A new Tears of the Kingdom update is out, but you might not want to download it if you’ve used the duplication glitch. The update removes every known version of the glitch in the open-world game, so if you’re after extra diamonds and other rare resources, you’ll just have to wait until the next Blood Moon and mark the map.
Or just keep your copy of the Zelda game at version 1.11.
The update isn’t exactly a surprise. While Tears of the Kingdom lets players think outside the box and do pretty much whatever the can dream of, Nintendo is keen on ensuring you don’t go too far outside the intended experience. Where some developers encourage a little cheating with actual cheats, like in Grand Theft Auto, or by keeping exploits in the game, as Bethesda does in Skyrim, you typically never see that with Nintendo.
What is surprising is how the glitch remained unnoticed, when the extra year of polish that producer Eiji Aonomua strove for means everything else that could break the game works to near perfection.
That said, some of the glitches were pretty involved. It’s doubtful that even the most diligent QA team would have thought to shuffle bows around, pause at the right time, and drop items to see what happened or mess around with the save option and rapid pausing.
If you’re running out of weapons, you’ll just have to chuck them at an Octorok from now on, the old-fashioned way.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
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