The Frontier

The Frontier as seen in the release image

**The Frontier** is a location between walls Rose and Sina. It was initially based around the Survey Corps headquarters but now has been greatly expanded and extends in all directions for several hundred blocks. The Frontier update was added March 31st, 2020, and added new weapons, mobs and currency.

## Points of interest

### Villages

* The village of **Dauper** is a new addition to the Frontier and the only place with Utility Stations.
* The village of  **Ivywood** is an old addition but has been recently updated with loot chests and loot barrels.
* The village of  **Leebrook**  is an old addition to the Frontier that has never been used and will likely be replaced.
* The village of  **Gwynnsdale**  is an old addition to the Frontier and was previously a town raided by the CCC. It is now a cadet outpost and will likely be replaced.

### Areas

* The **Old Survey Corps HQ** consists of a few buildings and scattered tents with a low retaining wall surrounding it. When the Survey Corps HQ was moved to the abandoned castle directly to the east, the old one was abandoned.
* The **New Survey Corps HQ** is a castle with wagons, gas tanks and a fountain. Serums can be crafted and Survey Corps quests can be acquired there.
* The **Bandit Camp** is a small encampment on the outskirts of the habitable Frontier. Bandits can be found along no less than 8 loot chests.
* The **Petrified Forest** is a mysterious and ominous place that has existed since the Frontier's initial release. What secrets lie under the stone?

## Old Frontier

The main feature of the Frontier were the four swords scattered around the map; the Moon Blade, the Equinox, the Ortusolis, and the Interitus. These blades could be acquired by finding them, and pulling them from the stones they are stuck in. There were varying chances for each sword to successfully be pulled, and once a unique user failed to pull a sword, they could never attempt it again. Among the Frontier Swords, the weapons added included the Sawed Off Shotgun, the Colt 1873 Single Action Army, the Cast Iron Pan, the Winchester Model 70 Alaskan, the BA Prototypes, and the Kyykåårme. The mobs added include Boars, Wolfs and Dire Wolfs, Rabbits, Foxes White Foxes, and Spiders, although the Spiders were confined to the Spider Cave. Other features of the Frontier include the Petrified Forest, the towns, and the abandoned castle.

## New Frontier

The Frontier is undergoing many revisions and is being updated with new content in the Shiganshina Update. At present, much of the Frontier update has been gutted and only the map itself remains. The swords have been blocked off, the weapon trader NPCs disabled or removed, and the mobs kept from spawning.

As announced on August 14th, 2022, the new Frontier was released as part of the 8th Anniversary of 8th Axis. Features of the New Frontier include a new questline and the return of the old Frontier mobs, along with new legendary beasts such as the Legendary Boar and food items that can be made using the drops of these animals. The first dungeon, Web of Madness, was also released, which follows the story of the player's encounter with Ezru the Spider.

## Trivia

* Former JrQT Redrubix\_ used to run a Frontier sword scam in which he would show every new player that joined the server the locations of the Frontier swords and trade them for fractions of the sword's prices. He had so many that he made a chair out of Ortusolises on his plot
* A small war between No Regrets and THE was once started over access for the Spider Cave after BT and No Regrets member Meme clashed with former BT and THE leader LM\_BROS and fired several machine guns at him from horseback while LM\_BROS guarded the cave on orders from SrMod Sadaoooo.

## Gallery

An old pre-release Frontier teaserA promo for the Frontier displaying the PraenuntiusA recent teaser for the Frontier