Hollow Knight: Silksong save recovery
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Help me recover my Hollow Knight: Silksong save on this PC, following findmysave's steps. 1. Read https://findmysave.com/hollow-knight-silksong/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 Hollow Knight: Silksong save folder - Cannot find the Silksong save folder (not in Documents or Saved Games) - Restore from the game's own backup copy - After launching following a patch, the save slot is empty or progress rolled back... - Saves are not syncing between two PCs / Steam Deck - Save files exist in LocalLow but the game does not detect them - A profile is blank/corrupted after a crash or bad save - Moving a save from Xbox Game Pass PC to Steam (or Steam to Xbox) - Want to move or restore a save between Steam accounts / pirate-to-Steam / new PC - Loaded an earlier auto save by mistake and lost newer progress 4. Save folder: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Team Cherry\Hollow Knight Silksong\ Files: user1.dat ... user4.dat, shared.dat, user#.dat.bak1, user#_1.0.12345.dat (version-suffixed), Restore_Points#/ (folders 1-4), restoreData#.dat / NODELrestoreData#.dat 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: /hollow-knight-silksong/steps.json
What happened?
- I can't find where Silksong keeps its save filesSave location
- The save folder isn't in Documents or Saved GamesSave location
- I want to go back to an earlier copy of my saveBackup and rollback
- After a patch my save slot is empty or my progress rolled backLost or deleted progress
- My saves don't sync between two PCs or my Steam DeckCloud save overwrote my local save
- My save files are there but the game doesn't see themCorrupted save
- A save profile went blank or broke after a crashCorrupted save
- I want to move my save between Game Pass PC and SteamMoving to a new PC or account
- I'm moving my save to a new PC or another Steam accountMoving to a new PC or account
- I loaded an older auto save by mistake and lost newer progressBackup and rollback
Save folder
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Team Cherry\Hollow Knight Silksong\What we couldn't confirm
- The manual copy-back steps (
user#.dat.bak1,Restore_Points) are our inference. The wiki says what the files are, not how to restore them. - Nobody knows why saves vanished or rolled back for some players in Sep 2025. Some suspect Steam Cloud. Team Cherry gave no official cause.
- The WGS Inspector guide for moving Game Pass saves to Steam showed a notice that it was removed or incompatible, so it may not work.
- One guide for moving Game Pass saves points to the original
Hollow Knightfolder. Use the Silksong folder as the destination. - We haven't confirmed whether GOG Galaxy cloud syncs Silksong saves.
- We haven't researched Switch or PlayStation saves.