If you want to know how to perform the Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom duplication glitch, we’re here to explain how to do it. This glitch is surprisingly simple, but it totally breaks the game‘s economy, so don’t use it unless you don’t mind going against the intended method of gathering items and weapons.
Without further ado, let’s look at how to duplicate items and weapons in Tears of the Kingdom.
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Tears of the Kingdom: How to duplicate items
To execute the Tears of the Kingdom duplication glitch for items, you need a bow, melee weapon and a shield equipped. Aim your bow and attach the material you want to duplicate to your arrow using up on the D-pad.
Pause the game and go to your bows in your inventory. Drop the bow you have equipped, then equip a different bow from that same menu.
Hit the plus button twice quickly to close and re-open the inventory menu. The material you want to duplicate should be on the new bow you equipped, but it will also remain on the previous bow you dropped.
You can do this as many times as you want to duplicate an endless supply of materials. However, this might remove a lot of the fun of the game so do it at your own peril.
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Tears of the Kingdom: How to duplicate weapons
You can also duplicate weapons or shields in Tears of the Kingdom, and here’s how. Equip the weapon or shield you want to duplicate from the inventory screen, then create a manual save.
From the inventory screen, drop the weapon you’re trying to duplicate. Equip another weapon or shield, depending on which you’re duplicating. For example, if you’re duplicating a shield it has to be a different shield you equip.
Hit the plus button to re-open the menu quickly, then drop the weapon or shield you have equipped. If you reload that manual save from earlier, you should see your duplicated weapon on the ground.
It’s very likely this exploit will be patched, so if you really want to make use of it be sure to get on it quickly.
That’s all you need to know about the Tears of the Kingdom duplication glitch.
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