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=== Dumping the base NCA ===
=== Dumping the base NCA ===
Because of how updates work on Switch, the base NCA must be dumped even if you're only interested in 1.5.0.
Because of how updates work on Switch, the base NCA must be dumped even if you're only interested in 1.6.0.


* If your base game is on a '''cartridge''', dump it with [https://github.com/DarkMatterCore/gcdumptool gcdumptool]. You'll get an XCI. Extract the secure partition &mdash; in which the main NCA can be found &mdash; with <code>hactool -t xci -i image.xci --securedir=secure/</code>. The main NCA is the largest NCA in the secure partition.
* If your base game is on a '''cartridge''', dump it with [https://github.com/DarkMatterCore/gcdumptool gcdumptool]. You'll get an XCI. Extract the secure partition &mdash; in which the main NCA can be found &mdash; with <code>hactool -t xci -i image.xci --securedir=secure/</code>. The main NCA is the largest NCA in the secure partition.
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