ArchipelagoMod

v1.0.3·Updated 2025-07-13

Archipelago Multiworld Randomizer integration for Inscryption.

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Archipelago Multiworld Randomizer integration for Inscryption

The ArchipelagoMod is a randomizer mod that will change how you play the story of Inscryption. With all items used to progress the game now shuffled, the order in which you complete the game won't be familiar.

This mod is meant to be used alongside Archipelago. To know more about Archipelago, you can visit their website here. To give you a quick rundown, Archipelago allows you to connect to a multiworld server which will shuffle items from different players and their respective game. This means that you can find items from other games belonging to your friends. Once found, these items will be sent to the appropriate player. Likewise, your friends can find your items in their own game and send them to you to help you progress. This essentially turns your singleplayer game into a coop experience. It can also be used with only one player if you just want to shuffle items within your own world.

Where is the settings page?

You can configure your player options with the Inscryption options page. Click here to start configuring them to your liking.

What does randomization do to this game?

Due to the nature of the randomizer, you are allowed to return to a previous act you've previously completed if there are location checks you've missed. The "New Game" option is replaced with a "Chapter Select" option and is enabled after you beat act 1. If you prefer, you can also make all acts available from the start by changing the goal option. All items that you can find lying around, in containers, or from puzzles are randomized and replaced with location checks. Boss fights from all acts and battles from act 2 also count as location checks.

What is the goal of Inscryption when randomized?

By default, the goal is considered reached once you open the OLD_DATA file. This means playing through all three acts in order and the epilogue. You can change the goal option to instead complete all acts in any order or simply complete act 1.

Which items can be in another player's world?

All key items necessary for progression such as the film roll, the dagger, Grimora's epitaphs, etc. Unique cards that aren't randomly found in the base game (e.g. talking cards) are also included. For filler items, you can receive currency which will be added to every act's bank or card packs that you can open at any time when inspecting your deck.

What does another world's item look like in Inscryption?

Items from other worlds usually take the appearance of a normal card from the current act you're playing. The card's name contains the item that will be sent when picked up and its portrait is the Archipelago logo (a ring of six circles). Picking up these cards does not add them to your deck.

When the player receives an item, what happens?

The item is instantly granted to you. A yellow message appears in the Archipelago logs at the top-right of your screen. An audio cue is also played. If the item received is a holdable item (wardrobe key, inspectometer battery, gems module), the item will be placed where you would usually collect it in a vanilla playthrough (safe, inspectometer, drone).

How many items can I find or receive in my world?

By default, if all three acts are played, there are 100 randomized locations in your world and 100 of your items shuffled in the multiworld. There are 17 locations in act 1 (this will be the total amount if you decide to only play act 1), 52 locations in act 2, and 31 locations in act 3.

Setup Guide

Required Software

  • Inscryption
  • For easy setup (recommended):
  • r2modman OR Mod Manager
  • For manual setup:
  • BepInEx pack for Inscryption
  • ArchipelagoMod

Installation

Before starting the installation process, here's what you should know:

  • Only install the mods mentioned in this guide if you want a guaranteed smooth experience! Other mods were NOT tested with ArchipelagoMod and could cause unwanted issues.
  • The ArchipelagoMod uses its own save file system when p

Install & use Install: BepInEx plugin

  1. The archive from playbuff is the mod itself — usually a BepInEx plugin (a .dll or a plugin folder once unzipped).
  2. Recommended: use a community mod manager (such as r2modman) — pick this game, import the mod, and the manager sets up BepInEx and its dependencies for you.
  3. Manual route: install the BepInEx loader in the game folder, then drop the unzipped .dll or plugin folder into BepInEx/plugins/.
  4. Launch the game — the BepInEx console logs every plugin it loads; seeing this mod in the log means it is installed.

Mods with listed dependencies need those installed too, or they will not load. Options are usually changed in-game or in the plugin's config file.

Dependencies

Install these first, or the mod will not work:

BepInEx-BepInExPack_Inscryption

File & checksum

Filename
ArchipelagoMod-1.0.3.zip
File size
3.0 MiB