Kingdom Come: Deliverance's awkward save system has already been fixed by modders

FTA: Kingdom Come: Deliverance released yesterday ($60 on Steam), and by now people have no doubt begun living out their peasant-in-the-Holy-Roman-Empire fantasies en masse. If you read my review impressions though, you’re no doubt aware the game has some optimization issues, bugs, and so on. The usual suspects when it comes to a vast Elder Scrolls-style RPG perhaps, but exacerbated in this case by Kingdom Come’s odd save system—one that forces players to rely on autosave unless their poor peasant character can afford a costly “Saviour Schnapps” item from local innkeepers.

It’s an interesting system, limiting how often players can reload for an optimal outcome, and maybe forcing some to live with the consequences of their poor choices. An admirable goal, I’d say. But given how janky Kingdom Come can be, it’s no surprise some players have found it more annoying than immersive—there’s nothing like getting stuck in a fence and losing half an hour’s progress to turn you against a miserly autosave system.

Mods to the rescue. If you’re finding yourself frustrated with Kingdom Come, or read about the save system and were put off even trying the game, you’ll be glad to know users have already worked around the Saviour Schnapps mechanic entirely. Reddit user EddieShoe figured out how to tweak the game files to allow saving without using up your precious Schnapps, and then Biosmanager assembled it into a proper standalone mod. There’s even a version now that allows saving without any Schnapps in your inventory.

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