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Archipelago basics
start here if multiworld is newGetting started with Archipelago
Learn the basics, then choose the right path for joining a group, playing solo, or organizing a multiworld.
APWorldsWhat is the fuzzer?
Understand generation badges, detailed fuzz results and what the recorded checks can tell you.
Archipelago PieCollecting YAMLs in a collection room
Create a collection room, share it with players, review submissions, and download everything for local generation.
HostingHosting an Archipelago multiworld
Collect the YAMLs, generate the game, put the server online, and run the session for your group.
Your settingsSetting up your YAML
Get a template, change the options you care about, validate the file, and hand it to your host.
Connect and playSet up your game client
Understand clients, connectors, generated patches, room details, and the checks to run before you start playing.
TrackingSetting up PopTracker
Install the tracker, find your game's community pack, and connect auto-tracking to your room.
Crash Team Racing
native PC port + randomizerCrash Team Racing setup
Get the native CTR Archipelago client installed, launched, and connected to your multiworld room.
Vanilla on PCPlay Crash Team Racing on PC
The 1999 classic as a native PC port with no emulator involved, thanks to the community decompilation. It sets up in minutes.
ReferenceHow CTR Archipelago works
Warp pads, progression, and everything a seed can randomize.
ReferenceCTR AP box locations
A labelled picture of every AP item box, one page per track.
Pokepelago
catch across worldsPoképelago setup
Install the APWorld, configure your regions and locks, generate a seed, then connect the browser client and start guessing.
StreamingTwitch chat guessing
Let your viewers catch Pokémon for you with !guess in chat, and see who caught the most on the leaderboard.
Open Poképelago
Try the guessing game standalone or connect the browser client to your Archipelago slot.
Play Poképelago pokepelago.ap-pie.comTimberborn
beavers meet the item poolTimberborn Archipelago setup
Install the mod, pick your faction, connect to your room, and generate a Timberborn seed as the host.
ReferenceHow Timberborn Archipelago works
The AP Shop, items, goals, factions and every option.
DownloadsDownload Timberborn Archipelago
The mod, the APWorld and the template YAML.