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The Messenger

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What does randomization do in this game?

All items and upgrades that can be picked up by the player in the game are randomized. The player starts in the Tower of Time HQ with the past section finished, all area portals open, and with the cloud step, and climbing claws already obtained. You'll be forced to do sections of the game in different ways with your current abilities.

What items can appear in other players' worlds?

The player's movement items
Quest and pedestal items
Music Box notes
The Phobekins
Time shards
Shop Upgrades
Power Seals

Where can I find items?

You can find items wherever items can be picked up in the original game. This includes:

Shopkeeper dialog where the player originally gains movement items
Quest Item pickups
Music Box notes
Phobekins
Bosses
Shop Upgrades, Money Wrench, and Figurine Purchases
Power seals
Mega Time Shards

What are the item name groups?

When you attempt to hint for items in Archipelago you can use either the name for the specific item, or the name of a group of items. Hinting for a group will choose a random item from the group that you do not currently have and hint for it. The groups you can use for The Messenger are:

Notes - This covers the music notes
Keys - An alternative name for the music notes
Crest - The Sun and Moon Crests
Phobekin - Any of the Phobekins
Phobe - An alternative name for the Phobekins

Other changes

The player can return to the Tower of Time HQ at any point by selecting the button from the options menu
- This can cause issues if used at specific times. Current known:
  - During Boss fights
  - After Courage Note collection (Corrupted Future chase)
    - This is currently an expected action in logic. If you do need to teleport during this chase sequence, it is recommended to quit to title and reload the save
After reaching ninja village a teleport option is added to the menu to reach it quickly
Toggle Windmill Shuriken button is added to option menu once the item is received
The mod option menu will also have a hint item button, as well as a release and collect button that are all placed when the player fulfills the necessary conditions.
After running the game with the mod, a config file (APConfig.toml) will be generated in your game folder that can be used to modify certain settings such as text size and color. This can also be used to specify a player name that can't be entered in game.

Known issues

Ruxxtin Coffin cutscene will sometimes not play correctly, but will still reward the item
If you receive the Magic Firefly while in Quillshroom Marsh, The De-curse Queen cutscene will not play. You can exit to Searing Crags and re-enter to get it to play correctly.
Sometimes upon teleporting back to HQ, Ninja will run left and enter a different portal than the one entered by the player. This may also cause a softlock.
Text entry menus don't accept controller input
Opening the shop chest in power seal hunt mode from the tower of time HQ will softlock the game.

What do I do if I have a problem?

If you believe something happened that isn't intended, please get the log.txt from the folder of your game installation and send a bug report either on GitHub or the Archipelago Discord Server

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