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How to RECOVER your SAVE! [Works for Multiple Characters]

By 💢AFYRSON💢

Ok, so if you are like me, you made more than one character and got bamboozled when the game crashed and "lost" your save files. Following those steps will ensure that you'll get your characters back.

From what I have seen the issue is not that your files were lost or are corrupted, instead the game for some reason does not read them correctly. The solution for that would be to create new save data and replace it with the old save data.

HERE IS HOW TO DO IT!

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Category: Modding or Configuration, Walkthroughs

Languages: English

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2 Mar, 2023 @ 6:43am

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Guide Index

Overview

Recovering 1st Character

Recovering 2nd Character

Regarding Save Backup

Comments

Recovering 1st Character

This only works assuming that you have not somehow overwritten your lost save files by messing around with them before attempting this fix.

Part 1 - Locate and backup your files

Press Win + R and enter %localappdata%
Locate "Hogwarts Legacy" and navigate to Saved > SaveGames > and copy the folder you see there (bunch of numbers in the name)
Paste your save game backup in a safe location on your desktop.

Part 2 - Start a clean save

Launch HL and delete any characters that you may have created when trying to solve the save file issue.
Close the game and once again press Win + R, enter %localappdata%, locate the Save folder under
Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\Hogwarts Legacy\Saved\SaveGames\[numbers] and DELETE IT!

This will force the game to create a new save folder on launch.

IMPORTANT!

Choose the same body type and name that you had on your lost save, otherwise the character you see in the main menu and its name may be different (Note, that in-game the character's appearance and name should be fine either way).

Launch the game again and create a new character.
Play until two auto saves are made (one is made when you see the first cinematic, the second one when you drink a potion).
DO NOT CLOSE THE GAME and navigate to the save directory folder under:
Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\Hogwarts Legacy\Saved\SaveGames\[numbers].
Find the two auto saves, notice when they were last modified, they should be the two newest in the folder
e.g. HL-00-10 & HL-00-11. Note their names.
Go to the save backup folder you made and find the save that you wish to recover (most likely the "newest" one).
Replace the name of the save you wish to recover from your backup folder with the name of the newest auto save that was made in step 4 (the one with higher number in the file name).
Replace the save file from Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\Hogwarts Legacy\Saved\SaveGames\[numbers] with the renamed file from your backup folder.
With the game still running, enter the pause menu and load the save that you just replaced (should be the one at the top of the list). Now your save should be restored.
Go back into the main menu and see if the name/character appearance is correct.
ENJOY

Recovering 2nd Character

IF YOU HAD MORE THAN ONE CHARACTER DO THIS!

After you recovered your first character, go to the main menu and create a new one using a different character slot.
Proceed the same way as described above, the only difference is that the save slot reference changes. This can be seen in the save file names:

HL-00-XX is character 1
HL-01-XX is character 2
HL-02-XX is character 3 and so on.

The steps remain the same you just need to put in the correct file names.

Regarding Save Backup

PLEASE NOTE
If you are not sure that you recovered the save that you intended to recover DO NOT make a manual save at any point when following this guide as it may overwrite your steam cloud save (which might be your only way of getting the lost files) and possibly lead to losing your progress.

Only make a manual save when you are 100% sure that everything is in place and works as intended and ALWAYS make a save backup on your computer when attempting to recover lost files.

If you need the steam cloud files you can download them here:
https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/account/remotestorage

27 Comments

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VSNZ 30 Mar, 2023 @ 12:12am

Thanks. It worked for me.

Fami 17 Mar, 2023 @ 7:49pm

You're a star,
My computer crashed with corrupting my files. My last save was dead but the previous before not.

Zakkeron 24 Feb, 2023 @ 9:39pm

it worked perfectly, thanks

💢AFYRSON💢 [author] 18 Feb, 2023 @ 1:22pm

Np, weird that it didn't create the folder right away. Glad it worked!

Zakarya 18 Feb, 2023 @ 4:50am

Edit: i verified the files and created a new character and it created the save files then i followed the steps and it worked, i lost like 30 mins of progress which is better than 24 :D thx for ur help!

Zakarya 18 Feb, 2023 @ 4:16am

i already have a backup of my old saves, do i try to do a manual save ? or do i try to verify the files ?

Zakarya 18 Feb, 2023 @ 4:15am

Ok so i deleted the whole ''Save'' folder and created a new character and waited until my character drank the potion and moved then i went to check and it still didn't create a new ''Save'' folder, so any tips ?

Zakarya 18 Feb, 2023 @ 3:53am

yea i deleted the folder first , ill try deleting the whole save folder and i'll see if it works

💢AFYRSON💢 [author] 17 Feb, 2023 @ 11:40pm

I assume you deleted the folder first like the guide says? If you did and it didn't work try deleting the whole "Save" folder not just the numbers one. On another note, as long as the new save files get generated you should be good to go, the part about deletign folders is there to make it easier to figure out which saves are the new ones.

Zakarya 17 Feb, 2023 @ 8:54pm

after creating the new character and waiting for the 2 auto saves when going to my save folder it doesn't create a new save folder ? any help since i was on 24 hours into the game

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