Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox players losing all progress due to game-breaking bug (updated)

Baldur's Gate 3 is finally out on Xbox Series X|S, but it seems that some players are losing hours of progress in the RPG to a nasty save bug. [updated]

Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox players losing all progress due to game-breaking bug (updated)
Sean Carey

Sean Carey

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Update:
Larian has now commented on the disappearing Xbox save issue and has rolled out a small update for Baldur's Gate 3 that contains stability fixes.

"Xbox players, we’ve pushed a small update to Baldur’s Gate 3 containing stability fixes," Larian said on Twitter.

"We're aware of the issue of saves disappearing after a crash. An update is available from Xbox to help with some of these issues, please manually update your Xbox through the system menu."

Original story:
After shadow-dropping at The Game Awards last week, Xbox players are now finally getting in on the action and diving deep into Baldur's Gate 3. However, it seems there is a nasty save bug with the Xbox Series X|S version of the game that is wiping hours of players' progress.

Over the weekend, we've seen posts on TrueAchievements and on Reddit about Baldur's Gate 3 save files simply vanishing for Xbox players. TA member PainkillerJTL said, "Beware, guys. I lost all my saves on Xbox series X. First time, I reloaded and had about four saves (instead of ten) and lost an hour of progress. Second time, I lost four hours of progress and had no saves at all."

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It's a similar story over on the Baldur's Gate 3 subreddit, with plenty of players also reporting wiped and missing save files. While some have seemingly only lost a few hours of progress, others are reporting losing full-on save files of around 20 hours or more and are urging others not to buy or start the game until Larian issues a fix.

While it does seem that the issue is affecting Xbox players the most, there are reports of PS5 and PC players also losing save files, so it could be a fairly widespread issue across platforms.

Larian is yet to comment on the issue, but we're hoping the developer will address it soon. In the meantime, if you are working your way through the Baldur's Gate 3 achievements, it might be a good idea to put the game on ice until Larian rolls out a fix, just in case.

Have you lost any of your Baldur's Gate 3 save files on Xbox? Let us know down in the comments.
Written by Sean Carey
A big fan of Xbox achievements, Sean has committed to playing as many of the best RPGs, racing games, and first-person shooters on and off Xbox Game Pass as possible. Before joining TrueAchievements, Sean earned a degree in journalism from Solent University.
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