The difference between a vanilla Ryujinx setup and a properly cached one is night and day. Without the , Tears of the Kingdom feels like a technical demo riddled with hiccups. With it—combined with Vulkan, async compilation, and the optimizer mod—the game sings. You’ll glide from the Great Sky Island to the depths of the Earth seamlessly, at 60 FPS, with no stutter to remind you that you’re emulating.

Managing your cache files is straightforward within the Ryujinx user interface. Locating Your Cache Folder Launch .