Last I reviewed, the mutations only fell through to "random havoc" after other stages were tried. So for each mutation, there are deterministic bit flips, number adds, "interesting" numbers set, dictionary uses, and only _then_ does it start the random havoc stage on the mutation. So it's not all random and you can start it with whatever value you want via dictionary or other.

(I kinda made a Java version https://github.com/cretz/javan-warty-pig that attempts to mimic this logic)