Hard Save, then House Save!

Many players have expressed their frustration with losing progress, and for a few reasons. Practicing good saving habits is the best way you can combat losing progress in the game!

After you create your character, you can use the ESC key to toggle open the main menu.

Then you will want to click the floppy drive icon in the top right.

After that, you will pick which slot you want to save your game in.

And voila! You have successfully hard saved your game save!  

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