Riven

Randomizer Summary

The Riven Randomizer reimagines the 2024 remake by removing the game's fixed progression. Instead of following the intended path through the islands, you'll collect items that unlock new areas, mechanisms, transportation options, and puzzle solutions. With checks spread across exploration, interactions, books, and puzzles, every seed offers a different route through Riven.

Locations

• Visiting Key Areas
• Inspecting World Objects
• Interacting with World Objects
• Reading Books
• Solving Puzzles

Items

• Door / Lever / Crank / Button / Object Unlocks
• Bridge / Platform Extensions
• Maglev Throttle Levers
• Starry Expanse Destinations
• Randomized Puzzle Solutions

Randomizer Features

• Experience the world of Riven in a sequence-broken way. Every seed offers highly unique routing.
• 2 goals to choose from:
  • Good Ending: The full Riven experience: Trap Gehn, free Catherine and open the Star Fissure. 147 locations.
  • Star Fissure: A more streamlined experience with no need to visit Tay or Age 233: Simply open the Star Fissure. 133 locations.
• Randomized puzzle solutions are obtainable (and logically expected!) as items, allowing for puzzles to be solved much earlier and without having visited as much of the world
• The solution for the Star Fissure Telescope is progressive and split into 10 parts, each part reveals the next Rivenese numeral in the sequence
• Ability to select your starting movement speed and optionally add progressive movement speed upgrades in the item pool
• Seven unique traps to experience with configurable weights and durations
• On the shorter side: Solo seeds generally take 2-3 hours
• Custom client UI displaying unlocked puzzle solutions alongside a compact reference sheet
• No manual mod installation required! The Archipelago client hooks into the game at runtime. Nothing else to download, install, or configure.
• Feature-complete and considered stable

Tracking

Universal Tracker

The APWorld is fully compatible with Universal Tracker. It is a YAML-free implementation (i.e. you don't need to have the YAML used to generate in your Players directory). If Universal Tracker is installed, the client will automatically embed the Tracker tab.