The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WildÂis a complex and expansive game that features systems that players have learned to take advantage of. Fromlearning to fly using rockstoskipping shrine puzzles entirely, the game offers players tons of tools to mess around with. As of last night, you’re able to add customizable NPC’s to that list.

Discovered by

Hi, Mii expert here. Turns out, the NPCs in TLoZ:BotW use an advanced version of the Mii format. This means that with modding, you may inject Miis into the game. :)Thinking about opening commissions for Mii injects, both screenshot/images of your Mii and mod downloads!pic.twitter.com/8NfVr4zyqA

— i’m alice #Sanstember (@HEYimHeroic)June 21, 2025

" target="_blank" rel=“noopener noreferrer”>Twitter user and Mii expert, i’m alice,Breath of the WildÂuses a Switch version of Mii’s to generate NPC’s. This means that, through the use of some modding, you may inject your own personal Mii’s into the game. i’m alice provides a side by side comparison between her Mii’s and the NPC’s and the results are astounding.

i’m aliceexplains how the game uses Mii’s in a Reddit threadsaying:

“Basically, they use an evolution of Miis, which the game’s files call “UMii"s (which is what I’ll be calling them from now on). UMiis have almost all the same parameters as Wii U/3DS Miis, with a few minor differences here and there, like moles no longer being supported.

However, BotW does not supportÂevery hairstyle Miis do. So, if you tried to load a hairstyle the game doesn’t support, it instead calls a separate file, that essentially converts the unsupported hairstyle into a hair type thatÂissupported and looks the most similar to the unsupported one, which is what happened with my personal Mii, Alice.”

She also goes on to say in a Twitter threadthat special characters like Link and Zelda don’t use UMii’s, but instead are premodeled.

For more onÂthe Legend of Zelda,make sure to check out this article on a developer’s remakes of the CD-iZeldaÂgames. You can also check out our review ofÂHyrule Warriors: Age of CalamityÂright here.