Create a Game Save Backup

With Stardew Valley Mod Manager v220302, we introduced Game Save Management which includes the ability to back up your Stardew Valley farms with just a single click.

The Stardew Valley Mod Manager allows you to quickly and easily back up your Game Saves with just a single click. This article will explain the process of backing up a Stardew Valley Game Save using the built in tools from the "Game Management" tab of the Stardew Valley Mod Manager.

Important Note: SMAPI will also (by default) take a backup of your farms every time you open them. These backups rotate and are only designed to be used as a failsafe for if your game gets corrupted. This article explains how to manually create a backup with the Stardew Valley Mod Manager, that will remain on your system and not be deleted on a rotational basis.

What You'll Need

To get started, you'll need to have the following:

• A vanilla or modded Stardew Valley game save that you wish to backup.

• Enough available disk space on the drive that your Game installation is located on.

Double check, that you have space on the drive that contains your Stardew Valley directory. You may have multiple drives with varying space availability.

Once you have met these requirements, the process of creating a save backup is quite easy.

Creating a Backup

• To get started, open the Stardew Valley Mod Manager.

• Navigate to the "Game Management" tab. If you are running an older version of the Stardew Valley Mod Manager, it may be called "Game Save Management" If you do not see this tab, ensure you are running version 220302 or newer.

The Game Management tab on version 220502 of the Stardew Valley Mod Manager. This design was implemented in version 220501, so some older versions of this screen may vary in appearance.

• To create a backup, first select the farm that you wish to backup from the list of farms. When you have selected the farm, the "Backup Selected" button should be made available to click.

• Click on the "Backup Selected" button to create a backup of the save.

• Once your farm has been successfully backed up, you can access these save backups by clicking "View Backups"