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Savage Wind Recomp is a work-in-progress static recompilation of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo Switch, version 1.9.0) into a native application for Windows and Linux, built from your own copy of the game.
Screenshots taken in Savage Wind. The game is © Nintendo; you need your own copy to run it.
Important
No game files are included. You need your own legally obtained copy of the game, updated to version 1.9.0 and dumped from your own Nintendo Switch. This project does not provide game files, keys, firmware, dumping or decryption tools, or instructions on how to obtain them. The game code is recompiled locally, on your machine, from your files.
Note
Made almost entirely with AI. Nearly all of the code, tooling, reverse engineering and documentation is written by an AI (Anthropic's Claude, through Claude Code), directed, tested and reviewed by a human. It builds on LAS Recomp, made the same way. If you don't trust code written by AI, you can simply ignore this project.
Warning
This is an alpha. The whole game can be finished from start to end, but expect bugs and crashes in some places, and some mechanics that break above 30 fps (#425). If a cutscene freezes or breaks, lower the frame rate to 30 fps for that scene.
- The whole game and both DLC, from your own copy
- Frame rates from 30 to 360 fps, or your display's own rate
- Resolutions up to 4K and beyond, ultrawide, and FSR 1 upscaling
- Graphics presets from Potato, below console quality, to Savage, far beyond it
- Longer draw distance, sharper shadows, adjustable field of view, colour grading and HDR
- Keyboard and mouse with real mouse camera, and any controller, gyro included
- Button prompts that match your device
- Save profiles, backups, and Wii U / Cemu save import
- Steam Deck and PC handhelds
- Photo mode, accessibility options and cheats
You need: your own game files (see Game files), Windows 10 or later or Linux on x86-64, a GPU with Vulkan 1.3, 16 GB of RAM, a CPU with SSE4.2 (AVX2 runs faster) and about 20 GB of free disk space.
- Download the latest build from Releases:
- Windows: the file ending in
windows.zip. Extract it to a folder you can write to, not Program Files. - Linux and Steam Deck: the file ending in
x86_64.AppImage. Make it executable and run it (docs/linux.md). - Linux on ARM: the file ending in
aarch64.AppImage. It is highly experimental.
- Windows: the file ending in
- Start it and choose the folder with your extracted game (
exefs/andromfs/). Then choose Set up game files. It checks the version, copies the files and recompiles the game code once, about 15 minutes on a 12-thread CPU. Your own files aren't changed. - Play. Settings and languages are in the game's Options. Savage Wind Configuration has your game files and the rest of the settings.
Updating: from version 0.5.1 on, Savage Wind Configuration updates it in one click, on Windows and in the Linux AppImages. Before that, extract the new zip over the old folder or use the new AppImage. Your game files, saves and settings stay.
Something wrong? See the FAQ, which also lists the known issues.
Saves are in the save folder of Savage Wind's data folder: next to savagewind.exe on Windows, and in
~/.local/share/savagewind/save/ on Linux and the Steam Deck. To back them up or move them, close the game and copy
the whole folder. More in Saves, including profiles and Wii U / Cemu import.
| Area | Share | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Core game | 45% |  |
| Platforms and input | 15% |  |
| Performance | 15% |  |
| Graphics options | 12% |  |
| Player features | 13% |  |
Every part, what it means and how the average is calculated: Status.
Any controller SDL knows works. Keyboard and mouse defaults:
| Action | Key | Action | Key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Move | W A S D | Camera | Mouse |
| Jump | Space | Sprint / back | Left Shift |
| Interact | E | Attack | Left click |
| Shield | Right click | Bow | F |
| Rune | Q | Throw | R |
| Inventory | Tab | Map | M |
Every action can be rebound in the game's Options. All the keys: Controls.
Read the FAQ first: issues about something it already covers are closed right away. Use the latest
release and game version 1.9.0, search the existing issues,
and open one with your savagewind.log. On a crash
or a cutscene bug, attach your zipped save folder too. Reports without these are closed after 7 days.
Open pull requests against the test branch, which has
everything ahead of the latest release. See CONTRIBUTING.md. To build from source:
Windows and Linux.
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is © Nintendo. This is a fan project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Nintendo. Nintendo Switch and The Legend of Zelda are trademarks of Nintendo.
- This repository contains no game files, no game code (also not the C code the recompiler generates from it), no assets, no fonts, no keys - and release builds won't either.
- The game code you generate and the build made from it contain Nintendo's code. They are for your own use only: don't share them, upload them or ship them.
- Issues, pull requests or discussions that contain game files, keys, generated code or links to pirated copies will be removed. Piracy is not supported in any way.
- Follow the copyright laws of your country. Dumping a game you own for personal use is legal in some countries and not in others; that is your responsibility.
Built on LAS Recomp by peiikai (MIT), with TotK Recomp by Valiantsin Dzerakh (MIT) and Ryujinx (MIT) as references. Full list and the licenses of what releases bundle: Credits.
Savage Wind Recomp's own code is under the MIT License. The license covers this project's code only: it grants nothing for Nintendo's game, which you must supply yourself.