Dumping and installing NSP Dumps using nxdumptool and Goldleaf¶
The following steps will help you dump and install eShop/digital base games, updates and DLC NSP's using nxdumptool and Goldleaf.
Dumping Your Games¶
- Launch SysCFW via Hekate. If you followed our guide for CFW setup, this is the
Atmosphere PKG3 sysMMC
button. - Launch HBMenu and open NXDumpTool (nxdt_rw_poc).
- Select
user titles menu
. - Find the game you want to dump and select it.
- Select
nsp dump options
-->dump base application
- Enable
nca/tik: remove titlekey crypto
.- Note: Failure to do so will cause error
2145-0001
(ES) in Goldleaf when installing.
- Note: Failure to do so will cause error
- Select
start nsp dump
- Dumping will begin. You can find the dumped nsp in
/nxdt_rw_poc/NSP
on your SD card. - Once the process is complete, click
+
to exit NXDumpTool.
- Launch SysCFW via Hekate. If you followed our guide for CFW setup, this is the
Atmosphere PKG3 sysMMC
button. - Launch HBMenu and open NXDumpTool (nxdt_rw_poc).
- Select
user titles menu
. - Find the game you want to dump and select it.
- Select
nsp dump options
- Select
dump update
to dump an update, ordump dlc
to dump DLC for the game. - If dumping DLC, press
L
/ZL
orR
/ZR
to change the selected DLC title to dump. - Enable
nca/tik: remove titlekey crypto
.- Note: Failure to do so will cause error
2145-0001
(ES) in Goldleaf when installing.
- Note: Failure to do so will cause error
- Select
start nsp dump
- Dumping will begin. You can find the dumped nsp in
/nxdt_rw_poc/NSP
on your SD card. - Once the process is complete, click
+
to exit NXDumpTool.
Installing Your Games¶
Prerequisites:¶
Setup:¶
- Copy the downloaded
Goldleaf.nro
to/switch
on your SD card.
Installation:¶
- Launch emuMMC via Hekate. If you followed our guide for CFW setup, this is the
Atmosphere PKG3 emuMMC
button. Confirm you are booted into emuMMC before proceeding! - Launch HBMenu and open Goldleaf.
- Select
Explore content
. - Select
SD card
. - Select the
nxdt_rw_poc
folder. - Select the
NSP
folder to view your dumps. - Install the base dump of the game by selecting the NSP with
A
, then selectingInstall
, then selectingSD card
orConsole memory
and finally pressingInstall
once again.- Note: If you encounter the message that the NSP's content seems to already be installed, just select
Yes
and it will overwrite the currently installed base game/update data/DLC.
- Note: If you encounter the message that the NSP's content seems to already be installed, just select
- You will be prompted to delete the file (referring to the NSP you've installed) after installation, for which you can select
Yes
orCancel
. Choose which option you desire. - Repeat steps 6 and 7 for any game updates and DLC you wish to install, this time selecting the update and DLC NSP's instead of the base game NSP.
- After the install(s) have finished, Press
+
to exit to HBMenu or the home button to exit to the home menu. - You should now see that your dump was installed, you can move your game dumps in
/nxdt_rw_poc/NSP
to your PC if you wish to use them for emulation.
Info
You are now ready to start playing your dumped games in emuMMC! However, keep in mind that sigpatches are required to run these dumps, and they need to be updated whenever you update Atmosphere or HorizonOS. To do so, simply redownload the latest patches.ini
from the prerequisites section of this guide, here and replace the existing one in /bootloader
.