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# Using the Archipelago Website
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This guide encompasses the use cases for rolling and hosting multiworld games on the Archipelago website. This guide
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should only take a couple of minutes to read.
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## Rolling the Seed On the Website
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1. After gathering the YAML files together in one location, select all the files and compress them into a `.ZIP` file.
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2. Next go to the "Generate Game" page. Generate game
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page: [Archipelago Seed Generation Page](/generate). Here, you can adjust some server settings
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such as forfeit rules and the cost for a player to use a hint before generation.
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3. After adjusting the host settings to your liking click on the Upload File button and using the explorer window that
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opens, navigate to the location where you zipped the player files and upload this zip. The page will generate your
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game and refresh multiple times to check on completion status.
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4. After the generation completes you will be on a Seed Info page that provides the seed, the date/time of creation, a
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link to the spoiler log, if available, and links to any rooms created from this seed.
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5. To begin playing, click on "Create New Room", which will take you to the room page. From here you can navigate back
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to the Seed Info page or to the Tracker page. Sharing the link to the room page with your friends will provide them
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with the necessary info and files for them to connect to the multiworld.
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## Hosting a Pre-Generated Multiworld on the Website
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The easiest and most recommended method is to generate the game on the website which will allow you to create a private
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room with all the necessary files you can share, as well as hosting the game and supporting item trackers for various
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games.
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If for some reason the seed was rolled on a machine, then either the resulting zip file or the
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resulting `AP_XXXXX.archipelago` inside the zip file can be uploaded to the host game page. Host game
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page: [Archipelago Seed Upload Page](/uploads)
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This will give a page with the seed info and a link to the spoiler log, if it exists. Click on "Create New Room" and
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then share the link to the resulting page the other players so that they can download their patches or mods. The room
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will also have a link to a Multiworld Tracker and tell you what the players need to connect to from their clients.
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