Where Are Manor Lords Save Files Located?
Where Manor Lords keeps .sav worlds and thumbnails in AppData, and how the Game Pass path differs.
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Manor Lords stores saves in %LOCALAPPDATA%\ManorLords\Saved\SaveGames: numbered .sav files with .png thumbnails and coat of arms beside them, plus autosaves. Config and logs sit one level up in Saved, so the parent folder is the whole backup.
Game Pass builds ignore that tree and save inside a hashed wgs container under Packages\HoodedHorse.ManorLords. The two editions never read each other folders, which is why cross edition moves need manual file surgery instead of a folder copy.
Where Manor Lords stores this, by platform
%LOCALAPPDATA%\ManorLords\Saved\SaveGames
Paste %LOCALAPPDATA%\ManorLords\Saved\SaveGames into Explorer. Back up .sav files with thumbnails together. Game Pass copies live in Packages\HoodedHorse.ManorLords...\SystemAppData\wgs instead.
Frequently asked questions
Can I move a Game Pass save to Steam?
Find the two folders matching your save timestamp (Steam SaveGames plus the hashed wgs container), copy the extensionless file out of the wgs side into the Steam SaveGames folder. Keep untouched copies of both sides until the transfer loads: version mismatches refuse silently.
Manor Lords crashes when saving. What is the usual cause?
Usually permissions on the AppData tree: the game cannot write where the user cannot. Run the game (or the installer) elevated once so the folders inherit correct rights, and keep the game outside cloud synced folders that lock files mid write.
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