Hyrule Diorama

At a glance

Hyrule Diorama is an unofficial fan site that shows Breath of the Wild's Hyrule as a 3D hand-painted relief in the browser. The terrain is raised from the game's own height data and tilted like a tabletop model, with towers, shrines, stables, villages and landmarks marked. A guided tour takes you round the sights.

Good fit

Breath of the Wild fans who want to look around Hyrule as a model rather than a flat map. You can switch between day, dusk and night, add weather or a Blood Moon, watch the dragons Farosh, Naydra and Dinraal fly their routes, follow travellers such as Beedle, and find Koroks to make the Great Fairy fountains bloom.

Consider something else when

You want a map for Tears of the Kingdom or another Zelda game: this one covers Breath of the Wild's Hyrule only. Also skip it if you want an official Nintendo resource. The site says it is a fan project with no Nintendo affiliation.

Start here

Open the map page and pick one of the listed story places, such as Great Plateau, where Link wakes, or Hyrule Castle, to open the map there. Or start the guided tour. If you are unsure how to move around, the ? button labelled HOW TO TRAVEL is in the page header.

Cost and requirements

It is a web page you open in a browser at legendofhyrule.com/map.

Limits to know

The map covers Breath of the Wild's Hyrule only. It is an unofficial fan site, not affiliated with Nintendo, so treat it as a fan reference rather than an official one. The story itself is told on the site's separate Breath of the Wild and Zelda timeline pages, not on the map.

Still unclear

• How well does the 3D map run on phones and lower-powered devices?
• Does it save Korok finds or other progress between visits?