diff --git a/docs/assets/extraction.md b/docs/assets/extraction.md
index f8d060fb34..d8546d3595 100644
--- a/docs/assets/extraction.md
+++ b/docs/assets/extraction.md
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@ For details on the xml files contents, see [the assets xml specification file](.
 
 The extraction tool can use [rich](https://github.com/Textualize/rich) if installed to make output prettier.
 If you are looking at output or errors from during extraction, consider installing rich for a better experience: `.venv/bin/python3 -m pip install rich`
+
+To run the extraction outside of `make setup`, use `./tools/extract_assets.sh VERSION`.
+- Pass `-f` to force extraction: otherwise only assets for which xmls were modified will be extracted.
+- Pass `-j` to use multiprocessing, making extraction quicker. Note that this makes for less readable errors if any error happens.
+- Pass `-s name` to extract assets using baserom file `name`.
+- Pass `-r -s 'name.*'` to extract assets using baserom files whose name match regular expression `name.*`.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c9c4afed64..bea2fe176c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 crunch64>=0.5.1,<1.0.0
 ipl3checksum>=1.2.0,<2.0.0
 pyyaml>=6.0.1,<7.0.0
+pygfxd>=1.0.3,<2.0.0
 
 # asm-differ
 argcomplete
diff --git a/tools/assets/descriptor/__main__.py b/tools/assets/descriptor/__main__.py
index 6162d2b340..2fb89f6eba 100644
--- a/tools/assets/descriptor/__main__.py
+++ b/tools/assets/descriptor/__main__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+from pprint import pprint as vanilla_pprint
+
+try:
+    from rich.pretty import pprint
+except ImportError:
+    pprint = vanilla_pprint
+
 from tools import version_config
 
 from . import base
@@ -8,16 +15,15 @@ def main():
 
     pools = base.get_resources_desc(vc)
 
-    from pprint import pprint
-
-    if 0:
-        with open(
-            "/home/dragorn421/Documents/oot/tools/assets/descriptor/resources.txt",
-            "w",
-        ) as f:
-            for i, pool in enumerate(pools):
-                print(round(i / len(pools) * 100, 2), "%", end="\r")
-                pprint(pool, f)
+    try:
+        for pool in pools:
+            if any(coll.out_path.name == "gameplay_keep" for coll in pool.collections):
+                vanilla_pprint(pool)
+            else:
+                pprint(pool)
+            input("Press enter for next pool")
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print()
 
 
 main()
diff --git a/tools/assets/descriptor/base.py b/tools/assets/descriptor/base.py
index 1b41f2f82b..0295947057 100644
--- a/tools/assets/descriptor/base.py
+++ b/tools/assets/descriptor/base.py
@@ -191,14 +191,6 @@ def get_resources_desc(vc: version_config.VersionConfig):
         except Exception as e:
             raise Exception(f"Error with pool {pool}") from e
 
-    if 0:
-        from rich.pretty import pretty_repr
-
-        with Path(
-            "/home/dragorn421/Documents/oot/tools/assets/descriptor/pools.txt"
-        ).open("w") as f:
-            f.write(pretty_repr(pools))
-
     return pools
 
 
diff --git a/tools/assets/extract/__main__.py b/tools/assets/extract/__main__.py
index 991e280533..8fecdd4d1e 100644
--- a/tools/assets/extract/__main__.py
+++ b/tools/assets/extract/__main__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     if profile:
         import cProfile
 
-        cProfile.run("extract_xml_z64.main()", "cprof_assets421.txt")
+        cProfile.run("extract_xml_z64.main()", "cprofile_extract_assets.txt")
     else:
         extract_xml_z64.main()
diff --git a/tools/assets/extract/extase/__init__.py b/tools/assets/extract/extase/__init__.py
index c35ea92f0d..3bb65e304b 100644
--- a/tools/assets/extract/extase/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/assets/extract/extase/__init__.py
@@ -760,7 +760,9 @@ class Resource(abc.ABC):
         range_end: Optional[int],
         name: str,
     ):
-        assert 0 <= range_start < file.size
+        assert (
+            0 <= range_start < file.size
+        ), f"{range_start=:#08X} out of range [0,{file.size=:#08X})"
         if range_end is None:
             assert self.can_size_be_unknown
         else:
diff --git a/tools/assets/extract/extract_xml_z64.py b/tools/assets/extract/extract_xml_z64.py
index 0c85684951..bf354dd126 100644
--- a/tools/assets/extract/extract_xml_z64.py
+++ b/tools/assets/extract/extract_xml_z64.py
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ def create_file_resources(rescoll: ResourcesDescCollection, file: File):
         ) as e:
             resource = e.resource
             list_ResourceNeedsPostProcessWithPoolResourcesException.append(e)
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise Exception(
+                "Error while creating resource from description:", resource_desc
+            ) from e
 
         # TODO nice hack right here.
         # probably instead rework the "c declaration" system into a more opaque object
@@ -454,13 +458,14 @@ def main():
         import traceback
         import sys
 
-        traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stdout)
-
         try:
             import rich.pretty
+            import rich.console
         except:
+            traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stdout)
             print("Install rich for prettier output (`pip install rich`)")
         else:
+            rich.console.Console().print_exception()
             # TODO implement more __rich_repr__
             if e.__class__ in (Exception, AssertionError, NotImplementedError):
                 print("rich.pretty.pprint(e.args):")
@@ -468,6 +473,8 @@ def main():
             else:
                 print("rich.pretty.pprint(e):")
                 rich.pretty.pprint(e, indent_guides=False)
+
+        sys.exit(1)
     finally:
         with last_extracts_json_p.open("w") as f:
             json.dump(last_extracts, f)