Pokemon Crystal Key Item Randomizer

Warning

This project is no longer maintained. If you're looking for a great Pokemon Crystal randomizer experience, please check out ERC's randomizer.

Randomizer

To randomize your ROM, select a crystal-speedchoice.gbc ROM file below.

The seed used to randomize your ROM will be present in the randomized ROM's filename.

About

Status: beta; things are looking stable.

Experimental features carry a higher risk of bugs and unbeatable seeds.

This randomizer shuffles around HMs and key items; for example, instead of HM01, the player might receive the OLD ROD.

The RAINBOW WING is not randomized.

PokeGear cards are not randomized.

All seeds generated by the randomizer should be beatable up to the user-specified endgame condition.

Compatibility

This randomizer supports Crystal Speedchoice v6.

Other randomizations (TMs, encounters, moves, etc.) should work alongside the key item randomizations without conflict. Be sure to apply the key item randomization after all other randomizations.

The following speedchoice settings are required:

Name	Value
Kanto Access	Normal

Changes

In order to make for a more interesting randomizer experience, and in order to prevent some hardlocks, the randomizer patches the following changes into the game:

The player does not need to return the MYSTERY EGG to Professor Elm.
The player does not need HM01 to progress through Ilex Forest.
The player may obtain the Flower Shop item even after defeating the Sudowoodo.
The player may obtain the Flower Shop item without ever talking to Floria in the Flower Shop or on Route 36.
The player may take the train without having fixed the Power Plant, as long as the player has the PASS.
The player may obtain the Cianwood Pharmacy item even if the player have already returned the SECRETPOTION to Jasmine.
The player may take the SS Aqua without having beaten the Elite 4, on any day of the week, as long as the player has the S.S. TICKET.
The player may obtain the Pokemon Fan Club item at any time after fixing the Power Plant.
The player may obtain the Underground Warehouse item at any time during of after Team Rocket takes over the Radio Tower; during the takeover, the Radio Tower Director will have the item, and after the takeover the item will be nearby in an item ball.
The player may obtain all of the Goldenrod items (in vanilla: BICYCLE, COIN CASE, BLUE CARD, and SQUIRTBOTTLE), as well as the Radio Card, at any time, even during the Team Rocket Radio Tower takeover.
new The player may skip straight to the 5F right side to battle with the Rocket boss if the player has the CARD_KEY; after defeating the Rocket boss, the item from the 5F left side (vanilla BASEMENT_KEY) will be available in an itemball nearby.

Known Issues

If the player uses the BASEMENT KEY to visit the Underground Warehouse before Tean Rocket takes over the Radio Tower, the Underground Warehouse will be totally empty. There is no consequence to doing this, it's just a waste of time.
If badge randomization is enabled, the gym leader's dialogue will not reveal which badge the player obtained; however, the player card will correctly display which badges the player has.

Advice

If you can make it to Viridian City, then you can access Victory Road and the Elite 4 with any number of badges.
The Ice Path item is accessible after collecting 7 badges.

Expanded Logic

These are obscure and/or newly-discovered bits of vanilla game logic. They're safe to use, but they're sure to surprise some players.

The Blackbelt that blocks the player from reaching Viridian City via the Pokemon League Reception Gate (after Victory Road) disappears after the player fights the Snorlax; in this case, the player can reach western Kanto without HM01.