If you’ve spent any time running open-world missions or co-op raids in The First Descendant, you’ve definitely seen other players zipping around with Bunny, the hyper-mobile lightning damage dealer that turns every horde fight into a blur of carnage. I still remember the first time I saw a Bunny main zip past me during a world boss fight, deleting entire waves of minions in 2 seconds while the rest of us were still reloading our weapons. I immediately went home and looked up how to get her, and ended up wasting 3 hours grinding the wrong missions because of bad outdated guides. If you're wondering how to unlock Bunny the first descendant, you're in the right place. I’ve unlocked her on three separate accounts for friends over the past few months, so I know exactly which steps skip unnecessary grind and which common mistakes can cost you hours of wasted playtime. Bunny isn’t just a fun novelty pick either, she’s consistently top-tier for both solo open-world farming and co-op boss raids, so getting her early will make your entire progression smoother.
Prerequisite Missions You Need to Complete First
You can’t even start Bunny’s unlock quest line until you hit a few basic requirements that the game doesn’t explicitly tell new players about. The first non-negotiable requirement is Account Rank 12. This is different from your individual character level, so even if you have a level 20 character, if your account rank is below 12, you won’t get access to her quest. If you’re not sure what your Account Rank is, you can check it in the top right corner of your main menu, right next to your username.
If you’re still below rank 12, don’t waste time on low-XP side quests. The fastest way to grind account rank is to run daily supply delivery missions, each one gives 500 rank XP and only takes 3-4 minutes to complete, so you can hit rank 12 in a single play session if you focus. Once you hit rank 12, you’ll get a pop-up quest called “Lightning Trace” from the Void Outpost NPC, that’s the official start of Bunny’s unlock line. Don’t skip the optional dialogue in the Lightning Trace opening quest, because it gives you a free 10% boost to the material drop rates you’ll need later, and 90% of new players miss this small but game-changing bonus. If you don’t see the quest pop up after hitting rank 12, make sure you’ve completed the “Void Rift Introduction” story mission first, that’s a common hidden prerequisite people forget.
Required Materials to Unlock Bunny the First Descendant
Once you finish the first Lightning Trace quest, you’ll get a full list of materials you need to turn in to add Bunny to your roster. The good news is all materials are fully farmable for free, there’s no pay-to-unlock option, so F2P players can get her without spending a cent. I’ve broken down exactly what you need, how much, and where to find each item below to save you from searching through random forum threads:
If you’re short on Void Alloy Plates, run the “Golem’s Lair” co-op mission on easy difficulty, it only takes 8 minutes per run and has a 30% drop rate per clear, which is way higher than higher difficulty missions for this specific material. Don’t waste Void Alloy Plates on crafting low-tier gear before you unlock Bunny, I made this mistake my first time and had to grind for an extra hour just to get the last 2 plates I needed. If you have extra gear you don’t want, sell all of it instead of scrapping it for parts, that will cover almost 70% of the credit requirement before you even start farming shards.
Tips to Cut Your Grind Time in Half
The average player takes 3-4 hours to unlock Bunny if they’re following generic guides, but you can do it in half that time with a few simple tricks I picked up after unlocking her multiple times. First, if you have friends who already play the game, run the Lightning Trace quests in co-op, because enemy spawn rates are 2x higher in group play, so you’ll finish the kill objectives twice as fast. I did this with a friend last month and we finished the entire quest line in 90 minutes, compared to the 3 hours it took me when I unlocked her solo.
Another easy win is to equip a loot boost mod on your main character before you farm Lightning Shards, the 15% extra drop rate adds up fast, and you can get these mods for free from daily login rewards, so you don’t have to buy them. Make sure to pick up every common and uncommon gear drop while farming, selling them will cover almost all of the 120,000 Credit requirement without you having to run extra credit farming missions. I also recommend farming Lightning Shards during the in-game lightning storm event, which pops up every 2 hours in the Desert Biome. During the event, Lightning Shard drop rates double, so you can get all 20 you need in just 5 or 6 Void Rift runs instead of 10+ when the event isn’t active. You can check when the next event is happening by looking at the event timer in the top left of your screen, so it’s worth waiting 30 minutes for the event to start if you don’t want to spend extra time grinding. Don’t run higher difficulty Void Rifts trying to get more shards either, the drop rate only goes up by 5% on hard, but the missions take 3x longer to finish, so normal difficulty is way more efficient.
What to Do After You Unlock Bunny
Once you turn in all the materials and add Bunny to your roster, don’t jump straight into high-level missions right away. Take 10 minutes to test her abilities in the training area to get used to her mobility, because her kit is very different from other starter characters. Her signature double jump and dash combo takes a little getting used to, but once you master it you can dodge almost every boss attack without taking damage, which makes her almost unkillable in the right hands.
Prioritize upgrading her Lightning Chain ability first, it deals splash damage to up to 8 enemies at once, making her the best open-world farming character in the game right now. If you plan to use her for co-op raids, equip her with support mods that boost her team’s movement speed, most players don’t realize she can give a 20% movement speed buff to all nearby teammates, which makes boss mechanics way easier to handle. You can also get Bunny’s exclusive neon blue skin for free by completing her personal character story quest, which unlocks immediately after you add her to your roster, so don’t forget to pick that up from the quest board. If you want to make her even stronger, you can farm for her signature weapon, the Thunder Pulse SMG, from the same Desert Void Rifts you ran for Lightning Shards, it pairs perfectly with her kit and boosts her lightning damage by 25%.
Unlocking Bunny is one of the best early-game progression moves you can make in The First Descendant, and it doesn’t have to be a long, frustrating grind if you follow the steps we laid out. Now that you know how to unlock Bunny the first descendant, you can skip all the common mistakes most new players make and add one of the game’s strongest, most fun characters to your roster in just a few hours. If you run into any snags while farming materials, try switching to a less crowded server, as higher player counts can sometimes lower drop rates for rare materials in shared areas. Once you get the hang of her kit, you’ll wonder how you ever played the game without her.