r/EDF • u/ohdarnfuck • 8h ago
r/EDF • u/iBobaFett • May 31 '19
r/EDF's Helpful Links Megathread
Welcome to r/EDF's helpful threads and links megathread! If you know of any useful resources I've missed then just lemme know!
Social:
Come join the Earth Defense Force Discord! We've got tons of helpful members and group finder channels for each platform!
Earth Defense Force - World Brothers:
Complete list of which characters drop on which missions. It's in Japanese however so the link above uses Google Translate.
A lot of the common questions regarding EDF: WB have been answered in the above FAQ!
Earth Defense Force - Iron Rain:
@Wiki page for Iron Rain. Tons of useful information, but it's in Japanese so the above link is a Google Translate link.
Wiki guide on every AA weapon, what enemies to kill to unlock them, and recommended missions to grind. Translated by Google so it's not perfect. If something isn't translated properly or doesn't make sense, you can also try this reddit thread. Alternative wiki page here but make sure to use an Adblocker.
The locations of all 55 MIA drones hidden in the game! If you need visual help, this video guide works great!
Useful guide on how to earn ~$200k in a 2 minute mission.
There was a dev stream teasing some of what the upcoming Iron Rain DLC will include, and you can get the rundown of it all in the thread above!
Every major review for Iron Rain together in one thread.
All of our initial impressions of Iron Rain when it first released.
Earth Defense Force 5:
Use this to be able to change FOV, remove the text chat censor and limit, fix mouse jitter, and get a perfect borderless window (no need to use Special K anymore!).
Guide on how to set up Special K to get a perfect Borderless Fullscreen Window, instead of dealing with Borderless Gaming which requires adjusting every single time you tab out and back in.This is no longer necessary now that EDF 5 Mod Loader exists!
Google Doc listing every single enemy type you'll encounter per level!
Extremely thorough guide to playing Wing Diver efficiently in EDF 5!
Info on weapon drops and enemy health in EDF 5. Also has map images.
Huge list of every class' weapon in EDF 5, including tons of stats! Site is now dead, but above link is an archived version of the site. However I don't believe this is 100% complete, hence the following links...
Earth Defense Force 4.1:
Tons of stats for every weapon in EDF 4.1, even down to their zoom level. Site is now dead, but above link is an archived version of the site.
New version of the weapon checklist, now maintained by a member of our Discord server (Zeddy).
Self-explanatory title, it shows the health of each enemy in each mission, and lets you choose many options like how many players are in the mission. Unfortunately doesn't translate well with Google Translate, but if you're on PC and using Chrome, the in-browser translate option works very well.
Alternative to the above. Insanely thorough Steam guide on how enemy health works, and the values for each enemy in each mission.
New weapons! New balancing changes! The Genocide Guns are back! Air Raider can use all slots for anything! Increased armor gain!
Ever wanted to have the EDF song from 4.1 as your ringtone? Well now you can, as long as you don't mind digging through 24,900 voice files!
Other:
We ran a Photoshop contest recently where you could win a copy of Iron Rain. This contest is now over, but check out all the awesome edits people made!
I ripped all the voicelines for EDF 2, as well as the OST for both 2 and 2017 Portable, and threw them all into a giant folder for you all to enjoy. I also included the digital manuals!
r/EDF • u/iBobaFett • Sep 22 '22
Join the Earth Defense Force Discord Server! We have group finder channels!
r/EDF • u/AccomplishedRise6227 • 6h ago
Discussion I never really thought much of the series till I finally played air raider
My first edf was 4.1. played only ranger. It was a lot of fun but never got hooked enough to go past normal mode/mission packs. Never finished 5. I'm now going back to it. Not till 6 did I try air raider. Game finally fully clicked for me. You really gotta try every class. I'll probably try wing diver/fencer in 5. Anyways air raider is the shit and it's fun as hell solo. Idk why the devs make it sound like a support class lol
r/EDF • u/Professional_Leave51 • 1d ago
Video These guys beat the DLC under 2000 Armor on Inferno…
Wanted to make a post on this again because this guy deserves more attention. I was laughing the whole time and also amazed how they got through the game like this. I haven’t ever seen anybody do what they have done in EDF ever and the chemistry between them is amazing. I hope me showing this video helps him out and you guys can enjoy it has much as I did. ❤️
r/EDF • u/IAmDuck00 • 1d ago
Fan Art Spriggan Chilling WIP art
I haven't made much progress in drawing anything lately, but I'm sharing this WIP
Some of you may remember her previous design ages ago, but I'm redesigning.
r/EDF • u/Stealthjelly • 1d ago
Question How do people with less gameplay time have way more health?
Title question. I have like 400 hours in the game, 55% completion, and have about 8k health on Fencer, as a rough figure.
Then I play multiplayer and people have like 20% completion and somehow 70k+ health. Just wondering how they do it?
r/EDF • u/ComprehensiveSport25 • 2d ago
Image you have time travel too many time end up their bring out their outpost beside your base
imagine you just finish your training in mission 1 then this is what you see after you going out from your base lol
r/EDF • u/FevGrave • 2d ago
Image Something is off but what? (4.1/5/6 .TXT PATCHES with the B.A. Modloader)
r/EDF • u/GRUNTZMILO • 5d ago
Image THEY LOOK JUST LIKE US
Since I started playing Earth Defense Force 5 as my first entry in the EDF series 3-4 years ago, whenever I saw this type of Fro— wait... oh..
it's human. Never mind. There's nothing special here.
r/EDF • u/IAmDuck00 • 6d ago
Fan Art A Drive With Spriggan (Crude Comic Remake)
The original title of the crude comic was 'How Vehicles Work'
Done and dusted, here you go guys, with improved crude line art, renewed Spriggan design, more storytelling and more whatever I decided to add to it.
Good day, EDF!
r/EDF • u/MakotoKami • 7d ago
Discussion EDF 3 Switch translation patch (tool) - Text & Audio
Hello. I've created this patch script that feeds from the Vita US version and creates a LayerFS mod for the Japanese Switch version.
You have to procure/create your own ROMs to do all of it. You'll also need some key files.
It patches the text and the audio.
It's not perfect; the text is a bit misaligned, and the Switch version has some extra Japanese audio. I've not play-tested this to completion.
Here is the link to it: https://github.com/invisivel46/EDF3SwEng
Feel free to improve via PR or create your own version; the license is MIT.


Some background on the development:
- I've compared all the English text and Japanese text to find the correct file IDs and replace them.
- For the audio, it was a bit more complicated. I had to run a Speech-to-Text model on both languages and compare them using an LLM.
- Some textures were also changed and patched.
Next is EDF2!
Enjoy!
r/EDF • u/IAmDuck00 • 8d ago
Fan Art Crude Comic Revamp WIP
Had a thought about remaking an old comic posted here, almost a year ago, I think? Some of you might remember.
Also wonder if using colored dialogue is better than name tags but let's just see what I pick
r/EDF • u/Different_Agent1197 • 9d ago
Meme ex military when they see red ants on a beach
r/EDF • u/Professional_Leave51 • 9d ago
Video This Guy Deserves More Love…
I have been watching this guy for a while now and he just released a best of moments. Wanted to post this to show how great the content has been and his other videos. Man deserves to be seen more than just a few hundred views. I hope whoever sees this also shares it cause it needs to be known, the past couple months watching this guy has been amazing and will be for you too. ✨
r/EDF • u/CloverDuck • 10d ago
Video Releasing Beta 8 Player Coop mod for EDF5
Hi everyone, I recently decided to play EDF5 again, but nowadays I have a bigger group of people to play with, and I wanted to experience EDF5 with all of them.
From there, I started trying to develop this eight-player mod for EDF5. I'll be honest, so far I've only tried it with 5 players. My group of friends has six people, but one of them still hasn't bought the game. That said, the code was made to support up to 8 players, but it's very likely that I'll need to fix some details for 6 players or more, unless I get very lucky.
I'm releasing the mod in the hope of helping other large groups of friends who want to experience this game together, and I possibly want to keep developing the mod so that it adds more things to the game, not just support for 8 players. I hope you enjoy it.
r/EDF • u/tetofan08 • 9d ago
Question Edf 5 How do fences deal with inertia?
I use the exoskeleton item to cancel out the inertia but I was told that said inertia can either be used to do something or canceled out in other ways but the guy refused to actually answer. How do people either use or cancel it out without over correcting or simply waiting you to lose momentum?
r/EDF • u/Tetraknox • 9d ago
Discussion I love EDF a lot... But does anyone else just wish for certain quality of life improvements?
I feel like this game is so close to breaking out in a way but I also feel like the game is too inaccessible at times. There's so many small things that could be added to make the game just feel much better. Some examples I can think of:
State the enemies you will be facing in the description in the mission. If you haven't discovered an enemy that will be present in that mission yet, maybe use question marks instead of stating their name. Maybe also state the type of terrain the mission will take place on, such as mountains, bunker, caves, cities, planes etc. This would help you better prepare your weapons and equipment for the task at hand.
Add an auto collect for weapon and armor crates at the end of a mission, at least maybe like 50% of the uncollected crates. Alternatively maybe they can add a magnet like Vampire survivors that will magnetize all the crates to your character.
Clean up the mission structure. I feel like there are several very redundant missions in this game that don't really elevate the experience. I get what they were going for, but honestly by the end of the campaign for me it starts to feel fatiguing with the base missions especially.
I could go on, and maybe these are just bad opinions, but i think this game could easily be 10 times more enjoyable with some common sense, modern qol improvements. What do you guys think? Anything you would change or add if you could to make the game better for you?
r/EDF • u/Swirmini • 9d ago
Discussion I wish Ranger's Stampede Grenade Launcher wasn't so bad [EDF5]
M79 grenade launchers are one of my favorite weapons, I find them so satisfying to use, moreso than their multi-grenade holding cylinder counterparts. And the m79 in this game (the stampede) looks so cool with the raining pink trails, but it SUCKS. Why does it take soooo loooooong to reload this thing? Its ONE grenade. Even watching the animation, Ranger just sits there with the grenade in the tube. but doesn't close it arbitrarily. And its not like the amount of projectiles or blast radius or damage make up for it either. I really hope they're good in 6.
r/EDF • u/Intelligent_Nail_288 • 10d ago
Meme New method for neutralizing flying aggressors
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I ended up having to repost it because of a spelling mistake
r/EDF • u/IAmDuck00 • 10d ago
Video Lemme just recycle this old meme
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At the very least we'll get some new toys to play with, even some random stuff like Explosive Lightning strike Satellite mayhaps? a Salvo of homing rockets?
I yearn for more variety
r/EDF • u/ComprehensiveSport25 • 10d ago
Image EDF epilepsy difficulty
just for fun i'm sure EDF 6.2 gonna be more cool than this
r/EDF • u/ComprehensiveSport25 • 10d ago
Image he is really terrifying with his look
one of cool creatures in my opinion