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Hammerwatch Guide

Hammerwatch

What does randomization do to this game?

The following items are randomized in the multiworld:

The following items can additionally be randomized in the multiworld:

The following things can be shuffled locally, some with options for more control over how they are shuffled:

In the Temple of the Sun campaign the frying pan, pumps lever, and pickaxe can be split into fragments. This requires you to collect all the fragments to get the full item. This makes it so you potentially have to explore more of the multiworld to progress more in your own game. This feature can be configured in the YAML.

Hammerwatch in vanilla already implements some item randomization, and these rules are taken into account when determining which locations can have items.

What is the goal of Hammerwatch when randomized?

There are a few goals that can be chosen in your YAML:

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

Items belonging to other players will have a Hammerwatch sprite matched to the name of the item, or a sprite resembling the Archipelago logo if a match is not found. For example an item name containg the word Ruby may have the sprite of a red diamond, and an item named Power Bomb may have the sprite of a bomb. These items will also have a translucent Archipelago logo displayed behind the item to help differentiate them from your own items.

How items are matched can be adjusted by modifying the ap_item_matching.json file in the archipelago-assets folder after installing the mod.

When the player receives an item, what happens?

When the player receives an item it appears at their feet, and they immediately pick it up if they can. If the item is a chest it is automatically broken open on delivery. If the item is a button effect or a shop upgrade the effects are applied immediately when received.

FAQ

If I'm at full health/mana how does the server know that I found a recovery item if I can't pick it up?

Items that can't be picked up can be walked on to notify the server that you have found the item. This prevents you from having to damage yourself or use a skill in order to collect the location!

I ended up stuck someplace I can't get out of. Help!

You can use the /t command to return to the start of the game. See the client commands section for more information on how in-game commands work.

The port on the server changed, what do I do??

If the server's port has changed, you can force load a save by doing the following:

  1. Connect to the archipelago server with the new port
  2. Navigate to the Single button for singleplayer or the Multiplayer > Local/Host buttons for multiplayer like you would start a new save
  3. Click the Load button at the bottom and select your save file
  4. You should now be loaded in! If you save, the next time you play you should be able to continue using the Resume button

Why does Universal Tracker say some checks behind gates are out of logic even though I can open a gate?

The randomizer assumes that keys are spent in the worst way possible to prevent softlocks. It's up to you on how wisely you want to use your keys!

How many checks does each option add?

Option Castle Temple
Base ~375 ~190
Bonus Chests 227 75
Bonus Keys 18 2
Randomize Peg Puzzles* 7 puzzles 10 puzzles
Randomize Secrets 0 20
Randomize Enemy Loot ~54 (122 max) ~39 (98 max)
Randomize Recovery Items 452 105
Buttonsanity* 170 67
Buttoninsanity* 301 102
Shopsanity 70-77 70-77

*Some notes:

The Randomize Peg Puzzles option adds 0-4 locations per puzzle, with an average of around 2 per puzzle

The Buttonsanity rows in the table include peg puzzle buttons, which aren't randomized if Randomize Peg Puzzles is off

Randomizer Info

Custom items

Some options add custom items to the item pool:

Big bronze keys can be enabled for the Castle Hammerwatch campaign. When picked up they are worth 3 bronze keys. They exist as an option to reduce the massive amount of required progression items in the item pool and to make receiving bronze keys feel more meaningful.

Floor master keys will be for a specific level, and can be used to unlock all gates on that level without being consumed. This serves as another way to reduce the total number of progression items and can make logic more interesting.

The hammer is an item that is required to destroy breakable walls.

Tool fragments (pickaxe, pumps lever, frying pan, and hammer) are pieces of their respective tool, collecting all of them will grant the full tool. The current number of hammer fragments can be seen at the top of the screen (no number means the full hammer has been obtained). The quantities of the other fragments can be seen overlayed where the tool icon would normally be seen while on the map screen.

Traps are items that take the appearance of chests, but when broken open will contain a surprise!

Custom sprites exist for a handful of other custom items:

Client options

There are a number of options that can be toggled in the options menu in game:

Deathlink: lets you toggle Deathlink regardless of what was set in the player's YAML

Explore Speed: by pressing a rebindable key, you can greatly increase your speed to make level traversal quicker. This ability goes on cooldown for 5 seconds after the player attacks, takes damage, or is targeted by an enemy

Explore Speed Ping: plays a sound when you can turn on Explore Speed

Fragile Breakables: makes it so fragile objects such as pots, grass, or chests break open upon collision with a player, accelerating looting

AP Chat Mirroring: mirrors in-game chat to the Archipelago server and vice versa

Shop Item Hinting: when Shopsanity is on, will send hints to the server for any progression items in a shop after closing it

TrapLink: when anybody with TrapLink on receives a trap, everyone else with TrapLink enabled will receive a copy of that trap. Traps belonging to other games will attempt to be interpreted by Hammerwatch as one of its own traps

Client commands

A few commands have been added to the client to help prevent softlocks or to provide quality of life. To run a command, enter it in the in-game chat with its arguments and hit enter. Surrounding an argument with quotes ("") will include any spaces in the argument. The current commands are:

/help: lists all commands and their usages

/tp [level_code] [start_id]: teleports you to the specified start node, or to the level start with only the level code. With no arguments teleports to where you started the game

/flag <flag_name> [true/false]: sets the value of the given flag, with only 1 argument returns the value of the flag instead. Used primarily to debug or to fix issues if a flag or event isn't triggered correctly

/deathlink: toggles deathlink on/off. Note this also can be toggled in the options menu