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New FrontiersHandbook
Player Manual · Live Catalog · v0.68.6

Welcome to New Frontiers

What kind of civilization game this is and what a player is trying to accomplish.

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One shared Earth

New Frontiers is a persistent civilization MMO played on real geography. Your civilization begins at your real location, but GPS establishes your beginning rather than imprisoning you there. Once established, you can command explored cities, armies, routes, and projects remotely.

Issue orders, then return

The server continues research, construction, travel, production, diplomacy, migration, weather, AutoTrades, and Disaster Events while you are offline. The central rhythm is explore, claim, build, grow, research, trade, negotiate, defend, and expand.

There is no final reset

Victories, milestones, wonders, and Legacy objectives record achievement without ending Earth. An occupied or abandoned civilization can recover, and permanent history remains in the shared world.

The design rule

New Frontiers keeps strategic decisions and automates repeated chores. You choose a city focus, route, policy, diplomatic position, or army order; the civilization performs the detailed work over time.