This Zelda: Breath of the Wild mod for Minecraft totally Hyrules
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The vast and lovely landscapes of Breath of the Wild are such an obvious match for Minecraft that someone built the entire BOTW map last year, but that was just a starting point. Yet another pair of modders have added in some crucial Zelda gameplay with a functional Sheikah Slate and all its abilities, a boomerang, Sheikah towers, and quite a bit more. If you’re sick to death of creepers exploding all your hard work, you can give them a taste of their own torture with Link’s remote detonate bombs.
As spotted by PCGamesN, the Breath of the Wild datapack was created by modders Craiy and Joris, and it’s actually really dang cool.
The most immediate elements you’ll spot in your Minecraft world are the rather common Bokoblin camps dotting the landscape and the slightly rarer Sheikah Towers designed to look like the giant spires Link climbs all over Hyrule. Fighting Bokoblins and nabbing their Boko Stick clubs is a good first step, but your second order of business should definitely be crafting some ladders and climbing to the top of a Sheikah tower. That’s where you’ll grab the ancient Sheikah multitool of destruction and be free to start wreaking havoc.
You can pick up and move around metal blocks like iron or copper with the magnesis function, use both the round and square remote bombs to terrorize those bokoblin camps, use stasis to launch goats off cliffs the way they deserve, and create especially tricky parkour courses with cryonis.
Actually, it would be pretty neat to build a floating water base that can only be entered with cryonis ice pillars, no? I did try to channel my inner Link by dropping iron blocks on top of bokoblins, but alas they just phase through them and land on the ground instead of doing damage. Don’t say I didn’t try to give them hell.
The boomerang and hero’s tunic are rare but worth hunting down—especially the tunic, which allows you to see an enemy’s current health.
Craiy explains all that and more in the mod showcase video down below.
The current version of the BOTW datapack is for Minecraft 1.19 with all those neat new features, though Craiy says that the pair is planning to make another version of the pack with even more Zelda tidbits.
Unfortunately, the creator of the impressive Breath of the Wild map from last year decided not to distribute it for download. Instead, perhaps keep an eye on the one being worked on by Grazzy, which is what Craiy and Joris used to showcase their datapack. I’m not so sure you’d realistically want to use them together, since Grazzy is individually building Sheikah towers and the BOTW datapack generates them itself, for what it’s worth. Or, hey, maybe even mix your Zeldas with the Wind Waker style you can find on our best Minecraft texture packs list.
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Breath of the Wild Now Playable In Minecraft Thanks To Mod
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Jason Hon
Talented modders have added Zelda: Breath of the Wild items, powers, and enemies into Minecraft, including bokoblins and special Sheikah abilities.
Fans of Minecraft and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild have something to celebrate because talented modders have added many of the latter’s features into Microsoft’s blocky sandbox. Minecraft continues to be one of the most popular games in the world thanks to its developers continuously releasing new content through free updates.
Last month’s free The Wild Update added an intimidating Deep Dark biome and the even scarier Warden enemy. However, unofficial modded content continues to expand the blocky sandbox game in unprecedented ways.
Since Minecraft has been available for more than ten years, modders have had ample time to add a seemingly endless amount of content to the game. One mod recently overhauled Minecraft‘s combat and more to resemble Elden Ring, complete with intense boss battles and lots of new items to loot. Another mod converts the game into what many could be convinced is a new Wind Waker game, considering the large amount of new content the collection of mods adds. Now, fans of the latest Zelda game have a different Minecraft mod to check out.
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A collection of new mods have added loads of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild features into Minecraft.
As reported by Game Rant (via PCgamesN), the Minecraft Breath of Wild mod gameplay was posted on CRAIY’s YouTube channel. After installing the mods, Minecraft players can search for randomly generated Sheikah towers and bokoblin camps containing unique loot. Besides new items, weapons, and gear, players can also find their own Sheikah slate and experiment with its abilities. Similar to Zelda BOTW, the magical item allows fans to use a variety of special skills like magnetism, remote bombs, and the potentially comedic Stasis power, which still allows players to send enemies (or unlucky sheep) flying after a few good whacks.
Mods for Minecraft range significantly in complexity. While some mods help reskin certain characters to change their appearance, other mods like the Breath of the Wild mod transform Minecraft into something that feels like a different game entirely. This is part of the charm of developer Mojang’s creation, as it gives players and modders the tools to create almost anything they can think of, as long as it can be made with cubes.
New official Minecraft content like the Lightyear DLC added exciting missions, vehicles, and skins from this summer’s Pixar film to the game. The new updates and the endless amount of creativity from modders have helped keep interest in the game years after its original release. While a new Minecraft game is in the works, an action/strategy game called Minecraft Legends, the desire for a proper Minecraft 2 seems almost nonexistent, thanks to the first game continuously evolving thanks to official updates and mods alike.
Next: Will There Ever Be A Minecraft 2?
Sources: Game Rant, PCGamesN, CRAIY/YouTube
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Player Dinaeh has completed the creation of the Hebra region and has already started the next ones. The progress of work on the «angular» kingdom of Hyrule is shown in the screenshots:
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Minecraft developer Markus «Notch» Persson from Stockholm started programming at the age of 7 on a Commodore 128 home computer, and a year later created his first game.
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