# panda_venom's The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Texture Pack

> A light, faithful HD upscale of The Wind Waker for the European release, small enough for low-end PCs and the Steam Deck.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/gamecube/games/legendofzeldathewindwaker/texturepacks/pandavenom/
Page updated: 2026-10-02

- Artist: panda_venom

panda_venom's pack for the European version of The Wind Waker keeps things simple and close to the original art. It uses little memory, which makes it a good fit for low-end PCs and handhelds such as the Steam Deck.

The textures were upscaled in chaiNNer, mainly with the 4xHDCube4 model, then finished in GIMP and XnConvert, starting from a dump made with Venomalia's texture extraction tool. The pack is about 95% complete.

## How to set it up

1. In Dolphin, open **File > Open User Folder**, then go into `Load/Textures/`.
2. Extract the download there, so you end up with a `Load/Textures/GZL/` folder.
3. Open **Graphics > Advanced** and tick **Load Custom Textures**. Ticking **Prefetch Custom Textures** too stops stutter, if you have the RAM for it.

## Latest builds

Download these from the web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/gamecube/games/legendofzeldathewindwaker/texturepacks/pandavenom/#download

- (573 MB)