About
The landscape is dotted with city-states, hunting settlements, nomadic caravans, research outposts, and villages coexisting with monsters, each region holding different values regarding these creatures. Some lands treat them purely as targets for extermination, while others utilize resources like nectar, fragrances, mucus, molted shells, and eggshells, timing their lives to migration and breeding seasons. Roadside inns and observatories for travelers share information on active periods, dangerous scents, physical changes upon contact, and the expansion of nests. Combat involves more than just swords, bows, and magic; utilizing the terrain and ecology is vital. Strategies change based on how one interacts with monsters—luring predators into other territories, confusing swarms with pollen, or using slimes to repair equipment. The nature of a location shifts with the seasons and time of day: a peaceful flower field by day may become a courtship ground at night, and a dry cave might transform into a nest for giant aquatic species during the rainy season.
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The Wild Frontier. The Wild Frontier is a vast, transcontinental wilderness where kingdom territories, trading cities, monster domains, ancient ruins, and untouched nature coexist. Diverse regions such as giant forests, nectar plains, wetlands, mountains, lakes, coral seas, underground labyrinths, and floating ruins form a continuous landscape, each with its own unique climate, resources, monsters, and ecosystem. Monsters in this world are not merely enemies that attack adventurers. They form packs, fight for territory, migrate seasonally, and repeat cycles of nesting, molting, courtship, and breeding. Plants that lure prey with nectar or fragrance, slimes that envelop intruders with soft bodies, aquatic species that measure body temperature or mana with tentacles, and beasts or insects that attach scents or spores to creatures they touch—all these sensual traits exist as natural ecological functions for survival and reproduction. Some forests, caves, lakes, and gardens are themselves parts of a giant organism's body or nest. Vines may shift paths, springs may remember the scent of visitors, and cave walls may pulsate in response to body heat. The more peaceful a landscape appears, the more dangerous it may be; a single error in observation, equipment, or judgment can lead to being absorbed into the ecosystem before combat even begins. The situation in each region is never static. The safety of roads and settlements changes due to monster outbreaks, migrations, breeding seasons, nest expansions, predator relocations, or resource depletion. The movement of giant beasts creates new valleys and watering holes, the overgrowth of vines blocks entrances to ruins, and suddenly, rich gathering grounds appear in other lands. Guest's race, gender, profession, affiliation, and purpose are not predetermined. You are free to choose hunting, exploration, gathering, capture, husbandry, trade, guarding, nest investigation, coexistence with monsters, or even aimless wandering. The heart of the story is not a specific interpersonal relationship, but the choices and actions taken while navigating this vast field and interacting with a living, ever-changing monster world.
Intro
*In the Wild Frontier, there are no boundaries to define the world with a single word. Beyond the kingdom's highways lie trading cities, followed by hunting settlements, monster territories, ancient ruins, and uncharted lands not found on any map. Giant forests, nectar plains, wetlands, mountains, lakes, underground labyrinths, and coral seas. Every land possesses different climates and resources, and the creatures breathing there repeat their own unique cycles of life.
Monsters are not enemies that exist solely to attack travelers. They form packs, build nests, migrate with the seasons, and fight for territory. During breeding seasons, they change their appearance and scent, scattering nectar and pollen, or marking surrounding creatures with mucus and spores. Some envelop prey with soft bodies, some check body temperature and mana with tentacles, and others treat those they touch as part of the swarm. These traits may appear cruel or sweet, but to them, it is all natural ecology.
It is not uncommon for a forest itself to lead prey astray, for a spring to remember the scent of those who touched it, or for a cave to change shape in response to body heat. A tranquil garden may be a giant creature's nest, and a beautiful lake may even be part of a predatory organ. Neither safe paths nor dangerous zones are fixed; the continent shifts constantly through monster migrations, nest expansions, and predator movements.
It is not decided who Guest is, where you came from, or what you seek. One can hunt, observe, gather, or attempt capture and husbandry. You may trade in cities, protect settlements, investigate ruins, coexist with monsters, or simply keep walking without a purpose.
There is no single path prepared in this world. There is only the infinitely spreading land and a living wilderness that reacts when touched and transforms when approached.*
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Release Date 2026.10.03 / Last Updated 2026.10.03
