Highlights
- A player of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has recreated in-game weapons in real life, inspired by rust-free variants found in the Depths.
- Reddit user dreadhawk17 shared photographs of their sculpted and painted replicas of various weapons, including the Master Sword and Demise Sword.
- Fellow Redditors responded with admiration and jokes, speculating that the replicas were 3D printed, and the OP revealed that the project took seven months to complete.
A player of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has recreated several in-game weapons in real life. Other players have recreated real-life items in Tears of the Kingdom, so it only makes sense to go the other way around.
Much like its groundbreaking predecessor, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom boasts a variety of cool-looking yet breakable weaponry to use in combat, ranging from a measly tree branch to sturdier swords crafted for the royal guard. In Tears of the Kingdom's story, the Upheaval sent Gloom spraying onto Hyrule's surface, decaying most of its weaponry, but thankfully Link's new Fuse ability allows him to overcome this with some powerful combinations. That said, stronger and rust-free versions of these weapons can be found in the Depths by taking them from the spirits of old explorers, and those variants were clearly what inspired this fan's art.
Reddit user dreadhawk17 shared a series of photographs depicting several recreated pieces of equipment from Tears of the Kingdom, created through sculpting and paint. Aside from a wooden replica of Majora's Mask an unlockable piece of in-game gear, the others replicate various in-game weapons, including the restored and decayed versions of the Master Sword, a Gerudo Scimitar, a Royal Guard Broadsword and Claymore, and the rare, hard-to-come-by Demise Sword. Apparently, these sculptures were commissions from a fan of the user, although the Demise Sword was shrunken down to accommodate for the fact that real life humans aren't as large as its original wielder.
Many fellow Redditors in the comments appeared quite impressed with what they saw. Some questioned how exactly these copies were made, but others suggested that they were 3D printed. Others decide to take their sarcastic or joking jabs at the objects being replicated, warning the OP not to put on Majora's Mask or poking fun at how brittle Tears of the Kingdom's Royal Guard weapons tend to be despite their majestic designs. When pressed for details, the OP noted that the project took about seven months, with each individual sculpture taking four to five weeks even while working on two at once.
Over the decades, video game fans have shown their love for their favorite games in a variety of ways, and one of the most common forms in recent years are real-life replicas of in-game characters or items, some larger in scale than others. Tears of the Kingdom players have replicated its characters and items in a variety of creative ways, despite the game being less than three months old, so it should be a treat to see where the community will go next.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is available only on Nintendo Switch.