Sons of the Forest stores its save files at %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Endnight\SonsOfTheForest on Windows. Checkpoint64 already knows this folder — it backs it up automatically and keeps every version, so a corrupted or overwritten save is one click from restored.
Where Sons of the Forest saves are stored
- Windows —
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Endnight\SonsOfTheForest
The save data here is .json / .sav files — back up the folder as a set, not single files, so a restore always keeps them consistent.
How to open the save folder
- Windows — press Win+R, paste
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Endnight\SonsOfTheForest, and press Enter (the AppData folder is hidden in Explorer, which is why this path is so easy to miss — pasting it skips the hunt).
Backing up Sons of the Forest saves automatically
- Install Checkpoint64 (free) and pick Sons of the Forest — the save path above is already preset.
- Auto-backup watches the folder and uploads a new version whenever it changes, keeping full history.
- Restore any version in one click if a save corrupts, gets overwritten, or a mod breaks it.
For the deeper story — how Sons of the Forest saves break and how rollback works — read the full Sons of the Forest save backup guide.