D2R Save Editing Guides
Everything on this site is organised around one workflow: find your save file, back it up, edit it with the right tool for your game version, and fix things when they go wrong. Start with the cluster that matches what you are trying to do.
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D2CE User Guide
The complete walkthrough for D2CE 2.22: opening a character, editing stats, skills, quests and waypoints, items, mercenaries, backups and the version limits you need to know.
Open the guide →Save File Location
Where Diablo II: Resurrected keeps offline characters on PC — the exact folder, what each file (.d2s, .d2i, .bak) is, and why online characters have no file at all.
Find your saves →Back Up Your Saves
The single most important habit in save editing: manual copies, D2CE’s built-in .bak backups, and automatic cloud backup of the whole save folder.
Back up first →Patch 3.x & Warlock Compatibility
The honest status page: which editors work with current Patch 3.x and Warlock saves, which do not, and why a 2023 tool cannot edit a 2026 save format.
Check compatibility →Browse by Topic
Guides
Full walkthroughs: the D2CE user guide, save locations, backups, restoring saves, importing classic saves, the online editor, and download safety.
Start with the user guide →Editing Tasks
One job per guide: stats, respecs, skills, waypoints, quests, gold, creating items, the shared stash, mercenary gear, hardcore conversion, renaming and level 99.
Start with editing stats →Troubleshooting
Editor won’t open, unreadable saves, characters that disappear after editing, Hero Editor errors, and the online-character question answered plainly.
Start with compatibility →Comparisons
D2CE vs Hero Editor, D2CE vs the online editor, D2CE vs GoMule, the best D2R save editors by job, and editors vs trainers vs mod managers.
Start with the overview →Game & DLC
Buying Diablo II: Resurrected and the Reign of the Warlock DLC, the Infernal Edition, Game Pass, and the controllers that suit D2R on PC.
See the buying guide →Before You Edit Anything
Every guide on this site starts from the same rule: copy your Saved Games\Diablo II Resurrected folder somewhere safe before changing a single value. D2CE can keep a .bak copy per character (Options → Backup Character Before Save), and for hands-off, versioned backups of the whole folder, a cloud backup service such as pCloud works well — see our backup walkthrough. (Affiliate link: it may earn this site a commission at no extra cost to you.)
D2CE’s final release is from April 2023 and was author-tested up to D2R PTR 2.6. The current game (Patch 3.x with the Warlock DLC) writes a newer save format. Nothing on this site will tell you a legacy tool supports the current patch when it does not — the compatibility status page is kept current instead.