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Sonic HeroesArchipelago randomizer mod
Play through level select, with bonus-key and checkpoint spawn positions unlocked as you discover them. Default settings use Team Sonic’s ability and character items; legacy mode instead opens shuffled stage groups with Emblems and boss clears, and supports the other teams.
Maintained by EthicalLogic-Archipelago-Org
- Reviewed build
- 2.2.0
- OS
- Windows
- Last reviewed
- 13 Oct 2026
- Installation
- Manual installation
How the game changes
- 120 checks with default settings: Sonic Mission A, shared bonus keys and checkpoints, emerald stages and the final challenge.
- Ability/character mode is limited to Team Sonic in this release. Jump, Power Attack and one chosen character are precollected; other moves and characters arrive as items.
- Legacy mode supports Sonic, Dark, Rose, Chaotix and Super Hard, with shuffled stage groups opened by Emblems and selected bosses.
- Optional Dark enemy thresholds, Rose ring thresholds and Chaotix objectives expand the catalog. Shared and per-mission key/checkpoint sets are alternative choices.
- Choose Metal Overlord, the complete Metal Madness/Overlord sequence or Sea Gate after the selected goal requirements.
Before you start
- The packaged APWorld differs from the GitHub tag in 14 members. This page follows the distributed package, not newer branch logic.
- The maintainer labels 2.2.0 a debug release. Selected methods in its archived client were reviewed, but compatibility and a complete native run were not tested.
- Dark, Rose, Chaotix and Super Hard are rejected in ability/character mode. Region-specific abilities also have key/checkpoint prerequisites; incompatible mission/sanity combinations are rejected.
- Stage-object and other-team character entries exist in the registry but are not generated. Invincibility and standalone character-level fillers have no active draw weight.
- Use a fresh game save for each run: the documented client opens needed stages but does not relock old vanilla progress. The PC CD edition additionally requires the documented SafeDiscShim setup and its disc.