diff --git a/Patch.py b/Patch.py
index 113d0658c6b7..091545700059 100644
--- a/Patch.py
+++ b/Patch.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     import ModuleUpdate
     ModuleUpdate.update()
 
-from worlds.Files import AutoPatchRegister, APDeltaPatch
+from worlds.Files import AutoPatchRegister, APPatch
 
 
 class RomMeta(TypedDict):
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class RomMeta(TypedDict):
 def create_rom_file(patch_file: str) -> Tuple[RomMeta, str]:
     auto_handler = AutoPatchRegister.get_handler(patch_file)
     if auto_handler:
-        handler: APDeltaPatch = auto_handler(patch_file)
+        handler: APPatch = auto_handler(patch_file)
         target = os.path.splitext(patch_file)[0]+handler.result_file_ending
         handler.patch(target)
         return {"server": handler.server,
diff --git a/worlds/Files.py b/worlds/Files.py
index 52d3c7da1d35..336a3090937b 100644
--- a/worlds/Files.py
+++ b/worlds/Files.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import abc
 import json
 import zipfile
 import os
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@
 del os
 
 
-class AutoPatchRegister(type):
+class AutoPatchRegister(abc.ABCMeta):
     patch_types: ClassVar[Dict[str, AutoPatchRegister]] = {}
     file_endings: ClassVar[Dict[str, AutoPatchRegister]] = {}
 
@@ -112,14 +113,25 @@ def get_manifest(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         }
 
 
-class APDeltaPatch(APContainer, metaclass=AutoPatchRegister):
-    """An APContainer that additionally has delta.bsdiff4
+class APPatch(APContainer, abc.ABC, metaclass=AutoPatchRegister):
+    """
+    An abstract `APContainer` that defines the requirements for an object
+    to be used by the `Patch.create_rom_file` function.
+    """
+    result_file_ending: str = ".sfc"
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def patch(self, target: str) -> None:
+        """ create the output file with the file name `target` """
+
+
+class APDeltaPatch(APPatch):
+    """An APPatch that additionally has delta.bsdiff4
     containing a delta patch to get the desired file, often a rom."""
 
     hash: Optional[str]  # base checksum of source file
     patch_file_ending: str = ""
     delta: Optional[bytes] = None
-    result_file_ending: str = ".sfc"
     source_data: bytes
 
     def __init__(self, *args: Any, patched_path: str = "", **kwargs: Any) -> None: