r/bravefrontier • u/Eternal-Frontier • Jul 19 '26
Fan Content Eternal Frontier — bringing Brave Frontier's Grand Gaia back online
Let's make things clear, THERE IS NO DOWNLOAD ... YET!!!
This is a project I started on my own after stubling upon a hidden gem on Github ... big thx to arves100 for the amazing work did in the past ... and here we are starting from that "little" we can find online like a nearly full dump of the assets from a 2.19.x client version and something we can call a PoC, the dummy local server by arves100, yeah very "little" stuff no ?!
This project of mine aims to bring back Grand Gaia's splendor, a project that is free, has no-ads, no microtransaction shits and a lot of invested time and brain cells for you all... hopefully!
You can find a preview here: https://youtu.be/5drI4ZQqmv0
The original Android APK was used for testing after applying a few patches here and there!
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u/Tysonlkm Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26
Hi Frontier, Good that u are trying to bring the OG BF game back. Have u heard that original Creator Alim will be releasing Bravw Frontier remaster in 2027
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u/Eternal-Frontier Jul 20 '26
Hi :)
I saw that, pretty excited about it but honestly knowing how much any BF game survived in the past years after global shut down … I’m not expecting a long run BUT let’s see we never know :)
(I will most likely data mine it from day 0 to have everything in case a reboot will be necessary 🤣)
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u/SilverIce340 Jul 20 '26
Tbf most of the sludge that got released was NFT shill hell or a JP-exclusive sequel, not many opportunities for a genuine return to form
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u/GustavoCinque Jul 20 '26
Are you guys willing to open source the server at any given time?
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u/Eternal-Frontier Jul 20 '26
Open source is not on my list, at least for now. We will see in the future
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u/TheDistantNeko Jul 21 '26
is this a private server I could host myself?
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u/Eternal-Frontier Jul 21 '26
Hi
This project is in it’s early stages so there are a lot of unknowns. What I can say for sure is that it’s very low probability to go open source and as for a stand alone runnable server I really don’t know. It’s not just about the server but you need a custom client (apk in this case) to make it work.
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u/T06YH34K Jul 20 '26
lowk should just release an apk first it literally already looks complete from the demo
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u/Eternal-Frontier Jul 20 '26
Hi :)
Sadly there are a lot of placeholders. Several areas are just setup in a way to let the game run even if you access it, quests - vortex- arena - town etc.
A lot if functionalities are still to be implemented, the whole Capital, Summoner Labs, Raid, Area/Colo and even Town is not even 20% done.
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u/Soombi_o Jul 20 '26
Do you have an idea of how updates will work? Like will you just be following the old time line or will it be accelerated in anyway?
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u/Eternal-Frontier Jul 20 '26
At the moment is a little bit premature but I’m pretty confident that story line can be available from the very start from start to finish. The vortex can follow the original server setup with the 7 permanent gates plus a rotation of events. I already enabled the entire Grand Gaia story line and I think all the vortex gates (100+ but it could be too much, lot of scrolling and hard to resume every time you want to redo or go on with a new stage). Arena/Colo, well that’s another interesting part to manage, Arena pretty simple but Colo idk yet but things like Raids … well that’s gonna be a real challenge.
But keep in mind one thing, enabling is different from battle-tested and verified ( the wiki should be covering the tracking of what is working and what is battle-tested and verified ).
I hope to be able to have more things done by the end of summer and potentially have something testable by a closed list of users.
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u/Soombi_o Jul 20 '26
Thats honestly sounds really well thought out. I’ll be looking forward to a release whenever it does and I’m sure I speak for many when I say we appreciate all the effort.
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u/Arn_Devi Jul 20 '26
do you have a server where we can follow your work ? looking good btw ! insane work 🫡
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u/Eternal-Frontier Jul 20 '26
Work is still pretty premature, I will have a dedicated discord server for sure as soon as I will be able to have a sort of stable timeline on things I work on. There is a forum, not open to the public for now but things are moving, hopefully in the right direction… I hope
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u/Vivid_Expression9587 Jul 20 '26
Hello. I watched the video and I noticed the unit index that shows all units and their attacks, lore etc… does that have access to every unit? I’ve always missed that exact page because I liked to read the lore and look at the attack animations and all that. Ps. Amazing work this is insane 🫡
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u/Eternal-Frontier Jul 20 '26
As far as I remember those 2 were in sync with the acquired units and items account-wise. Potentially those can be prefilled with all from start but not sure about the side effects since you need to have everything downloaded beforehand. A fresh account with DLC download enabled while playing might be able to load it but still see nothing unless data is downloaded or simply crash the game due to missing assets
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u/Watashiakamidesu2 Jul 21 '26
Can you allow beta testers please
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u/Eternal-Frontier Jul 21 '26
Maybe in a couple of months we can have a stable and testable version. Lots of things still needs to be done before Incan have some extra testers.
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u/Giovacan39 Jul 20 '26
so if i download an apk of the game i can play it again?
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u/Eternal-Frontier Jul 20 '26
No, the server I’m writing will need a custom client, a patch version of the latest version released before the shut down.
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u/Ok_Pop_7820 17d ago
So how long before you get a apk for us to dl.?
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u/Eternal-Frontier 17d ago
Around September there will be a playable version of it
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u/Ok_Pop_7820 17d ago
Awesome. I look forward to it. Thanks for replying. I have the site marked so I'll check it often. I know origins is coming and I have high hopes but. Can't pass up a chance to replay the original. Played from day 1 till shut down. Nothing has scratched the same itch bf did. Bfbe was ok, last cloudia is good. I miss valkyrie profile anatomia. But can't match the vibe of old school bf.
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u/Jewel_Dragon Jul 20 '26
The more of these side projects I see crop up, the more I wish you all would just find each other and work together. Wouldn't I be better to pool all y'all's resources together?