Nintendo's Zelda App Fixes Weapon Degradation In Breath Of The Wild And Tears Of The Kingdom

Nintendo's new Zelda Notes app includes a way to fix your damaged equipment in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom for Switch 2--if you're lucky. The weapon-degradation fix is tied to the free app's daily bonus feature, which gives you a random item or effect once each day.

Nintendo highlighted the feature during one of its lengthy Treehouse Live segments following the Switch 2 Direct, and the bonus roulette included things such as meal effects, energy-cell restoration, and stamina recovery. However, Zelda YouTuber Zeltik spotted two additional bonuses during a hands-on with Breath of the Wild's and Tears of the Kingdom's Switch 2 versions--equipment repair and bow repair.

The roulette didn't land on either for Zeltik during their demo, so it's unclear how the repair bonus actually works. "Bow repair" is self-explanatory in that it'll repair a bow, of course, though "equipment repair" is a little more vague. Link's other, non-bow equipment in both games includes shields and breakable weapons, but there's no indication yet as to which category that repair might apply to.

Whatever the case, the Zelda Notes app only lets you use the daily bonus feature once every 24 hours in the real world. The effect it lands on is completely random as well. Useful as the repair feature might be, it won't overhaul the weapon- and item-degradation system, and you might go for several days before the bonus roulette lands on it even once. The app only works for the enhanced Switch 2 version of each game, so if you're playing on the original Switch, you won't have the daily bonus option at all.

Breath of the Wild's and Tears of the Kingdom's Switch 2 versions launch on June 5, 2025, the same day as the Switch 2 itself. Nintendo is offering paid upgrade paths for those who own the games physically or digitally on the original Switch, though Switch Online subscribers will get the upgrades for free. Nintendo will also sell standalone Switch 2 versions for $80 apiece, though neither comes with DLC.