Botw Update 1.6.0

If you are a casual player who just wants to see the Korok Forest run smoothly and the Master Sword feel legendary again: Update immediately. The game has never looked or played better.

If you are a speedrunner, a glitch hunter, or someone who enjoys breaking Hyrule over your knee: Turn off automatic updates. Disconnect your Switch from Wi-Fi. 1.6.0 is beautiful, but it is a prison.

To update, simply highlight Breath of the Wild on your Switch home menu, press +, go to Software Update, and select "Via the Internet." The 48MB download will take 30 seconds. The realization that you are about to replay 200 hours of a game you thought you were done with will take a lifetime. botw update 1.6.0

Players hoping for new weapons, costumes, or a Tears of the Kingdom tie-in will not find them here. This update is strictly maintenance-focused, ensuring Breath of the Wild remains stable for new and returning players.

As is Nintendo’s style, the official changelog was maddeningly vague: If you are a casual player who just

Ver. 1.6.0 (Released November 18, 2019)

That’s it. But for a game as deeply complex as Breath of the Wild, those two lines hide a world of changes. That’s it

The most infamous change in BotW 1.6.0 is the patch to the "Akh Va'quot" (Vah Medoh) Blight Cannon Skip. In previous versions, speedrunners could use a shield block reset to bypass the Windblight Ganon fight entirely, shaving minutes off the "Any%" run.

Update 1.6.0: Nintendo added an invisible collision wall and altered the boss trigger zone. You can no longer skip the boss. This forced the speedrunning community to split the leaderboard into "Version 1.5.0" and "Version 1.6.0+" categories.