How to do Zelda Tears of the Kingdom’s duplication glitch

Tears of the Kingdom – The Legend of Zelda has a glitch that lets players duplicate items, materials, weapons, swords, and shields — at least until Nintendo inevitably patches the bug out. Exploiting that glitch can earn players infinite rupees, effectively destroying the game’s economy and sapping much of the fun of playing through Tears Of The KingdomIt is exactly as the creators intended.

But if you’re desperate for materials or money in Tears Of The KingdomThe duplication bug is relatively easy to use and seems safe. You just need a bow, arrows, and some patience — and hope that Nintendo won’t punish you for exploiting it at some point.

Tears of the Kingdom – How to reproduce materials

1. You’ll need to have a bow, melee weapon, and shield equipped.

2. Tap the ZR button to have Link switch to his bow, but don’t aim or nock an arrow.

3. To fuse the material onto the arrow, press up on the D pad.

4. Press the plus button to pause, move to the “Bows and Arrows” tab, and drop your equipped bow.

5. Equip a new bow while the menu for pause is open.

6. To close the menu, press the + button two times (very fast).

7. It is important to check the material fused on the bows and arrows you are using.

8. Exit the pause menu and drop the current equipped bow.

9. Two bows with Fused material each should be placed on the ground.

It is possible to duplicate expensive or rare materials such as diamonds which are sold at 500 rupees a piece.

This glitch can also be used to duplicate bows, shields and weapons. It is slightly more difficult to do this, because you need to save the game and then reload it every time.

Learn how to make weapons and shields for Tears of the Kingdom

1. Use the + button to open the Pause menu.

2. You can duplicate a weapon, shield, bow, etc. by equipping it.

3. Create a manual saving by opening the System menu.

4. Duplicate an item by dropping it from the Inventory Screen.

5. Select and equip another item of the same type (if you’re duplicating a melee weapon, select another melee weapon).

6. Press the plus key twice very quickly to close and open the pause menu.

7. Drop your weapon.

8. You can reload your manual save by selecting the System option.

9. It is important that the duplicate weapon be placed on the ground.

The timing is key to the glitch of duplicating materials using the bow and arrow. If you want to copy melee weapons like shields and bows then it is best to use the glitch to learn the timing before switching to the exploiting game saves method.

How to earn money more legally in The Legend of ZeldaTears Of The Kingdom, read Polygon’s guide on which items and materials to sell to earn the most rupees.