After selling more than a million copies worldwide in just one week, it seems that all is not rosy in the Viking worlds of Valheim. Its developers have confirmed the existence of a bug called "the destroyer of worlds" that causes the complete deletion of all player progress. The reason? It could all be related to the way we exited the game.
Be careful, you could lose the entire game of Valheim
Valheim is being a success. Since its official launch on February 2 in Early Access format, the game has done nothing but accumulate positive comments of all kinds. The fault of this is its aesthetics halfway to Minecraft and its sickly difficulty. And it will not be enough to be infallible against enemies. The environment will also play a very important role in our adventure, to the point that cutting down a tree could be a fateful experience if it falls on us.
With overtones of combat, crafting, multiplayer gameplay and a lot of adventure, the game managed to sell more than a million copies in just 1 week, making it one of the sensations of the year. However, it is not without its problems, and that is what its developers are trying to warn everyone about.
If you are playing Valheim this weekend, please backup your world and characters. The evil world-destroyer bug is still roaming free = ( #valheim
- Richard Svensson (@dvoidis) February 12, 2021
The bug destroyer of worlds
Apparently, many users are experiencing a data wipe error that causes the player's profile and all their progress to be completely deleted. This causes the affected player to lose his world and all the improvements he had collected so far, being a hard blow for those affected, who propose not to reopen the game.
The developers of Valheim are reporting what happened, and although they have not 100% identified the origin of the problem, the first suspicions seem to point to a bad closing of the game, especially when the ALT+F4 key combination is pressed.
How to save the data?
In principle, its creators are inviting players to use the main menu to close the game correctly, and also encourage you to make a backup copy of the data for what could happen. To save the data you just have to make a copy of the following folder:
C:UsersUsernameAppDataLocalLowIronGateValheim
By saving that folder and all its contents, you should be calm, however, you must bear in mind that you will always lose everything you did in the last session started, so dose your connections.