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.