TFT Archipelago Setup Guide

Required Software

• Teamfight Tactics on Windows, through the Riot client
• The TFT Archipelago app (TFT-Archipelago-Setup-<version>.exe)
• Archipelago 0.6.5 or newer, for whoever generates the multiworld

Installing the App

1. Download and run TFT-Archipelago-Setup-<version>.exe. It installs for your Windows user only and needs no admin rights.
2. The installer is not signed yet. If Windows SmartScreen says "Windows protected your PC", click More info, then Run anyway.
3. The app updates itself. A downloaded update installs when you quit the app, or right away with Restart at the bottom of the sidebar. It never restarts while TFT is running.

Creating Your Player Options (YAML)

The easiest way is the Setup page in the app. It walks you through your player name, goal, starting unlocks and rewards, then saves your YAML and the APWorld.

You can also start from the template: install the APWorld (see below), then use Generate Template Options in the Archipelago Launcher, or download TFT-Archipelago-template.yaml from the latest release.

Generating a Multiworld

TFT Archipelago is not an official Archipelago world yet, so the archipelago.gg website cannot generate it. Generate locally instead:

1. Download tft_archipelago.apworld from the latest release, or save it from the app's Setup page. Double-click it (or use Install APWorld in the Archipelago Launcher). It is copied into custom_worlds.
2. Put every player's YAML into the Players folder of your Archipelago installation.
3. Click Generate in the Archipelago Launcher. The result is a .zip in the output folder.
4. Host it: upload the .zip at archipelago.gg/uploads, or use Host in the Archipelago Launcher.

Every player in the multiworld needs the same APWorld version as the person who generated it. Players of other games only need the APWorld if they generate.

Connecting

1. Start the app and the Riot client, and log in.
2. On the app's Overview page, enter the host (for example archipelago.gg), the port of your room and your slot name, the name from your YAML. Enter the password if the room has one.
3. Click Connect. Keep the app open while you play: matches played without it are not tracked. If the connection drops, completed checks are sent when you connect again.

Playing

• Queue a Normal, Ranked or Tocker's Trials match. Other modes complete no checks.
• Click blockers cover locked buttons in the game. Do not work around them with hotkeys: going over a limit without a matching one-time item invalidates the current match, and it sends no checks.
• Pin up to three checks on the Checks page to show them in the in-game overlay.
• The FAQ page in the app answers most questions about checks, items and rule violations.

Reporting Bugs

Open an issue at tft-archipelago-releases. For a rule violation you think is wrong, attach the screenshot the app saved under Documents/TFTArchipelago/violations.