Where Does War Thunder Store Settings and Controls?
War Thunder keeps settings and controls in Documents under My Games, with machine config on Linux. Paths for Windows and Linux.
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War Thunder splits configuration across two spots. Your personal settings, controls and hangar state live in Documents\My Games\WarThunder\Saves, inside a numeric ID folder with machine.blk and profile files. The base config.blk sits in the game's install folder and mostly holds launcher-level defaults.
That split is also the troubleshooting map. Broken graphics or launcher behavior points at config.blk in the install dir, which regenerates on repair. Broken controls or in-game options point at the Documents files, which deserve a backup before reinstalls. The native Linux client mirrors the same structure under ~/.config/WarThunder.
Where War Thunder stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\WarThunder\Saves
[ID] is your numeric account folder; machine.blk and global.blk inside production hold in-game and controller settings. Exported control presets land in Saves by default. config.blk in the install folder holds launcher defaults and regenerates on repair. Back up the Saves tree before reinstalls.
~/.config/WarThunder/Saves/[ID]/production
Native client path confirmed on the official forum: machine.blk under Saves/[ID]/production, same file names as Windows. The .config parent is hidden by default. This entry covers the native Linux client, not the Windows build under Proton.
Frequently asked questions
how do i move war thunder settings to a new pc
Copy the Saves folder with its numeric ID subfolder to the same path on the new machine. machine.blk and profile files carry graphics, controls and hangar settings. Your vehicles, research and stats are server-side and follow your Gaijin account automatically.
how do i fix a broken war thunder config.blk
That is config.blk in the game's install folder, and it regenerates. Delete the broken file and verify game files (Steam) or run the launcher's repair; a fresh default config.blk appears on next launch. Your personal settings in Documents are untouched by this, so the blast radius is small.
where are war thunder settings on linux
Same account, same files: ~/.config/WarThunder/Saves/[ID]/production. The native Linux client uses this XDG path instead of Documents. Copy machine.blk between installs the same way. Note the dot in .config makes the folder hidden in most file managers.
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