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Save Games
Co-op and Spies vs Mercs are locked until rank 5 (6,600 XP). The launcher makes sure your save is ready when you connect, and always backs it up before changing it.
When you first connect, the launcher:
- brings over your Ubisoft Connect save, if there is one on the PC (the newest, from any Ubisoft account, also inside a Proton or Wine prefix), and raises it to rank 5 only if it's lower;
- or makes a new rank 5 save, if you have none anywhere.
It never replaces a save you already have. If your save is below rank 5, the Status card shows Save below rank 5 with Raise to rank 5, which keeps your progress.
| Folder | |
|---|---|
| Windows | %APPDATA%\5th-Echelon\Saves\ |
| Steam on Linux / Steam Deck (Proton) | <Steam library>/steamapps/compatdata/235600/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Roaming/5th-Echelon/Saves/ |
| Other Wine (Lutris, Heroic…) | The prefix's drive_c/users/<user>/AppData/Roaming/5th-Echelon/Saves/
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The save is 00000001.sav (with 00000001.meta). The original 5th Echelon used the same folder, so a save from it carries over. Settings › Save game › Open folder opens it.
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Back up now | Copies your save next to itself, as 00000001.sav.<time>.bak
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| Import from Ubisoft Connect | Brings over your Ubisoft Connect save (shown when one is found) |
| Import a save file… | Takes a Blacklist save from another PC, Ubisoft Connect's 1.save, or one of the launcher's backups. Your current save is backed up first |
| New rank 5 save… | Replaces your save with a new rank 5 one, after backing it up |
| Open folder | Opens the save folder |
Moving to a new PC? Copy 00000001.sav across and use Import a save file…, or copy it into the save folder before you first connect. (Move your identity too.)
Going back to an older save? Import a save file… and pick one of the .bak files in the save folder.
"Save game found" instead of "Save game ready"? The save is in a format the launcher can't read the rank of (a save straight from the game, for instance). It's used as it is; if co-op is locked in the game, use New rank 5 save….
Is my progress on the server? No: your campaign and unlocks are in your save, on your PC. Your stats from matches are kept by the server.
"Proton hasn't set the game up yet"? On Linux, start the game once from Steam and quit it, then come back: the save folder lives inside Proton's files, which only exist after the first start.