Randomizer Options

None

This setting requires no knowledge of any glitches.

Overworld Glitches

This setting requires knowledge of certain major glitches (on the overworld) as well as knowledge of most minor glitches. Specifically:

• Overworld boots clipping
• Overworld mirror clips
• Dungeon bunny revival
• Super Bunny
• Surfing Bunny
• Water Walk

Hybrid Major Glitches

This setting requires knowledge of all glitches used in Overworld Glitches, as well as glitches in the underworld that can clip you into other dungeons. Specifically:

• Underworld bootless clips (including 1-frame clips requiring buffering)

Some additional changes have also been made:

• Fake worlds exist as per the original game (e.g. dying in a Dark World dungeon without defeating Agahnim will put you in the fake Dark World)
• Crystals always drop regardless of pendant conflicts (QoL fix from the original)
• Swamp Palace water levels do not drain when you exit the overworld screen (except for the first room)

Major Glitches

This setting requires knowledge of more advanced major glitches, as well as all glitches listed above. Specifically:

• Overworld fake flutes
• Overworld screenwraps
• Overworld and Underworld bootless clips (including 1-frame clips requiring buffering)

No Logic

No logic is applied whatsoever. Items can be anywhere. It may be impossible to get items, although due to the strength of glitches, it is extremely rare for games to be unbeatable. This setting will generally require extensive use of glitches which are excluded from other logics (which include EG, Door Glitches and Overworld Bunny Revival).

Basic

This setting is aimed at new players or people looking for a more casual experience. Logical restrictions are in place to prevent items being placed in obscure locations which require niche knowledge to access (e.g. accessing Bumper Cave ledge without the Hookshot). Other logical restrictions also ensure excessively difficult execution is not required in order to progress. For example if you need to beat a late-game Dark World dungeon you will always have access to some sword and defense upgrades somewhere in the world.

Advanced

This setting is aimed at experienced players. The intention of this setting is to maximize glitchless item placement reach. Dark rooms with torches are considered accessible with the Fire Rod; other dark rooms remain logically accessible with the Lamp. No other consideration is given to the obscurity of item placements or the level of execution required to access locations. The expectation is a player choosing this setting is decently familiar and practiced with the original game.

When maps are shuffled outside dungeons the Overworld map will not display dungeon prizes without dungeon maps. However, maps are always logically required for dungeon completion in both Basic and Advanced item placements. Note that a dungeon’s boss can contain that dungeon’s map.

Standard

All dungeons items are locked to their respective dungeons but are randomized within each dungeon.

Maps/Compasses

Maps and compasses are no longer locked to their respective dungeons (although may still end up there). All keys remain locked to their respective dungeons.

Maps/Compasses/Small Keys

Maps, compasses and small keys are no longer locked to their respective dungeons (although may still end up there). All big keys remain locked to their respective dungeons.

Keysanity

Maps, compasses, small keys and big keys are no longer locked to their respective dungeons (although may still end up there).

100% Inventory

This setting ensures all inventory items can be obtained but retains the possibility for certain keys to be unobtainable. For example non-required big keys may be in big chests and certain small keys may be locked behind key doors (which you could lock yourself out of depending on how you use small keys). In practice you will be able to reach almost every location with this setting.

100% Locations

This setting ensures all 216 locations can always be reached regardless of how inefficiently keys are used within dungeons. Specifically, big keys cannot be in big chests and certain chests behind key doors cannot contain small keys.

Beatable Only

This setting only ensures the game can be beaten. You may be locked out of non-required items (e.g. Fire Rod if it is not needed to complete the goal) and even non-required dungeons.

Defeat Ganon

This setting requires full completion of Ganon’s Tower in addition to defeating Ganon. The number of required crystals for each depends on the requirements chosen.

Fast Ganon

This setting only requires defeating Ganon and does not require completion of Ganon’s Tower. For this to work the hole leading to Ganon has been made permanently accessible (except if entrances are randomized). The number of required crystals depends on the requirements chosen.

All Dungeons

This setting requires full completion of all dungeons. This includes the 3 Light World pendant dungeons, the 7 Dark World crystal dungeons, Agahnim’s Tower and Ganon’s Tower.

Master Sword Pedestal

This setting requires collection of the 3 pendants in order to pull the Triforce from the pedestal in the Lost Woods.

Triforce Pieces

The Triforce has been shattered into 30 pieces and scattered throughout Hyrule! You must collect 20 of the 30 pieces and take them to Murahdahla to receive the Triforce. Who is Murahdahla I hear you ask? Why, he is obviously the younger brother of Sahasrahla and Aginah! Back from his vacation in Lorule you can find him hanging out around Hyrule Castle courtyard.

Ganonhunt

The Triforce has been shattered into 50 pieces and scattered throughout Hyrule! You must first collect 40 of the 50 pieces, and only then will Ganon be vulnerable to your attacks! Like Fast Ganon, the hole leading to Ganon has been made permanently accessible.

Completionist

This setting requires collection of all items and full completion of all dungeons. This includes the 3 Light World pendant dungeons, the 7 Dark World crystal dungeons, Agahnim’s Tower and Ganon’s Tower.

This settings lets you choose the number of crystals required to open Ganon’s Tower. If 0 is chosen then the dungeon is freely accessible. If Random is chosen there will be a sign outside Ganon’s Tower informing you of how many crystals are required. In Inverted this sign will be outside Hyrule Castle accordingly.

This settings lets you choose the number of crystals required to make Ganon vulnerable to your attacks. If 0 is chosen then he can be beaten as soon as you can reach him! If Random is chosen then there will be a sign on the Pyramid informing you of how many crystals are required. In Inverted this sign will be outside Hyrule Castle accordingly.

Standard

This setting is the closest to the original game. It retains the initial prologue of rescuing Zelda in Hyrule Castle and delivering her to the Sanctuary. This must be completed before you are free to explore Hyrule. Your uncle is guaranteed to give you an item which lets you clear the prologue (although not necessarily a sword). You are given a light cone for navigating the dark rooms of the Sewers even without the Lamp (although any future visits to other dark rooms, except for the Sewers, will be in total darkness until you find the Lamp).

Open

This setting starts as if the initial prologue has already been beaten. Zelda has already been rescued and you are free to start in either Link’s House or at the Sanctuary. All the chests in Hyrule Castle have not been opened so you must decide when and whether to visit.

Inverted

In this setting Link starts in the Dark World and must navigate his way to the Light World in order to defeat Ganon! There are several major changes for this to work:

• Ganon’s Tower and Agahnim’s Tower have traded places.
• Ganon has abandoned the Pyramid and is hiding underneath Hyrule Castle.
• All portals now take you from the Dark World to the Light World.
• Link will be a bunny in the Light World without the Moon Pearl.
• The Magic Mirror now transports you from the Light World to the Dark World.
• The crystals now unlock the door to Hyrule Castle Tower (not Ganon’s Tower).

However there are other modifications to the game world which were required in order to ensure this concept worked properly:

• Link’s House and the Bomb Shop have traded places.
• The flute only works in the Dark World and must still be activated in Kakariko.
• Lots of terrain in the Light World has been modified in order to retain accessibility without being able to mirror from the Dark World.
• The Death Mountain cave system has changed considerably. It is now possible to access Dark World Death Mountain from the Dark World mainland.
• The Old Man on Death Mountain is now lost wandering in the Dark World and you will have to return him to his home in the Light World.
• Dark World Death Mountain now has some stairs allowing access to Ganon’s Tower and East Dark World Death Mountain.
• Ice Palace is now accessible directly from the Dark World.
• Turtle Rock is now accessible by jumping from its tail!

Remember that bunny Link can use the Book of Mudora, as well as talk to NPC’s and collection freestanding items. Inverted games can be really difficult so we recommend starting with some of the other world states.

Retro

This setting is a throwback to the original The Legend of Zelda. The main concept includes:

None

No entrances are randomized. All entrances lead to their original locations.

Simple

This setting uses the highest number of entrance type groupings. This restricts how thoroughly different entrances are randomized with the intention of keeping things simple.

Restricted

As in Simple except all non-dungeon entrances (including all single-entrance caves, all multi-entrance caves, and all of Light World Death Mountain) are grouped together and randomized with each other. This includes the entrance to Death Mountain.

Full

As in Restricted except all dungeons (including single-entrance and multi-entrance) are also grouped together with all non-dungeon entrances and randomized with each other.

Crossed

As in Full except caves and dungeons with multiple entrances are no longer confined to all appear within the same world. This means they can link the Light World to the Dark World.

Insanity

As in Crossed except all entrances and holes are decoupled from each other (excluding single-entrance caves and the Skull Woods overworld region). This means exiting the way you entered will take you somewhere entirely different. However all single-entrance caves can still only exit to the same location from which they were entered. All overworld holes are no longer paired. All Skull Woods entrances remain confined to the Skull Woods overworld region (excluding the final dungeon entrance).

None

Bosses are not randomized. All bosses remain in their original dungeons.

Simple

All original bosses (except both Agahnim’s and Ganon) are randomized including the 3 Ganon’s Tower refights. Therefore the shuffle includes two sets of Armos Knights, Lanmolas’ and Moldorm. This means Ganon’s Tower can contain 3 random bosses!

Full

Same as Simple except the 3 bosses which appear twice are chosen randomly.

Random

All bosses are chosen entirely at random. You may see one boss multiple times and some bosses may not feature at all.

None

Enemies are not randomized. All enemies remain in their original locations.

Shuffled

All enemies are randomized but there are some caveats to note:

• Not all enemies can appear everywhere due to game limitations.
• Rooms where killing all enemies is required will never include enemies which need specific weapons to kill (e.g. Mimics requiring Bow, etc)
• Thieves’ can now be killed.
• Tile rooms are not randomized.
• Enemies under bushes are not randomized.

Random

Same as Shuffled except enemies under bushes, as well as the percentage chance that they spawn an enemy, are also randomized. This may not seem like much of a difference but in practice it affects playability drastically. In addition tile rooms spawn tiles in random patterns and Thieves’ have a 50% chance for being killable or invincible.

Enable or disable hints which can be found on the telepathic tiles throughout the world.

Randomized

All four Progressive Swords are randomly shuffled into the game. If this setting is combined with Standard World State then your Uncle will always have one of the following:

• Sword
• Hammer
• Bow + Full Arrow Refill
• 10 Bombs
• Fire Rod + Full Magic Refill
• Cane of Somaria + Full Magic Refill
• Cane of Byrna + Full Magic Refill

If you run out of ammo or magic then a save and quit will partially refill you so that you may progress.

Assured

Link starts with a sword already equipped! Perhaps he hid it under his pillow?

Vanilla

All four swords are in their original game locations. These are:

• Link’s Uncle
• Master Sword Pedestal
• Rescuing Blacksmith
• Pyramid Faerie

Swordless

All swords are removed from the game and replaced with 20 rupees. Multiple changes have been made for this to work:

• Ganon can be damaged with the Hammer.
• Both Progressive Bows are always in the item pool.
• The bat barrier outside Aghanim’s Tower can now be broken with the Hammer.
• The curtains/vines inside Skull Woods and Agahnim’s Tower are already open.
• Ether and Bombos tablets require the Hammer and the Book of Mudora.
• Medallions can only be used to open Misery Mire and Turtle Rock, or to progress through Ice Palace. They only work where their emblems indicate.
• Swords have been replaced with copies of 20 rupees

Default

The damage dealt by enemies are not randomized.

Shuffled

The damage dealt by enemies are randomized between enemy types. For example the damage dealt by Octoroks and Ganon might be shuffled, meaning all Octoroks deal 8 hearts and Ganon only deals just 1 heart! Mail Upgrades still work as expected to reduce damage.

Random

The damage dealt by enemies is chosen randomly for each Mail Upgrade. This means it’s entirely random whether Mail Upgrades increase or decrease damage received. No mapping exists between different enemy types. All enemies could deal massive damage.

Default

The health of enemies are not randomized.

Easy

All enemy health will be in the 1hp-4hp range (1-2 Fighter’s Sword slashes).

Hard

All enemy health will be in the 2hp-15hp range (1-8 Fighter’s Sword slashes). Note that on average enemies will have more health than in the original.

Expert

All enemy health will be in the 2hp-30hp range (1-15 Fighter’s Sword slashes). Almost all enemies will have considerably more health than in the original.

Change the speed of the beep when Link is low on health.

Change the sprite you play as (e.g. play as a tea cup instead of Link).

Change the speed of opening and closing the item menu. This is not available for race ROMs.

Change the color of your hearts. Choices are restricted due to game limitations.

Enable or disable the background music, including MSU-1 playback. MSU-1 users should leave this enabled.

Enables the MSU-1 music resume feature. This feature allows the track that was playing to resume where it left off when re-entering the overworld.

Randomizes the sound effects within the game. This means everything can sound like anything else. Enable with caution!

Allow items to be changed with the L and R buttons without opening the menu.

Randomizes the colour palettes within the game. This means everything can look extremely bizarre. Enable with caution!

Severely reduces the intensity of in-game flashing effects, or outright disables them. Please use caution, your photosensitivity to effects may still vary.