The First Descendant HQ Special Orders October 2026 run through October 20, with rotating three-day quest windows that award Descendant and Fellow parts, weapon components, Augmentation Cores and Anais research boxes. The active schedule is separate from the October Overhaul Missions and can be checked from the HQ Orders interface.
As of October 16, the active rotation is October 15–17: Snowy Sled Dog parts, Piercing Light, Peace Maker and E-Buster components are all available now. The final October 18–20 window keeps Snowy Sled Dog but changes the weapon rewards to Hammer and Anvil, Secret Garden and Shadow.
The First Descendant HQ Special Orders October 2026 schedule
The First Descendant HQ Special Orders October 2026 are part of the schedule introduced with Update 1.4.3. The full cycle began on September 24 and ends on October 20 at 23:59 PDT, with each set of Orders lasting three days.
| Quest window | Headline reward |
|---|---|
| September 30–October 2 | Snowy Sled Dog, Peace Maker, Secret Garden, Shadow |
| October 3–5 | Ultimate Lepic, Hammer and Anvil, ERASER, Executor |
| October 6–8 | Vespers Hunting Dog, E-Buster, Piercing Light, Crime and Punishment |
| October 9–11 | Vespers Hunting Dog, Executor, Peace Maker, Hammer and Anvil |
| October 12–14 | Ultimate Luna, ERASER, Secret Garden, Deus Ex Manus |
| October 15–17 | Snowy Sled Dog, Piercing Light, Peace Maker, E-Buster |
| October 18–20 | Snowy Sled Dog, Hammer and Anvil, Secret Garden, Shadow |
October 15–17 HQ Special Orders
The current The First Descendant HQ Special Orders October 2026 rotation runs from October 15 at 00:00 PDT until October 17 at 23:59 PDT. There are six reward categories in this window.
| Objective | Reward choices |
|---|---|
| Complete Intercept Battles on any difficulty 5 times | Snowy Sled Dog Code, Enhanced Cells, Stabilizer, Spiral Catalyst, or 2 Special Synthetic Calcium |
| Complete Void Erosion Purges on Normal Difficulty for any Stage 4 times | Piercing Light Blueprint, Polymer Syncytium, Synthetic Fiber, or Nano Tube |
| Complete 400% Infiltration Operations 4 times | Peace Maker Blueprint, Polymer Syncytium, Synthetic Fiber, or Nano Tube |
| Complete Infiltration Operations on any difficulty 4 times | E-Buster Blueprint, Polymer Syncytium, Synthetic Fiber, or Nano Tube |
| Complete Axion Plains Operational Areas 3 times | 4 Firepower Augmentation Core X, 4 Attribute Augmentation Core X, 4 Hit Augmentation Core X, or 4 Hit Augmentation Core (Variant AB) X |
| Complete Missions of any type 5 times | Anais’s Research Material Box I or Anais’s Research Material Box II |
The current rotation is easy to split by target. Snowy Sled Dog comes from five Intercept Battles, Piercing Light from four Normal Void Erosion Purges, Peace Maker from four 400% Infiltration Operations and E-Buster from four Infiltration Operations on any difficulty.
October 18–20 HQ Special Orders
The final The First Descendant HQ Special Orders October 2026 rotation starts on October 18 at 00:00 PDT and ends on October 20 at 23:59 PDT. Snowy Sled Dog remains in the reward pool, but the weapon choices change.
| Objective | Reward choices |
|---|---|
| Complete Intercept Battles on any difficulty 5 times | Snowy Sled Dog Code, Enhanced Cells, Stabilizer, Spiral Catalyst, or 2 Special Synthetic Calcium |
| Complete Mobile Energy Monitoring 4 times | Hammer and Anvil Blueprint, Polymer Syncytium, Synthetic Fiber, or Nano Tube |
| Complete Axion Plains Field Missions 3 times | Secret Garden Blueprint, Polymer Syncytium, Synthetic Fiber, or Nano Tube |
| Complete Void Vessel Missions on Hard Difficulty 2 times | Shadow Blueprint, Polymer Syncytium, Synthetic Fiber, or Nano Tube |
| Complete Special Operation: Hard Difficulty 2 times | 4 Precision Augmentation Core X, 4 Special Augmentation Core X, or 4 Tactical Augmentation Core X |
| Complete Missions of any type 5 times | Anais’s Research Material Box I or Anais’s Research Material Box II |
This is the last The First Descendant HQ Special Orders October 2026 rotation in the published 1.4.3 schedule. If you still need Shadow, Secret Garden or Hammer and Anvil components, October 18–20 is the final listed opportunity in this cycle.
How HQ Special Order reward limits work
For The First Descendant HQ Special Orders October 2026, Nexon sets acquisition limits by reward type across the cycle. Descendant, Weapon and Fellow rewards can be claimed four times per cycle. Anais’s Research Material Box I can be acquired three times, Box II once, and Core Acquisition Quests four times.
The reward choice is made per completed Order. For example, a weapon Order gives you one component from the listed weapon family rather than every Blueprint, Polymer Syncytium, Synthetic Fiber and Nano Tube at once.
Where to find HQ Special Orders
You can reach The First Descendant HQ Special Orders October 2026 from the HQ Orders interface. Update 1.4.3 also added Order Quest tags to relevant Research Institute rewards and a shortcut button from Research details, making it easier to jump directly to an Order tied to the item you are researching.
If you know the part you need but not the activity attached to it, open that item’s Research details and use the HQ Orders shortcut. It takes you straight to the relevant Order when that reward is part of the active three-day rotation.
October 12–14 rewards
The previous The First Descendant HQ Special Orders October 2026 window ran from October 12–14. It offered Ultimate Luna parts from Mobile Energy Monitoring, ERASER parts from Sigma Sectors, Secret Garden components from Axion Plains Field Missions and Deus Ex Manus components from Special Operations.
That rotation has finished. The live October 15–17 rewards are Snowy Sled Dog, Piercing Light, Peace Maker and E-Buster, so the older Ultimate Luna and ERASER objectives no longer apply.
When do October HQ Special Orders end?
The published The First Descendant HQ Special Orders October 2026 schedule ends on October 20 at 23:59 PDT. Nexon can publish a new cycle in a later update, but the 1.4.3 schedule does not extend beyond that date.
If you are targeting one of the final rotation rewards, finish the relevant Order before the October 20 cutoff rather than assuming the same reward family will carry into the next schedule.
Related Guides
Nexon lists the complete rotating schedule and reward choices in the official Update 1.4.3 notes.
