The Future Faction is a faction that Slayers can align themselves with in Dauntless, added in 1.6.0. They are closely related to the Elder Behemoths who have been cast backwards in time, from the future. Aligning with this faction granted Slayers access to the abilities of the Elder Slayers for fighting not just Elder Behemoths but improving their hunting in general.
I: Faction: Future[ | ]
A free to unlock node that is unlocked to align to this path.
- Align yourself with the Faction: Future. While active all unlocked nodes on the Faction: Future path will be active in Hunting Grounds and Escalation. Primal and Elder Behemoths will drop
Fragments of Future Times while you are aligned with Faction: Future.
II: A Friend Forever[ | ]
- Cost: 1
Fragments of Future Times
This node unlocks the Radiant Drone, access to upgrading it via the Path of the Radiant Drone and the Path of the Elder Slayer which provides boons when facing Elder Behemoths.
- Unlock the Drone, a Radiant infused Crystal that hovers at your side, damaging your targets and retaliating when you're injured.
Path of the Radiant Drone[ | ]
An automatically unlocked node when you get II: A Friend Forever this contains two paths to improve the Radiant Drone.
- Deal damage to enemies to charge your drone's radiant core. When you either take damage or reach ten core charges, the drone unleashes that radiant energy in a damaging blast. The more charges you store, the bigger the blast. Try not to get hit before your drone charges are maxed out!
The following branches lead off of it:
Effect Upgrade Chain[ | ]
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Drone Utility I | Your Drone now also spawns a Molten Heart pickup when it reaches Max Stacks. | Fragments of Future Times (x200)
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Drone Power I | Your Drone now deals 50% more damage when it reaches Max Stacks instead of discharging to defend you. | Fragments of Future Times (x200)
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Drone Utility II | Your Drone now also spawns a random Cascade buff when it reaches Max Stacks. | Fragments of Future Times (x1,050)
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Drone Power II | Your Drone now deals 100% more damage when it reaches Max Stacks instead if discharging to defend you. | Fragments of Future Times (x2,450)
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Activation Upgrade Chain[ | ]
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Radiant Batteries | Your Drone now holds stacks for up to 20 seconds before expiring. | Fragments of Future Times (x300)
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Radiant Capacitor I | Your Drone now reaches full power at 8 stacks. | Fragments of Future Times (x500)
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Radiant Resistor | Your Drone now only expels half its current stacks when you take damage. | Fragments of Future Times (x900)
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Radiant Capacitor II | Your Drone now reaches full power at 6 stacks. | Fragments of Future Times (x2,500)
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Additional Notes[ | ]
- Effects from Faction: Future are not active in Trials.
- Molten orbs spawned from the Drone Utility I upgrade function the same as those spawned from the Molten Cell.
- Cascade orbs spawned from the Drone Utility II upgrade are the unbonused versions of the orbs.
- The drop rate for Cascade orbs from the Drone Utility II upgrade are as follows:
- 50% Stamina, 25% Healing, 18.75% Damage and 6.25% Invulnerability
- The Drone Power II node does not stack with it's lesser version; Having Drone Power II unlocked is +100% under the listed conditions and not +150%
Path of the Elder Slayer[ | ]
An automatically unlocked node when you get II: A Friend Forever this contains two paths to empower Elder Behemoth hunting.
- Upgrades that improve your efficiency at battling Elder Behemoths.
The following branches lead off of it:
Elder Tactics Upgrade Chain[ | ]
| Icon | Name | Ability | Cost |
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Elder Tactics I | You move 5% faster. | Fragments of Future Times (x150)
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Elder Tactics II | You take 25% less damage from Elder Shield Detonations. | Fragments of Future Times (x450)
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Elder Tactics III | You deal 25% more damage to Elder Behemoths. | Fragments of Future Times (x1,000)
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Elder Tactics IV | You move 10% faster. | Fragments of Future Times (x2,400)
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Elder Tactics V | You take 50% less damage from Elder Shield Detonations. | Fragments of Future Times (x3,000)
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Anti-Shield Upgrade Chain[ | ]
| Icon | Name | Ability | Cost |
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Redirection I | Damaging an Elder Shield deals 25% of that damage to the Behemoth. | Fragments of Future Times (x250)
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EMP I | Your attacks against Elder Shields cause them to take 5 seconds longer to recharge. | Fragments of Future Times (x550)
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Redirection II | Damaging an Elder Shield deals 50% of that damage to the Behemoth. | Fragments of Future Times (x950)
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EMP II | Your attacks against Elder Shields cause them to take 10 seconds longer to recharge. | Fragments of Future Times (x2,550)
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Additional Notes[ | ]
- No nodes in the Path of the Elder Slayer stack with their lesser versions. E.g having EMP II unlocked makes Elder Shields take 10 seconds longer to recharge and not 15.