This particular glitch, as with many Breath of the Wild glitches, can be complicated to activate. Luckily, the YouTube channel Gaming Reinvented, and the discoverers of the glitch, two people who go by the names Simaubaka and LegendofLinkk, have laid out each step. After meeting a handful of prerequisites that lay the groundwork for the glitch, the rest of the exploit is about manipulating inventory and save file slots. The complex process ends with Link jumping into a body of water with the stamina bar depleted and jumping out with a stamina bar that will never empty again. Hench, the glitch’s name: Aqua Reverse Memory Storage, or ARMS.
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With ARMS glitch activated, the world of Breath of the Wild opens, allowing Link to scale any mountain and then glide to any point within range without losing a drop of stamina. The glitch has some other advantages, too. It disables various events around the map from being triggered, like cutscenes, and it even lets the player explore the Lost Woods at a leisurely pace without worrying about having to start at the beginning after a wrong turn.
But there are some downsides to immortality, it turns out. The glitch can softlock the game, meaning it remains playable but progression beyond the current state of the game is impossible. Some softlock triggers include talking to NPC’s or opening any of Breath of the Wild’s numerous treasure chests. Switching items and pausing and un-pausing the game ends the glitch, as well. As long as players don’t do anything the glitch doesn’t like, they’re free to roam anywhere and can kill anything.
Many of the most popular Breath of the Wild glitches don’t really offer much in the way of a reward that players can’t access in the game proper. Players are always on the hunt for new glitches because the sense of invincibility and freedom they provide is reward enough. But they do offer Breath of the Wild speedrunners a bevy of tools at their disposal that can help shave off precious fractions of a second to achieve a better time.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is available on Switch and Wii U.
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