With theHyrule Warriors: Age of Calamitydemo fully out, one thing that players noticed were locations that were present inThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but happened to be completely destroyed and abandoned. In return, seeing the destroyed locations gavemoddersthe idea to recreate and restore the locations to their former glory.
As fans of the series may already know, the events inAge of Calamitytake place 100 years before the events inThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which would explain why the locations and structures are fully intact. However, because of The Great Calamity event, most of the locations ended up getting ruined and broken down, ultimately leaving them empty, hollow, and destroyed. However, a recent mod forBreath of the Wildallows for those same locations to be resurrected and explored as if they were neveraffected by The Great Calamity.
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A modder by the name of banan039 is currently recreating all demolished structures and implementing them intoBreath of the Wild. According to the modder, there is no team behind the project, meaning that it is completely solo and that he has been working on it for months. Given the fact that adecent amount of locations have been destroyed, trying to recreate all of them will take a lot of time, especially when it comes to the details and the overall look the locations have inAge of Calamity(for accuracy reasons).
As far as which places have been currently restored, they are Mabe Village, Sacred Ground Ruins, parts of Hyrule Castle, and more. Those who choose to download the mod will be able to see the locations in their restored forms and essentially appreciate their beauty one way or another. SinceAge of Calamityhas the same mapbut not the same open-world aspect asBreath of the Wild, getting up close to the locations and admiring them will be a bit complicated. With the mod however, it’s almost like players are inAge of Calamitybut withBreath of the Wildmechanics and gameplay elements.
Going forward, it will be interesting to see how the project continues to evolve and which places will receive the restoration treatment. Nonetheless, the current version of the mod allows players to explore a decent number of the locations, so they should definitely expect the list to grow in the future while seeing newunique and original gameplay modsalong the way.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildis available now on the Nintendo Switch.
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