
You know what would make Tears of the Kingdom much easier? A herd of Epona. In terms of making it harder? How about multiple Ganondorfs? Well, you can have all that and more thanks to an exploit discovered by the TOTK community. (Thanks GamingReinvented!).
With the new Zelda Notes companion app (compatible only with the Switch 2 Edition), it's possible to share Autobuild creations by uploading them to the app in-game, which then creates a QR code that you can share online. When someone scans that code in and uploads it to the game, voila, they have your Autobuild creation ready to roll.
Those with modded save files have been taking advantage of this feature in hilarious ways, uploading QR codes for "creations" that range from food, bubbles, items locked to shrines, and, uh, Ganondorf. Complete with a health bar and ready to absolutely destroy Link. He'll follow him absolutely everywhere, too, unless you fast travel away.
For something a little more relaxing than being chased by Demon King Ganondorf, there are codes that allow you to summon multiple Epona too — all of this demonstrated over on tearsofthekingdom subreddit.
How is this possible, though? It requires modded save data and access to a modded Switch 1 with TOTK, before transferring the save data to Switch 2. But, essentially, in the save data, you can change any part of an Autobuild to any kind of 'actor' or item.
So, as long as you find a QR code that lets you summon the respective item or character you want (we won't share them here, though they're relatively easy to hunt down), then you can go ahead and cause a different kind of chaos in Hyrule.
Oh, and in case you were wondering; yes, you can summon an army of good boys, too.
Let us know what you think of this amusing exploit in the comments below.
[source gamingreinvented.com, via reddit.com, bsky.app]
Comments 22
Wow. Need to find those QR codes.
Link is building his own Ganondorf army.
The dog one turns the Switch 2 version from trivial to essential. Incredible stuff right there.
Totally Inaccurate Battle Simulator
Oh man, the fact that this relies on an external service (Zelda Notes) means this is gonna get patched so quickly.
This looks FUN.
I've got too many games to play! Now you're telling me I have to go play TOTK before this gets patched?
Finally, something actually good about the Zelda Ubisoft games.
Can you summon multiple Yunobos using this?
What? No Purah?
Can you use it to summon a bunch of Koroks? Oh wait…
This is fun and harmless so I imagine they'll patch it as fast as humanly possible.
Please don't patch this! This is easily the greatest glitch in TOTK to date!
So if ai save a Ganondorf QR code I keep it forever even if they patch it later?
@GoldenSunRM they'll likely patch the importing and add a sanity check to the switch 2 edition.
that will prevent all the "impossible" builds from working.
Can someone send me a QR code for Diamonds?
I can't get any rupees in the bloody game!
@StewdaMegaManNerd
Yahaha! You found them!
Sigh .. I'd be much happier with the pre 1.2.1 dupe glitches.
Honestly kind of afraid that Nintendo would brick my system just for using this.
I tried it....
Purah looked so scared
Can you please delete this article, I know it's your job to report this kind of stuff but nintendo might see this and be like "Hey they're having too much fun, let's patch this!"
@Elempiss oooooooo youre so right
Annnnnnd Nintendo's gonna patch the fun.
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