Progress in game can only be saved by going to bed, All progress during a day is lost if the player quits the game and does not go to bed to end a Day Cycle.
Saved Game Files
Saved game files are located in the AppData/Roaming folder on Windows. To find the saved games folder:
- Open the start menu and type "%APPDATA%" without quotes into the search bar and press enter.
- Locate the folder "StardewValley".
- Within "StardewValley" is a folder "Saves" that contains all saved game files. Each character has their own subfolder in "Saves".
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- Copy and paste this path by replacing [USERID] with your Windows Username: C:\Users\[USERID]\AppData\Roaming\StardewValley\Saves\
Saved games will transfer between different copies of the game (i.e. from a DRM-Free copy to a Steam copy or between two different users).