diff --git a/worlds/outer_wilds/__init__.py b/worlds/outer_wilds/__init__.py
index 203859bd0910..510bbc663787 100644
--- a/worlds/outer_wilds/__init__.py
+++ b/worlds/outer_wilds/__init__.py
@@ -45,12 +45,16 @@ def interpret_slot_data(slot_data: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         return slot_data
 
     def generate_early(self) -> None:
-        # apply options that edit other options
+        # apply options that edit other options or themselves
         if self.options.dlc_only:
             self.options.enable_eote_dlc = EnableEchoesOfTheEyeDLC(1)
             self.options.spawn = Spawn(Spawn.option_stranger)
             self.options.goal = Goal(Goal.option_echoes_of_the_eye)
 
+        if self.options.spawn == Spawn.option_random_non_vanilla:
+            max_spawn = Spawn.option_stranger if self.options.enable_eote_dlc else Spawn.option_giants_deep
+            self.options.spawn = Spawn(self.random.choice(range(Spawn.option_hourglass_twins, max_spawn)))
+
         # validate options
         if not self.options.enable_eote_dlc:
             if self.options.spawn == Spawn.option_stranger:
diff --git a/worlds/outer_wilds/options.py b/worlds/outer_wilds/options.py
index f312421e3cea..d72c1a8ead88 100644
--- a/worlds/outer_wilds/options.py
+++ b/worlds/outer_wilds/options.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
+import random
 from schema import Schema, And
 from typing import Set
 
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ class Spawn(Choice):
     option_brittle_hollow = 3
     option_giants_deep = 4
     option_stranger = 5
+    option_random_non_vanilla = 6
     default = 0
 
 
diff --git a/worlds/outer_wilds/test/test_spawns_and_warps.py b/worlds/outer_wilds/test/test_spawns_and_warps.py
index f460adc153b1..50535b96da51 100644
--- a/worlds/outer_wilds/test/test_spawns_and_warps.py
+++ b/worlds/outer_wilds/test/test_spawns_and_warps.py
@@ -90,3 +90,15 @@ class TestStrangerSpawnSLMEKI(OuterWildsTestBase):
         "early_key_item": EarlyKeyItem.option_stranger_light_modulator,
     }
 
+
+class TestRandomNonVanillaSpawn(OuterWildsTestBase):
+    options = {
+        "spawn": Spawn.option_random_non_vanilla,
+    }
+
+
+class TestRandomNonVanillaSpawnWithDLC(OuterWildsTestBase):
+    options = {
+        "enable_eote_dlc": True,
+        "spawn": Spawn.option_random_non_vanilla,
+    }