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Editing Save File for Money and Other Items
By CreepyCanuck
A quick guide to editing your save file to give yourself resources, money, etc.
This guide is accurate as of version 15823 (2020_06_10).
   
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Editing your save file


ACHIEVEMENT WARNING
It's been suggested that editing the save file can result in achievements being disabled. I haven't tried, and I won't be playing again for a little bit, so if this is a potential concern for you, proceed at your own risk.

On Windows, the save file can be found at:

C:\Users\<YOURUSERNAME>\AppData\Local\BarnFinders\Saved\SaveGames
Substitute C:\ for whatever drive if you have your settings saved to a separate drive.


You can get here quick by pressing WIN+R to open the run command, typing %appdata%, then going back one folder to find the Local folder.

In this folder, your save will be whatever your profile is in the game. If you have one profile, and it's the default, you'll want to edit Player0.sav.

You can open it with Notepad++, or similar programs, but the file itself is encrypted. You'll be able to find the Money variable, but you won't be able to change it. You can use a website like Save Editor Online to upload the file, which breaks it down into a readable (and editable) format, and then download the edited version. You can find it here: https://www.saveeditonline.com/ (Disclaimer: this is not my site, I link to it for reference. Use at your own risk)


Save the file, overwrite it in the above directory, open the game, and you'll have whatever you've changed. You can also change the number of resources, such as wood, using the same method.
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8 Comments
mister_jedi 10 Mar @ 3:06pm 
I've read through 5 of these trying to find how to modify rift crystals. can't find em in the XML. anyone know if this is possible?
Leolelo2203 12 May, 2023 @ 12:17am 
What if i have cloud save enabled?
Burstnok 24 Jul, 2021 @ 11:31am 
Can confirm that you still get achievements after editing the file!
steelsalot 7 Mar, 2021 @ 5:49pm 
is there a way to edit it so that your catalog is marked as completed
CreepyCanuck  [author] 3 Jul, 2020 @ 8:24am 
@janelle.coonan: It's the same file, and you have extensions hidden.
WatchedSamONellaOnce 2 Jul, 2020 @ 4:31pm 
i have a question
what do you do when theres only player0 and no player0.sav
CreepyCanuck  [author] 20 Jun, 2020 @ 6:19am 
@Clarrisani: That must be new, I edited it and continued to get achievements, but I also haven't played since just after posting the guide.
Clarrisani 20 Jun, 2020 @ 6:14am 
It seems if you edit the file you can no longer get achievements.