Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom on Switch 2 allows for equipment repairs with Zelda Notes

New information has come to light that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild or Tears of the Kingdom will support weapon repairs, which is done through the upcoming Zelda Notes portion of the Nintendo Switch app.

The durability system in Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom was one of the more controversial aspects of the games. Over time, equipment would break with use. If you had a certain weapon you really liked, once you whacked enemies enough times with it, generally it’d break and you’d lose it.

Nintendo is introducing the Zelda Notes app with its upcoming Switch 2 Editions of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. Each day, you can earn a bonus at random. It turns out that equipment repairs is listed among these bonuses, as shared by YouTuber Zeltik. There are many others, including health recovery, stamina recovery, energy cell recharge, and various meals. It should be noted that the possible rewards seem to change each day.

Technically, Tears of the Kingdom does already support weapon repairs. However, this needs to be done with a Rock Octorok, which can only restore one item and do so only once. Additionally, the method doesn’t work on amiibo-supported weapons.

Zelda Notes has lots of other functionality. The big thing Nintendo touts is that the app has a GPS-like feature to find shrines and hidden Korok. There’ll also be commentary from Princess Zelda herself that was not part of the original games. That’s not all though as we’ve learned there’ll be an achievements system, item sharing, and more.

The Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom Nintendo Switch 2 Editions launch on June 5, 2025. After some confusion, we learned this week that the upgrade content will be included on their physical cartridges.