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We are back with the Ratchet & Clank Randomizer, the amazing mod made by bordplate! If you haven’t seen a R&C Rando run before, the idea is simple: when you activate the mod, the location of all items, gadgets, weapons and infobots gets randomized, so you can get the Thruster-pack in a Gadgetron Vendor or you can pay 150k bolts on Rilgar to get the Sonic Summoner. Who knows! It’s random! The only rule is that infobots are randomized in their own separate pool, so you will still get no new coordinates on Aridia, for example.

But this time, there’s a new spin to it! In Ratchet & Clank 1, there are just a few instances of missions that cannot be completed without killing enemies, and if we randomize where items are, we might just get a seed where true pacifism is absolutely possible! We want to avoid Novalis at all costs (2 enemies block not only an Infobot but also getting a ship) and also Quartu (the Giant Clank mission is a massacre), but that’s about it for coordinates. There are some other missions that require kills to get equipment, but it should be doable. Especially with Drek Skip Setup…

The version of the Randomizer I’m running includes some of my changes, most importantly a new pacifist-friendly requirements file, allowing routes with speedrunning techniques but trying to make it impossible or less likely to get something useful behind a forced kill. Besides that, I also use RACMAN to have a live controller input on screen, and a custom tracker layout!
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R&C1 RANDOMIZER PLAYLIST
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQRPm2uMscWJQVkX6zEtlpZw-pQg02Dv9

R&C1 RANDOMIZER MOD (by bordplate)
https://github.com/bordplate/rac1-randomizer

R&C1 MOVEMENT GUIDE (by ThaRixer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8TG2sCofwM

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
7:33 - Randomized run! (Seed: Pacifist2024_NGplus0)
1:21:07 - My custom pacifist logic is flawless
1:30:33 - Randomized run! (Seed: Pacifist2024_NGplus1)
2:22:54 - The forbidden planet
2:28:48 - Run ends! Totally legal and pacifist!
2:29:21 - Final thoughts
2:35:26 - Outro