How to Fish Save Location, Backup & Recovery Safety

What the official patch notes confirm

Patch 1.0.6 says the game validates a save before loading it. It no longer writes local or server save data when the application crashes; it writes when the player uses Save, Main Menu or Quit and continues to autosave every minute.

Patch 1.0.9 says corrupted saves were “hopefully” fixed. That uncertainty matters: a loading failure should still be handled as a possible unresolved issue and reported with the surrounding crash or shutdown details.

Make a reversible backup

A community report points to a Windows LocalLow location, but this site has not confirmed the absolute folder on a real installation. Use Windows search and modification times to identify the candidate folder, then copy the entire directory rather than selecting one file.

1. Exit through the in-game Quit action and wait for Steam to settle.
2. Locate the candidate save folder; do not assume the community path is identical on every PC.
3. Copy the complete folder to a separate dated directory or external drive.
4. Keep the original untouched and test any recovery idea only against another copy.
5. If loading still fails, send the error, crash context and backup details through the official support route.