Where Are Fallout 3 Saves Located?
Fallout 3 My Games folder with Saves, load order and INI tweaks on PC.
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Fallout 3 saves under Documents in a Fallout3 folder with the classic Bethesda split: slot files in Saves, mod order in plugins town files, graphics in the INIs. Games for Windows Live remnants can complicate the Steam copy, but the folder layout is unchanged.
Back up Saves plus plugins.txt and the INIs and the whole setup, mods included, restores in one paste.
Where Fallout 3 stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Fallout3\Saves
Slots are .fos files. Mod order lives in plugins.txt one level up with Fallout.ini and FalloutPrefs.ini. Copy the entire Fallout3 folder with the game closed.
Frequently asked questions
How do I back up Fallout 3 with mods?
Copy the whole Fallout3 folder from My Games. Saves alone lose the load order and INI tweaks that modded runs depend on.
Fallout 3 saves vanished on Windows 10 or 11. Why?
Games for Windows Live profiles sometimes desync, hiding saves tied to the old profile. Sign into the same profile or move saves into the active profile folder.
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