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Move Stardew Valley saves to a new PC or account

Updated
22 Oct 2026
Checked for
PC (Windows, Steam), Mac, Linux (including Flatpak and Proton), Android, iOS
Let your AI agent do 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 move my Stardew Valley save to this PC or account on this PC, following findmysave's steps.

1. Read https://findmysave.com/stardew-valley/transfer-save/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. Check with me that this is what happened, then do its steps in order and tell me how to check each one:
   - PC save will not load on Android/iOS, or Android save will not load on PC
4. Save folder: %APPDATA%\StardewValley\Saves\  Files: <FarmName>_<ID> folder (e.g. JonSnow_123456789), <FarmName>_<ID> (no extension, XML), SaveGameInfo, <FarmName>_<ID>_old and SaveGameInfo_old, *_STARDEWVALLEYSAVETMP, save-backups folder (inside the game folder; created by SMAPI's bundled SaveBackup)
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: /stardew-valley/transfer-save/steps.json

Move a save between PC and Android or iOS

Symptom

A PC save won't load on Android or iOS, or an Android save won't load on PC.

Steps marked “changes files” delete, rename or overwrite something. Back up the whole save folder first.

  1. Android to PC: copy the whole farm folder from Android/data/com.chucklefish.stardewvalley/files/Saves (v1.5+) to %appdata%\StardewValley\Saves. Then remove the .bin ending from every file.changes files

    Check: the farm shows in the PC Load Game menu.

    Not sure where the save folder is?

  2. PC to Android: if you use mods, remove custom content first (load the save once in vanilla or with SMAPI to clean it). Create one save on Android first so the Saves folder exists, then copy the whole farm folder into it. If you copy with adb, set read and write permissions, or the game crashes when it saves at the end of the day.changes files

  3. iOS: use the Files app (On My iPhone, then Stardew Valley), or File Sharing in iTunes or Finder. Drag each farm folder to the root of the Documents panel, not the whole Saves folder. Then sync.

  4. Copy both files, the main save and SaveGameInfo. Some players report the game version on the receiving device must not be older than the one that made the save.

Unverified: The rule that the receiving game version must be at least as new as the save has not been confirmed on the official wiki page.

Source: stardewvalleywiki.com

Co-op farmhand can't see their character

Symptom

A co-op farmhand can't see their character, or wants to keep the farm after the host quits.

Steps marked “changes files” delete, rename or overwrite something. Back up the whole save folder first.

  1. Farmhand characters exist only inside the host's save. The host must be online with the farm open, loaded through Co-op, not Load.

    Check: your character shows up when you join.

    Not sure where the save folder is?

  2. Ask the host to zip the whole farm folder and send it to you. Copy it into your own Saves folder to host the farm yourself.changes files

  3. Changing who the "host" is inside a save needs XML editing or a mod. The wiki links to a separate guide. Back up first.

Source: stardewvalleywiki.com

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