Where Are Stronghold 3 Save Files Located?
Stronghold 3 keeps saves and profiles in Documents, with its Linux saves under an XDG firefly folder.
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Stronghold 3 stores saves in Documents\Stronghold 3\Saved Games, with profiles and options.xml in Profiles beside it. Firefly's help center documents the same override-file escape hatch as Stronghold 2 for unreachable Documents folders.
Linux follows the XDG spec instead: saves live under $XDG_DATA_HOME/firefly/stronghold3. Steam Cloud covers the default trees on both platforms and drops override paths silently. Copy the whole Stronghold 3 folder with the game closed. The tree is small, the profiles matter as much as the saves, and dated copies cost nothing.
Where Stronghold 3 stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Stronghold 3\Saved Games
Saves plus Profiles with options.xml in one Documents tree. Same override-file option as Stronghold 2. Cloud covers defaults only; custom paths drop out of sync.
~/.local/share/firefly/stronghold3
XDG-compliant saves under the firefly vendor folder, usually ~/.local/share. Same override behavior and cloud rules as Windows.
Frequently asked questions
How do I back up Stronghold 3 fully?
Copy the Documents Stronghold 3 folder for saves plus Profiles. The two travel as a pair; saves without their profile show up orphaned in the load menu.
The game crashes after a GPU change. What is safe to delete?
Delete options.xml in the Profiles folder. The game redetects hardware on next launch while saves sit untouched in Saved Games beside it.
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