Zelda Notes

Zelda Notes navigation on a phone, guiding Link across Hyrule Field
Navigation guiding Link across Hyrule Field in Tears of the Kingdom.

Zelda Notes is Nintendo's companion service for The Legend of Zelda, built into the Nintendo Switch App for iPhone and Android phones. It arrived with the Nintendo Switch 2 on June 5th, 2025 for the Switch 2 Editions of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, and it now also works with the Ocarina of Time remake.

Once your game is linked, Zelda Notes knows what you have found and what you haven't. It can guide you to the places you've missed, record your play as stats and medals, compare you with players around the world, and give you extras like a daily bonus. Each game has its own set of features: eight for Breath of the Wild, nine for Tears of the Kingdom and eleven for Ocarina of Time. A Nintendo Switch Online membership isn't needed.

Getting Started

  1. Install the Nintendo Switch App on your phone and sign in with the same Nintendo Account you play on.
  2. Open Zelda Notes in the app and pick your game. For Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom it works with the Nintendo Switch 2 Editions, not the original Switch versions.
  3. Play the game while connected to the internet. Zelda Notes only fills in after your console has gone online with the game, so it may show nothing until you've played a little.
  4. For features that send things into the game, like the Daily Bonus, Autobuild designs and items, load your game and turn on ZELDA NOTES on the game's Options screen.
Spoilers: the Navigation map, the quiz and some stats can give away things you haven't found yet. Each of these screens has spoiler options under the gear icon in the top-right corner. If Global Play Data stays empty, check that you haven't opted out of data analytics in your Nintendo Account settings.

Breath of the Wild

Nintendo Switch 2 Edition · 8 features

Navigation

Shrines, caves, hidden Koroks and more on a map, with your completion status. Pick a destination and voice guidance leads you there, like a GPS for Hyrule.

Voice Memories

Zelda's memories, scattered around Hyrule. When you reach certain places you discover a recording, and you can replay any you've found.

Item Sharing

Move items from the game into your item box in the app and back again, and swap items with other players by connecting item boxes with a QR code. Items can be moved between games, but only once.

Photo Studio

Import pictures taken with the in-game camera, or screenshots of the game uploaded from your console, and decorate them with Zelda-themed stamps, frames and QR codes. Images are kept for 30 days, up to 300 at a time.

Global Play Data

Your own numbers, like distance traveled and enemies defeated, compared with players around the world, with a breakdown by area of the map.

Medals

Your play is recorded as stats, and reaching milestones earns medals in four ranks: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Master. You can also set a profile picture from Photo Studio.

Daily Bonus

Once a day you spin for an effect you can use in the game at any time, such as refilling your hearts or stamina, repairing your weapons, bow or shield, or the effect of a meal or elixir. Activate it from the Key Items menu.

amiibo

Zelda amiibo you scan in the game are added to a collection with pictures of the figure and its packaging. Scan the same amiibo five times to unlock a bonus.

Our Breath of the Wild map and Worldwide Stats page use the same data.

Tears of the Kingdom

Nintendo Switch 2 Edition · 9 features

Tears of the Kingdom has everything Breath of the Wild has, with Shrines of Light and the Depths on the Navigation map, plus Autobuild Sharing.

Navigation

Shrines of Light, caves, hidden Koroks and more across the sky, the surface and the Depths, with voice guidance and your completion status.

Voice Memories

The memories of three characters, scattered across Hyrule. One set follows Master Kohga after he falls into the Depths, told in three parts.

Autobuild Sharing

Send a design from your Autobuild history to the app, turn it into a QR code and share it. Scan someone else's code and send it to your game to build it yourself.

Item Sharing

Save items from the game in your item box, share them with other players, or move them between games (each item only once).

Photo Studio, Global Play Data, Medals, Daily Bonus and amiibo work the same way as in Breath of the Wild. In Tears of the Kingdom the Daily Bonus can also recharge your energy cells.

Link finds a Korok, with the completion checklist on the phone
Finding a Korok, with the completion list on the phone
Voice Memories on the phone while Link explores
A Voice Memory
An Autobuild schematic received from Zelda Notes
An Autobuild design received from Zelda Notes
Item Sharing between the app and the game
Item Sharing
Using a Daily Bonus from Zelda Notes in the game
Using a Daily Bonus in the game
Global Play Data: worldwide statistics in the app
Global Play Data

See also our Tears of the Kingdom map and Worldwide Stats.

Ocarina of Time

Nintendo Switch 2 remake · 11 features

Zelda Notes on a smartphone
Zelda Notes for the Ocarina of Time remake.

The Ocarina of Time remake has its own set of features, built around the new things in the remake.

Map

Pieces of Heart, Gold Skulltulas and more on the map, with your completion status, so you can see what's left to find.

Gossip Quests

Follow rumors and complete quests, such as talking to Gossip Stones, to earn points. Trade the points for ocarina music scores. These contain a lot of spoilers.

Ocarina

Play the ocarina on your phone, freestyle by pressing combinations of buttons, or play the scores you've collected. You can also write your own songs and share them as QR codes.

Hall of Fallen Foes

Your best times from the Hall of Fallen Foes boss rematches, compared with the top players in the world.

Daily Report

Screenshots are taken automatically while you play, so you can look back on each day's session.

Threads of Time

Events from your adventure are woven into a tapestry as you play, and you can replay scenes you've already seen.

Quiz

A quiz you can take once a day at each difficulty level. It has a lot of spoilers.

Photo Studio

Decorate screenshots of the game with Zelda stamps, frames or QR codes of songs you've written.

Global Play Data

Your play compared with players around the world, from distance traveled to enemies defeated.

Medals

Medals earned for your progress through the adventure.

amiibo

Zelda amiibo you scan in the game are collected here, with a bonus for scanning the same one five times.

Zelda Notes on Zelda Xtreme

Several of our pages are built from Zelda Notes data, so you can use them on any device, and without linking a game:

The Threads of Time story log
The Threads of Time tapestry
A medal for distance traveled in My Play Data
A medal in Tears of the Kingdom