Baldur's Gate 3 save recovery
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Help me recover my Baldur's Gate 3 save on this PC, following findmysave's steps. 1. Read https://findmysave.com/baldurs-gate-3/steps.json. If you can't open URLs, use what's below. 2. Rules: - Start read-only: find my saves and list name, size and modified time. - Back up the whole save folder before changing anything. - Ask me before you delete, rename, move or overwrite any file (changes_files=true). - No anti-cheat files, no third-party tools unless I say yes. - Make sure the game is closed first. 3. Ask which of these happened, then do its steps in order and tell me how to check each one: - I can't find my Baldur's Gate 3 save folder - Cannot find saves / AppData hidden - Account-hosted cross-saves vanish after 6 months of inactivity - Cross-save stuck on 'Syncing cloud save' / saves missing on Larian account (Xbox/console reports) - 'Unable to Save' or errors/crashes when loading saves - Saves won't sync/load between two PCs - Steam shows 'Steam Cloud Out of Date' next to BG3 - Steam cloud fails to sync on a work-managed Mac (Zscaler) 4. Save folder: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\PlayerProfiles\Public\Savegames\Story\ Files: <save name>.lsv (inside a per-save folder), LevelCache folder 5. If nothing works, stop and tell me. Remote help: https://findmysave.com/help/
Chat-only AIs work too: they walk you through it. Steps as JSON, each with a source: /baldurs-gate-3/steps.json
What happened?
- I can't find where Baldur's Gate 3 keeps my savesSave location
- I can't find my saves and need to move them to a new PCSave location
- My cross-saves on my Larian account disappearedLost or deleted progress
- Cross-save is stuck on "Syncing cloud save" or my saves are missingCloud save overwrote my local save
- "Unable to Save", or the game errors or crashes when I load a saveCorrupted save
- My saves won't sync or load between my two PCsCorrupted save
- Steam says "Steam Cloud Out of Date" next to Baldur's Gate 3Cloud save overwrote my local save
- Steam cloud won't sync on my work Mac and I must get my saves off itCloud save overwrote my local save
Save folder
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\PlayerProfiles\Public\Savegames\Story\What we couldn't confirm
- We couldn't confirm the exact names of save files and folders (for example HonourMode, QuickSave, Autosave).
- We couldn't confirm whether the September 29, 2026 deletion of old account cross-saves went ahead or was postponed.
- We found no save path for the Xbox PC / Game Pass version.
- Some players report that saves from patch 8 don't work with other patches. We couldn't verify this.