Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom Get New Updates for July 2025

Nintendo has released new updates for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. While these latest updates apply to both the Switch and Switch 2 versions of Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild, they focus primarily on the Zelda Notes app.

The Switch 2 launched on June 5, bringing several new exclusive games for fans to play. Unsurprisingly, Mario Kart World has been popular thanks to being the first brand-new home console installment in the racing series since Mario Kart 8. However, Nintendo introduced Switch 2 Editions of some classic games from the original Switch as well. Offering various improvements, these updated versions gave new Switch 2 owners more options when looking for something to play. Among the games seeing big enhancements via Switch 2 Editions are Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild, which received better resolutions, frame rates, and more.

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Recently, Nintendo released new patches for both these games, moving Tears of the Kingdom to Version 1.4.2 and Breath of the Wild to Version 1.8.2. Specifically, these updates, released on July 3, implemented fixes for the Zelda Notes app. In both cases, a problem with players being unable to use the Daily Bonus in certain situations was resolved. For context, the Daily Bonus allows players to use the Zelda Notes app to roll a random effect that can be applied to Link.

Besides addressing the Daily Bonus, Nintendo applied other fixes to several undisclosed issues with the app. Furthermore, a fix for background music not playing at the correct times in the Switch 2 Edition of Tears of the Kingdom was implemented. Some additional general changes were made to “improve the gameplay experience” for players of both games as well. While the Zelda Notes changes only impact the Switch 2 Editions of the games, it is possible that these other fixes in the general section could improve the experience for those still playing on the original Switch.

It is worth noting that this is not the first update that Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild have received since the release of the Switch 2. Previously, these Zelda games received updates on June 12 to improve the gameplay experience and revise Portuguese text.

Hopefully, the latest updates from July 3 will make the games even more stable. While Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild seem to run well on Switch 2, it is nice to see Nintendo looking to patch problems as they appear.

Tears of the Kingdom Latest update: Ver. 1.4.2 (Released July 3, 2025)

Nintendo Switch 2 Edition: Fixes related to ZELDA NOTES

Fixed an issue in which the player was unable to use the Daily Bonus effects “Health Recovery” or “Hearty Meal” if they had increased their hearts to the maximum number.
Several other issues related to ZELDA NOTES have been addressed.

*The latest update data is required to play elements related to ZELDA NOTES.

General

Fixed an issue in which the background music would not be played correctly in certain battles in the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition.
Several other issues have been addressed to improve the gameplay experience.

Breath of the Wild Latest update: Ver. 1.8.2 (Released July 3, 2025)