Botw: Update 1.6.0 [repack]

Press the or - button on your controller to open the options menu. Select Software Update .

The primary draw of 1.6.0 is the Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 04: VR Kit compatibility. Details on the kit itself are available on the Official Nintendo Labo website Community Mods and Compatibility

For the Breath of the Wild speedrunning community, 1.6.0 is an extinction-level event. botw update 1.6.0

Though not mentioned in the official patch notes, version 1.6.0 significantly reduced loading times across the board. Technical analysis from GameXplain and players on Reddit confirmed that:

Approximately 450MB (varies slightly by region) Release Date: November 18, 2019 (NA/EU) / November 19, 2019 (JP) Press the or - button on your controller

But for the glitch hunters and speedrunners, it’s a wall—a sign that the "wild" days of flying boat launches and infinite Ancient Arrows are over.

: The update allows the Switch's CPU to temporarily overclock during loading screens, speeding up asset streaming. Details on the kit itself are available on

Link is waking up in the Shrine of Resurrection all over again. And this time, the silence of the plateau feels a little more stable.

Buried within the System/Resource folder is a new file labeled TearsBridge.cfg . This file contains coordinate data that maps Breath of the Wild ’s Hyrule directly to the underground chasm system of Tears of the Kingdom .