You can use an Android device, an Android emulator, or an iOS device.
Need an android emulator? MuMu Global is the best for playing the English patched version of Guns Girl Z!
After obtaining one of those, pick one of the four options that best suits you.
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This is the best option for playing GGZ in English since the global servers have shut down, but this has additional requirements.
You MUST have:
At least 3.5GB (3500MB) of memory on your device
If you are using an emulator, only Bluestacks 10 and MuMu Global have been confirmed to work. LDPlayer and Nox do not work!
Download the CPU-Z app from the Google Play Store.
Open the app and go to the “System” tab.
Download the english patch that matches your phone:
aarch64 = ARM64 Only
Anything else & emulators = ARM32/Emu
Go to device tab and check if Total RAM is above 3500. If it is then you can continue. (You can uninstall CPU-Z now, you don’t need it any more)
Download the English patch:
ENG for 10.0.52 (ARM64 Only)
ENG for 10.0.52 (32+64, for Emulators)
Install and run
Wait for extra data to download
After extra data downloads, if the game shows an english pop-up then it worked.
The game takes roughly 3-7 minutes to load the English patch (and will spend that time sitting on the mihoyo logo). Be patient, it has to load all the Japanese text first and then patch it with the English text.
If you can see the title screen (or an update prompt with english text that’s going way off the box), you did it. Now you can play it in English! Make sure to link your account so you don’t lose your progress.
In-App Purchases are not possible with the English patched apk because the Google Play signature is invalid because the app has been modified. Therefore, you will need to install and download the original app. But since the english patched app and the original app share the same package name, it is not possible to install it on the same device normally.
There are three options:
A second android device
An emulator
Using VMOS on the same device
VMOS is by far the easiest method, but it is made by a Chinese company that stole code from anbox. So it’s up to you if you want to trust it with your Google Play information.
If you’re paranoid, I recommend enabling 2-factor authentication on your Google account (You should really have this enabled anyways). Make sure you print out your 2-factor auth codes when it tells you to, you don’t want to be locked out of your Google account!
If you’re on Android 12, you’ll have to enable developer options to run the app because Google added some stupid restrictions… Go to the Settings app, scroll to the bottom, go to device info, tap build number 10 times, follow the rest of the VMOS instructions.
Select Android 7.1 Lite (64-bit) system.
Before launching, tap the “GMS” icon to enable Google Play Services on the virtual machine. You only need to do this once.
Launch the virtual machine. Follow the “Option C” section but perform it within VMOS.
If you haven’t linked your account yet, follow the “Linking your account” section.
Log into your linked account in the Japanese GGZ using the “Switch Account” button
Buy your stuff
That’s it. Now switch back to the english apk. When you want to buy something again, use VMOS again.
This section is if you do not have an ARM64 Android device, no android device, or just want to play in Japanese for some reason.
Download GGZ using QooApp. It will make you install QooApp…
Slide the other login methods right until you see “Guest”
Press back button on your phone when it asks for the phone number
Press back when the ad pops up
Search Guns Girl Z and pick the Japanese result
Install it
Congratulations, you did it. Now link your account so you don’t lose your progress.
This method is very difficult, but it's the only way to have in-app purchases. Expect it to take an hour because you have to fight through a maze of shitty options, mess with your payment profile, or god forbid the option to add a PayPal account doesn't work.
Google changes their options every year, so you have to search up the latest and greatest method every time. As of 2022 this is a working one: https://libreddit.eu.org/r/grandorder/comments/wrbhip/steps_on_how_to_create_a_jp_google_play_account/
It is also possible to use a Google account without any payment methods attached, although very tedious.
To use an existing Google account:
Finally, search 崩壊学園 on the Google Play store or Click here, then click install.
You only have to use the VPN on for installing the app, updates and in-app purchases will function without it.
Luckily, iOS does not have IP-based region lock, just account based. This means you can download the app straight from the app store. However, there are some ceveats:
You will have to make a Japanese iTunes account. Since iOS allows multiple iTunes accounts on the same device now, this shouldn’t be much of an issue.
You obviously have to play it in Japanese with no instant translation apps.
You likely will have to purchase a Japanese iTunes card for in-app purchases. You may get lucky and be able to use your regular credit card (Many credit card companies charge an additional fee for international purchases or will just block it unless you call them), but I wouldn’t count on it working.
Since Apple likes to change how to make an account all the time and I don’t own an iOS device, you’ll just have to pick the most relevant result in a search engine. Here’s a hyperlink to make it easy for you: “create a Japanese app store account”.
Afterwards, simply search 崩壊学園 on the App Store or Click here.
Don’t be one of the many, many people that lose their account information because they uninstalled the app without linking! GGZ JP creates a guest account by default which isn’t tied to anything.
Tap the snail icon in the top right
Game settings
Account settings
Uhhh I dunno lmao
Use the VMOS guide to check if you did it correctly
Make sure you screenshotted your profile information with the UID in case you ever lose your account info so support can recover it (Good luck talking to them with MTL).
My email is at the bottom of the interpreter. Or you can join the Foxgirl Discord.
For general game help such as what weapons to level up, what characters to roll for, and more, join the Foxgirl Discord!
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