Stage Catalog Prison

Prison stage catalog

Scope: Stage-local catalog for Prison, compact selector 4 / native stage ID 4. Shared record grammar, resource notation, evidence labels, and safety rules are owned by Stage catalogs. General extension-selector/materializer interpretation and proof chronology remain owned by Global item materialization and solvability.

Stage identity and evidence

• Static-confirmed: all 10 ordinary pickup records, all 12 stock outer slots, and the recognized resource records below are decoded from the clean USA N64 ROM.
• Runtime-confirmed: the Prison resource-file mapping was matched against captured runtime memory at 0x801FB798.
• Runtime-confirmed: representative Prison ordinary-pickup collection/persistence is established, but all 10 Prison records have not been individually exhausted one by one in runtime testing.
• Runtime-confirmed, proof-only: Prison is the destination used for the six-Herbs extension-selector proof, single imported embedded Potion proof, converted Health-urn proof, and the composed five-import visual stress proof. Exact stage-local configurations are preserved below; the generalized conclusions remain with the global materialization owner.
• Static-confirmed overlay identity: Prison's main-stage raw overlay is global file 0x9F, file-table entry ROM 0xA5784, raw ROM [0xC4C70,0xCA510), loaded at 0x802ECE30. A previously investigated 0xA2 acquired-bit path belongs to a different overlay and must not be attributed to Prison.

File mapping

Property	Value
Stage ID	4
Global resource file ID	0x49
File-table entry ROM	0x000A537C
Resource ROM range	0x0041C680..0x00420F6F
File size	0x48F0 (18672 bytes)
File-table flag	0
Verified runtime base	0x801FB798
Outer slots	12
Outer-table end	0x30
First descriptor	0x30
Empty logical slots	none
Unknown/nonstandard slots	none
Pickup records	10

Ordinary pickup records

#	Decoded identity	ROM base	RDRAM base	X	Y	Z	+0C	+10 type	+14 parameter	+18 callback	+1C	+20	+24 slot	+28 presentation	+2C collected	Token	Requires
1	Prison L1	0x000CA030	—	0x00788000	0x00039F00	0x00000000	0x00000006	0x00000000	0x00000000	0x80038770	0x00000012	0x00000014	0	0x800B1D18	0x00000000	prison-l1	—
2	Prison L2	0x000CA060	—	0x00848000	0x0001CC00	0x00000000	0x00000006	0x00000000	0x00000001	0x80038770	0x00000012	0x00000014	1	0x800B1D18	0x00000000	prison-l2	prison-l1
3	Prison L3	0x000CA090	—	0x008E8000	0x00000500	0x00000000	0x00000006	0x00000000	0x00008002	0x80038770	0x00000012	0x00000014	2	0x800B1D18	0x00000000	prison-l3	prison-l1, prison-l2
4	Strength urn	0x000CA0C0	—	0x00730400	0xFFFE3200	0x00000000	0x00000006	0x00000005	0x00000000	0x80038A90	0x00000012	0x00000015	11	0x800B1D38	0x00000000	—	prison-l1, prison-l2
5	Herbs	0x000CA0F0	—	0x000D0600	0x0000F200	0x00000000	0x00000006	0x00000001	0x00000000	0x800389BC	0x00000020	0x00000020	8	0x800B1D38	0x00000000	—	—
6	Herbs	0x000CA120	—	0x0023FA00	0x0000F200	0x00000000	0x00000006	0x00000001	0x00000000	0x800389BC	0x00000020	0x00000020	8	0x800B1D38	0x00000000	—	—
7	Herbs	0x000CA150	—	0x00396D00	0x0000F200	0x00000000	0x00000006	0x00000001	0x00000000	0x800389BC	0x00000020	0x00000020	8	0x800B1D38	0x00000000	—	—
8	Herbs	0x000CA180	—	0x00658100	0x0004DF00	0x00000000	0x00000006	0x00000001	0x00000000	0x800389BC	0x00000020	0x00000020	8	0x800B1D38	0x00000000	—	—
9	Herbs	0x000CA1B0	—	0x00680700	0x0001CC00	0x00000000	0x00000006	0x00000001	0x00000000	0x800389BC	0x00000020	0x00000020	8	0x800B1D38	0x00000000	—	prison-l1, prison-l2, prison-l3
10	Herbs	0x000CA1E0	—	0x007A8000	0x0001CC00	0x00000000	0x00000006	0x00000001	0x00000000	0x800389BC	0x00000020	0x00000020	8	0x800B1D38	0x00000000	—	prison-l1

Pickup-to-resource usage

ROM base	Callback	Parameter	Slot	Presentation
0x000CA030	0x80038770	0x00000000	0	0x800B1D18
0x000CA060	0x80038770	0x00000001	1	0x800B1D18
0x000CA090	0x80038770	0x00008002	2	0x800B1D18
0x000CA0C0	0x80038A90	0x00000000	11	0x800B1D38
0x000CA0F0	0x800389BC	0x00000000	8	0x800B1D38
0x000CA120	0x800389BC	0x00000000	8	0x800B1D38
0x000CA150	0x800389BC	0x00000000	8	0x800B1D38
0x000CA180	0x800389BC	0x00000000	8	0x800B1D38
0x000CA1B0	0x800389BC	0x00000000	8	0x800B1D38
0x000CA1E0	0x800389BC	0x00000000	8	0x800B1D38

Outer resource slots

Slot	Name	Outer offset	Format	Frames	Pickup users
0	Prison Level 1 key	0x30	embedded-data-bundle	8	1
1	Prison Level 2 key	0x58	embedded-data-bundle	8	1
2	Prison Level 3 key	0x80	embedded-data-bundle	8	1
3	Non-pickup/unknown resource	0x483C	zero-terminated-external-list	7	0
4	Non-pickup/unknown resource	0xA8	zero-terminated-record-list	1	0
5	Non-pickup/unknown resource	0xB0	zero-terminated-record-list	1	0
6	Non-pickup/unknown resource	0xB8	zero-terminated-record-list	1	0
7	Non-pickup/unknown resource	0xC0	zero-terminated-record-list	1	0
8	Herbs	0x255C	embedded-data-bundle	8	6
9	Non-pickup/unknown resource	0x36B4	embedded-data-bundle	8	0
10	Non-pickup/unknown resource	0x2E6C	embedded-data-bundle	8	0
11	Strength urn	0x1C68	embedded-data-bundle	8	1

Recognized bundle/list records

Slot	Frame	Record	Storage	Resource/data value	Inferred end	Dimensions words
0	0	0xC8	embedded-data	0x364	0x3B0	0x00040014 / 0x00010007
0	1	0xDC	embedded-data	0x3B0	0x43C	0x00090014 / 0x00040007
0	2	0xF0	embedded-data	0x43C	0x4F8	0x000D0014 / 0x00060007
0	3	0x104	embedded-data	0x4F8	0x5E0	0x00100013 / 0x00070007
0	4	0x118	embedded-data	0x5E0	0x6D0	0x00120012 / 0x00080006
0	5	0x12C	embedded-data	0x6D0	0x7C0	0x00100013 / 0x00070007
0	6	0x140	embedded-data	0x7C0	0x8A8	0x000D0014 / 0x00050007
0	7	0x154	embedded-data	0x8A8	0x954	0x00090014 / 0x00030007
1	0	0x168	embedded-data	0x954	0x9A0	0x00040014 / 0x00010007
1	1	0x17C	embedded-data	0x9A0	0xA40	0x00090014 / 0x00040007
1	2	0x190	embedded-data	0xA40	0xB1C	0x000D0014 / 0x00060007
1	3	0x1A4	embedded-data	0xB1C	0xC14	0x00100013 / 0x00070007
1	4	0x1B8	embedded-data	0xC14	0xD2C	0x00120012 / 0x00080006
1	5	0x1CC	embedded-data	0xD2C	0xE38	0x00100013 / 0x00070007
1	6	0x1E0	embedded-data	0xE38	0xF34	0x000D0014 / 0x00050007
1	7	0x1F4	embedded-data	0xF34	0xFE8	0x00090014 / 0x00030007
2	0	0x208	embedded-data	0xFE8	0x103C	0x00050014 / 0x00020007
2	1	0x21C	embedded-data	0x103C	0x10D8	0x00090014 / 0x00040007
2	2	0x230	embedded-data	0x10D8	0x11B0	0x000D0014 / 0x00060007
2	3	0x244	embedded-data	0x11B0	0x12C0	0x00100013 / 0x00070007
2	4	0x258	embedded-data	0x12C0	0x13E0	0x00120012 / 0x00080006
2	5	0x26C	embedded-data	0x13E0	0x14F4	0x00100013 / 0x00070007
2	6	0x280	embedded-data	0x14F4	0x15F0	0x000D0014 / 0x00050007
2	7	0x294	embedded-data	0x15F0	0x16B0	0x00090014 / 0x00030007
3	0	0x485C	external-resource-id	0x38E	``	0x00280024 / 0x00160016
3	1	0x4870	external-resource-id	0x38F	``	0x002E0028 / 0x001A0019
3	2	0x4884	external-resource-id	0x390	``	0x00320031 / 0x001C001B
3	3	0x4898	external-resource-id	0x391	``	0x00330036 / 0x001D001E
3	4	0x48AC	external-resource-id	0x392	``	0x00370039 / 0x00210021
3	5	0x48C0	external-resource-id	0x393	``	0x003A0039 / 0x00230023
3	6	0x48D4	external-resource-id	0x394	``	0x00380039 / 0x00220026
4	0	0x2E4	embedded-data	0x1AE4	0x1D54	0x001B001A / 0x000E000A
5	0	0x2A8	embedded-data	0x16B0	0x17F0	0x001B001A / 0x000E000A
6	0	0x2BC	embedded-data	0x17F0	0x1964	0x001B001A / 0x000E000A
7	0	0x2D0	embedded-data	0x1964	0x1AE4	0x001B001A / 0x000E000A
8	0	0x2584	embedded-data	0x2624	0x2708	0x00110017 / 0x0008000F
8	1	0x2598	embedded-data	0x2708	0x2808	0x00110017 / 0x0008000F
8	2	0x25AC	embedded-data	0x2808	0x2918	0x00100017 / 0x0007000F
8	3	0x25C0	embedded-data	0x2918	0x2A30	0x00100017 / 0x0008000F
8	4	0x25D4	embedded-data	0x2A30	0x2B54	0x00110017 / 0x0008000F
8	5	0x25E8	embedded-data	0x2B54	0x2C74	0x00100017 / 0x0007000F
8	6	0x25FC	embedded-data	0x2C74	0x2D80	0x00100017 / 0x0008000F
8	7	0x2610	embedded-data	0x2D80	0x2F34	0x00100017 / 0x0008000F
9	0	0x36DC	embedded-data	0x377C	0x3964	0x00160017 / 0x000B000B
9	1	0x36F0	embedded-data	0x3964	0x3B5C	0x00160017 / 0x000B000B
9	2	0x3704	embedded-data	0x3B5C	0x3D50	0x00160017 / 0x000B000B
9	3	0x3718	embedded-data	0x3D50	0x3F40	0x00160017 / 0x000B000B
9	4	0x372C	embedded-data	0x3F40	0x4128	0x00160017 / 0x000B000B
9	5	0x3740	embedded-data	0x4128	0x4314	0x00160017 / 0x000B000B
9	6	0x3754	embedded-data	0x4314	0x4508	0x00160017 / 0x000B000B
9	7	0x3768	embedded-data	0x4508	0x48F0	0x00160017 / 0x000B000B
10	0	0x2E94	embedded-data	0x2F34	0x302C	0x00110017 / 0x0008000F
10	1	0x2EA8	embedded-data	0x302C	0x312C	0x00110017 / 0x0008000F
10	2	0x2EBC	embedded-data	0x312C	0x3228	0x00100017 / 0x0007000F
10	3	0x2ED0	embedded-data	0x3228	0x3310	0x000F0017 / 0x0007000F
10	4	0x2EE4	embedded-data	0x3310	0x3400	0x000F0017 / 0x0007000F
10	5	0x2EF8	embedded-data	0x3400	0x34E0	0x000F0017 / 0x0007000F
10	6	0x2F0C	embedded-data	0x34E0	0x35CC	0x00100017 / 0x0008000F
10	7	0x2F20	embedded-data	0x35CC	0x377C	0x00100017 / 0x0008000F
11	0	0x1C90	embedded-data	0x1D54	0x1E58	0x00120015 / 0x0009000C
11	1	0x1CA4	embedded-data	0x1E58	0x1F58	0x00120015 / 0x0009000C
11	2	0x1CB8	embedded-data	0x1F58	0x2054	0x00110015 / 0x0008000C
11	3	0x1CCC	embedded-data	0x2054	0x2150	0x00110015 / 0x0008000C
11	4	0x1CE0	embedded-data	0x2150	0x2250	0x00110015 / 0x0008000C
11	5	0x1CF4	embedded-data	0x2250	0x234C	0x00110015 / 0x0008000C
11	6	0x1D08	embedded-data	0x234C	0x2450	0x00110015 / 0x0009000C
11	7	0x1D1C	embedded-data	0x2450	0x2624	0x00120015 / 0x0009000C

Prison-specific notes, constraints, and proof-local evidence

• The stock resource file has exactly 12 outer slots. Its outer table occupies file-relative 0x0000..0x002F; the first descriptor starts immediately at 0x30. No stock outer slot is empty. Inserting a 13th stock-table word in place would overwrite the first descriptor.
• That stock-table layout does not mean Prison lacks ordinary-pickup selector expansion capacity. The later extension-selector mechanism avoids inserting into the stock table. The lookup mechanics and their interpretation are canonical in Global item materialization and solvability.
• Disposable Proof D — Runtime-confirmed, proof-only: the stock 0x48F0-byte Prison resource file was relocated/expanded by four bytes. A selector word appended at file-relative 0x48F0 pointed to the existing Herbs descriptor 0x255C, producing selector 0x123C (0x48F0 / 4). All six Prison Herbs ordinary records were changed from stock selector 8 to 0x123C. Two early Herbs were manually collected and rendered/awarded like vanilla Herbs; the other four were not individually runtime-tested in that proof.
• Disposable Proof F — Runtime-confirmed, proof-only: stock Prison selectors remained intact. Extension selector 0x123C pointed to an appended, file-relative-pointer-rebased copy of Water's embedded Potion bundle. One early Prison Herbs location became Potion while the remaining Herbs records stayed stock. The imported Potion and an untouched Herbs control both rendered and awarded correctly.
• Disposable Proof H — Runtime-confirmed, proof-only: extension selector 0x123C pointed to an appended self-contained Health-urn bundle converted from external-resource IDs to embedded type-4 blocks. One early Prison Herbs became an Urn of Vitality while another Herbs remained untouched; both rendered and awarded correctly. The generalized external-to-embedded conversion conclusion is not owned by this stage page.
• Composed five-import stress proof — Runtime-confirmed, proof-only: Prison's resource file expanded from 0x48F0 to 0x7CB4. Five contiguous extension-selector words began at file-relative 0x48F0, yielding selectors 0x123C..0x1240. The first five stock Herbs locations were replaced by Potion, Urn of Vitality, Formula, Eye, and Shield; another Herbs record remained byte-for-byte vanilla as a control. All five imported models and expected awards, plus the untouched Herbs control, were manually confirmed in Prison.
• The Proof D/F/H and five-import constructions expand a relocated proof copy of the stage resource file. They do not convert any ROM range, appended selector word, or appended payload region into a production allocation.
• Occupied stock slots with zero ordinary-pickup users remain protected. Prison-specific proof success does not establish those selectors as repurposable for production or prove that another stage can use the same resource layout.
• Current limits remain bounded to the documented routes: the six-Herbs proof observed two of six modified pickups; the single-import proofs observed their chosen location plus a stock control; the composed proof observed five imported visuals plus a stock control. These results do not constitute exhaustive runtime validation of all Prison pickup/resource combinations.
• Key-checkpoint diagnostic: v04/v05 relocate the full seven-word L1 identity slice +0x10..+0x2B onto first Herbs record 0xCA0F0, not merely the callback. The visible CHECK POINT event follows that relocated identity. v04 suppressing the L1 selector write and v05 suppressing the acquired-bit store both leave the banner intact; no key-only banner seam is yet proven.
• v06-v08 checkpoint closure: v06 Runtime-confirms that suppressing the three direct generic-key 0x80062D60 spawns removes the visible checkpoint banner on the relocated L1 route while key state still commits. v07's late player-only respawn substitution executes (TRACE KAR) but regresses the door. Static scene-record tracing then resolves the first configured door group to indices 0xFB/0xFC and proves bit 0 of 0x802C0D54 is the enable credential. v08 preserves that bit and inventory award, suppresses the banner spawns, and NOPs only the L1 selector-7 store at ROM 0x39454: Runtime shows TRACE KA, G4 S2 B1, the Level-1 door opens, and death returns to the natural stage-start/no-checkpoint spawn. This is the accepted bounded Prison-L1 native-stage proof. 2026-10-01 update: TEST LAB remaining-key no-checkpoint v01 Runtime-confirms checkpoint-free logical awards for Prison L1/L2/L3 with correct inventory identity. The checkpoint policy is therefore closed for all three logical Prison keys; remaining L2/L3 work is to preserve their native acquired/door credential state in production destination wrappers, not to decide whether pickup checkpoints should exist.
• Prison selector/location ownership closure (2026-10-01, Static-confirmed): the generic stage-key callback writes absolute selector 7 for L1 and 8 for L2, and the stage-4 spawn table binds those values to the physical L1/L2 pickup regions (L1 X exactly 0x00788000; L2 0x00848400 versus pickup X 0x00848000). L3 parameter 2 does not take either pickup-created selector/presentation branch. Selector 10, whose spawn X 0x008E8000 matches the L3 region, is instead written by the separate permanent multi-stage transition routine 0x8006D69C on its stage-4 branch after Prison overlay/resource/script setup; it is not an ordinary-pickup callback effect and remains native scripted ownership. The raw Prison overlay itself has separate direct selector writes 2/4/3/2/5 at ROM 0xC4E6C/0xC4E90/0xC52C0/0xC59C8/0xC87AC; these belong to overlay initialization/script/transition paths rather than movable ordinary rewards.
• Strength-urn checkpoint ownership correction (2026-10-01, Static-confirmed): Prison's ordinary Strength urn is the only ordinary catalog user of permanent callback 0x80038A90. That callback inserts logical item ID 0x0B, writes absolute selector 11 at ROM 0x396B0, and spawns 0x80062D60. Prison selector-11 spawn coordinates (X=0x00730500) coincide with the Strength-urn location (X=0x00730400). Therefore selector 11/checkpoint presentation are Prison physical-location semantics, not globally portable Strength reward semantics.
• Prison logical credential ownership / entry reconstruction (2026-10-01, Static-confirmed; implementation Pending): all three Prison key parameters still OR 1 << parameter into 0x802C0D54. Prison scene-actor updater 0x802EE320 iterates three configured subentries and uses each subentry's +0x20 field as a bit index into that word; the first configured group contains indices 0/1/2, generalizing the previously Runtime-confirmed L1 bit-0 door credential to a three-bit Prison credential family. These bits therefore belong to the logical Prison key award, not to the original physical pickup locations. Normal Prison entry calls overlay reset 0x802ED538 at permanent ROM 0x10E64; that reset clears 0x802C0D54 at overlay ROM 0xC53A4. Because the four-box system keeps real Prison IDs 0x1A..0x1C in authoritative backing and exposes them in stage 4, production must reconstruct acquired bits 0/1/2 from persistent Prison-key ownership after this stock reset. No such reconstruction is claimed implemented or runtime-confirmed yet.
• Accepted Prison destination-wrapper contract (2026-10-01): logical L1/L2/L3 awards are checkpoint-free but credential-bearing. The physical L1 and L2 ordinary locations retain absolute checkpoint targets 7/8 with monotonic guards (advance only when current selector is lower; never downgrade/replay a later checkpoint). The L3 ordinary pickup has no pickup-owned checkpoint wrapper; selector 10 stays with its separate native scripted transition. L3's raw parameter 0x8002 additionally carries the generic destination activation gate in bit 15; that gate remains attached to the physical L3 record and is masked before callback dispatch. The physical Strength-urn location retains absolute target 11 with the same monotonic rule, while a logical Strength reward placed elsewhere must not carry selector-11/checkpoint side effects. The shared materializer now separates logical Strength ID 0x0B from callback 0x80038A90; runtime validation of that global composition remains Pending. Native overlay selectors and the permanent selector-10 transition remain stock-owned.

Enemy paging and capture set-piece dependency

• Runtime-confirmed negative control: foreign phase-family proof v01 replaced both ordinary PRIS-GRUNT2 combat groups with FAST MONKs through the second energy fence, then hard-hung when entering the stock capture set-piece.
• Static-confirmed owner: Prison overlay routine 0x802F0754 / ROM 0xC8594 directly consumes file-0x8F through slot 0x80112008 to construct the scripted staff-grunt presentation. The capture actors are not ordinary stream records.
• The native 0x8F+0x8E phase therefore has two dependency classes: ordinary 0x15 combat needs the fighter family; the capture script specifically still needs 0x8F.
• Runtime-confirmed corrected proof v02: keep 0x8F resident and substitute only 0x8E -> 0x20 FAST MONK for ordinary combat. The full FAST MONK → GRUNT1 → FAST MONK/fence → scripted capture → final PRIS route completed successfully.
• Planner implication: Prison paging units must carry both randomizable ordinary-family requirements and fixed scripted auxiliary requirements.

Related owners

• Stage catalogs — shared schema, notation, safety rules, and eight-stage index.
• Data structures and encodings — ordinary 0x30-byte record grammar.
• Resource and overlay system — global file-table, loader, overlay, and selector/resource grammar.
• Memory and allocation map — literal ROM/RDRAM ownership, lifecycle, and proof/production allocation boundaries.
• Address and patch-site registry — exact guarded ROM edit sites.
• Pickups and stage-local randomization — current production ordinary-pickup behavior and modeled stage dependencies.
• Global item materialization and solvability — extension-selector/materializer mechanics, external-to-embedded interpretation, planner/deduplication, solver rules, and full proof chronology.
• Persistence, inventory, and lifecycle — collected-state persistence and stage-transition lifecycle.