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
| Portal | Area | |
|---|---|---|
| Retro PBs | Crateria |  |
| G4 | Crateria |  |
| Kago | Crateria |  |
| Crateria Crabs | Crateria |  |
| Moat | Crateria |  |
| Green Elevator | Green Brinstar |  |
| Green Hills | Green Brinstar |  |
| Noob Bridge | Green Brinstar |  |
| Red Elevator | Red Brinstar |  |
| Maridia Escape | Red Brinstar |  |
| Red Tower | Red Brinstar |  |
| Maridia Tube | Red Brinstar |  |
| Red Tower to Maridia Map | Red Brinstar |  |
| Red Tower to Kraid | Red Brinstar |  |
| Red Fish | West Maridia |  |
| Pre Aqueduct | West Maridia |  |
| Main Street | West Maridia |  |
| Maridia Map Station | West Maridia |  |
| Business Center Left | Upper Norfair |  |
| Business Center Right | Upper Norfair |  |
| Crocomire Entry | Upper Norfair |  |
| Single Chamber | Upper Norfair |  |
| Kronic Boost | Upper Norfair |  |
| Crocomire Exit | Crocomire's Lair |  |
| Kraid's Lair | Kraid's Lair |  |
| Ridley Mouth | Lower Norfair |  |
| 3 Musketeers | Lower Norfair |  |
| Ocean | Wrecked Ship |  |
| Wrecked Ship Highway | Wrecked Ship |  |
| Aqueduct | East Maridia |  |
| East Maridia Highway | East Maridia |  |
| Tourian | Tourian |  |