Where Crimson Desert keeps your saves

Updated: 22 Oct 2026
Checked for: PC (Windows, Steam and Epic), Mac (Steam and Mac App Store)

Let your AI agent find itPaste it into Claude Code, Codex or Cursor. It asks what happened, backs up first, and checks with you before changing any file.

Help me find my Crimson Desert save folder on this PC, following findmysave's steps.

1. Read https://findmysave.com/crimson-desert/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 Crimson Desert save folder
   - Cannot find the save folder on Windows
4. Save folder: %LOCALAPPDATA%/Pearl Abyss/CD/save/<your account ID>  Files: 9 save slots, Cross-Save slot
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: /crimson-desert/save-location/steps.json

I can't find my Crimson Desert save folder

Symptom

You don't know where the game keeps its save files.

Press Win+R, paste %LOCALAPPDATA%\Pearl Abyss\CD\save and press Enter.
Check: A folder window opens.
Look inside the folder for save files.
Check: You can see save files in the folder.

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 on this page.

Source: PCGamingWiki

Can't find the save folder on Windows

Symptom

You can't find the save folder on Windows.

Press Win+R, paste %LOCALAPPDATA%\Pearl Abyss\CD\save and press Enter.
Still nothing? In File Explorer, turn on View > Hidden items, then open C:\Users\<name>\AppData\Local\Pearl Abyss\CD\save.

Source: magicgameworld.com

Other platforms

Windows

%LOCALAPPDATA%/Pearl Abyss/CD/save/<your account ID>

OS X

~/Library/Application Support/Pearl Abyss/CD/save

Mac App Store

~/Library/Containers/com.pearlabyss.CrimsonDesert/Data/Library/Application Support/Pearl Abyss/CD/save

Steam / Epic (Windows)

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Pearl Abyss\CD\save

Steam and Epic on PC use the same folder. AppData is hidden by default. Paste the path into the File Explorer address bar, or turn on Hidden items.

Mac (Steam)