forgottense Unknown Laboratory |
| Shape Stabilizer Form 3 | Vespers | Neutralize Void Experiment Lumber Yard: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Lost Supply Depot: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Moonlight Lake: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Sepulcher The Shelter |
| Shape Stabilizer Form 4 | Echo Swamp | Defend Albion Resource Muskeg Swamp: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Derelict Covert: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Seed Vault The Chapel |
| Shape Stabilizer Form 5 | Agna Desert | Neutralize Void Experiment Vermilion Waste: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Storage: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Miragestone: Vulgus Strategic Outpost The Asylum Caligo Ossuary |
| Shape Stabilizer Form 6 | White-night Gulch | Block Kuiper Mining The Mountaintops: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Shipment Base: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Hatchery: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Mystery’s End Bio-Lab |
| Shape Stabilizer Form 7 | Hagios | Neutralize Void Experiment Dune Base: Vulgus Strategic Outpost The Corrupted Zone: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Forward Base: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Dune Base: Vulgus Strategic Outpost The Haven Old Mystery |
| Shape Stabilizer Form 8 | Fortress | Defend Albion Resources Frozen Valley: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Convertor Facility: Vulgus Strategic Outpost Defense Line: Vulgus Strategic Outpost |
How to use Shape Stabilizers
These items serve a single purpose and that is to increase the odds of getting rarer Material Components when opening Amorphous Materials. You can see the chances of getting items from Amorphous Materials by mousing over. While doing that, there is also an option to check how much using one can influence the odds of the Reconstructed Device. You can try working towards Ultimate characters in The First Descendant this way.
When you start opening Amorphous Material Patterns at the end of a Void Intercept boss battle or Void Reactor mission, you can use an item of the appropriate Form to increase your chances of a lucky drop. Click on the checkbox on the opening screen to apply a stabilizer and increase your chance for better loot. Note that this increases the drop rate of the two rarer drops while the common ones will have a drop rate decrease. So if you want a common reward, don’t use one of these items.
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The First Descendant
- Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X
- Genre(s): Action, Adventure, RPG
