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If you’ve ever played an RPG Maker game, you know the drill: find a bed, a glowing crystal, or just hit the menu and click “Save.” It feels simple. But if you’re a developer (or a curious modder), you’ve probably wondered: What’s actually inside that Save01.rpgsave file?

"system": "party": [1, 2, 3], "gold": 1250, "saveLocation": "Map001", "saveLocationX": 12, "saveLocationY": 8 , "variables": [0, 42, 100, 0, ...], "switches": [true, false, true, ...], "actors": "1": "level": 5, "hp": 245, "mp": 67, ... , "items": "1": 3, "5": 1 rpgmaker save

For players? Next time you hit that save menu, remember: you’re not just storing a point in time. You’re writing a small JSON story of your entire journey so far. Have you ever tried editing an RPG Maker save file? Or built a custom save system for your game? Let me know in the comments! If you’ve ever played an RPG Maker game,

U2FsdGVkX1... That’s —if the developer enabled encryption. But if they didn’t? You’ll see readable JSON starting with {"system":{"party":... , "items": "1": 3, "5": 1 For players

Open a .rpgsave file in a text editor (like Notepad++ or VS Code). You’ll see something like this at the very top:

Yes, that’s right—RPG Maker MV/MZ saves are basically JSON with a .rpgsave extension. Those use Ruby’s Marshal serialization. You can’t just open them in a text editor. But if you know a bit of Ruby, you can load one:

For unencrypted saves (common in development or open-source games), the structure looks like: