How to invite friends and party up in The First Descendant

How to invite friends and party up in The First Descendant
Craig Robinson Updated on by

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✓ At a Glance
  • Open the menu and select the social tab.
  • Select the bottom CPU icon on the left.
  • Add friends in the Friends column then invite them.

The First Descendant is primarily a coop party game for you and your friends to blast aliens and get loot together. Yet, it’s not very obvious how to invite friends to parties in First Descendant. So, we aim to rectify that.

An example of the social screen in the First Descendant here you can invite players to your party.
Go into the social tab to add friends or to invite them to the party. Image via VideoGamer / Nexon.

Inviting friends in The First Descendant

So, to invite friends, you must first complete the tutorial and make your way to the large player hub area. From there, you can do the following:

  • Open your menu up.
  • Go to the social tab.
  • Click the bottom-looking CPU chip icon to go to your platform’s friend list.
  • Add your Xbox, PC or PlayStation friends as friends in The First Descendant.
  • From there, you can invite them to form parties.
  • You can also find players in your local session to invite to parties via the social menu.

In addition, players can also invite players from the social hub or in public open-world areas to their party by walking up to that player. You should see a button appear above their heads to hold down to interact with that player, such as inviting them or viewing their profile.

You can tell when you’ve received an invite to the party by going to the social menu and seeing the support requests section and requests section, This will tell you if you have any pending friend invites, or party invites awaiting you.

From there, your party can now go and do events together, such as the open world content, or the void invasions normal and hard modes. If you would rather go solo, feel free to set your sessions as private, and you can play the game entirely solo if you want to. But, if you do want some support inviting friends in private sessions also allows you some fire support and company for the journey.