The First Descendant: All Encrypted Vault Locations & How To Open Them

Encrypted Vaults may be a mystery to many players who have just stumbled across them in . These hidden vaults are first mentioned in the Hidden Magister's Assets, which provides very little information on their precise location and where to find them:

Encrypted Vaults: Where to Get Core Materials for Research. There are Core Materials that can only be acquired from Encrypted Vaults. Per the Descendant Instructor's directions, disarm security at the Encrypted Vaults 2 times.

Finding these vaults is paramount in, as materials and essential items are needed. However, not knowing where to look could send players on an unnecessary wild goose chase. While finding them is one thing, the next concern is unlocking these tightly secured treasure troves.

Void Shards are hard to find in The First Descendant if you do not know what to look for as the game does not tell you where they are at the outset.

Upon encountering various Encrypted Vaults in, players will find that there are different types and rarities across the landscape. Some may be easier to decrypt than others, indicating that the items inside may be more valuable. However, no matter the type, each vault has a normal and easy version, requiring unique materials to unlock.

To get more materials in , kill mobs and keep an eye out while farming for other items.

The table below details all types of Vaults and what is required to unlock them:

Vault Type

Items Used To Unlock Normal Vaults

Items Used To Unlock Hard Vaults

Encrypted Storage Box

Code Analyzer

Code Breaker

Precise Encrypted Vault

Precision Code Analyzer

Precision Code Breaker

Ultra-Precise Encrypted Vault

Ultra-Precision Code Analyzer

Ultra-Precision Code Breaker

When you approach close to a Vault, you will see a prompt to interact with it. Simply press to These are consumable items that players can obtain by defeating certain elite monsters from story missions.

Go into the Consumables menu to see if you have the corresponding Code Analyzer