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Valheim is not saving when logging off? Try these fixes
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Valheim is an incredible fast-trending survivalgamewith a 95% approval rate on Steam which is great for an early access title.
But we can see how that can happen because the gameplay is great and the graphics helps a lot too.
However, like any other startinggameout there, Valheim came with its share ofbugsand one of them is that users’gamesare not saving after logging out and that translates into hours of lost play.
Here’s how a user expresses hiscomplaint on Reddit:
I’m not sure why but whenever I log out of Valheim my game does not save. It goes to a black screen and does not do anything.
When on the black screen it shows that I am still in the game and I’ll still get the notifications that I can eat more and other related alerts.
The only fix for this for me is to go into cheat mode and manually save. Does anyone have a fix for this problem? I lose many gameplay hours because of this issue.
The Valheim not saving error is really frustrating because sometimes you spend a lot of time and effort to get a special item only to find out in the next session that all was for nothing.
So, it seems that this issue mostly occurs in single-player mode when you are offline. When you play online, thegameserver saves the state periodically.
There is no official fix for this issue yet, but we have found a few solutions that can get you over this problem until the next update.
How can I fix the Valheim not saving problem?
1. Save the game from your console
That’s it! Next time you open yourgameyou will have your progress saved but you need to remember to do that every time before logging out.
2. Uncheck the read-only box from the .old file
It seems that this problem is caused by the fact that a file namedcharactername.fch.old(replace charactername with your actual character name) somehow gets the read-only attribute.
This means that the game cannot overwrite it with new data and that’s why yourgameis not being saved. The solution is to remove the read-only attribute from the file.
However, this trick doesn’t work every time because some users complained that the read-only attribute comes back after a while.
Unfortunately, this is by far not the only Valheimbugout there. For instance, many gamers complained aboutscreen shakingbut you can fix that issue easily.
You should also consider installingthe latest Valheim modthat can fix a lot of other issues with the game.
Buggy or not, Valheim is among the top 5 most popular games in Steam so a few issues won’t stop you. Anyway, it would be excellent to have an official copy by hitting the button below.
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Have you succeeded in fixing your Valheim not saving issue using our solutions? Do you have any other tweaks that can also help other fellowgames? Leave us a comment in the section below.
Claudiu Andone
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Oldtimer in the tech and science press, Claudiu is focused on whatever comes new from Microsoft.
His abrupt interest in computers started when he saw the first Home Computer as a kid. However, his passion for Windows and everything related became obvious when he became a sys admin in a computer science high school.
With 14 years of experience in writing about everything there is to know about science and technology, Claudiu also likes rock music, chilling in the garden, and Star Wars. May the force be with you, always!
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Claudiu Andone
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Oldtimer in the tech and science press, with 14 years of experience in writing on everything there is to know about science, technology, and Microsoft
