# HWDER

> HWDER is a native Windows and Linux port of the Switch Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition, built on your PC from your own copy, with a 120 fps mode.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/switch/games/hyrulewarriorsdefinitiveedition/ports/hwder/
Page updated: 2026-11-14

- Developer: blocker-3
- Port type: Recompilation (A tool translated the game's original machine code into C automatically, which was then built as a native PC program.)
- Game: [Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/switch/games/hyrulewarriorsdefinitiveedition/index.md)
- AI use: AI-assisted. An AI coding tool is credited as co-author on 307 of the last 400 commits.
- Source code: /opt/buildhome/repo/content/nintendo/switch/games/hyrulewarriorsdefinitiveedition/ports/hwder/index.md
- Runs on: Windows, Linux

What you need: Your own dump of Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition for the Nintendo Switch as an `.nsp` file and the `prod.keys` from your own console (update 1.0.1 optional). Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit), or 64-bit Linux with glibc 2.35 or newer and Python 3, an AVX2 CPU, a Vulkan graphics driver (1.2 on Windows, 1.3 on Linux) and several GB of free space.

HWDER is an unofficial static recompilation of Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition, Omega Force's 2018 Switch release of the Zelda-themed musou action game, into a native program for Windows and Linux. There is no emulator: its setup turns the player's own game dump into a PC build on their machine, and the download carries none of the game's files. Boot, menus, movies, Adventure and Legend mode battles, saves and sound all work. HWDER began as a fork of an earlier project of the same name that is no longer online.

On top of the Switch version it offers an optional 120 fps mode that draws an extra frame between game ticks and holds steady in crowded battles, 3D rendering from half to three times 1080p or at the window's full size, and a widened camera on 21:9 and wider screens with the HUD kept in a centred 16:9 area. The picture options add anisotropic filtering, FXAA, sharpening, bloom and contrast controls, plus a setting that stops small scenery from vanishing in big fights.

Xbox, PlayStation, Switch Pro and other controllers work with per-controller remapping, gyro aiming and rumble, and the game's two-player mode runs on one PC. Translation, texture and data mods in the Switch LayeredFS layout load from a `mods` folder without touching the game file, and saves from an emulator or backup can be imported. The Linux release has been tested on a ROG Ally running Bazzite and can add itself to Steam for Game Mode.

## How to set it up

1. Download the Setup zip for Windows or the Linux archive and extract all of it into a folder you will keep.
2. On Windows, open **HWDER Setup.exe** (choose **More info > Run anyway** if Windows warns you). On Linux, run `hwder-setup`, or `hwder-setup --cli` in a terminal.
3. Pick your `.nsp`, your `prod.keys` and, if you have it, the 1.0.1 update, then click **Install** and **Prepare**. Setup downloads its own build tools (about 260 MB) and builds the game on your PC, which takes several minutes.
4. Click **Play**, or use **Create desktop shortcut** or **Add to Steam** to start it later. In the game, **F1** opens the HWDER menu, where Display > Frame rate turns on the 120 fps mode.

## Latest builds

Download these from the web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/switch/games/hyrulewarriorsdefinitiveedition/ports/hwder/#download

- Setup for Windows: 0.3.5 (2026-11-01)
- for Linux: 0.3.5 (2026-11-01)