June 9, 2025

Some Notes On This Month's Changes

• This month marks the beginning of a new initiative with the SOTN Randomizer to start auditing and operating some quality control on the presets being included in the Randomizer or on the website. Certain presets will be "deprecated" and removed from the ranbdomizer website while still being included in the Randomizer's files for offline generation. This is all in an effort to maintain a simpler list for the players to interact with while we build-out our new filtration systems which will actively edit the list based on selections made by users. We will be calling out which presets are being removed from where and indicatin how they can be accessed in the change log to help users find them in the future. On top of this, we will be auditing preset files, themselves, and ordering the JSON data so that everything becomes easier to understand for would-be developers. We appreciate your patience with our housekeeping initiatives.

Preset Changes

• Added Seeker preset.
• Added Oracle preset.
• Added Mirror Breaker preset.
• Added All Bosses preset.
• Added Nimble-Lite preset.
• Added Rampage preset.
• Added Cornivus preset.
• Added Max Rando preset.
• Added Recycler preset.
• Bounty Hunter, Hitman, Target Confirmed, Chaos Lite, and Rampage no longer require the Bounty Hunter Tool.
• Added Item Stat and Item Name Randomizer to Chaos-Lite.
• Lookingglass is now Deprecated. This can still be generated through Command Line Interface (CLI) and will still build en masse.
• Crash Coarse is now Deprecated. This can still be generated through Command Line Interface (CLI) and will still build en masse.
• Skinwalker is now Deprecated. This can still be generated through Command Line Interface (CLI) and will still build en masse.
• Re-added Glitch Legacy as Deprecated. This can now be generated through Command Line Interface (CLI) and will be built en masse.
• Re-named Bounty Hunter: TC to Target Confirmed.
• Fixed a bug created at the end of Boss Rush because of the splash phrases.
• Fixed a bug that caused a game crash if the player left the CD room at the start of a second-castle start seed to the left.
• The preset audit was successful. Almost every preset has been re-weighted and had the keys sorted to create a uniform order to them.
• How do I fixed Glitch?

Program Updates

• Incorporated Bounty Hunter tool function into the Randomizer.
• Removed bug that wouldn't allow Vanilla or Agonize 2020 to generate.

Options Changes

• Added new Separate Boss Music Randomizer mode for music randomization.
• Added Song Exclusion to the website.
• Removed Nocturne from the songs to be randomized.
• Added Immunity Potions option.
• Added Godspeed Shoes option.
• Added Library Shortcut option.
• Added an option to enable seasonal splash phrases on the start screen.

May 12, 2025

Preset Changes

• Added Second Castle Starting Room Randomizer to Chaos-Lite.
• Familiar cards are no longer given to the player "active" in Timeline.
• Timeline's timer no longer pauses in the menu.*
• Added code to give the player a Toadstool at the beginning of Big Toss.
• Come to me, Glitch, son of romscout! Kneel before Eld!

Options Changes

• Removed preset tickbox because all features locked behind it are now available.
• Removed extensions options for presets which can't use them.
• Added palettes for Wolf form to match Alucard palettes.
• Corrected an error where a variable was not set when generating through the website for Random Starting Room.
• Added an additional goal to update the game to: All Bosses and all Vlads.
• Removed potential softlock from starting in Castle Keep attic in Starting Room Randomizer.
• Updated Color Randomizer to use hue-shifting for capes proposed by Wecoc.
• Added Menu Color to Color Randomizer.
• Corrected an error in Starting Equipment spoilers when Item Name Randomizer Mode was not being used.
• Corrected an error with New Goals that allowed players to open the Dracula door in second castle without Eye of Vlad.

Program Updates

• Added randomized splash phrases to the game title screen.
• Added a feature where updated goals can be added to preset files using letter codes. "b: All Bosses; r: All Relics; a: ABRSR, v: All Bosses & All Vlads"

Website Updates

• Allowed players to generate custom relic extensions and complexity levels with all presets.
• Fixed a bug where the complexity inner text didn't update, causing misunderstandings about the complexity of the selected preset.
• Added the SOTNRando icon to the navigation bar.
• Added the SOTNRando header image courtesy of DarkFalzJoker to the top of the site.
• Added a new section to help players preview which customizations they might wish to use for their Alucard and Map sprites.
• All links in the links section have been removed and moved to a navigation bar.
• Added visual effects to the navigation bar for a more satisfying experience.

Tools Updates

• Upgraded Map View to give more detailed information about the entities and to properly name more of them.

April 14, 2025

Options Changes

• Added Alucard Palette Selector.
• Almost every single randomized / selected palette for Richter, Maria, Dracula, and Alucard was reworked.
• Removed Guaranteed Drops mode for Bounty Hunter variants (The BH tool breaks drops if enabled).
• Removed Reverse Library Card for Beyond preset.

Website Updates

• Added "Known Bugs" section for transparency.

April 3, 2025

Hotfix

• Fixed Starting Room Randomizer execution from Preset Files.

April 2, 2025

Preset Changes

• Added Vanilla preset.
• Datedupay Litchgay Ogiclay.

Options Changes

• Added new option to change seed goals.
• ♦ All Bosses changes the goal to defeat all bosses listed on the time attack table in the vanilla game.
• ♦ All Relics changes the goal to collect all relics in the North American version of the vanilla game.
• ♦ All Bosses and Relics changes the goal to defeat all bosses and collect all relics as above.
• Added Guaranteed Drops Option (3/14/2025).
• Added Reverse Library Cards Option.
• Added Alucard Palette Randomizer Option.
• Added Richter Palette Randomizer to Color Randomizer.

Program Updates

• Fix an issue that prevented SOTN.io from generating seeds after a previous seed was downloaded.
• Added a way for the randomizer to start setting aside ISO memory and RAM to execute complex functions in ASM.
• Now the randomizer loads 14 sectors fropm the ISO automatically. Three are reserved for options, eleven sectors are for presets.

March 10, 2025

Preset Changes

• Added Chimera preset.
• Added Battle Mage preset.
• Added Timeline preset.
• Added logic for Equipment and Scenic locations for Dog Life.
• Removed several soft-locks in Dog Life.
• Fixed some movement bugs and added Out of Logic checks for the tracker for Dog Life.
• Updated Big Toss preset to remove consumable status from Toadstool and High Potion.
• Removed Duplicator and added God's Garb as starting equipment in Big Toss.
• Added an additional Antivenom as replacement for Force of Echo in Big Toss.
• Glitch festers like a splinter in the side of bugfixing.

Options Changes

• Blocked Castle 2 Start for First Castle preset.

Program Updates

• Added new randomizer capability to generate a random hex byte between two values. (Shuffled pool)
• Updated "randomRelic" writes option to use pool shuffling instead of pure RNG.

February 10, 2025

Preset Changes

• eldri7ch used Bugfix against Glitch! It's not very effective...

Options Changes

• Added Castle 2 Starting Area Randomizer.
• Separated out Item Name Randomization from Item Stat Randomizer.
• Disabled certain options for various preset to avoid those options being turned on and breaking the preset.
• Corrected issues with wing smash trail color randomizer to use either a sanctioned palette or simply a new outline color.

Accessibility / Quality of Life Changes

• Removed game freeze if luck is negative and the game tries to calculate critical damage.
• Removed game freeze caused by using too many wing smashes through Rock Knights in Reverce Caverns.
• Added Map Color selector to website.

January 13, 2025

Preset Changes

• Updated preset descriptions.
• Removed boss room limitations for Cursed Night preset.
• Added ability to use Heart Refresh for Cursed Night.
• Added new starting equipment for Cursed Night.
• Removed Coral Circlet from the Shop in Cursed Night.
• Added Starting Room Randomization to Chaos-Lite preset.
• Added Starting Room Randomization to Open preset.
• Added 7 random relics to starting pool for Lucky Sevens preset.
• Removed prologue for Lucky Sevens.
• Removed remaining Bat relics from Leg Day preset.
• Removed Karma Coin from the $400 candle in Rat Race and replaced with Heart.
• Removed Unlocked Mode from Lucky Sevens.
• Renamed Speedrun preset to Sequence Breaker.
• Renamed Forge preset to Any Percent.
• Corrected errors which prevented Rat Race and Sequence Breaker presets from appearing on the website.
• Flight of wolf re-worked in Dog Life preset.
• Removed squeak from big toss in Dog Life.
• Removed multiple soft-locks in logic for Dog Life.
• Tile / terrain updates for Dog Life for ease of movement.
• Removed Enemy Stat Randomizer from Mobility preset.
• Updated Glitchmaster preset scrawl.
• Updated Glitch preset scrawl.
• Reticulated Glitch logic splines.

Extension Changes

• Renamed Wanderer locations extension to Extended.
• Renamed Spread locations extension to GuardedPlus.
• Renamed Tourist locations extension to Scenic.

Options Changes

• Added new Starting Zone randomizer allowing Alucard to start in different zones.
• Corrected an error when trying to apply Shop Price Rando.
• Corrected an error when assigning randomization display for Death.
• Corrected an error when assigning randomization of attributes to Dracula.
• Corrected an error when improperly clearing time attack in No Prologue Mode.

Website Changes

• Set ground work for and started started website re-design.
• Updated many option names on the website to be more aesthetic or descriptive.
• Updated website to have the Meta Data information used for categorization and filtration (not implemented yet).

December 9, 2024

• Added Dog Life Preset.
• Added Cursed Night Preset.
• Added Glitchmaster Preset.
• Added Sight-Seer Preset.
• Added new Shop Price Randomizer option.
• Added four $700 bags and one $5000 chest to candle randomization.
• Incorporated Enemy Stat Randomizer into Chaos Lite.
• Incorporated Shop Price Randomizer into Chaos Lite.
• Removed guaranteed $400 drop from Rat Race.
• Fixed an error in relic placement in Forge.
• Fixed an error in logic in Speedrun.
• Fixed an error in logic in Adventure.
• Re-re-re-re fixed Glitch logic.

October 14, 2024

• Updated First Castle Preset with a new instant teleport to Dracula.
• Moved the former "Black Marble Vats" check in Wanderer and Tourist to "Reverse Alucart Sword". This removes a potential corruption when items spawn at the location and adds a Cube of Zoe check to second castle.
• Updated Open preset to actually be open by opening the Colosseum and Olrox's Quarters shortcuts connecting them to Royal Chapel.
• Updated Skinwalker preset file to actually use the Wanderer extension.
• Removed large version number from website.
• Glitch will be fixed one day.

September 10, 2024

• Added First Castle Preset.
• Added Lucky Sevens Preset.
• Added Surprise mode to hide relic's true identity until collected.
• Added Enemy Stat Randomizer mode to randomize enemy stats like attack, defense, and HP.
• Updated preset descriptions to do their job better.
• Updated website animations in and out of Menu Mode.
• Moved Starting Equipment, Enemy Drops, Item Location, Turkey Mode, Item Stats and Prologue Rewards to the Options section.
• Choosing presets on site will now check boxes of options used in preset files.
• Certain presets on site will disable incompatible options.
• Formatting updates.
• Fixed Glitch logic yet again.

August 12, 2024

• Updated logic to be more intuitive in equipment and tourist extensions.
• Added new option: Unlocked Mode to open shortcuts.
• Restored dev mode for webpage when not on SOTN.io.
• Removed map color preset compatibility to fix preset options offset. (CLI / Launcher only)
• Restored pink map color to be able to be selected. (CLI / Launcher only)
• Added two new "colors" for the map: Black and Invisible. (CLI / Launcher only)
• Added track exclusion from the music rando. (CLI / Launcher only)
• Removed error where Aperture map reveal allowed early reverse Library card.
• Corrected Skinwalker logic to force early transformations.
• Added Wing Smash trail color randomization provided by Bismurphy.
• Removed zero-relic Faerie Card logic and replaced with more accessible options in Glitch.
• Removed softlock with Maria Silver Ring cutscene in Glitch.
• Fixed Glitch logic again.

July 19, 2024

• Added new seed naming scheme.
• Performance enhancement: Presets now load on demand instead of being loaded every randomization iteration.
• Performance enhancement: Added debug mode foundation to Command Line.

July 16, 2024

• Added Brawler preset.
• Added Infinite Wing Smash mode, Fast Warps mode, and No Prologue mode.
• Adjusted options layout to ease confusion.
• Added Wanderer and Tourist extensions as options to website.
• Added check counts to extension descriptions.
• Added generation time as an output when using spoilers in Command Line.
• Added $5000 chest to items list. (May or may not appear)
• Changed how Maria First Meeting room spawns removing the need to change how time attack reads for it.

July 10, 2024

• Updated Glitch to remove guaranteed Duplicator, made preset-associated items infinite, made Heart Refresh animation faster.

June 11, 2024

• Added Bounty Hunter, Hitman, Chaos Lite, and Bounty Hunter - Target Confirmed. All of these need to be applied to the BIN and then use MottZilla's Bounty Hunter Tool to patch the enemy drops.

June 10, 2024

• Added Agonize 2020 preset. Simulates the Agonize preset just prior to 3/27/2020.
• Added Season 2 Safe preset. Simulates the Safe logic from Season 2.
• Added Open preset. Simulates the the resulting preset if Safe with open shortcuts and teleporters was finalized with a few conveniences.
• Replaced Glitch preset with optimized Glitch Remastered. Reduces load times for the preset and adds logic for more glitches/exploits. Glitch Legacy is still a JSON in files.

June 8, 2024

• Added map color feature for CLI.
• Added "That's my purse!" to stop Death from stealing items.

June 5, 2024

• Added Doppleganger's capes, Gravity Boots trails, and Hydrostorm color rando.
• Separated color rando from Turkey mode.
• Patch for Clear Game status without having a Clear File on memory card.
• New patch to add back Japan-only Sprite and Nosedevil Cards to menu.
• Added Magic Max Up option to replace Heart Max Up.
• Added Anti-Freeze option to remove freeze on pickup of relic or max up and on level up.
• Added Tourist and Wanderer location extensions.
• Added presets including Magic Mirror, Leg Day, Boss Rush, Big Toss, Aperture and more.
• Patch Clock Room softlock.
• Removed Estoc from pool of Thrust Swords in logic.
• Backend ~ Improved data write system for non-userdata auto skip.
• Backend ~ Added Random options (random1, random3, random10, random99, and randomrelic) for preset writes.
• Backend ~ Removed space after Spectral Sword in enemies.js which was causing errors.
• Backend ~ Added new item replacement list parameter & Fixed item aliasing issues.
• And more!
• The listed above were added between the last log and the date above.

April 2, 2023

• Add Rat Race preset.

March 15, 2023

• Update tournament mode to include free shop relic and open clock room statue.
• Update accessibility mode to patch soft locks at Olrox, Scylla, and Minotaur & Werewolf.

October 5, 2022

• Prevent Clock Tower puzzle softlock in Equipment extension.

July 20, 2022

• Add Warlock preset.

July 9, 2022

• Add Expedition preset.
• Add Lycanthrope preset.

April 20, 2022

• Add Nimble preset.

April 2, 2022

• Add Third Castle preset.

February 24, 2022

• Fix stat randomization for club weapons.

January 11, 2022

• Add Guarded O.G. preset.

December 26, 2021

• Add Spread relic locations extension.
• Add Bat Master preset.

May 17, 2021

• Use Guarded relic locations for Casual preset.

April 27, 2021

• Reject disc images that are not valid, vanilla backups.

April 2, 2021

• Add Gem Farmer preset.

March 12, 2021

• Add O.G. preset.

February 27, 2021

• Add item stats randomization.

February 15, 2021

• Add PPF output option.

February 7, 2021

• Add Trio as a possible relic location in Guarded and Equipment extensions.

January 18, 2021

• Add Thrust Sword logic to Speedrun preset.
• Increase minimum complexities for Safe and enture presets.

September 19, 2020

• Add Tournament Mode.

August 11, 2020

• Add Scavenger preset.

August 7, 2020

• Make Leap Stone a 0-relic check in Speedrun preset.

July 27, 2020

• Add music randomizer.

July 10, 2020

• Fix escape requirements not being honored when a location is empty.

June 22, 2020

• Add Jewel of Open + Soul of Wolf + Leap Stone as Gold Ring location lock for Speedrun preset.

June 3, 2020

• Fix duped progression item in Cave.

Map 26, 2020

• Add Forbidden Library Opal location to enture preset.

April 30, 2020

• Add Pixie singing "Nocturne" when sitting in a chair.

April 25, 2020

• Increase worker performance.
• Add FAQ.

April 21, 2020

• Add Jewel of Open + Soul of Wolf + Skill of Wolf to Gold Ring location locks in Speedrun preset.
• Fix missing cape color layer.

April 17, 2020

• Add solutions to spoiler log.
• Increase minimum complexities.

April 12, 2020

• Prevent generation of seeds that softlock at Holy Glasses.
• Show preset ID at file select menu.
• Increase minimum complexities.

April 10, 2020

• Add "Menu" theme.

April 8, 2020

• Add multithreaded seed generation strategy.

April 5, 2020

• Add Sprite and Nosedevil familiars in Guarded and Equipment extensions.

April 3, 2020

• Add Speedrun preset.
• Randomize all cape colors.
• Fix erasing Ring of Vlad location.

April 2, 2020

• Add enture preset.
• Add Empty hand preset.
• Add night mode.

March 31, 2020

• Fix exception when replacing Holy Glasses with relic.

March 30, 2020

• Fix gold ring duping.

March 29, 2020

• Fix progression item duping at relic bosses.
• Fix missing progression item at Scylla.

March 28, 2020

• Fix information leak of progression item randomization.
• Fix progression item randomization in Outer Wall.

March 27, 2020

• Add progression item randomization.
• Fix icons of equipment stolen by Death.

March 17, 2020

• Fix disappearing items.

March 15, 2020

• Fix duping item that replaces Cube of Zoe.

March 13, 2020

• Fix relic placement in miscellaneous presets.
• Fix missing replacement item at Soul of Bat.
• Add extra agony to agonize preset.

March 12, 2020

• Add relic locations extension with new Guarded option.
• Fix softlock in Lesser Demon fight.

March 4, 2020

• Add Joseph's Cloak color randomization to Turkey Mode.

February 27, 2020

• Fix relic duping when performing glitches.

February 5, 2020

• Update links section.

October 26, 2019

• "The Manly Update": Add Jewel + Power + Wolf to locks on Demon Card location.
• Add extra agony to agonize preset.

October 1, 2019

• Fix some candles not being randomized.
• Add extra agony to agonize preset.

August 15, 2019

• Fix crash related to transfering data to web worker.

August 11, 2019

• Fix uncurse being placed in random candles.
• Add support for custom enemy drops from enemies that have no vanilla drops.

May 23, 2019

• Add support for custom enemy drops, starting equipment, item locations, and prologue rewards.
• Deprecate relic logic selector in favor of presets.

May 11, 2019

• Add selector for built-in relic logic schemes.

May 8, 2019

• Add support for custom relic logic.

May 3, 2019

• Add file input as alternative to drag API.

April 30, 2019

• Use web worker.

April 28, 2019

• Add drop randomization.

April 23, 2019

• Add checksum verification.

April 22, 2019

• Add turkey mode.

April 20, 2019

• Add candle randomization.
• Add prologue reward item randomization.
• Add Axe Lord and Luck Mode starting equipment randomization.
• Add copy seed button.

April 15, 2019

• Display seed at file select menu.
• Distribute jewel types with same frequency as vanilla.

April 14, 2019

• Add option to show relic locations in spoilers.

April 13, 2019

• Fix Maria cutscene skip in Richter mode.

April 11, 2019

• Remove Maria cutscene in Marble Gallery to avoid confusion.
• Add spoilers option.

April 8, 2019

• Fix bug that allowed salable gems to be sold in shop menu.
• Items are now placed by type with same frequency as vanilla.

April 7, 2019

• Add item location randomization.

April 5, 2019

• Add relic distribution (thx Soba)
• Fix relic duping in Medusa room.
• Fix shop relic name not being updated in shop menu.
• Produce more uniform relic distribution (thx Soba).

April 4, 2019

• Remove Maria cutscene in Alchemy Lab to avoid softlock.
• Fix 2nd castle relic locations (thx Soba).
• Fix randomized equipment by same type.

April 3, 2019

• Fix random seed not being reproducible.
• Fix crash after Scylla fight.
• Fix faerie scroll duping.
• Fix same seed causes different randomizations.

April 2, 2019

• Fix equipment randomization.
• Fix bug that allowed bat relic to be placed in 2nd castle without ability to get spike breaker armor.
• Download file name contains seed value.

April 1, 2019

• Fix shop relic glitch.
• Fix relic duping in clock tower and outer wall.

March 31, 2019

• Add equipment location randomization.

March 28, 2019

• Add starting equipment randomization.

March 27, 2019

• Ported setz's relic randomizer to javascript.