It's confirmed. It works!

This guide uses the FREE DLC "Language pack" to do the trick. You need download it on eshop.

In this tutorial I'll show you how to play Zelda BOTW with all DLCs unlocked without start a CFW or something for this. It should work with others games with multiple DLC like MK8, Wii Sports Club, Super Smash Bros, Hyrule Warriors and others. Of course you need a legit DLC from game you want to play.

For Super Smash Bros detail follow this link:

https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutoria...-without-cfw-or-aocpatcher-on-sysnand.464178/

For MK8 detail follow this link:

https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-play-mario-kart-8-with-all-dlc-for-free-without-cfw.464407/#post-7173356

What you need:

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• Zelda BOTW "Language Pack" downloaded from eshop. You need the latest update and download it from game options (needs a legit DLC)
• Mocha CFW, Haxchi CFW, or any other (just in the beginning)
• WiiU App Store (or Tik2SD + FTPiiU_Everywhere + WUP Installer GX2 +
  Mocha CFW + Homebrew Launcher)
• WiiU USB Helper
• SD Card
• PC
• Hex Editor (HxD for Windows)

1 - First if you have any illegitimate Zelda BOTW DLC installed, just delete it using using Data manager on WiiU Config
2 - Download the DLC on eshop
3 - Make sure your SD card is formatted in FAT32
4 - Download the DLC of Zelda BOTW of your region with WiiU USB Helper and put it in your SD card in na folder called "install" in the root.
5 - Go to Homebrew Launcher and choose App Store or go to wiiubru.com/go on you browser and choose App Store. If you don't know what's Homebrew Launcher is give a look in this guide (parts I, II and III) and choose start App Store.
6 - In App Store Download Tik2SD + FTPiiU_Everywhere + WUP Installer GX2 + Mocha CFW + Homebrew Launcher
7 - Launch Homebrew Launcher and go to Mocha_CFW (use default options). Then go to WUP Installer GX2 and choose install the DLC of Zelda BOTW you just download wherever is your game (nand or USB).
8 - Back to Homebrew Launcher, go to Tik2SD and backup your tickets. Put your SD in PC and look at tik2sd folder. Open keys.txt and search where your Zelda BOTW DLC is installed. The name you need to search is 0005000c101c9400 or 0005000c101c9500 or 0005000c101c9300.
9 - Now it's time for hex editing.
Use the link from www.marcrobledo.com/wiiu-tik-fixer/ (thanks @marc_max )
open the folder and in tik2sd wich the ticket from you game is , than drop on the site above, you gonna see 2 tickets, click in fix, and download the file , than go to step 10.

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If you want to do manually, then thanks to @Rahzadan we have a VERY detailed tutorial for it. Go to this thread and after the hex editing go to step 10 below.

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If you followed the @Rahzadan tutorial or used the @marc_max website above, go to step 10. I'll keep this part only for log
purpose.

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Locate your ticket in your SD card according with keys.txt. Open with an hex editor (in my case it's on 0009 folder and the name is 00000015.tik. Backup the ticket.

Look that you gonna have 2x finds in the key.txt file. In my case 0009/00000015.tik@0x6a0 and 0009/00000015.tik@0x0. The number after the "@" shows where the ticket starts inside the tik file. It means probably the fake ticket is in beginning of tik (0x0) file and my legit ticket starts in 0x6a0 (note is in hexadecimal).

The fake ticket is like this, a lot of same numbers:

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In this case it shows SSB ticket, but for Zelda BOTW ticket is the same thing, just another Game ID.

Pay attention in the blue highlight. It shows the game ID. If it says a number other than 0005000c101c9400 or 0005000c101c9500 or 0005000c101c9300 it means the ticket is from another game!

The trick here is swap the fake ticket with the legit ticket, that way the legit ticket always come first in the tik file! This picture can demonstrate what I mean:

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In this case it shows SSB ticket, but for Zelda BOTW ticket is the same thing.

Maybe there's another game ticket inside the tik file, maybe not. Anyway, just copy and past with your hex editor the fake ticket with the legit ticket. Pay attention and don't touch other game tickets in the tik file!

If your legit ticket comes first you don't need swap the tickets! You already can play with all DLC unlocked! I believe it can happens if you download the free DLC after install the fake DLC.

After the swap save your ticket in your PC.

10 - Now put your SD back in WiiU. Open Homebrew Launcher and launch FTPiiU_everywhere (make sure you had launch Mocha CFW or other CFW before that)
11 - Go to your Zelda BOTW ticket location inside WiiU memory using a FTP browser like FileZilla or even Windows Explorer with the IP of your WiiU. Its in "storage_slc/rights/ticket/apps/xxxx/xxx.tik". Replace that ticket with the one you just modified.
12 - Open your Zelda BOTW game and enjoy play with all contents without CFW!

TL;DR: Download the free DLC, install all DLC packet with a fake ticket, locate your ticket inside WiiU, swap the legit ticket with the fake ticket inside the tik file so that the legit ticket appears first.

Thank to @nexusmtz and @Madridi

 

[brkun]

deleted the save, update and everything: still cant install the legit dlc

I am getting error 105-3687 when i try to install the legit DLC running the game from the home menu

Got it working.

Deleted the unlegit tiks with ftpii everywhere and everything went just fine

 

[Stars N Shrooms]

So I just got this to work with Smash bros. The ticket was 0002/xxxxxx12 Works perfectly fine.

I installed the Zelda DLC right after and followed the steps again. Now my "key" textfile has 38 keys. I looked "
(0002/00000012.tik@0x350) 0005000c101c9400" AND it was the same fold as Smash bros. I tried using the short method where its automated on the website but when I use that key I only see Smash and not Legend of Zelda DLC. I clicked on "Fix it" and continued with the method but it didn't work at all.

Any help here?
1. Was the Legend of Zelda DLC supposed to work without repeating these steps after I did it for Smash bros or will I have to do this for every game (Smash, Zelda, MK8)?

 

[nexusmtz]

1. Was the Legend of Zelda DLC supposed to work without repeating these steps after I did it for Smash bros or will I have to do this for every game (Smash, Zelda, MK8)?

You have to do it for each game, and be sure that you're opening the keys.txt file with an editor like notepad++ that understands Unix linefeeds. If you use regular notepad, your lines will seem to start with the location, but that's actually the end of the previous line.

In other words, each line starts with the titleID, then the key, then the location. The swap won't work if you're editing the wrong file.

 

[Stars N Shrooms]

You have to do it for each game, and be sure that you're opening the keys.txt file with an editor like notepad++ that understands Unix linefeeds. If you use regular notepad, your lines will seem to start with the location, but that's actually the end of the previous line.

In other words, each line starts with the titleID, then the key, then the location. The swap won't work if you're editing the wrong file.

Thanks for letting me know about Notepad ++ It's so much easier to see.


I found out that
0005000c101c9400 is 007/xxxx1e.tik

But when I used the website to fix it, it didn't work. I also tried the long way but there was not enough data to swap in the hex editor. Take a look at my Images to get a better understanding.

Capture: screenshot of the Key.txt folder Looking for 0005000c101c9400 or 0005000c101c9500 or 0005000c101c9300.
Capture2: Hex editor of the Zelda file under (0007/0000001e.tik@0x0)

 

[suzsuzuki]

So I just got this to work with Smash bros. The ticket was 0002/xxxxxx12 Works perfectly fine.

I installed the Zelda DLC right after and followed the steps again. Now my "key" textfile has 38 keys. I looked "
(0002/00000012.tik@0x350) 0005000c101c9400" AND it was the same fold as Smash bros. I tried using the short method where its automated on the website but when I use that key I only see Smash and not Legend of Zelda DLC. I clicked on "Fix it" and continued with the method but it didn't work at all.

Any help here?
1. Was the Legend of Zelda DLC supposed to work without repeating these steps after I did it for Smash bros or will I have to do this for every game (Smash, Zelda, MK8)?

I don't think the short method will work with you since the tickets are in the same tik file. It's better to edit you tik file and switch the ticked yourself on HxD or other hex editor.

 

[nexusmtz]

I found out that
0005000c101c9400 is 007/xxxx1e.tik

But when I used the website to fix it, it didn't work. I also tried the long way but there was not enough data to swap in the hex editor. Take a look at my Images to get a better understanding.

As your keys.txt shows, you only have one ticket for that title. It's the fake one, which suggests that you hadn't installed a legit piece of DLC from BOTW before you installed the fake-signed version. You need a real piece of BOTW DLC installed in order for the legit ticket to get installed.

I recommend that you install the language pack (I think that's still free) then re-install the fake-signed DLC. Once that's done, look at your ticket file again.

Also, please remove your screenshot of the ticket or blank out the key from 1bf-1ce. Decryption keys aren't allowed to be posted (even if it's encrypted with a known key.)

 

[Stars N Shrooms]

As your keys.txt shows, you only have one ticket for that title. It's the fake one, which suggests that you hadn't installed a legit piece of DLC from BOTW before you installed the fake-signed version. You need a real piece of BOTW DLC installed in order for the legit ticket to get installed.

I recommend that you install the language pack (I think that's still free) then re-install the fake-signed DLC. Once that's done, look at your ticket file again.

Also, please remove your screenshot of the ticket or blank out the key from 1bf-1ce. Decryption keys aren't allowed to be posted (even if it's encrypted with a known key.)

Just removed the Pictures. I forgot about that. And I see, I was the under the impression that I was able to download any other DLC from the eShop and not just DLC for that specific game.

Thanks for the clarification guys.

 

[misterdarvus]

Help

Got it working.

Deleted the unlegit tiks with ftpii everywhere and everything went just fine

I literally had this problem, deleted that unlegit tik and re-follow this guide. Now my pirated botw dlc is working. No problem

Now a new problem arises.

Remember that I deleted the unlegit ticket? I had a guesswork on that. I deleted some random tik file straight on my PC's FTP that I suspected to be Zelda DLC. Now some of my software refuse to work...

One was Homebrew launcher (USB installable version). So I deleted it and reinstall again. Problem solved.

When I did all of this, I was downloading Super Mario Maker's update straight from the home menu ( the install files was not from USB helper, mind you). Now that Mario Maker update will fail to install everytime. It must be because I deleted the ticket accidently.

I think I deleted three or four ticket. One was BotW DLC that successfully installed, so two other might be HBL home menu and Mario Maker update. I don't know if other software was freaked by this, since I have dozens of softwares from Wii U games, Wii and GC and other virtual consoles. I also has bunch of disc games which has bought DLCs too. It will takes ages to check them all. Think I'm fucked big time?

 

[Cyan]

You deleted tickets randomly hoping one of them will be the one you needed?
why can't people follow instructions and do it the right way from the start? now we need to help fixing issues which shouldn't have been there.

Some ticket can contains multiple games inside, so if you deleted 3-4 tickets, you might have affected a lot more titles.

If it's missing tickets from official titles, connect to eShop and they will be generated automatically. (so, first, do that)
if it's missing ticket from a title you installed with WUP, reinstall it. I suppose it will re-write the file back to nand.

Maybe you can try "tik2SD" homebrew, it's what you should have used from the start to list all tickets and their corresponding games.
This way, you should see which ticket is missing. it shouldn't list a game you already played if the ticket is missing, so you can see if any game is missing and you'll know which one you have to install the ticket again.

 

[misterdarvus]

You deleted tickets randomly hoping one of them will be the one you needed?
why can't people follow instructions and do it the right way from the start? now we need to help fixing issues which shouldn't have been there.

Some ticket can contains multiple games inside, so if you deleted 3-4 tickets, you might have affected a lot more titles.

If it's missing tickets from official titles, connect to eShop and they will be generated automatically. (so, first, do that)
if it's missing ticket from a title you installed with WUP, reinstall it. I suppose it will re-write the file back to nand.

Maybe you can try "tik2SD" homebrew, it's what you should have used from the start to list all tickets and their corresponding games.
This way, you should see which ticket is missing. it shouldn't list a game you already played if the ticket is missing, so you can see if any game is missing and you'll know which one you have to install the ticket again.

Yeah, because I did this tutorial sometime ago before it had the website to swap the tik's hex files, so I did it manually and maybe I fucked the editing and called it done because the Zelda DLC errored out and I call it a day. Just picked this tutorial again, I vaguely remembered which files I was messed with. so I deleted tik files that suspiciusly the one I messed up. Then at midway (after I deleted some tik through FTP) I realized I can just use tik2sd to check em again .

I don't know what I caused, I'm checking my games to see if everything worked. I'm sorry. I hope everything is fine

Edit: Super Mario Maker was fine. I think every official titles is now working, and I shall rule it out. Now for custom WUP install ( all my injected GC and Wii games...)

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By the way, is it normal to have zero MB downloadable content on data management? The DLC works fine in-game tho.

 

[Cyan]

that's good if all your official games are working.
if the ticket is missing for the wup installed titles, you'll have to reinstall (you can overwrite I think, no need to delete. but maybe it's better to delete to be sure everything is replaced correctly).

As for your Zelda DLC, no it's not normal to get 0kb
something is wrong with your DLC, either the content or the ticket.
the game launches and work fine?
I suspect your zelda ticket is wrong, what you can do is reinstall the DLC and get the language pack again :
1. use tik2sd to know which titleID is zelda's DLC, and locate its path
2. transfer that ticket to PC, check its size to know how many game is stored inside the ticket.
3. if it's a single ticket, delete it from your console, if it's a multi ticket, verify the other ticket inside are only Zelda tickets, if it's another game you'll have to do something to edit and keep the other game's ticket.
4. connect to eshop, redownload the language pack, it will generate a working legit ticket for your console
5. use tik2sd again! locate zelda ticket (in case the path is now different, don't assume ! never. check and be sure)
6. backup that good ticket to PC.
7. on your PC, look inside the zelda's DLC folder from eShop helper, find the ticket (title.tik)
8. use an hex editor to merge both files, with the DLC at the end (first the language ticket, next the DLC ticket), or use "copy /b language.ticket dlc.ticket merged.ticket" (of course, replace the filenames!)
9. restore that merged file to Wiiu, in the folder designated for zelda by tik2sd
10. check your data management again, see if it restored its full size, if not you might have to reinstall the DLC ... and restore the merged ticket again to have the language ticket at the top.

 

[misterdarvus]

As for your Zelda DLC, no it's not normal to get 0kb
something is wrong with your DLC, either the content or the ticket.
the game launches and work fine?
I suspect your zelda ticket is wrong, what you can do is reinstall the DLC and get the language pack again :


8. use an hex editor to merge both files, with the DLC at the end (first the language ticket, next the DLC ticket), or use "copy /b language.ticket dlc.ticket merged.ticket" (of course, replace the filenames!)

For step 8, I can always use this link right? (http://www.marcrobledo.com/wiiu-tik-fixer/). Seems more user friendly for me. I'll check later but I hate redownloading that language pack everytime because I have slow internet.

Thanks Cyan you're always a big help

 

[Cyan]

ah, yes, of course, if you already have a ticket with both games inside but in reversed order.
that tool does not merge, it sorts.


maybe you don't need to redownload the language, connecting to eshop might recreate the language ticket automatically.
just use it and merge it with zelda dlc, then sort it.
if you are lucky, the data is not needed to be redownloaded and your issue was just a bad ticket.

 

[misterdarvus]

Cyan, I haven't check my tickets again but I think I don't have to do that if my game just works fine, have I? Login to eshop and boot the game again, and it doesn't rid my DLC.

In other notes, the BotW DLC page shows that I don't have season pass purchased, but I have it anyway thanks to this tuts, is this normal?

 

[Cyan]

I don't know if connecting to eshop will add the language ticket into your non-signed ticket.
downloading the language pack is doing it, so maybe you are right it might work just by connecting to eshop. But didn't you already launched eShop? if it worked, it would have reconstructed the missing official tickets.

Of course it's normal the eShop doesn't have the information that you bought the DLC ... because you didn't bought it.
it doesn't validated pirated games or DLC you installed ilegaly.

if my quick tutorial doesn't work, just deleted all zelda related content (game, dlc, language, and the ticket using tik2sd to know which one) and follow the guide on first post again.

 

[misterdarvus]

The point is even though on my Data Management, looking through BotW data shows that I have 0 MB Downloadable content.

But, when I start my BotW disc, all the DLCs are there, Master Mode, Trial of Sword, et cetera... I can still play all of them! Then looking at Data Management again, still zero MB of DL content. But everything works!

So I think if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Even though my case is quite an anomaly, just wondering of other users are like this.

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[Cyan]

if all is working, keep it like that.
though, the reported free space might be wrong, don't install more games than you can write to disc thinking you still have enough space.

 

[bubulle]

Hello, Well, i accidently update the dlc of botw (instead the last update) and then now the dlc is corrupt without cfw, as i already done the trick before, i know what to do, but the things has changed since the 5.5.2 update...

I'm still in 5.5.1; to use ftpiU everywhere i need to connect my pc to the wiiU which normally will get the ssid of the router connected to the internet... So i just have to check if the dns are still blocked right? and do the trick

again with the tik file?

If i can ask, Is there a tool to inject the good ticket without network...i mean just from the sd (like savemii for game save) ? Thanks

 

[misterdarvus]

Hello, Well, i accidently update the dlc of botw (instead the last update) and then now the dlc is corrupt without cfw, as i already done the trick before, i know what to do, but the things has changed since the 5.5.2 update...

I'm still in 5.5.1; to use ftpiU everywhere i need to connect my pc to the wiiU which normally will get the ssid of the router connected to the internet... So i just have to check if the dns are still blocked right? and do the trick

again with the tik file?

If i can ask, Is there a tool to inject the good ticket without network...i mean just from the sd (like savemii for game save) ? Thanks

Before that, delete the Downloadable content on the data management (under where the Breath of the WIld file)
Then, dump the ticket using tik2sd again
Locate your botw ticket (that's your bad one), mark which folder it is
then go to FTPiiU, locate the ticket, then delete it (REALLY makes sure that's your BotW DLC ticket, so you don't fucked up like me)
After that, connect to eShop, your good ticket will be created.

Now you can safely re-do the tutorial.

 

[bubulle]

Well thanks for the advice misterdarvus, but i'd like to know if it exist another way, like the tool tik2sd from fix94. The same tool who do the inverted function... a tool called sd2tik would be great and could be a part of the same homebrew !!! Thanks for all the work you are doing for our dear wii u!



update: Okay i repeated the swap operation with the 2 in 1 tickets - it worked like a charm . As we couldn't understand how the legit tik is generated; this swap trick is really well done !