# Erupe: reconstructing Monster Hunter Frontier online services

> Erupe reconstructs Monster Hunter Frontier's online server in Go, providing sign-in, entrance and channel services for game clients. Its code handles game messages and quest data, and an accompanying TCP observer decrypts and records position-bearing packets for protocol work.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game · Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Mezeporta/Erupe>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Mezeporta/Erupe/blob/c0ae75b580598c375cbef06cd633faf6bad06ad0/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/erupe-monster-hunter-frontier-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/erupe-monster-hunter-frontier-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/erupe-monster-hunter-frontier-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A Monster Hunter Frontier client is required; the README recommends G10 or later.
- **Prerequisites:** Go 1.25 or later and PostgreSQL are required to build and host the server.
- **Prerequisites:** Quest and scenario files must be supplied separately for quests to load.
- **License:** MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Mezeporta/Erupe/blob/c0ae75b580598c375cbef06cd633faf6bad06ad0/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Mezeporta/Erupe/blob/c0ae75b580598c375cbef06cd633faf6bad06ad0/cmd/positiontap/README.md>

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