The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is probably one of Nintendo's most popular titles in a long time. It's especially popular among modders, who have found great joy in adding new and interesting content into the game.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild mods run a massive breadth of size and tone. There are mods that range in scale from expansive total conversion mods that restore Hyrule to what it was before the calamity, to silly replacement mods that do things like turn Link into a goose or the Master Cycle Zero into a Toyota.
Princess Zelda spends most of Breath of the Wild sealed away in Hyrule Castle along with Calamity Ganon but an ongoing mod project is working hard to give her an adventure of her own. Zelda fan and modder Waikuteru is back at it with another mod for the insanely popular Switch title Breath of the Wild. Following on from the restoration of the unused Shrine 'Dungeon136', they. An expansive conversion mod for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild turns the game into a NieR: Automata hybrid, with 2B as the star. The NieR: Automata mod pack created by modder Lady Luna.
There are plenty of mods that add fan-made items into Breath of the Wild, but if you want to be armed to the teeth with classic weaponry from past Zelda titles then look no further. Step into a world of discovery, exploration and adventure in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, a boundary-breaking new game in the acclaimed series. Travel across fields, through forests and to mountain peaks as you discover what has become of the ruined kingdom of Hyrule in this stunning open-air adventure.
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One recent mod, Second Wind, is impressive in the number and scope of changes it makes to vanilla The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The mod adds tons of new content, including new quests, areas, weapons, NPCs, and enemies. It also adds crafting, revamped shrines, and quality of life changes as well. Although none of the areas seem quite as extensive as the playable Skywind Temple added by another modder, but are impressive nonetheless.
The new shop system alone apparently took the developers months to get working correctly. The player will now be able to buy cooked food items in a shop, as well as special order it with specific ingredients for specific effects. They even added a witch NPC who has to be encountered by being shot down in the form of a bird before they'll sell potions to the player.
It's always impressive to see the kinds of things modders can do with games like Breath of the Wild. Mods are able to add countless hours of replayability and new content to the games they develop for. With over 50 contributors to this mod, it's hard to imagine how much care and effort when into making it. Like the mod that renovated Hyrule Castle back to its pre-Calamity version, this must have taken countless hours on the part of the developers; and it really shows in the quality of the final project.
What's really sad about this though is that, despite all the love these fans have shown the game, it's unlikely that Nintendo will reciprocate it. Nintendo is an infamously litigious company, and will often take down fan works that it feels is infringing on its copyrights; especially ones that involve people modding and hacking their consoles. So there's no telling how long this mod will be available for download before it's hit with a DMCA notice.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Second Wind mod is currently available for modded Nintendo Switches.
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Zelda Breath of the Wild mods
The modding community for Zelda: Breath of the Wild is very new, but we’ve already seen some spectacular creations for the game.
So far, the only available mods in Zelda Breath of the Wild are basic reskins. So far we have a nice mix of stunning mods and outright hilarious creations. Take a look at the 12 best Zelda Breath of the Wild mods below.
Play as CJ and Big Smoke
Let’s start off with a bang. This mod replaces Zelda with CJ from Grand Theft Auto San Andreas and it also replaces the motorcycle with the Sanchez from GTA.
There are two versions of this mod. The first version just has CJ and the Sanchez. The second version of the mod adds CJ to the back of the Sanchez.
It’s all just a bit odd really, but if you’re interested you can take a look at the mod here. It’s both ridiculous and completely immersion breaking, but we love it.
Use Reinhardt’s Hammer As A Weapon
This next mod is nothing short of epic. Reinhardt’s hammer is undoubtedly one of the coolest weapons in Overwatch, and it works surprisingly well as a weapon in Zelda Breath of the Wild.
Reinhardt’s hammer will replace the in-game old Iron Hammer model and UI icon. Find out more about the mod here.
Add a Shrek Boss Battle
One of the most memed on characters in the history of the world is, without a doubt, Shrek.
It made sense then that somebody had to go and turn one of the biggest monsters in Zelda Breath of the Wild into Shrek.
This mod replaces the Hinox with a very scary, very big Shrek monster.
Play as Batman
This is one of the most badass mods on this list. Not only does this mod replace Link with Batman, but it also adds a Bat Glider and replaces the Lizal Boomerang with a Batarang.
The work done on the Batman character model is surprisingly decent, too. Learn more about the Batman mod for Zelda Breath of the Wild here.
Turn Big Smoke Into a Rideable Bear
For some reason, the Zelda Breath of the Wild modding community seems to have a weird obsession with Big Smoke. This mod is absolutely bonkers and is almost guaranteed to get a laugh out of you and your friends.
With this mod, you’ll turn the rideable bear in Zelda Breath of the Wild into a rideable Big Smoke. It sounds weird but just watch the video. We’d also suggest installing the CJ character skin for Link to make this mod complete.
Play as Waluigi (And use Wario’s Face As A Shield…)
Here’s another mod that’s pretty cool, but it’s also a little bit wacky. With this mod, you can replace the Link character model with a detailed 3D Waluigi model.
What makes this particular mod weird is that Link’s shield is replaced with Wario’s face. You can see the picture above to see what we mean, or check out the mod for yourself here.
Play as Sanic the Hegeheg
With Zelda Breath of the Wild featuring an open world, you really gotta’ go fast to make it across the map quickly.
If you’re looking for the true definition of raw power and pure speed, then this next mod is for you. With this mod, Link will be replaced with a very crudely put-together Sanic. Yes, we don’t know why it’s a thing either.
Customize Link’s Appearance
Out of all of the mods currently available for Zelda Breath of the Wild, this one is perhaps the most expansive. With this mod, you are given the option to customize how Link looks from a preset selection of different skin tones, hair colors, and eye colors.
The developer of this mod is slowly adding more customization options over time. For now, there’s no option to change the hairstyle or basic clothes, but it may come in a future update.
Play as Woody From Toy Story
This is another well-done Zelda Breath of the Wild mod created by a member of the Gamebanana modding community. Unfortunately, to play with this mod, you must walk around as Link without any armor on because the mod itself essentially overlays the ‘naked link’ textures.
If you can put up with that, you can finally live out the ultimate fantasy in which the Toy Story PS One game was rebooted as an open world Nintendo Switch title. I mean, we all want that, right?
Play as Goku
This skin replaces Link with Goku and also replaces the Hylian Shield with the flying Nimbus cloud, which is a nice addition. The size of both Goku and Link in Zelda Breath of the Wild are essentially the same, so the reskin works really well for this mod.
Play as Dark Link From Ocarina of Time
Dark Link makes an appearance in Zelda Breath of the Wild, but he looks more detailed than previous games. If you prefer the Dark Link from Ocarina of Time, you may like this mod.
With this mod, Dark Link is replaced with a version similar to the one in Ocarina of Time. As you can probably tell from the image above, this version is essentially Link’s shadow.
Play as Steve From Minecraft
With Minecraft having one of the strongest modding communities in the world, it only made sense to have a Steve reskin mod for Link in Zelda Breath of the Wild.
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Because the character model needs to be within the same dimensions as Link, this version of Steve looks like an odd grown-up version of the Minecraft protagonist. If you’re interested, you can find out more about this mod here.
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What are your thoughts on these mods? Do any stand out to you?