Turning Breath of the Wild into an RPG

Breath of the Wild already has a hidden Experience point system built into it that is responsible for leveling up the enemies and weapons...but what if this was enhanced to work for the player as well?? I hope you guys enjoy this overview to the Breath of the Wild RPG project!!
Hidden XP Video overview:
• Breath of the Wild's H...
Enemy, weapon, and modifier point values:
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The BotW RPG/XP Visualizer project!! (Credits to Echocolat)
gamebanana.com/mods/430349
(make sure to read fully before any installs!!)
This overhaul pairs very well with the Weapon durability mod you can see being used in the video!!
gamebanana.com/mods/49876
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[@Croton]

A few additional notes about the mod: 1) Monster Chests now respawn under blood moons, which makes it possible to get additional orbs post doing all the shrines 2) Kiltons shop now contains all limited weapons in the game (Kite shield, forest dweller sword, etc) so you’re still able to get them even if all the base ones break! 3) In a lot of RPG’s, you can wait to level up your character right when you hit low health to get a full hp restore. This can be fully replicated in this mod, as you only level up when you bring up the visualizer!! (Heart container restores all health, Stamina vessel restores all stamina) Let me know if you have any other questions about it, and I hope you enjoy!! :)

[@clawzz355]

Yoooo new vid

[@zenophoric4798]

That would help

[@Stinkus17]

@@RedShell_2 yo squimblo!

[@RedShell_2]

Love your vids keep on being such an amazing content creator

[@RedShell_2]

@@Stinkus17 hi

[@echocolatowo]

Thanks a lot for everything you did, it was such a blast to work with you on this !! Hope everyone will enjoy, have fun, great vid :)

[@Croton]

The project was a blast to see develop!! Thank you for making this awesome mod

[@martaniewiadomska5362]

This mod is very impressive! This honestly could be an actual part of the game if shrines would have not been the way of getting stamina and hearts.

[@GamingMonkey123]

Great video, this adds a whole new layer of gameplay to BOTW! Personally I’d like to keep it hidden, because BOTW will get a bit more “grindy” to get “more XP and levels”. This was very interesting to watch though, nonetheless! 😊

[@echocolatowo]

@@Mamma1999 Croton didn't put it in the video (not a problem) but Kilton's shop has all missable weapons in it !

[@streettrout855]

So gud! Question can you combine this with the HyRe mod?

[@TheBreadPirate]

This makes BotW completely different, and I love it! Thanks for sharing about this Croton. I'm glad I know about it now.

[@Croton]

Of course!! It was a super awesome project to test out, glad you found it cool too! :)

[@joseph-ml9pj]

hi bread

[@pixlegang]

Yea hi bread

[@quinnchester2408]

Bread!

[@SantaquinBacon]

If it isn’t the fox-licked bread…

[@andersonrusnell3102]

I’d love to see a playthrough of this, probably good for a botw revisit post totk.

[@pixlegang]

I was thinking the same thing, let's make this a reality!

[@Croton]

Definitely!! Right now I'm still finishing up my current playthrough (Killing all enemies in Hyrule) but I would love to stream this at some point! 😄

[@boredyoutuber9275]

​@@Croton Maybe a pacifist run now that you can check XP?

[@finn1389]

2:12

[@finn1389]

Hi croton

[@walnutinc961]

I think it would be cool if the hero of the wild set defend against most elements. Not fully, so it wouldn’t completely outshine all the other environmental protection, but enough to make it worth finding all 120 shrines.

[@detectivekraken9884]

This looks so cool! Probably not something I'd play myself, as I tend to focus more on exploration and less on combat, but I'd be fascinated to watch you stream it someday.

[@isaacwest9069]

Wow this looks like a lot of fun. I already play BOTW a bunch, but this is like a totally different experience!

[@spaghettimonster1508]

Nice pun 😂

[@isaacwest9069]

@@spaghettimonster1508 Thanks

[@ecoverm6314]

Everyday waiting until may is pure agony, your content makes the wait more bearable, and worse at the same time. Thank you so much, love your content :)

[@gwenchapman5068]

This is such a fun idea! I won't be playing it myself but I can't wait to see others play it

[@SantaquinBacon]

Can I just say thanks for always getting straight to the point in the video intros? It’s so refreshing to not have to listen to two minutes of “botw is a masterful game enjoyed by millions of people around the world blah blah blah…” before getting to the actual video.

[@wildchild69]

LOVE the videos Croton! Keep it up 🫶🫶 Can’t wait for the TOTK vids, they will be insaneee

[@Croton]

Thank you!!

[@Everything_Was_Taken]

@@Croton call me crazy but i think the voice singing in reverse in the totk trailer might be the voice of fi, it is somewhat similar to her voice and we already know fi is somewhat awake again, fi speaks to zelda in botw through the sword, and since zelda's power depleted so she can't hear it anymore, but it is just a mini theory

[@quinnchester2408]

Love the vid please do a run on this. I am ready for TOTK but few things to do in BOTW.

[@AngelofGrace96]

I hope you do a playthrough with this, it's such a cool mod and I'd love to see you really show off all it could do!

[@Moai-RocketLeague]

This is a very fun idea. Another great video about making Breath of the Wild something it isn’t 😅

[@Lightrider-oy2qb]

I like this idea a lot and it would be cool if it was in tears of the kingdom. I know its not possible modding but maybe instead of a shop its a skill tree that lets you use spirit orbs to basically upgrade link like "Sword damage +10%", "Stamina lose from sprinting decreased", or "Gliding speed increased by 25%". Sounds cool to me.

[@Lightrider-oy2qb]

I'm fine if the shop stays but skill tree would be nice too.

[@bvoyelr]

Looks really cool. I'm wondering if levelling right there on the spot was the best call. On the one hand it lends legitimacy to the levelling system -- "this is an important moment!" -- but on the other hand, being interrupted with a levelup in the middle of a fight or something seems weird. Personally, I think I'd have done the Oblivion thing. "You feel stronger. Go pray at a Goddess Statue to receive a blessing." Then when you do, you can then cash in your levels. But it could go either way. Now I just need to learn how to play a modded version of Breath of the Wild...

[@Croton]

That's why a player controls when they get to level up! It only happens when the XP visualizer is called, so it won't interrupt combat unless you want it to

[@bvoyelr]

@@Croton OHHHHH, I missed that. Guess I shouldn't watch these things in the background while working if I'm going to slide into the comments and critique them 🤐

[@PeskyPlays]

See this is what I thought Zelda was originally like until I actually started playing it 😂

[@ricm6918]

I love your videos im subbed and you are my fav youtuber and you inspired me to play again and get amiibos

[@VirtualRealityFanatic]

Hi Croton, I absolutely love your videos! Keep up the great work my guy!

[@Croton]

I appreciate it! Thank you

[@blockwearingman]

this is literally what i wanted from botw thx for the showcase

[@mjziborich4491]

Huh I’m definitely intrigued. I guess I’ll have to find out how to install it!

[@chaineryt9211]

Let’s go! A new croton video is always great! Keep it up!

[@NWGR]

Amazing. This game+mods offers near infinite replayability.

[@cuddlequeen3225]

This mod is a really cool idea. Thanks for covering it. Having a super accessible shop for rare items would have made my many hours of grinding armor upgrades obsolete.

[@nova_strife]

Man now I really wanna see a play through with this mod

[@Spiral79]

Love you croton!!!

[@Vince-A-N-O]

We need to get a stream for this.

[@LuciaFiero]

I love your videos, even your hours long streams. I finally figured out how to wind bomb and I wish I figured it out years ago. Annoying apparatus shrine got you down? Wind bomb over the gate instead! I'm doing Champions Ballad (finally) and have wind bombed over three of the more annoying shrines, It doesn't even feel like cheating, it feels like MORE of an accomplishment. Thanks for making the game more fun.

[@iorizinhw]

Great Job!

[@nayuki-rn]

THIS IS AMAZING

[@clawzz355]

New croton vid means its a good day

[@clawzz355]

@@ZeldaCroton scam alert nab bro

[@TheRealRidley12]

Oh wow, this sounds really interesting!

[@JR-kj2px]

This is such a cool mod! Kudos to the creator

[@ljyeet7642]

Croton i really love your videos i have a recommendation to try beating botw using only farming gear just something i would like to see much love brother hopefully u see this and we can get the video

[@KyogresHideout_Vegito2121]

This looks like quite a cool mod for RPG lovers like myself :0

[@BlanketGamer-fz4gx]

This seems like a great idea!

[@krisbutwithaspoon1082]

We need you to speedrun this soon

[@masondoinglife]

Hi there I love ur vids

[@doge229]

Wow this really fun! I think it might be better to have an option to reject the level up in the visualizer menu, so that you can see how much you have banked, but still save the level ups.

[@Astral_Nebula]

I love your videos

[@leukepanda8578]

Wow thats sooo cool hope they add something like this in totk

[@Demian34]

VERY GOOD VIDEO!!!

[@thelegendoflink9140]

this sounds like so much fun! I might even bring out the old emulator to give it a try! like a last run before TOTK!

[@Croton]

Have fun with it! 😄 I was hoping this would give people something to do while waiting for TotK

[@amazing1112]

Oh wow hi @The legend of link you are very dedicated to this game

[@TheTolnoc]

Gotta love a mod that gives you a drill shaft along with its useful features.

[@leonardomartinez6887]

This is soo cool

[@chillstoneblakeblast3172]

So this mod just makes Breath of the Wild into a much more acceptable Zelda 2. Pretty cool

[@iliaszopfi5703]

I love your videos♥️ best humour and really informative(sry my english sucks)

[@Croton]

Happy you enjoy them thank you!!

[@etchward5424]

this is so cool

[@aratherbritishdinosaur]

I wish my Switch was compatible with mods, this sounds amazing.

[@SuperRangerGuy1]

Here's a thought Croton if it's not available via Switch version put it in the title ; if it's for the modded version mention it on a separate video with it being the Modded 1 in the title

[@General12th]

Hi Crouton! This is a nifty idea. I hope it works well and people enjoy it in their future playthroughs!

[@DrOtaku13]

bro just woke up one day and decided to improve the best game ever made

[@loganswalk8621]

Considering how popular the Mario RPG games are I'm surprised that Nintendo hasn't done the same with the Zelda series especially considering the series is a much better fit for the genre.

[@maxloera8057]

Sounds really cool but had a question about getting Korok seeds in the statue, what happens to the korok seeds u find in the wild if u use all your spirit orbs to buy them? And say that isn’t the case and these are seeds u can only get from the statue. Considering there’s a limited amount of spirit orbs ingame, what if u spend them all on every but the seeds? Will u just not be able to get them?

[@Croton]

There's still 900 seeds in the wild! The ones in the shop are just extras, as korok seeds work more as a currency rather than a collectable Also I mentioned in the pinned comment, that the monster chests are respawnable via blood moon now - so you still can get occasional orbs now even after doing all shrines!

[@NikoQerry]

I just started replaying botw on switch. I may have to pause that and go play this mod.

[@Night_birb]

I have an interesting idea maybe do a traveller gear only run

[@thesalvegedgamer1786]

I have a challenge idea. It's a yiga clan only challenge. You can only use weapons from the yiga clan. You can dye the shieka set red and use that. You must fully upgrade the armor too. And you can only heal with mighty bananas. Torches are allowed since the blade masters use torches in the hideout

[@someguy2200]

I’m finally early, time to watch another great vid!

[@CushYT]

MORE BOULDER BREAKERS??? I'm sold 🔥🔥🔥

[@Croton]

GORDON RUN V.2!!!!

[@zeke3620]

From 269k to 270k keep grinding

[@dcdoublebass]

what would you say was the easiest challeng video you did? I want to try one, but I'm not very experieced at the game.

[@tylerherr4288]

if perks could be worked into this instead of weapon and material rewards that would be really cool imagine having a high jump perk environmental resistance perks (like level 1 heat resistance which would mean you could cut 1 piece of armor that you would of had to wear) lower / no stamina drain for certain actions (definitely with a very high cost) damage buffs etc etc

[@connorfries8297]

Dang, what a good idea.

[@vishuprathikanti9352]

This sounds awesome! Yeah it'd be pretty cool to see a playthrough

[@christophersurico5726]

Can you have a run on the channel? I don’t watch streams that much so having it be videos would be great

[@omgitsjeffery4030]

@croton Will you be streaming this mod anytime soon?

[@antilopezmexicanos]

This must be done for TOTK, this mechanic, will motivate us to fight, I also suggest, three "status" attack(increased weapons damage) Defense(increased shield power) and Luck(More and better loot from enemies and ore deposits and chance for critical melas and elixirs), this XP system, was used in the legend of Zelda 2 Adventures Of Link.

[@GaronTheGreat]

Hey Croton, I don’t know if someone already mentioned this or you’ve seen it yourself but at 1:15 it says Black Moblin to Black Moblin.

[@Croton]

Ah it does 😅 I pulled that chart from the XP breakdown spreadsheet I linked, sadly I can't fix since it isn't mine - thank you tho!

[@FireDisrupter]

how did you even do this it is amazing that what you do for your vids also i love how you do every one of your vids have a great day

[@ThanatosZero]

Durability could be solved with XP as well. The more skilled you are with weapons and shields the less durability they will lose. This may require to add in 20 more levels. Weapon and Shield Skill levels: 1 = -10% durability decrease per hit 2 = -20% durability decrease per hit ... 9 = -90% durability decrease per hit 10 = -95% (or -99 or -100%) durability decrease per hit

[@frankzatank7382]

I've never wanted to mod my switch so badly

[@GamingMonkey123]

Great video, this adds a whole new layer of gameplay to BOTW! Personally I’d like to keep it hidden, because BOTW will get a bit more “grindy” to get “more XP and levels”. This was very interesting to watch though, nonetheless! 😊

[@cobramon4067]

Do a only wood weapons,bows and sheilds run. (Can't attract lightning)

[@Jimyrt.]

Now that I’ve sunk 100+ hours into totk, hornless bokos look so weird.

[@mod5278]

What’s totk?

[@Jimyrt.]

tears of the kingdom@@mod5278

[@mk204for45]

awesome

[@westongerdts2661]

Amazing

[@landlighterfirestar5550]

This is great! It FINALLY puts some rewards in the over world that balance out the overwhelming amount of underwhelming rewards. I can see why this isn’t how the base game was developed though, as it’s counter intuitive to force players to fight in a game about exploration, but this is a great modification. Also, what happens to the test of strength shrines in this mod? One thought I had that could make them more useful is since they replenish every blood moon, maybe their spirit orbs do too?

[@polish_bones0054]

the xp tool is a drillshaft. cool

[@Verbose_Mode]

So... does it work with Second Wind? If so, I may need to finally put my stuff together and try a modded run...

[@Creeper_ofDoom]

Breath of the Wild + Assassin’s Creed Origins = Fun

[@Auriorium]

This mod should be added to the base game on switch. I would love to play it.

[@AlexEgiyan]

I'm happy it's all hidden, wouldn't like this game if it heavily relied on RPG elements.

[@guffthebir72]

Wish I could play this

[@theknight1573]

This is an amazing mod!! I really want to try this out, but is there a way to play this on an actual switch? If not, which emulator would you suggest?

[@Croton]

CEMU emulator is really the best option for any botw modding!! You will have to read up a bit on it to get it working. Glad you enjoy the mod!! 😄

[@theknight1573]

@@Croton Well it took a couple tries, but I finally got the mod manager working properly. The mod also seems to be working as intended for the most part (10 orbs per shrine, shop at a statue), but the xp tracker weapon does not show up... any idea why it would not be in the shrine of resurection like you showed in the video? (Ow and I have so far only opened one monster chest on the plateau and it did not give orbs, but that might be intentional maybe)

[@Croton]

Did you create a new save with the mod already installed? Otherwise it may not work properly Also I assume you are using the XP visualizer weapon version over button combo?

[@theknight1573]

@@Croton Just to make sure I deleted the entire save folder through cemu, but it still doesn't show. I did download the non weapon version as well while I was trying to get it to work, I will see if that somehow causes interference even tho I do not have it active at the moment. Just to make sure, you do not need to have the xp visualiser on top of the botw rpg mod, right? Because I did not download just xp visualiser

[@Croton]

Correct you only need to install the RPG by itself as that comes with the visualizer! Otherwise, making sure your CEMU/bcml is up to date is definitely important - and manual installs of the mod do not work

[@bmanjamin]

they should make spirit orbs be used to upgrade runes

[@ThatOneGamer_Dad]

Is it strictly for Wii U and not switch? And could someone upload a video of the installation process since most people seem to be struggling with it?

[@Everything_Was_Taken]

hello croton! when is your next stream of killing every enemy, those are great, have a good day! (im the lanayru tower hole guy)

[@Croton]

Hey!! It's always on Wednesday nights at 6EST!!!

[@Everything_Was_Taken]

@@Croton thx, and i think the voice singing in revere might be fi, just a little something to think about

[@sometimes1]

What cemu/game version you're running the mod on? I can't seem to get this working on my game (I'm doing a fresh start btw)

[@pristinedecision1877]

Wait, so is this possible on the Switch now? Or is it a work in progress?

[@zacattak4837]

Wow looks awesome, wish there was a way I could play it :/

[@rf3138]

Can you try this mod sometime? I would like to see you play it!

[@chargegarg8234]

BOTW with only boomerangs when?

[@UnTailed]

Is it possible to make a download video for the BCML version of this i wanna play it but idk how to install it

[@lorenzoniccoli99ln]

I bet a lot of people will click away thinking this was clickbait as soon as you started explaining that first xp visualizer

[@liamsoh6133]

Please a playthrough

[@andrewjozay]

This mod shows one way Zelda 2 could be remade!

[@ancestral_artemis]

If you read this echolat nice job on this mod! I wish this was actually something that was always on screen

[@Coralescent]

can you make a pre existing save an rpg save? how would that work?

[@Croton]

It may be possible, but the experience would be broken sadly - as you would get all the rewards up to your current XP level on top of the ones you got in the base game - making max hearts/stamina come super suddenly I haven't fully tested it myself though, but it's possible the other systems would still work

[@ashleycurzon6348]

Id love to do this but im in no position to be modding my switch :/

[@eliocongiu3783]

Awsome