It contains all the data that the game needs to load your character. File #2 (SaveGameInfo) is only used by the “Load Game” menu. Files 3 and 4 are backups made by the game in version 1.07 and later. The backup save file is always one day behind the actual save file (in-game progress). I recommend making a backup of your character’s folder, because the next steps require you to make edits to the files. You can create a folder called “backup” in the StardewValley folder and place your backup in there. If your character’s save folder contains the two files with “_old” at the end, and you’re okay with losing one day of progress, you can try removing “_old” from the filenames and reloading your game.

If that still doesn’t work, or you’d rather not lose one day of progress, proceed. Open your character’s save file (File #1 above) in notepad (it might a few seconds to load). If the file is not blank, then at least part of your save file is in-tact and therefore recoverable.

If the last text in the file is “”, then your save file is fully in-tact. Therefore the problem must be a corrupt SaveGameInfo file (please skip ahead to the section labeled “Corrupt SaveGameInfo”). Your corrupt save file, opened in notepad This will require a “transplant” to fix:Īdvanced Save File Surgery: Performing A TransplantĪ verified “working” save file, opened in notepad If the last text you find is not “”, then your save file is partially missing. I highly recommend you make backups of both files before proceeding.ġ. In your corrupt file, move the text cursor to the very bottom of the file.Ģ. Press ctrl+f to bring up the search window. You should find something like (“JojaMart” could be something different, like “Town” or “Farm”). In the working save file, ctrl+f search for the fragment you just copied. Copy everything from the start of that fragment to the very end of the file.Ĥ. In the corrupt file, select everything from the fragment to the very end of the file (make sure you select any “whitespace” at the end of the file as well) and paste over it.

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