Linux and Mac

The download is a Windows program. On Linux and on a Mac the editor runs from its source, which needs Python 3.10 or newer with Tkinter. Only the Steam version of the game runs on these systems.

Linux (Steam through Proton)

1. Download the source: on the project page, Code → Download ZIP, and unzip it.
2. Install Tkinter if your Python doesn't have it. On Debian or Ubuntu: sudo apt install python3-tk
3. Run Start Save Editor.sh.

The editor looks for your saves inside the game's Proton prefix:

~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/1912410/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Local/Dungeons2/Saved/SaveGames

It also looks in Flatpak and Snap Steam's folders, in other Steam library drives, and in a plain Wine prefix (~/.wine).

Mac (through CrossOver or Whisky)

On a Mac the game runs through a Windows layer. The editor looks for the same SaveGames folder in CrossOver's and Whisky's bottles and in a plain Wine prefix.

1. Install Python from python.org. Its installer includes Tkinter.
2. Download the source as above.
3. Double-click Start Save Editor.command. The first time, right-click it and choose Open.

This is new, and nobody has yet tried it on a real Mac. Try a small change first and say how it went.

If your saves aren't found

Use Menu → Open a save folder… and pick the SaveGames folder yourself, or start the editor with --profile <folder>. Hero saves are the Character<id>.sav files.

If your Steam saves are the Unreal Engine binary kind (they start with GVAS) instead of JSON, they show up as read-only.

Before you save

Close the game and let Steam finish syncing, the same as on Windows.