Warcraft 3 Archipelago Setup Guide

There are two components to the Warcraft 3 Archipelago randomizer, the apworld client and the map files.

APworld setup

Get the .apworld file, and place it in your Archipelago installation in the custom_worlds/ folder.

You should then be able to generate a multiworld containing Warcraft 3 yamls, and launch the client. The client can be launched either from the generic Archipelago launcher, or from

Mod setup

Download the map files from the release page on github. Place them in the following folder: <user>/Documents/Warcraft III/Maps/Archipelago.

The maps should now appear under the Archipelago/ folder in the "Custom Game" menu within Warcraft 3. The subfolder is necessary to have the next mission automatically start after beating the previous one.

Playing the game

Simply open Warcraft 3 and launch any Archipelago map as a custom game while the Archipelago client is running. If the Archipelago client is not running, the game will display an error message that it could not establish a connection. The game will still be playable, but your progress will not be saved, locations will not be collected, and unlocks will not work.