Help me find my Baldur's Gate 3 save folder on this PC, following findmysave's steps. 1. Read https://findmysave.com/baldurs-gate-3/save-location/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 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/save-location/steps.json
Symptom
You don't know where the game keeps its save files.
Press Win+R, paste %LOCALAPPDATA%\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\PlayerProfiles\Public\Savegames\Story, and press Enter.
Look inside the folder.
Check: You can see your save files.
Can't find it?
If Windows says it can't find the folder, the game hasn't saved on this PC yet, or you play another version (Game Pass, Epic, Steam Deck). Check the other paths listed below.
Symptom
You can't find your saves (the AppData folder may be hidden) and want to move them to a new PC.
Steps marked “changes files” delete, rename or overwrite something. Back up the whole save folder first.
Press Win+R, paste %LocalAppData%\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\PlayerProfiles\Public\Savegames\Story, and press Enter.
Copy the save folders to the same path on the new PC.
Make sure both PCs run the same game patch. Saves are not compatible across patches.changes files
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\PlayerProfiles\Public\Savegames\Story\<Steam folder>\userdata\<your Steam ID>\1086940\remote~/Documents/Larian Studios/Baldur's Gate 3/PlayerProfiles/Public/Savegames/Story/~/.local/share/Larian Studios/Baldur's Gate 3/PlayerProfiles/Public/Savegames/Story/%LOCALAPPDATA%\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\PlayerProfiles\Public\Savegames\StoryLarian lists one PC path for every store. Each save is a folder. Since patch 7/9 your profile lives in local AppData instead of Documents. If you played patch 6 or earlier, an old copy may still be in Documents\Larian Studios.
~/Documents/Larian Studios/Baldur's Gate 3/PlayerProfiles/Public/Savegames/StoryEach save is a folder. In Finder, right-click it and choose Compress to make a zip.