DroidBeacon
May 28, 2026 · View on GitHub
Emulate Disney Galaxy's Edge park location BLE beacons to trigger reactions from Droid Depot droids (R-series, BB-series) at home.
DBAD: Don't use at Disney — using this in the parks would interfere with other guests' droid experiences. Keep it at home.
DBAD
Disney has a curated experience. I made this application so you could play with your own droid at home, not to modify or interfere with the experience in the park. Please don't use in the park as it may reduce the enjoyment of others.
How it works
Galaxy's Edge Droid Depot droids use Bluetooth Low Energy to detect park location beacons and react accordingly — playing sounds, animating, and changing behavior based on which area of Black Spire Outpost they're in.
This app emulates those beacons using the Flipper Zero's BLE radio, making your droid think it's in a specific park location.
The beacons use Disney's manufacturer ID 0x0183 with a 6-byte location
payload. All Droid Depot droids react to the same location codes — the droid
itself determines what reaction to perform.
Requirements
| Requirement | Notes |
|---|---|
| Flipper Zero | Any hardware revision |
| Unleashed firmware | Required — uses the extra beacon BLE API |
| Droid Depot droid | R-series or BB-series with BLE support |
Building
(You don't have to, the .fap file in the root here can be used directly by placing it in /ext/apps/Bluetooth/droidbeacon.fap)
# Clone Unleashed firmware
git clone --recursive https://github.com/DarkFlippers/unleashed-firmware
cd unleashed-firmware
# Drop this repo into applications_user/
cp -r /path/to/droidbeacon applications_user/droidbeacon
# Build
./fbt fap_droidbeacon
The compiled .fap lands at:
build/f7-firmware-D/.extapps/droidbeacon.fap
Deploy via lab.flipper.net — connect over USB,
navigate to /ext/apps/Bluetooth/ and upload the .fap.
Usage
Launch from Apps → Bluetooth → DroidBeacon.
- Press Next on the splash screen
- Select a park location from the menu
- Hold your Flipper near your droid
- Press Stop or back when done
Your droid should react within a few seconds of the beacon starting.
Location reference
| Location | Description |
|---|---|
| Market | Black Spire Outpost market area |
| Droid Depot | Where droids are built |
| Resistance | Resistance base area |
| Rides | Rise of the Resistance / Millennium Falcon |
| Cantina | Oga's Cantina |
| Dok Ondar / Savi's | Ancient relics and lightsaber workshop |
| First Order | First Order territory |
Beacon format
For reference, the BLE advertisement packet structure:
Byte 0: 0x09 — AD length (9 bytes follow)
Byte 1: 0xFF — AD type: manufacturer specific
Byte 2: 0x83 — Disney manufacturer ID low byte (0x0183 little-endian)
Byte 3: 0x01 — Disney manufacturer ID high byte
Byte 4-9: Location payload (e.g. 0A 04 01 02 A6 01 for Market)
Beacon codes sourced from community research on r/GalaxysEdge.
Notes
- Hold the Flipper within a meter of your droid for best results
- The beacon broadcasts continuously until you press Stop or go back
- Each location triggers different droid reactions — experiment!
- Works with R2-series, R-series, and BB-series Droid Depot droids
What is @FZGEN in the comments?
I wrote a code generator (in perl) for Flipper Zero frameworks that takes care of most of the busy work or the event state machines. I will put it in https://github.com/spandox2/FZGEN really soon.
License
Do what you want with it. Based on public community research into Galaxy's Edge droid BLE beacon codes. No affiliation with Disney.