#Permadeath Workaround Solution
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I found out there is a flag on your save file that is just a true or false for permadeath being enabled, and the save files are serialized, so not in plain text.
So step #1 is to download this save editor: https://github.com/Moonkis/CoTLMindReader/releases/tag/v1.0.0
Step #2: Find your save files. Mine were
C:\Users\YOURNAMEHERE\AppData\LocalLow\Massive Monster\Cult Of The Lamb\saves
If the save file you want to add Permadeath to is the top one in-game, you want meta_0.json and slot_0.json. For every slot below the top the file is in-game, just add one and grab the 2 appropriate files. Again, make a backup of them first.
Step #3: Move those 2 files you have into wherever you downloaded the save editor from Step 1.
Step #4: In that very same file with the save editor and now 2 save files, open a Terminal / Command Prompt. For each file you will need to type CoTLMindReader.exe "D" <filename> so if you had a meta_1.json file, you would type CoTLMindReader.exe "D" meta_1.json. This deserializes the file so you can actually read it.
Step #5: The save editor will replace your file in that folder with a brand new one, with the same name. Once you see that the editor is done (takes less than 5 seconds), open up that file in your favorite text editor that can search for text.
Step #6: In your text editor, search for "Permadeath" within the wall of text. Both files should have 1 instance of it where it says "Permadeath": false,. Just change that false to a true. Save the file, close it and go back to the terminal.
Step #7: Back in the terminal, type CoTLMindReader.exe "E" <filename> to re-serialize it so the game can use it.
Step #8: Once you've changed the value to true in both files and re-serialized them, paste them back into the folder you took them from.
Step #9. Open the game, load the file, and you should see this right under the first tab in the pause menu:
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