The wait is over, anyone with decent processing power (CPU + GPU) can easily play The Legend of Zelda: BotW game on 30-60 fps. In this guide I’ll help you how to run The Legend of Zelda: BotW on PC using Cemu 1.11.2 Emulator.
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Nintendo’s exclusive game series The Legend of Zelda is one of the most popular games in the world. Latest installation of the series The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is great hit and won many awards such as Game of the year, Best Action/Adventure etc. But being an exclusive to Nintendo, people who do not own Wii U or Switch are always dreaming of playing this game on their PCs.
First of all, your windows must be fully updated including GPU Drivers, Motherboard drivers Audio drivers and anything you can think of. Also install 7zip extractor and all types of DirectX and C++ Redistributable so that no further issues may occur.
How to Download The Legend of Zelda: BoTW on PC using CEMU
Before we start, you need to download these files and place them in one place.
Installation of Cemu 1.11.2
Step 1 – First you need to download the latest CEMU Wii U Emulator for PC from the official Website. Extract Cemu 1.11.2 or 1.11.3 (current release) from zip file.
Step 2 – Download Cemu hook compatible version for CEMU from above mentioned link. Now move “cemuhook_1112_0554.zip” file inside the extracted CEMU folder in Step 1.
Step 3 – Extract “cemuhook-xxxx.zip” file inside the Cemu folder.
After extraction you can remove the zip file of Cemu hook (Optional).
Step 4 – Copy/paste the Graphics pack zip file in the Graphics pack folder inside Cemu 1.11.2 (current release) extracted folder and extract it as shown below.
- Click yes if a dialogue box appears and overwrite any files it asks for.
Step 5 – Now extract the last zip file (shader cache) and copy the “xxxx.bin”. Drop it inside the Cemu1.11.2 > shaderCache > Transferable folder
At this point Cemu 1.11.2 is installed and ready to run. Now continue reading on next page to configure Cemu for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on PC.
Configuring Cemu for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on PC
Step 6 – Launch Cemu.exe and download any fonts it ask for downloading by clicking the button. If you’re having any difficulty downloading them, then try excluding Cemu from your antivirus and try again.
Step 7 – From Menu bar click on “Options” and select “Input Settings“. Now you can add your controller or keyboards keys according to your own taste e.g
Once you’re done, write a profile name then click save, now you can close this.
Step 8 – Click on “Options” once again and select “Graphic packs”. Select specific Graphics options for The Legend of Zelda: BotW on which resolution you want to run e.g 1600 x 900.
and also select these following options
- FPS++
- LWZX Crash Workaround
- Nvidia Explosion Fix
- RefExtra-Enhanced
- Square shadow fix
Step 8 – At the end use this configuration for Cemu Emulator, to further optimize your game experience. Click on and do the following settings on Cemu
“Options”
- Upscale filter > Bilinear
- Fullscreen scaling > Keep aspect ratio
- GPU buffer cache accuracy > Low(fast)
- Experimental > Uncheck Enable BotW crash workaround
- Experimental > Uncheck Use RDTSC
Optional:(If you’re having NPC popping issue or Physics issue) - Experimental > Check Full Sync at GX2DrawDone()
“Debug”
- Custom Timer > Cemu Default 1x
- MM Timer Accuracy > 1ms
“CPU”
- Affinity > All logical cores
At this point we’re done with installation and configuration of Cemu Emulator for The Legend of Zelda: BotW. Proceed to next page to download The Legend of Zelda: BotW on PC.
How to download and install game files of The Legend of Zelda: BotW
If you know other ways to obtain game file, feel free to use them.
Now create three new folders in Cemu Emulator folder
- Helper
- Helper DL
- Helper EX
Download WiiU_Usb_Helper from Here
Step 1 – Launch WiiU_USB_Helper, at the bottom of its window, set the default directories of following:
- Set Wii U Helper Download Directory to Helper DL Folder
- Set Wii U Helper Extraction Directory to Helper EX Folder
Step 2 – Now search The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in Wii U Helper
Step 3 – Select Game (your region specific). Right click the game and select download game (Click no when it asks for DLC and updates)
Step 4 – Right Click on the game again and select Download update and chose V1.76 update.
Step 5 – Right click once again and select download DLC
Step 6 – Now click on start download
Step 7 – When download is complete. Right click game icon and click unpack (loadline) or you can check Unpack option while downloading the files on Wii U Helper
Once you are done with above steps proceed to next page to Install The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in Cemu and Play.
Installing The Legend of Zelda: BotW in CEMU
Step 1 – Launch Cemu emulator and select Files > Install game updates or DLC.
Step 2 – Locate Helper EX folder in Cemu Folder (which we created before). Go to update file of game and Select “meta.xml” from meta folder
Step 3 – Again repeat the steps for DLC files and select its .xml file
Step 4 – Once you’re done installing updates and DLC. Click on File > Load -> Go to Helper EX folder -> then The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Folder
and then Code folder and select xxxx.rpx file
Once the load is done, close Cemu
Step 5 – Open log.txt file in Cemu folder and scroll down to “Shader Cache name”.
Step 6 – Copy your shaderCache name (Don’t use mine, everyone has different cache name).
Step 7 – Goto your shaderCache folder -> transferable and rename the xxxx.bin file with your shaderCache name.
Now you’re ready to run your game, it was a long road but worth it.
Launch Cemu and load your game. At first, compilation of shaders cache will take time.
When the game launches Always turn on “GX2setGPUFenseskip (HACK)”
After this you’re good to go and enjoy your game. If this tutorial was helpful, let us know in comments section below.