diff --git a/UnleashedRecomp/mod/mod_loader.cpp b/UnleashedRecomp/mod/mod_loader.cpp
index 7c33b1a3..dd33c56d 100644
--- a/UnleashedRecomp/mod/mod_loader.cpp
+++ b/UnleashedRecomp/mod/mod_loader.cpp
@@ -562,14 +562,68 @@ PPC_FUNC(sub_82E0D3E8)
     g_userHeap.Free(newArlFileData);
 }
 
+// Load elements have an unused "pretty name" field. We will use this field to store the archive file path,
+// prefixed with a magic string. When the first load detects this string, it will load append archives
+// and then clear the field to prevent remaining splits from loading the append archives again.
+// We cannot rely on .ar.00 being the first split to be loaded, so this approach is necessary.
+static thread_local uint32_t g_prefixedArFilePath = NULL;
+
+// Hedgehog::Database::CDatabaseLoader::LoadArchives
+PPC_FUNC_IMPL(__imp__sub_82E0CC38);
+PPC_FUNC(sub_82E0CC38)
+{
+    if (g_mods.empty())
+    {
+        __imp__sub_82E0CC38(ctx, base);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    auto r3 = ctx.r3;
+    auto r4 = ctx.r4;
+    auto r5 = ctx.r5;
+    auto r6 = ctx.r6;
+    auto r7 = ctx.r7;
+    auto r8 = ctx.r8;
+
+    const char* arFilePath = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(base + PPC_LOAD_U32(r5.u32));
+
+    // __HH_ALLOC
+    ctx.r3.u32 = 22 + strlen(arFilePath);
+    sub_822C0988(ctx, base);
+    char* prefixedArFilePath = reinterpret_cast<char*>(base + ctx.r3.u32);
+
+    *reinterpret_cast<be<uint32_t>*>(prefixedArFilePath) = 1;
+    strcpy(prefixedArFilePath + 0x4, "/UnleashedRecomp/");
+    strcpy(prefixedArFilePath + 0x15, arFilePath);
+
+    ctx.r1.u32 -= 0x10;
+    uint32_t stackSpace = ctx.r1.u32;
+    PPC_STORE_U32(stackSpace, static_cast<uint32_t>(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(prefixedArFilePath) - base) + 0x4);
+    g_prefixedArFilePath = stackSpace;
+
+    ctx.r3 = r3;
+    ctx.r4 = r4;
+    ctx.r5 = r5;
+    ctx.r6 = r6;
+    ctx.r7 = r7;
+    ctx.r8 = r8;
+    __imp__sub_82E0CC38(ctx, base);
+
+    // Hedgehog::Base::CSharedString::~CSharedString
+    ctx.r3.u32 = stackSpace;
+    sub_82DFB148(ctx, base);
+
+    g_prefixedArFilePath = NULL;
+    ctx.r1.u32 += 0x10;
+}
+
 // Hedgehog::Database::SLoadElement::SLoadElement
 PPC_FUNC_IMPL(__imp__sub_82E140D8);
 PPC_FUNC(sub_82E140D8)
 {
-    // Store archive name as the pretty name to use it later for append archive loading.
-    // This is always set to an empty string for archives, so it should be safe to replace.
-    if (!g_mods.empty() && PPC_LOAD_U32(ctx.r5.u32) == 0x8200A621)
-        ctx.r5.u32 = ctx.r6.u32;
+    // Store the prefixed archive file path as the pretty name. It's unused for archives we want to append to.
+    if (!g_mods.empty() && PPC_LOAD_U32(ctx.r5.u32) == 0x8200A621 && g_prefixedArFilePath != NULL)
+        ctx.r5.u32 = g_prefixedArFilePath;
 
     __imp__sub_82E140D8(ctx, base);
 }
@@ -584,25 +638,17 @@ PPC_FUNC(sub_82E0B500)
         return;
     }
 
-    std::u8string_view arFilePathU8(reinterpret_cast<const char8_t*>(base + PPC_LOAD_U32(ctx.r5.u32)));
-    size_t index = arFilePathU8.find(u8".ar.00");
-    if (index == (arFilePathU8.size() - 6))
+    uint32_t prefixedArFilePath = PPC_LOAD_U32(ctx.r5.u32);
+    std::u8string_view arFilePathU8(reinterpret_cast<const char8_t*>(base + prefixedArFilePath));
+    if (!arFilePathU8.starts_with(u8"/UnleashedRecomp/"))
     {
-        arFilePathU8.remove_suffix(3);
+        __imp__sub_82E0B500(ctx, base);
+        return;
     }
-    else
-    {
-        index = arFilePathU8.find(u8".ar");
 
-        if (index != (arFilePathU8.size() - 3) ||
-            arFilePathU8.starts_with(u8"tg-") ||
-            arFilePathU8.starts_with(u8"gia-") ||
-            arFilePathU8.starts_with(u8"gi-texture-"))
-        {
-            __imp__sub_82E0B500(ctx, base);
-            return;
-        }
-    }
+    // Immediately clear the string, so the remaining splits don't load append archives again.
+    PPC_STORE_U8(prefixedArFilePath, 0x00);
+    arFilePathU8.remove_prefix(0x11);
 
     auto r3 = ctx.r3; // Callback
     auto r4 = ctx.r4; // Database