It includes a copy of the game, the first print run of the game's original soundtrack, an art album, an original protect case for the 3DS, and a life-size AR poster. Despite initial distrust between her and Agnès, the party finds itself needing to work together after the Sky Knights, led by Argent Heinkel, attack Caldisla. Members of the said group include RIKKI, known for her work " Suteki da ne" for Final Fantasy X, and Joelle, known for " Plains of Eternity" from Final Fantasy XIII-2. As Ringabel tends to the Grandship, Tiz comforts Edea and Agnès over the betrayal and tells the latter they have to stop Airy. After dispatching Orthros, Airy states the rules of the Rite of Awakening and warns the others not to interfere.

It was released on December 5, 2013 [2] as a stand alone release and as a downloadable content upgrade. It gives control to the first three playable characters as they fight through a dungeon and battle a golem boss. While Agnès suggests resuming the mission, Ringabel brings up what Alternis said of Airy, as he reveals he regained a bit of his memory of seeing the number 6 and Edea killed by a monster.Foo Midori, a freelance illustrator on various online games and light novels, designed the character Qada and the Salve-Maker job costumes. The group is knocked out by Archduke Lester DeRosso, the previous leader of the Council, with Alternis placing Edea in her room where she is confronted by her father, Grand Marshal Braev Lee. As a vestal of the Wind Crystal finds the crystal consumed in a dark energy, a youth named Tiz Arrior finds his home of Norende being swallowed up by the earth with his younger brother falling to his death. In a special video teasing the second game Bravely Second: End Layer, Tiz wakes in a life support tank in Eternia before being rescued from captivity by the mysterious Magnolia Arch.

Additionally after Octopath Traveler sold over 1 million copies, the occasion was celebrated with another illustration on Twitter, with the pose assumed by the eight party members strongly resembling Airy from the first game. The English voice actors were chosen to sound as similar as possible to their Japanese counterparts, and adjustments were made to characters through the actors' performances: these included making Ringabel more flirtatious, and adjusting Edea's growl of rage between language versions. A pseudo-sequel, Bravely Default II, was announced late 2019 as being in development, and released in February 2021.After spending another night in the Yulyana Woods Needleworks, Tiz watches Agnès talk to the Sage about the vestal of water, Olivia. Multiple battle songs were created for the game, each having a faster tempo depending on the escalating battle situation. For the overseas release, Bravely Default currently holds an aggregate 85 rating on Metacritic, out of 65 reviews. Two years prior to the game's announcement on Christmas Day 2017, character designer Akihiko Yoshida posted an image on Twitter of Edea holding a pair of Joy-Con controllers. The party are temporarily stopped when Ouroboros begins consuming worlds to regain strength, but alternate versions of them break the links formed by Ouroboros, giving the party a chance to destroy him.

With Ringabel covering up the true nature of Tiz and Agnès meeting, the group reluctantly enacts the Holy Pillar once more with the hope of atoning for their actions. The key words created for the initial draft scenario were "large hole", referring to the Great Chasm beneath Norende, and "parallel world", which referred to the many versions of Luxendarc encountered by players during their journey.Though she did not win, and unaware that the winner of the festival was Victoria knocking out the competition, Agnès finds a letter from Olivia telling her to meet at the Twilight Ruins. Take, the character designer on Katanagatari, designed the character Victoria and the Arcanist job costumes.