Dragon’s Dogma 2 is the sequel to the popular 2012 RPG, Dragon’s Dogma. It is a successor to the game in every way. It is grander, more ambitious, better graphically, and has more or less the same features as the previous game with a lot of good quality-of-life changes. There are some peculiarities about this game too, however. How saves work seems to be one of these peculiarities of the game. As per recent reports, there seems to be an issue where the save progress of players is wiped completely off and the character is set to level 0. This is something that you might have encountered while playing the game. If so, here’s everything you need to know about whether there is a fix for this issue.
The save file loss issue can be attributed to a lot of reasons. It could be corrupted data or simply a game glitch that the developers have yet to address. For these reasons, we recommend being extra careful around saves in this game. In regular intervals, try backing them up as soon as you are done with the game. Since there are a lot of quirks with how saves work in the game and how easy it is to lose saved progress, we recommend reading this guide carefully.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 Lost Save Progress Issue: Is there any fix yet?
The issue seems to be that when you load back into the game, it for some reason, corrupts your manual save file. Now, we say manual save files because there are a few different options for saving in this game. There is your typical Autosave/ Manual save and then there is the Inn save file. These are two completely separate files and the Inn save can overwrite your manual save if you load into it. This essentially means that the game will erase your manual/autosave data if you choose to load into an Inn save file. This is an option you will get every time you try to load into the game.
What does this mean for you?
This means you have to be very careful. If you end up loading into the inn save file by mistake, you have just lost all the progress you made since you last slept at the inn. This is also different from the issue of the save files being corrupted. That is a distinct issue that some players might face. The only way to solve that? Reinstall Steam. Before you do this, make sure to turn off cloud saves.
By reinstalling Steam, we don’t mean the game. We mean the client itself. You will need to uninstall Steam and reinstall it entirely. This is despite users trying out methods like reinstalling the game and rebooting their PC. You need to make sure to reinstall the entire client and remove any residual save data from the save location.
Where is the save location?
To find the save files of Dragon’s Dogma 2, you are going to need to navigate to this path: [Steam directory location]\userdata\[Steam ID]\2054970\remote\win64_save. When here, you might need to clear the entire folder out, or if you want to back it up, copy it to a different location. Since this game is a little peculiar with how saved data works, this is the only method to safeguard yourself in case you click on the wrong restore option. That way, you can always transfer this data back into the folder and have it load from here.
Will backing up help?
We’re not entirely sure if it will. If you make a backup every time you save the game, you can avoid this issue entirely. Corrupted save data can just be deleted and restored with this backup. It can also save you from clicking on the wrong option and losing hours of progress. Until the developers respond and fix the issue where your manual saves get corrupted often, this workaround should be of help.
Anyway, that is all we have on whether you can fix the lost save data and progress issue in Dragon’s Dogma 2. If you find this guide helpful and want to read more such content, make sure to visit Android Gram daily.
