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[Spree]

Did anyone else's game randomly crash and delete their character, and then, when they go back to try to get into their world, it takes them back to the loading screen?

[nick_patton1]

Mine did this 4 or 5 days ago, ive put in a ticket for it, as even doing the suggested tips from people, (changing doc names) didn't work. they have yet to respond via ticket support yet. i have since uninstalled and reinstalled to check and that didn't work either. Not playing again until it is fixed or they at least respond with some answer. Good luck to you

[Spree]

@nick_patton1 yea this fkn sucks the world that me and my friends used was owned by me and we just lost everything, so ill diff not be playing again untill its fixed, cuz i aint about to put another 50+ hours for nothing

[shwags1992]

its because you cheated.

[Spree]

Originally posted by nick_patton1:

Mine did this 4 or 5 days ago, ive put in a ticket for it, as even doing the suggested tips from people, (changing doc names) didn't work. they have yet to respond via ticket support yet. i have since uninstalled and reinstalled to check and that didn't work either. Not playing again until it is fixed or they at least respond with some answer. Good luck to you

so i did a lot of digging and i managed to find a saved file or a back up even tho it was not the most recent file i managed to get some stuff back
Discovered the game was installed via Steam in:

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D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\RSDragonwilds
Learned that save files are NOT in the install folder, but in:

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C:\Users\juane\AppData\Local\RSDragonwilds\Saved\SaveCharacters
(Had to unhide AppData folder or manually type the path to get to it.)

🧷 Step 2: Located the Save Files
Inside SaveCharacters, found 4 files:

Spree (a fake default save the game made after the crash)

Spree.json.backup (an auto-backup of my real save)

Spree.json.52.verbackup (a versioned backup)

steam_autocloud.vdf (Steam Cloud tracking file)

🧯 Step 3: Backup Everything
Copied all 4 files to a safe folder (like Desktop) named:

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Spree_Backup_0506
🧹 Step 4: Tried Replacing the Fake File
Attempted to delete the new fake Spree save

It was locked by Steam Cloud, and kept regenerating

☁️ Step 5: Disabled Steam Cloud
Opened Steam

Right-clicked RSDragonwilds → Properties → General tab

Turned off:

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✅ Keep game saves in Steam Cloud for RSDragonwilds
🧨 Step 6: Used Safe Mode to Force Delete
Opened msconfig

Enabled Safe boot (Minimal) under the Boot tab

Restarted the PC into Safe Mode (looked zoomed in, no Wi-Fi — that’s normal)

Deleted or renamed the locked Spree file

Copied in Spree.json.backup and renamed it:

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Spree
Went back into msconfig, turned off Safe Boot, and restarted normally

🧬 Step 7: Relaunched Game — Spree Was Back!
Game loaded the backup character

It was an older save, but progress was recovered

💡 Optional Final Step (You Can Still Do):
Try renaming the other file:

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Spree.json.52.verbackup → Spree
To see if it contains more recent data

these was the steps i did keep in minde some file paths may be different yo yours , maybe you get lucky and have a saved back up from the day it crashed unlike mee lmfao