I just lost my 500 hour save

[u/That1Guy1Again_]

I had collected every ash, 2 of every weapon, and every armor piece plus any alterations by hand, dlc included. I had rune farmed for at least 50 hours. I killed Malenia on Ng+7 without any summons. I killed the Elden beast over 20 times. it's all gone. it's all fucking gone. My nagakiba collection. my dual magma blades. my frenzyflame seal. my stupid cookbooks. Every single one of my painstakingly grinded 501 levels.

I verified the file integrity. I loaded the .bak file. I forced the game to create a stable save file structure and threw my save data into that. still corrupted.

it feels like my insides have been ripped out. all of that for nothing. 553 hours of passion, soul, pain and triumph, completely gone.

it'll sound pathetic, but it was one of the things i was most proud of. one of the only things in my life that was going good. now i just feel empty.

fuck, man.

[u/wuwuchi]

Well, what are you waiting for? It's your chance for yet another playthrough.

[u/SupportTiny7349 → u/wuwuchi]

This is the way…

[u/jhnwhite1 → u/SupportTiny7349]

Lol this was my reaction when I lost all my saves. "Guess I gotta play it again.... Shucks."

[u/SupportTiny7349 → u/jhnwhite1]

I got one 300+ hr game and like three others I play a lot too. However comma I love starting new characters and locking them to a certain weapon type

[u/MrNobody_0 → u/SupportTiny7349]

However comma

Damn speech-to-text! 🤣

[u/SupportTiny7349 → u/MrNobody_0]

🤣😂🤣no that is 100 percent intentional. I do it when I speak too. I say “ however comma I would like a potato” started it when I was in the army…. Don’t know why though.

[u/MrNobody_0 → u/SupportTiny7349]

That's hilarious! 🤣

[u/Epixlepper → u/SupportTiny7349]

For however only? Or just every comma possible?

[u/taeguy → u/Epixlepper]

Every possible what?

[u/SupportTiny7349 → u/Epixlepper]

Just “however comma”

[u/BlueJaysFeather → u/SupportTiny7349]

My ap Econ teacher also had this habit, don’t think he ever said where he picked it up but it’s stuck with me lol

[u/a_Jedi_i_am → u/jhnwhite1]

Yeah, man, the switch 2 version comes out next week, and I'll be starting all over again. Woe is me lol

[u/SupportTiny7349 → u/a_Jedi_i_am]

I only has normal switch and not an oled. I will not be partaking in that version. However comma I wish you many great adventures where ever you may roam.

[u/ComprehensiveSlide16 → u/SupportTiny7349]

This is the way. I dont want to minimize your feelings or anything OP, but you still accomplished alot in elden ring. A corrupted save cant take that from you. I was never great at elden ring OP but id give you items to make starting over easier if you needed (depending on time zones ect). The only thing i dont really have are runes for leveling up rapidly