Area Randomization

Area Randomization uses 32 specific doors as portals and randomizes the portal connections, producing a unique map layout.

When traversing the map, there are 3 area types:

  • Hub areas have more than 2 portals: Crateria, Green Brinstar, Red Brinstar, West Maridia, Upper Norfair

  • Duo areas have exactly 2 portals: Wrecked Ship, East Maridia, Lower Norfair

  • Dead areas have exactly 1 portal: Kraid's Lair, Crocomire's Lair, Tourian

DASH randomly connects areas when generating a seed, but a few restrictions are put in place to make for a better racing experience:

  • At most one vanilla portal connection can be occur

  • At most one connection to another portal in the same area can occur

  • All three Duo areas cannot be connected to each other in a chain

  • Two connected Duo areas cannot be connected to a Dead area

PortalArea
Retro PBsCrateriaRetro PBs
G4CrateriaG4
KagoCrateriaKago
Crateria CrabsCrateriaCrateria Crabs
MoatCrateriaMoat
Green ElevatorGreen BrinstarGreen Elevator
Green HillsGreen BrinstarGreen Hills
Noob BridgeGreen BrinstarNoob Bridge
Red ElevatorRed BrinstarRed Elevator
Maridia EscapeRed BrinstarMaridia Escape
Red TowerRed BrinstarRed Tower
Maridia TubeRed BrinstarMaridia Tube
Red Tower to Maridia MapRed BrinstarRed Tower to Maridia Map
Red Tower to KraidRed BrinstarRed Tower to Kraid
Red FishWest MaridiaRed Fish
Pre AqueductWest MaridiaPre Aqueduct
Main StreetWest MaridiaMain Street
Maridia Map StationWest MaridiaMaridia Map Station
Business Center LeftUpper NorfairBusiness Center Left
Business Center RightUpper NorfairBusiness Center Right
Crocomire EntryUpper NorfairCrocomire Entry
Single ChamberUpper NorfairSingle Chamber
Kronic BoostUpper NorfairKronic Boost
Crocomire ExitCrocomire's LairCrocomire Exit
Kraid's LairKraid's LairKraid's Lair
Ridley MouthLower NorfairRidley Mouth
3 MusketeersLower Norfair3 Musketeers
OceanWrecked ShipOcean
Wrecked Ship HighwayWrecked ShipWrecked Ship Highway
AqueductEast MaridiaAqueduct
East Maridia HighwayEast MaridiaEast Maridia Highway
TourianTourianTourian