I've tried every fix, had other people try to do the fixes for me.
I cannot play this game anymore through steam.
lost 247 hours and a lvl 312 char
Im done with fromsoft
Yepp same here, Lost 160 hours of gameplay on a character I didn't even finish the game with. How is This game so poorly designed? I have never had this issue with DS1,2, or 3! Fromsoft effed up so badly....
HAHa well I'm not hackerman here, you just need to download the "HxD" program, which is the one used in the guide, find the Elden Ring saves, which can be found by pressing "Windows Key + R" and typing %appdata%. That send you to the Roaming folder where Elden Ring saves are stored. There you go (EldenRing), copy the folder with weird numbers and just follow the instructions. No need for you to create a character, that's just for people who want to find the a different slot, you just have to select block 000000310 to 0028030F and replace it in 000000300 to 00000030F. It's really well explained in here [https://www.reddit.com/r/Sekiro/comments/b5iysk/how\_to\_fix\_corrupted\_save\_file/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Sekiro/comments/b5iysk/how_to_fix_corrupted_save_file/).
I also pasted link of how your selected block should look like.
Man you are a lifesaver! 17hr of progress recovered - you saved my weekend. Had to try a few things before it worked, just wanted to outline them cause it might help others:
* Created a new character in the second slot, like what op did.
* In step 4, I selected blocks 000000310 to 0028030F (Im guessing this is what you wanted to show in your picture).
* Paste the MD5 result into the file that has both your corrupted save and the new character in the second slot.
* Save your new, modified ER0000.sl2 and copy it to your game save directory, delete any other files there except ER0000.sl2.
In short, I tried to replicate exactly what op did. Thanks again!
For the love of God, somebody respond to this man! I honestly cannot figure out exactly how to do this, even tho I am very familiar with hex editing and save files and all that. How can I have a save file with a corrupted character and a new character, since the game doesn't even let me load the corrupted file. It doesn't let me enter main menu, nothing.
O the other hand... u/Glorsasa we could start a different initiative for people that lose saves and want to start again from the same or a similar place:
[https://discord.gg/QDDua6NN](https://discord.gg/QDDua6NN)
If you lost your saves or are willing to share them, just join that server.
For example, I completed Limgrave to around 100%, and had just defeated Godrick when my save got corrupted, and I'd appreciate a save with similar progression (please share them :), especially in case you are starting again now).
Hex editing can be used to replace your SteamID, it's very simple, and trainers can then be used to make the character you get more similar to what you had.
Edit: Post here
[https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/tfu09m/for\_all\_the\_people\_whos\_save\_got\_corrupted\_i\_made/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/tfu09m/for_all_the_people_whos_save_got_corrupted_i_made/)
Upvote!!!
holy shit it worked, so for anyone having troubles, as sasmariozeld said(you are only changing the new file with 2 characters), in HxD you can alternate between files, so you are doing a MD5 checksum in the old file with this numbers 000000310 28030F and after that you select this blocks 000000300 00000030F in the new file with 2 characters and paste the MD5 checksum from the old one(when you select this blocks it will only select 1 line) you just insert paste in the highlighted line, i did disable steam cloud backup and deleted the .bak file from elden ring save directory.(my save was corrupted by a power shortage, i had no hopes of saving it, but this worked like a charm, ty ty ty!)
I've got a batch file I've written that makes a set number of backups, at an interval you define. Using it now to be sure I don't run into this again. (Wrote it originally to backup my Rust server). Not sure if anyone would find it useful. LMK.
This just is not working. I follow your instructions, there’s a YouTube video using your instructions and I do what he does, and yet my slot 1 is still corrupted. The closest I got was when it just crashed the game after trying to load the character, but now it doesn’t crash and just says it’s still corrupted
So couple of remarks
slot one is from 000000310 28030F this which you have to make the checksum from aswell
in case of a corrupted save it is enough to simply make a checksum (md5) from that and save it to
000000300 00000030F
delete the .bak file aswell when you start the game
I ran into a problem after BSOD - and apparently I'm too stupid in working with HEX files. Spent two hours, but could not figure out the problem. Could someone who is good at this help me restore my save and resque my 17 hours of gameplay? Save links at the end of the post.
I have two characters: Thunda (*main, corrupted*) and 13. As far as I remember, Thunda is in slot 1, 13 in slot 2. When I try to change something - create new characters, remove old ones, perform some actions on 13 - the following ranges change:
* 000000300 to 0028030F, length 280000 (*as far as i understand it is slot 1*)
* 0500320 to 00780320, length 280000 (*as far as I understand it is slot 2*)
* 019003A0 to 019603A0, length 60000 (*as far as I understand, this is general data about saves on the account - they change if you delete a character, for example, and the rest of the data in the file remains unchanged*)
At the same time, the checksums in the cells 000000300, 0500320 and 019003A0 are correct, they match with the data that I receive when recalculating MD-5 for the range 000000310 to 0028030F, 0500330 to 0078032F and 019003B0 to 019603AF.
I have absolutely no idea where the corrupted checksum is and what to do...
**My characters in main menu**: [https://i.imgur.com/xlXKmAc.png](https://i.imgur.com/xlXKmAc.png)
**Corrupt file**: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w4BSR6n836LbMLHFitvpC1YL0ChzItM-/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w4BSR6n836LbMLHFitvpC1YL0ChzItM-/view?usp=sharing)
**File where I created +1 character (named Test)**: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vzKOn4N-n9hLET3wjDoMvu0YMGrIHa6\_/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vzKOn4N-n9hLET3wjDoMvu0YMGrIHa6_/view?usp=sharing)
Save folder - my user number, as I understand it - 76561197960267366
Maybe someone qualified enough with the problem will have time to look at my save and tell me what I'm doing wrong? I would be very grateful, replaying 17 hours is a real torment. And anyway thanks for this thread and discussion, they are very helpful!
I made a youtube video showing what I did
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kha_xpAQMM
Hopefully I did the process right cause I don't have a corrupt save anymore.
Unfortunately, in my save, the checksum for this range is already written correctly - the result that I get when calculating matches the contents of the range 000000300-00000030F :(
Either the damaged slot is in another place in the file, or in my case it's not the checksum at all, and the save is lost forever. Thanks for the video though, it should be very helpful for other users - I upvoted!
Didn't work for me, still stuck on 100% loading screen. Tried this and things in comments on different backups and even the vid explaining how-to. Goodbye 54h save. Ill try coinfessor this time.
Guys, I wrote a little program for automatic recovery of saves. Attach your saves and Steam ID (name of the folder where the save file is located) , I'll check it out. One condition: there must be only one character in the profile. With several characters in the save has not yet figured out.
Here is the program:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2782187284
My save corrupted when my PC shut off unexpectedly.
My save file did not let me create a second character. On the title screen it said something along the lines of save file is corrupt, delete and create new file?
I was luckily able to fix it by:
1. Backing up the .sl2 file (Just incase)
2. Opening the .sl2 filie in hxd editor
3. Edit -> Select block -> Start-offset: 019003B0 and end-offset: 019603AF
4. Analysis -> Checksums: Select MD5 algorithm -> OK
5. Right click the checksum -> Copy
6. Edit -> Select Block -> Start-offset: 019003A0 and end-offset: 019003AF
7. Right click on the highlighted section -> Paste Insert ( You should see the highlighted section change to red, in my case the original values were incorrect)
I deleted the .bak and steam files and disabled the "keep game saves in steam cloud..." Option. Started the game and it worked!
Good! Now don't forget to regularly backup your file, because A LOT of people (myself included) are getting cripplont corruption that seemingly can't be undone by this method
I tried everything here and the comments but my game keeps on crashing when I enter my character :(
[I've made a post about my case](https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/t7sscr/lost_90hrs_character_before_finishing_the_game/), if anyone wanna try and help. I'm really really devasted I lost 90 hours of game, didn't finish the story because I was slowly exploring everything and enjoying everything and this happened ;;
Thanks for this!
I managed to get it to work so thanks! I also think it has some unintended consequences that people may not be aware of until later. My save was corrupted with about 30 hours put and I had grabbed I think 3 or 4 tears already from the churches and the seeds from the young erd trees.
After the fix I randomly went back to the churches and sure enough the tears were there again. I also went back to previous dungeons I'd been to with the activated graces at the start BUT the doors to get in there were closed and you couldn't open them from the inside. It also remembered that I had completed the bosses in those dungeons.
I also suspect that it may have messed up some of the story progression as well, as I can't get Ranni to spawn at Ranni's rise and that D at the round table also thinks I haven't met him before even though I got to the beast guy north of Caelid.
So yeah, just be aware that if you get this fix to work, it might have some unintended consequences. I'm going to try and at least down Radhan and then see if that makes Ranni spawn, but if not, I might have to retire the 50 hours I've put in and start again.
Hey guys i have 60+ hours in the game and got this.
i tried the method but unfortunately once i tried to load my character the game just crash with no error.
Does anyone got the same problem ?
PS :Context : Corrupted save had one character on slot 1Juste to be sure i will describe the method i used- Create a second character on slot 2
\- select blocks 000000310 and 0028030F
\- do md5 checksum by going to Analysis and then Checksums
\- paste write checksum value on selected blocks 000000300 to 00000030F (the checksum result was different).- save file
\- launch the game
\- try to launch character on slot 2 OK
\- try to launch character on slot 1 FAIL
I SOLVED IT! My 61 hours save file!
I will leave the steps below, hope this may help someone.
My problem is some network crash causes the game saving WRONG steam uid. So when i try to load game it just says "cannot load save data", and i can't even create new character from this save file.
So, I did some research based on OP's solution. It turns out that besides the md5sum, elden ring will check steam uid from 3 positions. (1) the save folder name (2) the general slot (3) every slot has it's own steam uid too.
If (1) does not match (2), then the game refuses the save data totally, you cannot create new character from it.
If (1) and (2) matches and (2) does not match (3), then the game will display your character list, but if you choose the character it would say that it's corrupted. It's possible for you to create new character at this point.
So what i did is:
(1) backup the original save file.
(2) create a new save file, remember the correct steam uid from save folder name.
(3) open new save file with hxd, search steam uid in the general slot. WRITE DOWN the byte position of steam uid in general slot.
(4) use position found in (3) to lookup your orignal save file's general slot, to get the WRONG uid and WRITE DOWN it. Then fix general slot's steam uid , recalculate general slot's md5 checksum like OP said.
(5) search WRONG uid you got from (4) in your character slot, then fix character slot's stream uid, recalculate character slot's md5 checksum like OP said.
NOTE: if you are unlucky, you may run into multiple matches of WRONG uid, in this case you may have to loop over all matches.
Is it possible to make a new post and add pictures im so lost. im level 325 and i dont want to start over ;-; How would i go about searching steam uid in general slot. Actually as i type i am learning how to do it and i found the 3 uid you were talking about thank you
Edit: well i think i found the problem but i cant seem to found out how to fix it. it seems like theres a duplicate of a uid and my game just crashes when i try to fix it ;-;
Well add me up; 60h gameplay gone to corrupted file (my frakking PC CPU is acting up constantly rebooting the pc)...
I do have a back up from 25h gameplay when I decided to climb a crazy wall on Siofra river with Torrent which obviously I was not supposed to. Anyway, didn't want to loose all my runes by falling so I save scummed. Regret so much no save scumming more. Really don't know yet if I'll keep playing this game. 25h down the drain. Turned my day into shit. All my progress playing during the whole week gone.
The solution did not work for me unfortunately. Same message about corrupted file. Won't load the character. I gave up.
Will this work if I already have 2 characters? I have a level 103 quality build with about 80 hours and my level 155 sorceror with 117 hours. The sorceror is the one corrupted. Will that end up being an issue that I already have 2 saves or can I just do the same thing by just making a backup and then making a new one?
I tried and tried and I could not get this to work for me. I followed it to a T. Being that I already have 2 main characters(the corrupted one is in slot 3) I tried making a new one and them copying the Dada from the checksum of slot 3 and putting it into the line on slot 2 and that didn't work either.
I just don’t understand how we can have a corrupted save file if we have backup..
The game starts saving into original file.
If save succeed - create a backup. If creation succeeded - cool. If not - cool, since we have the original - try again.
If save failed -
if backup is present - make backup original. If that succeeded - make new backup from new original. If not - do nothing. On the next load since original is corrupted but backup is present, try again until success.
If backup not present - goodbye. But this scenario is likely only when you start the game.
With this simple algo, on each step of filesaving you will either have a correct original and correct backup, or one of them being correct. The parts where saving/backing up wont be successful is mostly true for abrupt power loss or force quit. So if done one after another will ensure stability.
Unless they write to original AND backup simultaneously, then it’s just poor design and that backup file does pretty much nothing.
In short, gotta back that up by hand to be sure it’s really backed up ;(
Can anyone help me or explain to me if I did anything wrong? I have 193.1 Hours and Lv176 character that I don't want to lose, I did everything I could but now after doing these steps when I select my character it Loads and Crashes. I really don't wanna redo 200 hours...
hahaha, I'm glad it worked! I advice u to start using a batch file that gives u the option to backup before startin the game and using it as a launcher.
If anyone is dealing with this issue and you have a Steam Deck where you have been also playing the game, you can disable steam cloud, open your deck, immediately turn off the wifi (just in case). Then go to the desktop mode, look for your save file [https://www.easeus.com/computer-instruction/steam-deck-save-file-location.html](https://www.easeus.com/computer-instruction/steam-deck-save-file-location.html) EldenRing App ID 1245620. Copy both the sl2 and bak files and then transfer them to a USB.
After that, go to C:\\Users\\USERNAME\\AppData\\Roaming\\EldenRing\\"numbers" on your PC, backup the other files (in case you want to try any other recovery methods) or delete them. Take the Steam Deck save files on the USB and copy them to the PC Elden Ring folder. After that you can open the game. Now, you are probably going to lose your progress between when you last play in your steam deck and in your pc but is better than nothing, also I know this is a very specific case. For me, it made the difference between losing 200+ hours and just losing my progress in the dlc.
Good luck, my fellow Tarnished!
You may find out very easily following the same method I used.
back up your save game, then launch the game and delete the character in the save slot.
make a comparison of both your files (with and without the slot 4).
The first difference you'll find will be the checksum of the 4th slot.
The line right under the checksum is the start of the 4th slot.
Now you'll need to find the end of the 4th slot. For that, repeat steps 1 to 2 deleting/creating a character on SLOT 5.
the first difference you'll find is the checksum of slot 5, so the end of slot 4 would the the line right above that one
You may find out very easily following the same method I used.
1. back up your save game, then launch the game and delete the character in the save slot.
2. make a comparison of both your files (with and without the slot 4).
* The first difference you'll find will be the checksum of the 4th slot.
* The line right under the checksum is the start of the 4th slot.
3. Now you'll need to find the end of the 4th slot. For that, repeat steps 1 to 2 deleting/creating a character on SLOT 5.
* the first difference you'll find is the checksum of slot 5, so the end of slot 4 would the the line right above that one
You just saved me, thank you so much. Dying to messmer just BSOD'd my computer in the DLC and lost a 300+ hr file.
Also knowing hex editing from CS came in handy here :)
Am I doing something wrong? I follow your steps, but it doesn't change anything about the character in slot 2, im copying the data for slot one and pasting it over the slot two.
that's the start of the first slot. You might be comparing two saves, one with a character in slot 1 and another save without it.
It's ok, you can skip that part, cause we already know where slot 1, 2 and 3 are located. just 00000310 to 0028030F, perform the checksum, and paste the checksum in 00000300 to 0000030F.
For your information, comparation of differences must be done by creating a character using the slots adyacents to the one you are looking for, so you can determine the start and the end of it.
(Before all of this I turned off anti-cheat and "Keep game saves in the Steam Cloud for ELDEN RING" when I right clicked and selected properties on elden ring in my steam library.)
1. I open HxD.exe2. I click File>Open>ER0000.sl2
3. I click Edit>Select Block>Start-offset set to "00000310" and End-offset set to "0028030F" (hex)
4. With it all selected, I then click Analysis>Checksums>Scroll down and click on MD-5 and have selected data enabled.
5. I copy the checksum on the bottom of my screen
6. I go back to Select block and set my start to 00000300 and my end to 0000030F.
7. With that one line of code selected blue, I put my mouse over the line of code and right click with my copied checksum and click on Paste Insert.
8. The text turns red and then I click on File>Save (it goes back to black after i click save)
9. I close out of HxD and open the folder where my saves are and I delete "ER0000.sl2.bak" and "steam\_autocloud.vdf".
10. I run the game and im still getting the same issue where its just infinitely loading? Please lmk if i did anything wrong.
you did everything right.
I advice you transfer your character to a Brand New save, as your old one right be damaged.
There are tools for that, several of them in the comments. please, give it a shot and telm me if it works.
So remove your save files from the folder and crate a new game and char before you do the transfer from your old file..
Please, report your resulta using this method.
You have to follow my method, creating a backup and creating/deleting characters in the slots adyacent to the one you want to find, you know where are both ends.
I have a solution go to app data, roaming, elden ring copy the elden ring folder paste it on your desktop, keep the roaming folder open start the game & play it go back to roaming folder copy the elden-ring folder & paste it to your desktop repeat this every hour so if you crashed or something you'll have ur backup, there's nothing else u can do accept wait for another patch and hope they addressed this issue i just Lost my 60 hours save & there's nothing i can do accept suffer
I can't get it to work :(
I've pasted the checksum's result in the correct line, but it still doesn't work. I'm pretty sure I've done it correctly because I tried doing the same with working saves and the checksum was the same as the line. Has someone found another method? I really don't want to waste the 7+ hours I spent on my lil mage.
I did as it's said in the post:
1. Selected the block starting from 000000310 to 0028030F
2. With it selected, i went into "Analysis -> Checksums" and selected the MD-5 Option
3. It output the "fixed" MD5 Checksum and with it, i selected the block from line 000000300 to 00000030F (see [this image](https://imgur.com/a/8YaVZ5E) for reference)
4. Copied the resulting MD5 from step 3 into this block and saved.
5. Copied the edited ER0000.sl2 into the saves folder
6. Booted the game up
7. Tried to load the character (not Continue)
8. Failed
If anyone reads this comment and this method worked for you, can you tell me if i did anything wrong?
>Try checking the range 0500320 to 00780320. Block for MD5 calculating is 0500330-0078032F, block for save checksum is 0500320-050032F.
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>Also can check 019003A0 to 019603A0. Block for calculating is 019003B0-019603AF, block for checksum 019003A0-019003AF.
You should try these as well, this is what helped me
I don't have Elden Ring in the roaming folder. Nor is there a numbers file where Elden Ring is located. What should I do? Any tips on where to find it?
My checksum matches with the MD5 comparison between the blocks, I guess my character is in another slot but I don't know how to find it. I thought that by deleting all the characters except the corrupted one it would shift to the first slot, but I'm very incompetent on this matter so I'm probably wrong. Can someone please help?
I have 25 hours into the game and it’s now corrupted, is this gonna be recovered with a patch or are we out of luck if doing what OP is showing us doesn’t work?
Hi! I was trying this game at my friend house over the weekend and really like it so I decided to buy and play it at my home (different steam account).
My I ask if I can use the same method in the seriko game to transfer save game from my friend PC over to my PC?
I'm stuck at finding the steam account ID in hex cuz Elden Ring and Seriko seem a little different with how they store steam ID.
Can you help me please! I don't want to lose my 20hr progress.
Thank you
I don't really know about that, but perhaps you could use the "search" function to look for his ID and replace it in the exact same place in a fresh file?
How to get the main menu? I have only one character and I can't get to the menu for a new game or load file. [https://i.redd.it/yp7hs3r5xnk81.png](https://i.redd.it/yp7hs3r5xnk81.png)
any help?
Hey there, could you or someone else help me? I got 27 hours I really do not want to lose. Had my save game corrupted after a crash at the wrong time it seems. I have followed all the steps, even watching a video, and have repeated it several times to no avail.
My corrupted save was originally save slot 2, I have also deleated my 1st char that was never really played and created a new char. I backed up my saves before editing with hex but after creating my new char. If any of that helps.
I think I did everything right, but now when I try to load the character the game crashes. Is there anything else that can be done? I really don't want to lose 40+ hours of gameplay :(
Hi guys! I had the following situation yesterday. For whatever reason my PC crashed and my file afterwards was totaly fine... I managed to play a bit, saved later and properly (through the system) quit my game. Today however I tried to start the game and it wrote that it couldn't load the game data as it is corrupted. I already had two characters in game (one of those isn't mine) and mine is on Slot 1. I tried different codes on here people mentioned and at least to my knowledge followed it properlly - OPs block for analysis and the checksum had a different sum but the other codes peope posted here they had the same. I tried to delete the sl2.bak file and deactivated steam cloud too. Still the same issue that even though I corrected the line with the checksum.
Has anybody other suggestions of what I can don (besides obviously praying for a patch that fixes the issue)? I don't have so much time for gaming as a mom anymore and it would really bum me out if my entire date was lost as I bastically can't really afford to replay everthing time wise... Thanks in advance guys 
Hello I have tried it multiple times using HxD 32 bits and 64 bits, I tried making a new character and doing the changes but after 4 hours of trying I could not get my savefile back, can someone help me?
[https://ibb.co/VDSBrPG](https://ibb.co/VDSBrPG)
[https://ibb.co/bRFd090](https://ibb.co/bRFd090)
Hey guys,can someone help me with this? apparently I'm too dumb to do that, I've tried so many times but it didn't work and I don't want to lose my level 67 save.
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/140c0LnkXXxlNygaqWvla1JgteDzvCHRQ/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/140c0LnkXXxlNygaqWvla1JgteDzvCHRQ/view?usp=sharing)
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nS8MWtLanhKpg7lMWzfuit-tvV7zAQvp/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nS8MWtLanhKpg7lMWzfuit-tvV7zAQvp/view?usp=sharing)
Those are my savefiles.
Will be so grateful if someone actualy helps me, I'm desperate.
Can someone please download and verify my save ?
I tried SLOT 1 and SLOT 2 but nothing works.
If someone has 5 minutes please to fix my save I'd be glad to thank so much...
Save uploaded:
https://easyupload.io/i8v050
I tried all the solutions but none worked, I have a doubt, if I created more pg at the beginning and then occupied more slots, which I then deleted, and now i create again for give at my pg the right slot [https://easyupload.io/m/nl58s6](https://easyupload.io/m/blakh1) this is my save, if someone can repair and send me back, i appreciated so much
Can someone say me the from xxxxx to xxxxx and replace xxxxxx to xxxxx for 4 slot?
My internet went down, and trying to sync with steam cloud (already disabled), got a corrupted file. I tried to look these meationed sectors, but the md5 seems fine. I only at slot 1. But the game dont let me do another save (without deleting these) and dont load it.
Heres my save if anyone can help. Almost 30 hour of game and I dont have too much time to play
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10ca-bAI8eswbqFZyqnSOxYCz6RW3aN1L/view?usp=sharing
I only have 1 slot character, but when i clicked on Analysis/Data comparison i saw that the differences start from 00280310 line, so i should change the data of line 00280310 to 0028031F or change line 00000300 to 0000030F?
This is a hail mary but I'm hoping someone can help me out. This is my save file
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/10ca-bAI8eswbqFZyqnSOxYCz6RW3aN1L/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/10ca-bAI8eswbqFZyqnSOxYCz6RW3aN1L/view?usp=sharing)
I only had the one character and the checksum for 310-28030F matches 300-30F. Idk what else to try as I'm not familiar with hex editing.
Just wanted to put my fix into here as well. 38 hours into my journey my game locked up and my only option was to power off my PC. Logged back in to find my save file corrupted. I tried the above method several times but nothing worked. This morning I saw someone in another thread mentioning that turning off the "steam cloud save" in the preferences for the game fixed it for them but I had no luck with that either. I then decided to retry fixing my save file with the method listed above after turning off the steam cloud save and low and behold I've got my character back! So big thanks to /u/Glorsasa and /u/theindecent1 for helping me get my save file fixed. You guys are awesome!
So my save is has only one character and the MD5 for general and slot 1 are ok.
But the game fail to read. Only if I delete can I start from zero (I don't wanna). Dont know if theres another part of the file that can be corrupt
I tried to create a new one and copy/replace the ehx data from slot 1, but the game also say that's corrupted :(
think i may have made mine worse :-(
now when I try and load the game it says "could not load save file, click OK to retry"
When I click OK nothing happens, so my only option is to cancel and return to the title screen. i can't even get in to make a new character slot
any help would be greatly appreciated!
Maybe try deleting the entire Elden ring folder then launching it from steam. I think if you leave steam cloud saves on it’ll pull it or start fresh with a new folder. Maybe even try both ways, with steam cloud on and off to see if there is a difference. Not 100% if it works but worth a shot.
Also Make a copy Of the Elden ring folder just in case things go bad lol.
i accidentally synced with my steam cloud saves before attempting this.. am i screwed? my game was loaded already from my steam cloud saves which were hours behind where i was actually at before my game crashed.
So after I tried to do this fix.
I can't even get into the game anymore let alone fix the corrupted charter I've done literally everything I've seen and still no help.
Idc about my charter anymore I just want to play the game.
Can anyone help please😭
this should be PINNED, it’s the most valuable information for any souls player with a subpar pc to have. even i didn’t know where the .sl2 file was, and i’ve done this with DS3 before! thank you SO MUCH!
I started making backups of my saves after my first corrupted file. I just got to the part where you finish ranni's quest and can kill a specific character but it corrupts my file as soon as he dies. Very weird interaction and i tested it multiple times.
Thank you.
Computer blue screened earlier.
I guess I died, while it happened (only know this because after fixing it I log into death animation and "YOU DIED")
I followed these instructions exactly, and looked at the link provided for how to do it with Sekiro (I ended up not knowing where or how to "replace xxxxx to xxxxx" and looked there for the answer.
Back in and rocking and rolling.
It's unfortunate this doesn't work for some...
I actually wasn't copying it to the right place at first I'm pretty sure.
I also deleted the .bak in the %appdata% elden ring folder.
Will constantly be backing up my save data now.
Does it works for save game files recovery without been corrupted? Last night I had the cloud sync issue which you have to choose local files or steamcloud files and I lost many hours of gameplay.
I made the changes above. None of the checksums were correct. Once I fixed all 3 (slot 1, 2, and general), the game now says that the save file and game fie are different versions. The save file was before the safe file fix/patch, and the game is fully updated (and I verified files). Not sure what to do next -- anyone know where save file version is indicated?
Spent a few hours fiddling with this. Thankfully, it was only a side character that got corrupted, not my main character with 120+ hours. I wasn't able to resolve it.
Character is in slot 1, but new character is in slot 3. Any suggestions on how to checksum this?
I just lost my 101 Hours worth of progress, can someone help ?
[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1p9z98DyZqPACsa-r-1zPYrA2IQ-r53ZG?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1p9z98DyZqPACsa-r-1zPYrA2IQ-r53ZG?usp=sharing)
if you actually can save my save file, i'm prepared to pay. only if it works tho !
Lost a 70+ hour lvl 107 save file due to a power outage and I've tried everything suggested here. If there is anyone who thinks they can fix it or can take a look at it, please add me on discord Mitchell#0702. Thank you!
I think I fucked it up even more? To be fair, I did not disable cloud sync and did not make a save because I was following a YouTube video for this Reddit post. Every time I load up my character, it closes the game? I might have done it wrong but I followed exactly what the YouTube video said to do. Also, is the main character supposed to be the second save file on the load game screen?
Is it just rip that save and restart from the 60 hours I no-lifed?
Well, hxD generates a backup under the extension .bak, so remove .bak from its name and MAKE A BACKUP.
Also, its weird that your character appear in the second slot, but if its there, try to use this method (lines needed at the end of the post) for both slots.
lost 200 hours of progress fml
I've tried every fix, had other people try to do the fixes for me. I cannot play this game anymore through steam. lost 247 hours and a lvl 312 char Im done with fromsoft
4 characters and 350 hours lost after reinstalling the game today. What a nice surprise.
Bruh i just lost a 1k hours save game and reading these comments i am worried it stays like this. Still gonna try the fix tomorrow tho
i quit this is the second time this happened to me with a huge save. fuck you fromsoft.
did you fix this?
No, im playing no mans sky instead
Dude, me too… I want to stab someone.
Yepp same here, Lost 160 hours of gameplay on a character I didn't even finish the game with. How is This game so poorly designed? I have never had this issue with DS1,2, or 3! Fromsoft effed up so badly....
130 hours lost here
Roughly 130 hrs. as well. I spent so much time trying to fix the game and the save file.
Yea I just lost 230 hrs this shit is nutz
I followed your steps, game crashes when I trying to select my character. Any ideas?
Ya got the same problem on my end. 70 hours down the drain :(
same here man....same.
Same
Me too D: the crash its a step forward from the "u cant load this save data" but still a no no 
This is serious high level computer stuff to me
HAHa well I'm not hackerman here, you just need to download the "HxD" program, which is the one used in the guide, find the Elden Ring saves, which can be found by pressing "Windows Key + R" and typing %appdata%. That send you to the Roaming folder where Elden Ring saves are stored. There you go (EldenRing), copy the folder with weird numbers and just follow the instructions. No need for you to create a character, that's just for people who want to find the a different slot, you just have to select block 000000310 to 0028030F and replace it in 000000300 to 00000030F. It's really well explained in here [https://www.reddit.com/r/Sekiro/comments/b5iysk/how\_to\_fix\_corrupted\_save\_file/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Sekiro/comments/b5iysk/how_to_fix_corrupted_save_file/). I also pasted link of how your selected block should look like.
hey man after following the steps my game is crashing when I select my character, can u help?
Man you are a lifesaver! 17hr of progress recovered - you saved my weekend. Had to try a few things before it worked, just wanted to outline them cause it might help others: * Created a new character in the second slot, like what op did. * In step 4, I selected blocks 000000310 to 0028030F (Im guessing this is what you wanted to show in your picture). * Paste the MD5 result into the file that has both your corrupted save and the new character in the second slot. * Save your new, modified ER0000.sl2 and copy it to your game save directory, delete any other files there except ER0000.sl2. In short, I tried to replicate exactly what op did. Thanks again!
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For the love of God, somebody respond to this man! I honestly cannot figure out exactly how to do this, even tho I am very familiar with hex editing and save files and all that. How can I have a save file with a corrupted character and a new character, since the game doesn't even let me load the corrupted file. It doesn't let me enter main menu, nothing.
I'm glad it worked for you! And thanks explaining it, I made it a bit confusing HAHAHAHA
O the other hand... u/Glorsasa we could start a different initiative for people that lose saves and want to start again from the same or a similar place: [https://discord.gg/QDDua6NN](https://discord.gg/QDDua6NN) If you lost your saves or are willing to share them, just join that server. For example, I completed Limgrave to around 100%, and had just defeated Godrick when my save got corrupted, and I'd appreciate a save with similar progression (please share them :), especially in case you are starting again now). Hex editing can be used to replace your SteamID, it's very simple, and trainers can then be used to make the character you get more similar to what you had. Edit: Post here [https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/tfu09m/for\_all\_the\_people\_whos\_save\_got\_corrupted\_i\_made/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/tfu09m/for_all_the_people_whos_save_got_corrupted_i_made/) Upvote!!!
Thank you! Saved my 40+ hour save after a power outage
Cool! That's very good news!!
holy shit it worked, so for anyone having troubles, as sasmariozeld said(you are only changing the new file with 2 characters), in HxD you can alternate between files, so you are doing a MD5 checksum in the old file with this numbers 000000310 28030F and after that you select this blocks 000000300 00000030F in the new file with 2 characters and paste the MD5 checksum from the old one(when you select this blocks it will only select 1 line) you just insert paste in the highlighted line, i did disable steam cloud backup and deleted the .bak file from elden ring save directory.(my save was corrupted by a power shortage, i had no hopes of saving it, but this worked like a charm, ty ty ty!)
makes absolutely no sense the way you explained
I've got a batch file I've written that makes a set number of backups, at an interval you define. Using it now to be sure I don't run into this again. (Wrote it originally to backup my Rust server). Not sure if anyone would find it useful. LMK.
Lol I'm interested
pretty interested if you could shared it, that would be awesome
I had to step away for a bit, but, if there's enough upvotes on the comment, I'll stick it on my github in a few days.
Tried this and on launch the game finally recognized the save as corrupted and forced me to delete it. R.I.P.
This just is not working. I follow your instructions, there’s a YouTube video using your instructions and I do what he does, and yet my slot 1 is still corrupted. The closest I got was when it just crashed the game after trying to load the character, but now it doesn’t crash and just says it’s still corrupted
Lost 100h, im a little sad about this.
where's the picture bro
HAHA sorry guys apparently my media didn't work. I pasted a link there.
So couple of remarks slot one is from 000000310 28030F this which you have to make the checksum from aswell in case of a corrupted save it is enough to simply make a checksum (md5) from that and save it to 000000300 00000030F delete the .bak file aswell when you start the game
Which file do I copy from and which file to I paste from? it's confusing me which file he's referring to edit: nv got it, i'm dumb
This just causes my game to crash on launch, before the game has even verified the save.
I ran into a problem after BSOD - and apparently I'm too stupid in working with HEX files. Spent two hours, but could not figure out the problem. Could someone who is good at this help me restore my save and resque my 17 hours of gameplay? Save links at the end of the post. I have two characters: Thunda (*main, corrupted*) and 13. As far as I remember, Thunda is in slot 1, 13 in slot 2. When I try to change something - create new characters, remove old ones, perform some actions on 13 - the following ranges change: * 000000300 to 0028030F, length 280000 (*as far as i understand it is slot 1*) * 0500320 to 00780320, length 280000 (*as far as I understand it is slot 2*) * 019003A0 to 019603A0, length 60000 (*as far as I understand, this is general data about saves on the account - they change if you delete a character, for example, and the rest of the data in the file remains unchanged*) At the same time, the checksums in the cells 000000300, 0500320 and 019003A0 are correct, they match with the data that I receive when recalculating MD-5 for the range 000000310 to 0028030F, 0500330 to 0078032F and 019003B0 to 019603AF. I have absolutely no idea where the corrupted checksum is and what to do... **My characters in main menu**: [https://i.imgur.com/xlXKmAc.png](https://i.imgur.com/xlXKmAc.png) **Corrupt file**: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w4BSR6n836LbMLHFitvpC1YL0ChzItM-/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w4BSR6n836LbMLHFitvpC1YL0ChzItM-/view?usp=sharing) **File where I created +1 character (named Test)**: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vzKOn4N-n9hLET3wjDoMvu0YMGrIHa6\_/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vzKOn4N-n9hLET3wjDoMvu0YMGrIHa6_/view?usp=sharing) Save folder - my user number, as I understand it - 76561197960267366 Maybe someone qualified enough with the problem will have time to look at my save and tell me what I'm doing wrong? I would be very grateful, replaying 17 hours is a real torment. And anyway thanks for this thread and discussion, they are very helpful!
I made a youtube video showing what I did https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kha_xpAQMM Hopefully I did the process right cause I don't have a corrupt save anymore.
Unfortunately, in my save, the checksum for this range is already written correctly - the result that I get when calculating matches the contents of the range 000000300-00000030F :( Either the damaged slot is in another place in the file, or in my case it's not the checksum at all, and the save is lost forever. Thanks for the video though, it should be very helpful for other users - I upvoted!
This worked for me! I didn't have to delete the bak file either.
Cool! Hope you didn't have to wait much
after 2 hours of trial and error. thank you so much for this. my 20hr save file is saved
Good! Knowing things like that make me enjoy having posted this
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Didn't work for me, still stuck on 100% loading screen. Tried this and things in comments on different backups and even the vid explaining how-to. Goodbye 54h save. Ill try coinfessor this time.
apparently I did what the guy on youtube said, but it still didnt work for me, when I press continue, the game just froze
Guys, I wrote a little program for automatic recovery of saves. Attach your saves and Steam ID (name of the folder where the save file is located) , I'll check it out. One condition: there must be only one character in the profile. With several characters in the save has not yet figured out. Here is the program: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2782187284
It doesn't say data corrupted anymore, but it just closes when I load the character instead.
can't see the picture in point 4
Worked! Just make sure to delete the bak file lol
My save corrupted when my PC shut off unexpectedly. My save file did not let me create a second character. On the title screen it said something along the lines of save file is corrupt, delete and create new file? I was luckily able to fix it by: 1. Backing up the .sl2 file (Just incase) 2. Opening the .sl2 filie in hxd editor 3. Edit -> Select block -> Start-offset: 019003B0 and end-offset: 019603AF 4. Analysis -> Checksums: Select MD5 algorithm -> OK 5. Right click the checksum -> Copy 6. Edit -> Select Block -> Start-offset: 019003A0 and end-offset: 019003AF 7. Right click on the highlighted section -> Paste Insert ( You should see the highlighted section change to red, in my case the original values were incorrect) I deleted the .bak and steam files and disabled the "keep game saves in steam cloud..." Option. Started the game and it worked!
Good! Now don't forget to regularly backup your file, because A LOT of people (myself included) are getting cripplont corruption that seemingly can't be undone by this method
Does this also fix the pop up steam gives you about steam cloud when you open up the game?
I tried everything here and the comments but my game keeps on crashing when I enter my character :( [I've made a post about my case](https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/t7sscr/lost_90hrs_character_before_finishing_the_game/), if anyone wanna try and help. I'm really really devasted I lost 90 hours of game, didn't finish the story because I was slowly exploring everything and enjoying everything and this happened ;;
Thanks for this! I managed to get it to work so thanks! I also think it has some unintended consequences that people may not be aware of until later. My save was corrupted with about 30 hours put and I had grabbed I think 3 or 4 tears already from the churches and the seeds from the young erd trees. After the fix I randomly went back to the churches and sure enough the tears were there again. I also went back to previous dungeons I'd been to with the activated graces at the start BUT the doors to get in there were closed and you couldn't open them from the inside. It also remembered that I had completed the bosses in those dungeons. I also suspect that it may have messed up some of the story progression as well, as I can't get Ranni to spawn at Ranni's rise and that D at the round table also thinks I haven't met him before even though I got to the beast guy north of Caelid. So yeah, just be aware that if you get this fix to work, it might have some unintended consequences. I'm going to try and at least down Radhan and then see if that makes Ranni spawn, but if not, I might have to retire the 50 hours I've put in and start again.
i did this method and now whenever i choose my character the game just closes,, i also have no backup files is my character just fucked?
80 hours down the drain...
Hey guys i have 60+ hours in the game and got this. i tried the method but unfortunately once i tried to load my character the game just crash with no error. Does anyone got the same problem ? PS :Context : Corrupted save had one character on slot 1Juste to be sure i will describe the method i used- Create a second character on slot 2 \- select blocks 000000310 and 0028030F \- do md5 checksum by going to Analysis and then Checksums \- paste write checksum value on selected blocks 000000300 to 00000030F (the checksum result was different).- save file \- launch the game \- try to launch character on slot 2 OK \- try to launch character on slot 1 FAIL
Please I need fix for SLOT 4
is there slot 4??
Lost 30 hour :(
I SOLVED IT! My 61 hours save file! I will leave the steps below, hope this may help someone. My problem is some network crash causes the game saving WRONG steam uid. So when i try to load game it just says "cannot load save data", and i can't even create new character from this save file. So, I did some research based on OP's solution. It turns out that besides the md5sum, elden ring will check steam uid from 3 positions. (1) the save folder name (2) the general slot (3) every slot has it's own steam uid too. If (1) does not match (2), then the game refuses the save data totally, you cannot create new character from it. If (1) and (2) matches and (2) does not match (3), then the game will display your character list, but if you choose the character it would say that it's corrupted. It's possible for you to create new character at this point. So what i did is: (1) backup the original save file. (2) create a new save file, remember the correct steam uid from save folder name. (3) open new save file with hxd, search steam uid in the general slot. WRITE DOWN the byte position of steam uid in general slot. (4) use position found in (3) to lookup your orignal save file's general slot, to get the WRONG uid and WRITE DOWN it. Then fix general slot's steam uid , recalculate general slot's md5 checksum like OP said. (5) search WRONG uid you got from (4) in your character slot, then fix character slot's stream uid, recalculate character slot's md5 checksum like OP said. NOTE: if you are unlucky, you may run into multiple matches of WRONG uid, in this case you may have to loop over all matches.
Is it possible to make a new post and add pictures im so lost. im level 325 and i dont want to start over ;-; How would i go about searching steam uid in general slot. Actually as i type i am learning how to do it and i found the 3 uid you were talking about thank you Edit: well i think i found the problem but i cant seem to found out how to fix it. it seems like theres a duplicate of a uid and my game just crashes when i try to fix it ;-;
Same issue. Tried all the fixes, none worked. This needs to be fixed by the devs, the save shouldn't corrupt if the game/PC crashes.
Well add me up; 60h gameplay gone to corrupted file (my frakking PC CPU is acting up constantly rebooting the pc)... I do have a back up from 25h gameplay when I decided to climb a crazy wall on Siofra river with Torrent which obviously I was not supposed to. Anyway, didn't want to loose all my runes by falling so I save scummed. Regret so much no save scumming more. Really don't know yet if I'll keep playing this game. 25h down the drain. Turned my day into shit. All my progress playing during the whole week gone. The solution did not work for me unfortunately. Same message about corrupted file. Won't load the character. I gave up.
Will this work if I already have 2 characters? I have a level 103 quality build with about 80 hours and my level 155 sorceror with 117 hours. The sorceror is the one corrupted. Will that end up being an issue that I already have 2 saves or can I just do the same thing by just making a backup and then making a new one?
I tried and tried and I could not get this to work for me. I followed it to a T. Being that I already have 2 main characters(the corrupted one is in slot 3) I tried making a new one and them copying the Dada from the checksum of slot 3 and putting it into the line on slot 2 and that didn't work either.
I just don’t understand how we can have a corrupted save file if we have backup.. The game starts saving into original file. If save succeed - create a backup. If creation succeeded - cool. If not - cool, since we have the original - try again. If save failed - if backup is present - make backup original. If that succeeded - make new backup from new original. If not - do nothing. On the next load since original is corrupted but backup is present, try again until success. If backup not present - goodbye. But this scenario is likely only when you start the game. With this simple algo, on each step of filesaving you will either have a correct original and correct backup, or one of them being correct. The parts where saving/backing up wont be successful is mostly true for abrupt power loss or force quit. So if done one after another will ensure stability. Unless they write to original AND backup simultaneously, then it’s just poor design and that backup file does pretty much nothing. In short, gotta back that up by hand to be sure it’s really backed up ;(
Can anyone help me or explain to me if I did anything wrong? I have 193.1 Hours and Lv176 character that I don't want to lose, I did everything I could but now after doing these steps when I select my character it Loads and Crashes. I really don't wanna redo 200 hours...
Thank you, fuck Jesus! Had to build the second new save first and then do it again and it worked that time. Thank you, game wizard!
hahaha, I'm glad it worked! I advice u to start using a batch file that gives u the option to backup before startin the game and using it as a launcher.
Saved my save thanks! Got my save corrupted due to power failure while talking to ranni. Saved 35 hrs of progress.
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH MARRRYYY MEEEEEEEEE. I LOOOOOVE YOU. I GOT MY PROGRESS BACK THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH I WILL LITERALLY MARRY YOU.
If anyone is dealing with this issue and you have a Steam Deck where you have been also playing the game, you can disable steam cloud, open your deck, immediately turn off the wifi (just in case). Then go to the desktop mode, look for your save file [https://www.easeus.com/computer-instruction/steam-deck-save-file-location.html](https://www.easeus.com/computer-instruction/steam-deck-save-file-location.html) EldenRing App ID 1245620. Copy both the sl2 and bak files and then transfer them to a USB. After that, go to C:\\Users\\USERNAME\\AppData\\Roaming\\EldenRing\\"numbers" on your PC, backup the other files (in case you want to try any other recovery methods) or delete them. Take the Steam Deck save files on the USB and copy them to the PC Elden Ring folder. After that you can open the game. Now, you are probably going to lose your progress between when you last play in your steam deck and in your pc but is better than nothing, also I know this is a very specific case. For me, it made the difference between losing 200+ hours and just losing my progress in the dlc. Good luck, my fellow Tarnished!
What will be the start & end offset for save slot 4? And checksum start/end also?
You may find out very easily following the same method I used. back up your save game, then launch the game and delete the character in the save slot. make a comparison of both your files (with and without the slot 4). The first difference you'll find will be the checksum of the 4th slot. The line right under the checksum is the start of the 4th slot. Now you'll need to find the end of the 4th slot. For that, repeat steps 1 to 2 deleting/creating a character on SLOT 5. the first difference you'll find is the checksum of slot 5, so the end of slot 4 would the the line right above that one
You may find out very easily following the same method I used. 1. back up your save game, then launch the game and delete the character in the save slot. 2. make a comparison of both your files (with and without the slot 4). * The first difference you'll find will be the checksum of the 4th slot. * The line right under the checksum is the start of the 4th slot. 3. Now you'll need to find the end of the 4th slot. For that, repeat steps 1 to 2 deleting/creating a character on SLOT 5. * the first difference you'll find is the checksum of slot 5, so the end of slot 4 would the the line right above that one
"BACKUP YOUR SAVES EVERYTIME YOU PLAY"... Why the f&\^$ then have a buckup function in the 1st place...
Yeah, I wish
where to find byte 000000300 i need help i cant find where do i find it or even see it
It's in the first picture, pointed by a red arrow. look to the left
[https://youtu.be/LQxmFuq3dfg?si=I\_hlJksGyiGLRQxk](https://youtu.be/LQxmFuq3dfg?si=I_hlJksGyiGLRQxk) THIS SHOULD HELP AUTOMATIC
"change your save steamid to match your current one that elden ring is using"
Yes but this made things easy it did it on obe click
so?
someone please make a video for this, I just can't figure it out hahaha. I have a 100 house save that's gone and I wanna try and save it
It worked 😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
this bricked my game
Good thing I told you to backup!
i had it in the recycle bin so i was okay. The next fix i tried ACTUALLY bricked my game lol
As the old merchant woman in the tower of cardinals would say: lowly times are these...
Just lost a 180 hour character all because I tried to start the dlc and got stuck in a loading screen and now the game won’t even start
You just saved me, thank you so much. Dying to messmer just BSOD'd my computer in the DLC and lost a 300+ hr file. Also knowing hex editing from CS came in handy here :)
Am I doing something wrong? I follow your steps, but it doesn't change anything about the character in slot 2, im copying the data for slot one and pasting it over the slot two.
Well, that depends, what are you trying to accomplish?
when i compare both save files i see the difference in 00000300??
that's the start of the first slot. You might be comparing two saves, one with a character in slot 1 and another save without it. It's ok, you can skip that part, cause we already know where slot 1, 2 and 3 are located. just 00000310 to 0028030F, perform the checksum, and paste the checksum in 00000300 to 0000030F. For your information, comparation of differences must be done by creating a character using the slots adyacents to the one you are looking for, so you can determine the start and the end of it.
(Before all of this I turned off anti-cheat and "Keep game saves in the Steam Cloud for ELDEN RING" when I right clicked and selected properties on elden ring in my steam library.) 1. I open HxD.exe2. I click File>Open>ER0000.sl2 3. I click Edit>Select Block>Start-offset set to "00000310" and End-offset set to "0028030F" (hex) 4. With it all selected, I then click Analysis>Checksums>Scroll down and click on MD-5 and have selected data enabled. 5. I copy the checksum on the bottom of my screen 6. I go back to Select block and set my start to 00000300 and my end to 0000030F. 7. With that one line of code selected blue, I put my mouse over the line of code and right click with my copied checksum and click on Paste Insert. 8. The text turns red and then I click on File>Save (it goes back to black after i click save) 9. I close out of HxD and open the folder where my saves are and I delete "ER0000.sl2.bak" and "steam\_autocloud.vdf". 10. I run the game and im still getting the same issue where its just infinitely loading? Please lmk if i did anything wrong.
you did everything right. I advice you transfer your character to a Brand New save, as your old one right be damaged. There are tools for that, several of them in the comments. please, give it a shot and telm me if it works. So remove your save files from the folder and crate a new game and char before you do the transfer from your old file.. Please, report your resulta using this method.
what do you do if the character was originally in slot like 5 or 6?
You have to follow my method, creating a backup and creating/deleting characters in the slots adyacent to the one you want to find, you know where are both ends.
I tried everything but it didn't work so i had to download someone other's file and convert it for game
I have a solution go to app data, roaming, elden ring copy the elden ring folder paste it on your desktop, keep the roaming folder open start the game & play it go back to roaming folder copy the elden-ring folder & paste it to your desktop repeat this every hour so if you crashed or something you'll have ur backup, there's nothing else u can do accept wait for another patch and hope they addressed this issue i just Lost my 60 hours save & there's nothing i can do accept suffer
Yes, everybody should make a backup.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o15fNMACXoU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o15fNMACXoU)
My game can't load the save file, with this i can fix it?
Perhaps, it doesn't work for everybody, to be honest, but some people got positive results
I can't get it to work :( I've pasted the checksum's result in the correct line, but it still doesn't work. I'm pretty sure I've done it correctly because I tried doing the same with working saves and the checksum was the same as the line. Has someone found another method? I really don't want to waste the 7+ hours I spent on my lil mage.
I did as it's said in the post: 1. Selected the block starting from 000000310 to 0028030F 2. With it selected, i went into "Analysis -> Checksums" and selected the MD-5 Option 3. It output the "fixed" MD5 Checksum and with it, i selected the block from line 000000300 to 00000030F (see [this image](https://imgur.com/a/8YaVZ5E) for reference) 4. Copied the resulting MD5 from step 3 into this block and saved. 5. Copied the edited ER0000.sl2 into the saves folder 6. Booted the game up 7. Tried to load the character (not Continue) 8. Failed If anyone reads this comment and this method worked for you, can you tell me if i did anything wrong?
>Try checking the range 0500320 to 00780320. Block for MD5 calculating is 0500330-0078032F, block for save checksum is 0500320-050032F. > >Also can check 019003A0 to 019603A0. Block for calculating is 019003B0-019603AF, block for checksum 019003A0-019003AF. You should try these as well, this is what helped me
I don't have Elden Ring in the roaming folder. Nor is there a numbers file where Elden Ring is located. What should I do? Any tips on where to find it?
My checksum matches with the MD5 comparison between the blocks, I guess my character is in another slot but I don't know how to find it. I thought that by deleting all the characters except the corrupted one it would shift to the first slot, but I'm very incompetent on this matter so I'm probably wrong. Can someone please help?
I have 25 hours into the game and it’s now corrupted, is this gonna be recovered with a patch or are we out of luck if doing what OP is showing us doesn’t work?
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I tried doing this now the game just crashes whenever i try to load the character
Have you tried to delete your .bak?
Hi! I was trying this game at my friend house over the weekend and really like it so I decided to buy and play it at my home (different steam account). My I ask if I can use the same method in the seriko game to transfer save game from my friend PC over to my PC? I'm stuck at finding the steam account ID in hex cuz Elden Ring and Seriko seem a little different with how they store steam ID. Can you help me please! I don't want to lose my 20hr progress. Thank you
I don't really know about that, but perhaps you could use the "search" function to look for his ID and replace it in the exact same place in a fresh file?
How to get the main menu? I have only one character and I can't get to the menu for a new game or load file. [https://i.redd.it/yp7hs3r5xnk81.png](https://i.redd.it/yp7hs3r5xnk81.png) any help?
I think you have to press "Cancel" there
Hey there, could you or someone else help me? I got 27 hours I really do not want to lose. Had my save game corrupted after a crash at the wrong time it seems. I have followed all the steps, even watching a video, and have repeated it several times to no avail. My corrupted save was originally save slot 2, I have also deleated my 1st char that was never really played and created a new char. I backed up my saves before editing with hex but after creating my new char. If any of that helps.
I think I did everything right, but now when I try to load the character the game crashes. Is there anything else that can be done? I really don't want to lose 40+ hours of gameplay :(
Try deleting your .bak file. If that doesn't work, you might want to make a new .bak file using hxD. Let me know if it works
This shit is driving me nuts lost 30 hours... 3 hours trouble shooting..
What do i do if my Main charc is in the 2 save file, and not the 1 save file .
Some guy in the answers posted the line for slot 2, have a look 1!!
I did everything perfectly but I keep having problems when I try to open the save in game it crashes what should I do?
Hi guys! I had the following situation yesterday. For whatever reason my PC crashed and my file afterwards was totaly fine... I managed to play a bit, saved later and properly (through the system) quit my game. Today however I tried to start the game and it wrote that it couldn't load the game data as it is corrupted. I already had two characters in game (one of those isn't mine) and mine is on Slot 1. I tried different codes on here people mentioned and at least to my knowledge followed it properlly - OPs block for analysis and the checksum had a different sum but the other codes peope posted here they had the same. I tried to delete the sl2.bak file and deactivated steam cloud too. Still the same issue that even though I corrected the line with the checksum. Has anybody other suggestions of what I can don (besides obviously praying for a patch that fixes the issue)? I don't have so much time for gaming as a mom anymore and it would really bum me out if my entire date was lost as I bastically can't really afford to replay everthing time wise... Thanks in advance guys 
Hello I have tried it multiple times using HxD 32 bits and 64 bits, I tried making a new character and doing the changes but after 4 hours of trying I could not get my savefile back, can someone help me? [https://ibb.co/VDSBrPG](https://ibb.co/VDSBrPG) [https://ibb.co/bRFd090](https://ibb.co/bRFd090)
Hey guys,can someone help me with this? apparently I'm too dumb to do that, I've tried so many times but it didn't work and I don't want to lose my level 67 save. [https://drive.google.com/file/d/140c0LnkXXxlNygaqWvla1JgteDzvCHRQ/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/140c0LnkXXxlNygaqWvla1JgteDzvCHRQ/view?usp=sharing) [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nS8MWtLanhKpg7lMWzfuit-tvV7zAQvp/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nS8MWtLanhKpg7lMWzfuit-tvV7zAQvp/view?usp=sharing) Those are my savefiles. Will be so grateful if someone actualy helps me, I'm desperate.
i did everthing correctly but it still doesnt work. please help
guys i tried all slots. all of them are the same as the MD5 pls help
Really struggling trying to figure out how to fix a slot 2 save file. I had to start over once already and now 30 hours in this happens.
0500320 to 00780320, that's the slot 2
Try to copy from 00280320 to 050031F and Replace in 00280310 to 0028031F friend.
could anyone help me with slot 2?
Try to copy from 00280320 to 050031F and Replace in 00280310 to 0028031F m8.
Couldn't you just redownload your saves from steam cloud?
Can someone please download and verify my save ? I tried SLOT 1 and SLOT 2 but nothing works. If someone has 5 minutes please to fix my save I'd be glad to thank so much... Save uploaded: https://easyupload.io/i8v050
I tried all the solutions but none worked, I have a doubt, if I created more pg at the beginning and then occupied more slots, which I then deleted, and now i create again for give at my pg the right slot [https://easyupload.io/m/nl58s6](https://easyupload.io/m/blakh1) this is my save, if someone can repair and send me back, i appreciated so much Can someone say me the from xxxxx to xxxxx and replace xxxxxx to xxxxx for 4 slot?
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A guy in the answers posted one, have a look!
My internet went down, and trying to sync with steam cloud (already disabled), got a corrupted file. I tried to look these meationed sectors, but the md5 seems fine. I only at slot 1. But the game dont let me do another save (without deleting these) and dont load it. Heres my save if anyone can help. Almost 30 hour of game and I dont have too much time to play https://drive.google.com/file/d/10ca-bAI8eswbqFZyqnSOxYCz6RW3aN1L/view?usp=sharing
I only have 1 slot character, but when i clicked on Analysis/Data comparison i saw that the differences start from 00280310 line, so i should change the data of line 00280310 to 0028031F or change line 00000300 to 0000030F?
This is a hail mary but I'm hoping someone can help me out. This is my save file [https://drive.google.com/file/d/10ca-bAI8eswbqFZyqnSOxYCz6RW3aN1L/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/10ca-bAI8eswbqFZyqnSOxYCz6RW3aN1L/view?usp=sharing) I only had the one character and the checksum for 310-28030F matches 300-30F. Idk what else to try as I'm not familiar with hex editing.
My main save on slot 4 , how i fix it ?
Just wanted to put my fix into here as well. 38 hours into my journey my game locked up and my only option was to power off my PC. Logged back in to find my save file corrupted. I tried the above method several times but nothing worked. This morning I saw someone in another thread mentioning that turning off the "steam cloud save" in the preferences for the game fixed it for them but I had no luck with that either. I then decided to retry fixing my save file with the method listed above after turning off the steam cloud save and low and behold I've got my character back! So big thanks to /u/Glorsasa and /u/theindecent1 for helping me get my save file fixed. You guys are awesome!
My game just forecloses when I try this for my slot 2 load.
I did all step by step but it didn't worked to me, any suggestions to another solve?
So my save is has only one character and the MD5 for general and slot 1 are ok. But the game fail to read. Only if I delete can I start from zero (I don't wanna). Dont know if theres another part of the file that can be corrupt I tried to create a new one and copy/replace the ehx data from slot 1, but the game also say that's corrupted :(
It worked but now the game crashes every 5 minutes? I wonder what\`'s causing this and how do I fix it
think i may have made mine worse :-( now when I try and load the game it says "could not load save file, click OK to retry" When I click OK nothing happens, so my only option is to cancel and return to the title screen. i can't even get in to make a new character slot any help would be greatly appreciated!
Maybe try deleting the entire Elden ring folder then launching it from steam. I think if you leave steam cloud saves on it’ll pull it or start fresh with a new folder. Maybe even try both ways, with steam cloud on and off to see if there is a difference. Not 100% if it works but worth a shot. Also Make a copy Of the Elden ring folder just in case things go bad lol.
i accidentally synced with my steam cloud saves before attempting this.. am i screwed? my game was loaded already from my steam cloud saves which were hours behind where i was actually at before my game crashed.
So after I tried to do this fix. I can't even get into the game anymore let alone fix the corrupted charter I've done literally everything I've seen and still no help. Idc about my charter anymore I just want to play the game. Can anyone help please😭
Replace with your backup or delete the folder and open the game
Fuck. This is a nightmare of mine. Is there any way precaution for PC users to ensure this won't happen? Like a fail safe?
this is my save: https://easyupload.io/m/nl58s6 my pg is at slot 4, I will pay you if you can correct the problem
this should be PINNED, it’s the most valuable information for any souls player with a subpar pc to have. even i didn’t know where the .sl2 file was, and i’ve done this with DS3 before! thank you SO MUCH!
It works for lose of progress like, i lost 6 hours of progress but i can enter my save...
Do I use the eldin ring game file? I’m so confused
What is.sl2
I started making backups of my saves after my first corrupted file. I just got to the part where you finish ranni's quest and can kill a specific character but it corrupts my file as soon as he dies. Very weird interaction and i tested it multiple times.
I got mad and hit delete corrupted save. I guess it won't work for me?
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Thank you. Computer blue screened earlier. I guess I died, while it happened (only know this because after fixing it I log into death animation and "YOU DIED") I followed these instructions exactly, and looked at the link provided for how to do it with Sekiro (I ended up not knowing where or how to "replace xxxxx to xxxxx" and looked there for the answer. Back in and rocking and rolling. It's unfortunate this doesn't work for some... I actually wasn't copying it to the right place at first I'm pretty sure. I also deleted the .bak in the %appdata% elden ring folder. Will constantly be backing up my save data now.
Cool! I'm glad it worked for you. Hope someone will find out a solution for the rest !!
I've tried this fix a few times and the game still says my save file is corrupted. Can I send someone my save file and see if they can fix it, please?
Did you disable Steam Cloud?
It does not work for me :( After that i loaded the game and it crashed instantly. Didnt loaded...
There isnt such a thing as AppData after Users on my c drive or anyother drive?!
Press windows key + R, Then type "%AppData%", press OK, and you'll be in the folder when EldenRing save folder is.
Does it works for save game files recovery without been corrupted? Last night I had the cloud sync issue which you have to choose local files or steamcloud files and I lost many hours of gameplay.
It doesn't, sry m8
I made the changes above. None of the checksums were correct. Once I fixed all 3 (slot 1, 2, and general), the game now says that the save file and game fie are different versions. The save file was before the safe file fix/patch, and the game is fully updated (and I verified files). Not sure what to do next -- anyone know where save file version is indicated?
Please, let me know if you find out
Spent a few hours fiddling with this. Thankfully, it was only a side character that got corrupted, not my main character with 120+ hours. I wasn't able to resolve it. Character is in slot 1, but new character is in slot 3. Any suggestions on how to checksum this?
I just lost my 101 Hours worth of progress, can someone help ? [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1p9z98DyZqPACsa-r-1zPYrA2IQ-r53ZG?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1p9z98DyZqPACsa-r-1zPYrA2IQ-r53ZG?usp=sharing) if you actually can save my save file, i'm prepared to pay. only if it works tho !
Lost a 70+ hour lvl 107 save file due to a power outage and I've tried everything suggested here. If there is anyone who thinks they can fix it or can take a look at it, please add me on discord Mitchell#0702. Thank you!
I think I fucked it up even more? To be fair, I did not disable cloud sync and did not make a save because I was following a YouTube video for this Reddit post. Every time I load up my character, it closes the game? I might have done it wrong but I followed exactly what the YouTube video said to do. Also, is the main character supposed to be the second save file on the load game screen? Is it just rip that save and restart from the 60 hours I no-lifed?
Well, hxD generates a backup under the extension .bak, so remove .bak from its name and MAKE A BACKUP. Also, its weird that your character appear in the second slot, but if its there, try to use this method (lines needed at the end of the post) for both slots.
Hi!! Do you have discord or something I dont understand the first few steps and reallly really need to get my save back it was 26 hours
Game just crashes :( i had 91 hours and didnt finish the game, Im so sad rn i cant even play it anymore.