Larian’s turn-based cRPG Baldur’s Gate 3 released on Xbox Series X|S in the early December. Since then, this version of the game had a particular problem when it comes to breaking saved games. At the moment there is no definitive fix for the Xbox save issue, however, the developer had taken to the official X.com (previously Twitter) account to share a workaround.
It involves using the Larian cross-save system. At the moment, the process is a bit rough, but it can help to prevent losing many hours or progress until the definitive change to address the Xbox save issue has been rolled out:
- Create a Larian account at larian.com/account.
- Go to the options menu from the main menu. Under gameplay, activate cross-saves, linking your Larian and Xbox accounts.
- From now on, your last 5 saves will automatically be uploaded to the Larian servers. It is important that you do not exit the game before the upload is finished. The upload is finished when the message “Syncing cloud save” is no longer visible.
- If the firmware bug occurs, you will need to re-activate the cross-save functionality in the options screen. This will give you access to the save games that were successfully uploaded.
We’re aware that there is a save issue on Xbox that continues to linger throughout the holidays. It occurs when exiting the game after saving. The game thinks the save was successful but due to a firmware issue, the save file is not fully committed to disk yet.
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— Larian Studios (@larianstudios) December 31, 2023
