Warning: If you misbehave (piracy, online cheating or anything equally stupid), you might get banned from Nintendo online services. DLCs don't, so they have to be dumped separately. Update data can only be processed if the base game is available, because they share the same filesystem. Once finished, you can put the SD card into your PC and, if desired, copy the files onto your hard drive for use with modding tools or whatever else.ĭump the game files directly to your SD card using nxdumptool.Select (START) to begin dumping (which can take a very long time).Make sure to check the boxes for base game, update, and (if applicable) DLC. Select BOTW using the (A) button and then press (START) (selection N/A if using a disc).Select 'Dump digital games' or 'Dump a game disc' as appropriate.Open Dumpling from the Homebrew Launcher.Insert any USB devices or game discs you’d like to use in the dump process.Before running Dumpling, disable auto power off and standby on your Wii U.Extract the ZIP to the root of your SD card.Download the latest release of Dumpling from here.
The easiest method for dumping BOTW in a manner compatible with tools like Cemu and BCML is to use Dumpling.