How to fix the “Failed to Restore Backup” error in Valheim

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Every Valheim player’s worst nightmare is the “Failed to Restore Backup” error message. The hours of progress and grinding you have put into the game, lost to a system error. Thankfully, there are a few ways to fix this issue. Here is how you can fix the “Failed to Restore Backup” error in Valheim.

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If it is your world that is crashing and failing to restore, ensure that you are selecting the world before clicking “move to local” when you are managing your saves. If done correctly, the save should be restored when you load it.

If your character data has been corrupted, there is a possibility that going on a deep drive into your Windows files may allow you to recover a backup save of your corrupted character, though bear in mind that it is not a guaranteed fix. If you are unable to recover your character after following this method, you may have to start over and remake your character.

First, go to the file path C:\Users\Username\AppData\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim\characters, replacing “Username” with your Windows username. You should be able to see 2 files for each character you have, Character.fch and Character.fch.old, where “Character” would be your character’s in-game name. “Character.fch” would be your corrupt Valheim character, while “Character.fch.old” would be the backup save of your character. Create a new folder, and then make copies of both files in that folder, just in case. After that, delete the Character.fch file and rename the Character.fch.old file to “Character.fch”. This will let the backup replace your current character, and resolve the “Failed to Restore Backup” error. It is also good practice to keep