server Frontier Esoterica | An Industrial Fantasy Themed Heavy RP Server | 1.22.2 | Modded | Whitelist | GM and Player Driven Events | Whitelist | LGBTQIA+ Friendly

[Brambyll]

Frontier Esoterica
An Early Industrial Themed RP Server

The machine of progress cares not who gets in the way; your lives are spare parts in a greater mechanism.

Hi there!
We’re a group of experienced roleplayers making an experience for people like us! Our main focuses are immersion, player freedom/expression, and collaborative storytelling.

Our Plan
We want to encourage in-character priority gameplay in an odd and mystical but still grounded and low-fantasy vibe befitting Vintage Story. We want to emphasize players’ character development, intriguing politics, cultures, as well as fair and thrilling conflicts with that beloved approach of 'playing to lose' or simply embracing failure to make for a good tale.

As a story-based server, we’ll be running a longer-than-usual world, allowing characters and nations thrive, impact the story, and leave their mark on a persistent and evolving setting.

Speaking of setting! Here’s a short glimpse at our teaser:
 

In La Terre Galante, magic once chose the rulers of the land, until an arcane cataclysm obliterated the capital, along with the royal line. Now industry reigns supreme, refining apathy with steam, clockwork, alchemy, and brutal efficiency. Magic is now outlawed or heavily regulated, with some nations quietly exploiting it behind closed doors.

From the smog-choked new capital, Harrowton, to grim and fiercely militarized Kethen Valle, and the shining veneer atop the foul secrets of Port Lycina, progress marches on, fuelled by sweat and blood.

You arrive on untouched soil. Each of you has your own reason for being here; it could be a royal decree, promises of riches, or running from your past. Your book starts here. How will it end, I wonder?
 

Intriguing, eh? You probably want to know how that all works, I’m sure. Well:

How It’s Going To Work
We’re working on an idea of spicing things up by using outside influences in the form of large off-map city-states and minor powers to enrich the roleplay experience while ensuring that their impact does not overshadow the players’ contributions, facilitating rather than dictating the story.

This is done for several reasons:
 

• To give cohesion and a grander scale to the setting

• Provide a basis for less experienced roleplayers and factions

• Keep things fresh if staleness creeps in

• It acts as a potential resource sink, lengthening the end-game (along with other end-game mods we’ve added)

What To Expect & What We Want
You don’t have to have had prior RP experience (if you do, awesome), but keep in mind, we want serious RP in-game at all times where possible (VC and text (proximity)), using the correct channels for IC/OOC and being mature when handling the differences and conflicts in character and out of character. (IC conflict ≠ OOC conflict)
 

We’re going to be curating a carefully moderated roleplay environment, focusing on quality rather than quantity. Our player faction/nation system is going to be applications, so you can be assured that they will be of high quality and run by experienced players!

While we haven't launched just yet (as of 9th May 2026), if you’re looking for a real role-playing server where you can grow your character over many months, expand your dwelling from a hut to a legendary fortress, and make your mark in history, we might be what you’re looking for.

https://discord.gg/JsrpZSJYNt

Edited May 9 by Brambyll
Rebrand

[johnny-on-the-spot]

I think the discord link is down!

[Brambyll]

Just put up a fresh one, let me know if that works

[johnny-on-the-spot]

It worked thanks! :)

[Zeusplane]

This looks promising. Pretty much goes over most things that I had an issue with over the years with several roleplay servers. Endgame is always something that needs to be planned ahead of time- and the fact that you guys have thought of that is great. On top of that; understanding that there does need to be something in the background facilitating the experience (which doesn't mean dictating as you've said, it simply means adding something to keep things going and players engaged) is amazing. I'll be joining the discord for sure and looking forward to what takes place!

[Brambyll]

I would be lying if I said I didn't see your post and agreed with/got inspired by a lot of it! We were coming to many of the same conclusions, so it was validating to see someone outside our bubble with similar concerns.

Glad to have you on board!

[Brambyll]

Hi there!

Big news!

Fear not, we're not dead, we've just been hard at work over the last few months developing systems and in-depth lore for our server. 

 

As I'm sure you've heard, update 1.22 of Vintage Story is fast approaching and while we are excited to get going, it seems prudent to wait for a short time to allow the game and mods to update. 

 

We will not be offering a concrete release date yet, as a lot of it is not in our hands, but we absolutely will be launching shortly after the update drops!

Additionally, I'll be doing a write-up later today about our plans for settlements/nations and factions.

We're feeling confident about our unique and cohesive experience so if you're intrigued by our concept, come see what we're cookin' in preparation for the grand opening!

[Brambyll]

With our new rebrand and release of our guidebook's first draft, we march ever closer to our 1.22.2 launch!

See our draft one of our guidebook below:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XT7B0Z1hbUeFDn9dBmSiiKuFpvub0WmvId3ucwTSEgY/edit?usp=sharing

[Brambyll]

Launch Date Announcement!
We're pleased to finally announce our server's grand opening is Saturday, 13 June 2026 19:00 BST - running version 1.22.3!!!

It's been a long time coming but we've got everything to a really good state. We've made our own landmarks and interesting places in our custom world, we've made our own mod tweaks, we've got lore on the way in spades.

Come join us to read the highly detailed guidebook, get stuck into the lore channel, make characters, make settlements, share ideas, and create cool things in the in-character channel while we get things just right behind the scenes!