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Popular Game Save Locations & Safe Editing Guides

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Farming Simulation / RPGMonoGame / C#XML (No file extension)

스타듀밸리 (Stardew Valley)

Stardew Valley uses uncompressed, extensionless XML text files named after your farm. Always back up both the save file and SaveGameInfo.

Main file: <FarmName>_<RandomID>✓ Safe to edit

Roguelike DeckbuilderLÖVE2D (Lua)Zlib Compressed JSON

Balatro saves are zlib-compressed JSON packages with the .jkr extension. SaveLab decompresses them in real-time within your browser.

Main file: profile.jkr✓ Safe to edit

Open-World Survival CraftUnreal Engine 5GVAS Binary / Zlib Compressed

Palworld stores world assets in Level.sav and player states in individual GUID .sav files inside your AppData directory.

Main file: Level.sav✓ Safe to edit

Action RPG / Souls-likeDantelion EngineBinary with 16-byte MD5 Checksum

Elden Ring stores saves in ER0000.sl2 with strict 16-byte MD5 slot checksums. Direct hex edits without recalculating hashes cause corruption errors.

Main file: ER0000.sl2⚠️ Checksum verified

Action RPGREDengine 4Binary Container + JSON Metadata

Cyberpunk 2077 saves reside in Saved Games, pairing sav.dat with metadata.9.json for screenshot previews and telemetry.

Main file: sav.dat⚠️ Checksum verified

CRPGDivinity 4.0 EngineLarian Package Container (.lsv)

Baldur's Gate 3 packages save games into .lsv archives containing serialized LSF game states in your AppData directory.

Main file: <SaveSlot>.lsv✓ Safe to edit

Colony SimUnity / C#Plain XML (.rws)

RimWorld saves are completely uncompressed XML documents (.rws). They are the easiest files to inspect, diff, and edit in SaveLab.

Main file: <ColonyName>.rws✓ Safe to edit

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