Note: As of today, the official current version for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is 1.5.0 (which introduced the "The Champion's Ballad" DLC). Version 1.6.0 is currently hypothetical, leaked, or exclusive to the Wii U emulation scene. I have written this draft to be adaptable for rumor reporting or emulation news, depending on your source.
To understand 1.6.0, you must understand what came before. Breath of the Wild launched in March 2017 at Version 1.0.0. The early patches focused on: botw update 1.6.0
In the grand history of Breath of the Wild, Update 1.6.0 is the forgotten patch. It’s not revolutionary like 1.3.0 (which added Master Mode). It’s not controversial like the arrow-glitch fixes. Instead, it serves as a fascinating time capsule of Nintendo’s late-Switch experimental phase – when Labo VR was being frantically supported before being abandoned entirely. Note: As of today, the official current version
At the heart of the disturbance lay a ruin beneath the old Akkala lab. The lab’s blueprints had always hinted at something under the floorboards: a chamber of glass and gears, sealed when Hyrule still had steam in its veins. Now the gears spun faintly, and on the ceiling a mural unfurled: heroes of many ages paused in a single tableau — some with spears, some with artifacts shaped like buttons, some with faces unseen by anyone alive. In the center, a hole the size of a moon opened like a pupil, and from it drifted stories as motes of light. A Brief History: The Patch Trajectory of BotW
But for the glitch hunters and speedrunners, it’s a wall—a sign that the "wild" days of flying boat launches and infinite Ancient Arrows are over.