The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom offers a gigantic open world. Players can explore not only the surface of Hyrule but also the underground and the sky realm. One player was at around 82% progress when he lost his save file. He was glad he didn’t have to play any further, but unfortunately, there was a solution to his problem.
Why was the player happy? The player took on the task of completing everything in Hyrule that he could. To achieve 100% in TotK, numerous things are necessary:
- Complete the main story
- Finish all shrines
- Collect all Korok seeds
- Discover all locations across all three levels
- Collect all equipment
- Complete 139 side quests
- … and much more
The list could go on with several more points. No wonder it takes time for a player to fully complete the title. For the X-user Bri4nF, it was over at just 82% game progress, as an error occurred at that save point that caused the game to crash.
The Zelda fan writes that he was “freed” by this. He no longer had to plunge into the last torturous hours to gather the remaining 18%. Already at 77%, he posted a pained image because he knew which tasks still lay ahead of him:
Presumably, after 250 hours, he no longer wanted to spend more time in Tears of the Kingdom. That’s why he was glad that he could not restore the save data. But unfortunately, things turned out differently than expected.
This is what the game from Nintendo looks like:
Zelda player loses save file, can unfortunately recover it again
How did he get the save file back? A user informed the gamer that there is a way to restore the corrupted data. The player needs to go to the system settings under Data Management > Software > TotK and select the option “Look for corrupted data.”
And indeed: Brian reports that it “unfortunately” worked. The feature reportedly informed him that the data was not damaged at all.
Is he continuing now? Brian posted simultaneously that he is now at 83%. This suggests that the player has not yet given up on reaching 100%. So we should keep our fingers crossed that he can finish the game this time – or perhaps better that the data gets lost for good this time?
At the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, there were the most curious stories. In the probably most extraordinary, two fans stole a copy, only to be betrayed by their mother: 2 fans planned to steal Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom before the release, infiltrated a delivery company – But mom ruined everything
