Save Sharing Mega Post

[obsidian oracle]

Got a save with a Cool Building or Large Mining Setup that you want to Share for people to explore? Post it here with a description of what's inside, and a screenshot or two showing off the best features! Saves of all kinds are welcome, from Mega Farms to Giant Castles.

Saves should be posted with the following format:

[Save Name in Bold in Brackets] <Descriptive Tags in Italics in Angle Brackets> <creative> <minigame> <building> <structure> <farm> <mining rig> <modded> <testing> <huge build> <resource heavy> etc...

If you post a modded save, please state in the description which mods are needed!

Pinned at the top are instructions to find and download your save files.
NOTE: Level.sav and Player.sav files need to be put in their own folder inside the SaveGames folder. Hydroneer then reads that folder name and the .sav files in it to show your saves in the game.

Broken Saves should be posted in #1029129547297333279, not here.

Anyone Intentionally posting resource heavy saves without disclosing that info in an attempt to crash other Hydroneers' computers will have their posts removed and may suffer the wrath of the Server Mods.

[round finch]

How to find your game saves

• Open the Run prompt by holding the WINDOWS key and pressing R.
• Type the line below into the box (or copy/paste) then hit ENTER.
  %localappdata%\Mining\Saved\SaveGames

Powered by Bridgepour (v2.0.2)

[winter flume]

[hydro mario kart] <creative> <minigame>
In this save i built a track in icehelm, using creative and placement mod.
try to beat my 1-lap record of 1min 10s or my 3lap record of 4 minutes. the water dripping is the finish/start line
8 quads are stationed in the paddock, so this is possible to do multiplayer.
(the route goes up the staircase)

[obsidian oracle]

Updated the main post with some more info and how to format the Save post as per Steef's format

[wispy kestrel]

[Resource counter]
<Logic><testing><mining rig>
Sharing my resource counter save here since it seems like the best place.
Additional details in the screenshots.
Currently 300 drills (enough to cause an FPS drop) but very scalable if you have a better computer than me.
Auto-repair filters are made redundant by a creative mode infinity filter (so I could run the game all night)
No modded items except the improved rake (which won't break the save if you don't have it).

Lights after the logic reader displays are just to stop the electric rain from constant signals. And who doesn't like a nice green-blue glow?

Everything else should be pretty self-explanatory.

[winter flume]

[quickstart save] <mining rig>
this is a save with T2 drills (80) and sorters set up, for those who need a quick start or who have lost their save

[wispy kestrel]

[Kodiak's Quick Start Tutorial Build]
<tutorial><starter><mine>

A starter "tutorial" save for new players.
(Hydroneer 2.2 will surely have a better tutorial built in, haha)
The drill is placed deep enough to get cloutium.
Sorter setup to split up the metal ores into crucibles (replace these with smelters when you get enough hydrocoins)
The sorter setup can be expanded to deal with gems once you can afford more splitters and a gem polisher hook. (I gotta leave something for you to sort, haha)
Bonus points: shovel 4x dirt into bucket, drop a couple dozen into the cart, then bring cart to the harvester feeder conveyor to get ores real fast.

[twin igloo]

[Farming start 2.0]
<farming>

[twin igloo]

[No panning start]

[hybrid vine]

[Reasonable Start Save] <early game setup>
This is a reasonable start save where there is still room for improvement. This is not one of those over the top "start" saves with T2 drills. This save comes with 8 T1 Drills as well as a sorting setup. This is for those players who hate that early game panning and want to be able to progress fast and setup their own systems on other plots.
Includes: Overflow pan, Crafting setup
Does NOT Include: Auto Repair Setup.

[idle thunder]

<empty plot> <flat plot>

[wispy kestrel]

[All Plots Flat]
<new save> <flat>
All plots purchased and flattened. If you're okay with the "cheat-y" feel of getting free plots, and OCD enough that it must all be flat.

[magic edge]

[Dagoof]
<Mildew's Aquifer> <200+ Drills>
30mil Coins. Lots of ores and Gems. No Mods

[long canopy]

[2.2 Compatible Quickstart Save] <Ember Cradle> <1 drill + harvester> Simple startup for skipping the panning stage. I don't believe any achievements have been completed that aren't part of the tutorial.

[quick cradle]

[Farming Starter]
<Ember Cradle> <new save> <starter> <clean>
i decided to make a save game that is starting equipment for farming instead of prospecting. instead of the t1 shovel, bucket and brush it has a seed maker (with t1 intake), 1 carrot seed, 1 tomato seed, a sickle and a trowel

it should also be a clean save (you can get achievements)

[boreal ivy]

[Flat South Hope]
<vanilla>
Flat South Hope save. Achievements enabled. Contains some starter equipment.

[obsidian oracle]

[Everything at Ember Cradle] (2.2.5 Compatible)
<Achievements Enabled> <No Mods>

This is the save I used to get all the Achievements (except Corestone and the Relics). It features a full farming setup with drip pipes and some extra seeds, drills and conveyors running on T2 Pressure, a full Auto-Repair setup, a partially excavated front of Ember Cradle, all Claims and Vehicles owned (only one color of the Mk2 Truck though, Racing Stripes or GTFO), and plenty of extra machines, resources in the smelters, hydrocoins, and tokens of both types to expand easily. All Masterwork Designs and Tiers of Tools are owned as well, Designs are on a pallet in front of the forge. None of the other claims have been touched on this version of the save.

There is a set of T2 machines and pipes on pallets that you can take to another claim to get a T2 setup started and the 2 relics from Ember Cradle have been placed in the cave already.

The Kings Quest has been partially completed on this save. There is a 2.6wt lobster on the table in the crafting area, as well as .3wt corestone ore and cut onyx, for when you expand to another claim.

All Veins are marked at the surface with a pan containing the ore type (except for Cloutium, which is marked with a Cloutium Pipe). There are no Corestone veins on this save, and only 1 Cloutium Vein. Additionally Icehelm has only 1 vein, iron, on the right side.

[long canopy]

[3.0 Compatible Quickstart Save Volcalidus DLC]
Hydroneer base island quickstart save + Volcalidus DLC quickstart save.

[odd tinsel]

this is my latest save on the volcalidus island, feel free to explore around if you like, it's got it all, auto repair (just behind the heavy harvester), all the vehicles, even switches to the heavy harvester/belts, drills, and a button to the auto smelters, plus an observation deck that view bastion and the volcano there.

warning: it's a huge file, so if your computer is that of a potato, do not load it to the game,

and yes the file is so huge that it's well over discord's limit, so I put it in a OneDrive link

note: this may get updated once i have my new computer in a few months or maybe sooner.
https://1drv.ms/f/c/f277e2be97bb0e53/IgAxlFmVS5X1Q7YQjquexqnMAb-60iUzzpgfkm2-ktNZE0M?e=yjTMZp

[manic pier]

A photo with the save file would help a lot for folks before they spend time dloading it.
Should be done for all save posts in here. 😉

[obsidian oracle]

They had one, but the save they shared was a mess, so they cleaned it up and reposted

[hasty tusk]

[(updated) Volcalidus Big Castle]
<vanilla> <huge build> <resource heavy> <large save> <Achievements Enabled>

A massive mining setup in the Volcalidus DLC:
– Around 500 drills
– 3-star heavy harvester
– Auto filter repair system
– Two climbable towers for a nice view
– Main lever to toggle the entire setup on or off
– Logic displays showing total weight for iron, gold, shard, corestone, and cloutium in the smelters

No mods, achievements enabled
⚠️ This save will lagg your game hard when all the drills are running hard. even on a very high end pc — I get 2–3 FPS when all the drills are active on a Ryzen 7 7800X3D

[empty ridge]

(For product version 4 26 plus Volcalidus DLC. No Mods. No Creative Mode.) I checked here, and there seems to be no current "starting out a little better" save. So I decided to make one, with a small bonus. Mostly to avoid the panning part. I haven't left Ember Cradle yet, so I do not have any of the Bridgepour items. The bonus part is I set up the piping system that is ready to go when you get conveyor belts from Bridgepour and more Drills from the Forge. NOTE: Updated....see next post. #1068650486900719666 message

[empty ridge]

New added bonus for that save I posted above. It has #1068650486900719666 message a dig site (South Hope) with both Cloutium and Corestone Veins. I'ts a good save for if your ever planing on doing a cheat free playthrough. Note: Those two veins did not show up while wearing the prospector helmet and walking on the surface. They only showed up with the Hydro Prospector vehicle. Oops, made a slight error. Deleted screenshot. Thought Corestone was in teir 3 dirt, but it's in teir 2 dirt....screenshots below. #1068650486900719666 message

[proven blade]

do i download all of these files or just 1? i'm confused

[hasty tusk]

Your choice, the only one you always need is the level.sav, the other ones are optional

[proven blade]

how do i get it to work after i have it?

[hasty tusk]

Once you have those files, make a folder to put those in (the folder name will be the name of the save) then take the folder and put it in the hydroneer save location. Once done open the game and you should see a word with the same name as the folder

[round finch]

How to find your game saves

• Open the Run prompt by holding the WINDOWS key and pressing R.
• Type the line below into the box (or copy/paste) then hit ENTER.
  %localappdata%\Mining\Saved\SaveGames

Powered by Bridgepour (v2.1.IB)

[proven blade]

ty

[hasty tusk]

Happy to help

[empty ridge]

Judging by looking at the other saves here, I thought you needed to upload all 3 files within the save folder? If you upload just the level.sav, do the other two files get generated when you start the game with that new save?

[hasty tusk]

Correct

If you dont include the player.vas for example you just spawn at the default location like its a new save

If im correct

But idk what stored in savedata

[empty ridge]

Ok, thank you.

[empty ridge]

Fix for save file up above. It won't let me add the screenshots to my original post. Added note: There is also a Gold ore vein right next to the Corestone vein. and an Iron vein in between the Corestone vein and the Cloutium vein in Teir 3 dirt.#1068650486900719666 message

[regal reef]

<@&913807093243469875> Hey folks, hope you don't mind the ping 🙂
We're looking for some save files to showcase in our advertisements - We're looking for some pretty large builds that look good from a non-player perspective (Similar to CherryC0p's build here: #1068650486900719666 message)

Ideally we'd like to avoid large player decorative builds or 'battery farms'.

If you have something in mind that'd work, please take a screenshot or two and post it in here with the save file and tag @swift fractal. Thanks everyone!

(Also open to non Hydro Nerds too!)

[obsidian oracle]

I can finish/update that one if you want, clear out the rest of EC

[hasty tusk]

"Ideally we'd like to avoid large player builds" so not me lmao😂
I only have big saves lol

[obsidian oracle]

But also, feel free to use it as is

[hasty tusk]

you guys dont want a vew screens of my dlc castle build?

[swift fractal]

Pretty and functional is the name of the game lads. Base game only for now please

[winter flume]

The museum save i made i'm still very proud of 😃
Thats more client friendly than the big lag machines lol
I don't any other good saves

This one

[regal reef]

I'd like to clarify here I mean like large player-made buildings. We're looking for sprawling factories that look good from a non-player perspective

[regal reef]

#1068650486900719666 message This is maybe a bit too much of a "battery farm" which we want to avoid, but we'll take a look regardless 🙂

[regal reef]

It's nice how it is. It has a cool layout, its tidy and from a non-player perspective you can really tell whats going on. Ideally we'd like exactly this but on a larger scale in one of the other dig sites

[obsidian oracle]

What about the Greenhouse from the Farming Beta?

I still have that one

Wasn't mine originally, but I used it a lot for testing

I'll post it tonight

[winter flume]

I sadly don't have any saves really since my save folder was purged after 3.0.8 due to my error

[obsidian oracle]

I also have my half completed "No Space Wasted" on EC, with a nice little factory sorting area and a house with all the fishing trophies

[swift fractal]

Just had a look - I cant record it as my game turns into a powerpoint presentation when I start the machines (RTX 4070 btw)

[winter flume]

The t3 drills have a memory leak

This had been a known issue
The issue was fixed but it never improved

[mental jetty]

howdy folks! I had a looksee thru all my saves and I forgot just how work in progress it all is 😅 . I have no idea if this is what y'all had in mind however I might as well throw my hat in the ring and see what sticks! (My save file exceeds 10 mb and cannot be uploaded ) @swift fractal

[hasty tusk]

well, once the DLC needs some new pics I have some, but for base game not really

[marble gust]

probably should have hidden the ui😅 😂

[mental jetty]

oh bruh i forgot about that lmao

[odd tinsel]

does mine qualify as well, I even did a couble builds on bastion, which you can see previews in #📸media while searching with my username there.

@swift fractal i hope this is right

[swift fractal]

Looks nice, how's performance?

[odd tinsel]

and mine?

[regal reef]

Do you have direct links to these images?

[regal reef]

Thanks for sending this over - unfortunately its not quite what we're looking for. Rows and rows of drills aren't the vibe we're going for.. but cool base anyway 🙂

[mental jetty]

Loading takes a minute however once you get in the save the lowest it dips is around 40 when you’re looking at the miners

[mental jetty]

Yeah I figured as much. I wasn’t sure if at least the interior of the house would be accomplished

[odd tinsel]

#📸media message
#📸media message
#📸media message

[regal reef]

Some neat builds you've got there, but unfortunately we're looking for save files focused on machinery rather than housing 🙂

[odd tinsel]

oh something more close to satisfactory huh

[drowsy jasper]

i can dm you my save file if you want it. I don't have Nitro , so i can put everything in a file share link.

[mental jetty]

Would this be moreso what you are looking for? @swift fractal

[swift fractal]

This looks nice - would you mind swing it over to me please

[swift fractal]

Have you got any screenshots for me please?

[mental jetty]

Yeah lemme try to upload the save.

It is too large I cannot upload. Is there a prefered method you'd like me to send it you by?

[swift fractal]

Google drive link is fine also 🙂

[mental jetty]

Ok sounds good. gimme a minute I'll shoot you a DM?

[swift fractal]

Feel free

[mental jetty]

sent.

[jolly portal]

Half tempted to send my rube goldberg save

[drowsy jasper]

#📸media message

[swift fractal]

Looks very cool. Maybe a little over the top for what we need. Nevertheless, if you could throw the file over and I'll take a look, cheers!

[drowsy jasper]

2.1.j should be the newest save. https://www.mediafire.com/folder/hc4na3nz7e8t9/Hydroneer

[swift fractal]

Where is the "on" button for everything?

[manic pier]

No save file or other photos of this area.
But it showcases the gist of things and how a bit of scaling 'can' be if needed.
Thank you for the single ping. 'One ping only', movie quote lol.

[obsidian oracle]

@tawdry berry's Greenhouse save from the Farming Beta, updated and used for Farming Beta Testing by me:

Has a Greenhouse, small T2 mining area, a crafting and cooking building by the entrance to the South Hope Digsite, and all the vehicles available from the Farming Beta for testing.

(Funnily, it had the old Compressor and Anvil, but those have been replaced by the new models, so some of the layouts for sorting and crafting look a bit goofy)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NZtZRXVhYNh8FF2B1lUTUBeFVLTdVjMr/view?usp=sharing

[heady sun]

i have a save thats a WIP rn, ill send over some screenshots once im done ripping it up and putting it back together

@swift fractal when do you need these by?

i also do have mods on this save but i'll remove the items from the actual area you'd be looking at, and nothing is in the actual factory (its mostly bulk buy crates)

i hope thats not a problem

[obsidian oracle]

My old "No Space Wasted" Ember Cradle. This is an unfinished Pre-2.06 Build, so its got some funky stuff going on and the surrounding area is full of trash and extra parts. Would likely need a but of cleaning up on the outside to make it pretty enough for Ads.

Has a full sorting area, Fish Trophies, and fully automated drills from buttons in the second floor of the house.

[heady sun]

@swift fractal heres a sneak peek, i need to flesh out the sorting system since all gems are going into a pan as of rn (yes ik recipe for disaster), but this is the amount of drills ill probably have when its all done

14 drills total

[heady sun]

ok just finished the sorter, ill send it over as soon as i clean up

[swift fractal]

When you can really. I'll give it a gander asap.

[heady sun]

alr im about to send it over

[drowsy jasper]

#1 the keypad in hallway, hit green button for RGB. #2 are the main levers for water/belts and machines. #3 the 2 keypads for lights on/off & color. the row of valves to turn each row on/off for workload/FPS stability. #4 keypad for main building lights on/off & color. #5 main water valve for water sprinklers. the auto sorter in the back is for the harvester to unload at for crops to be sorted and cut. #6 is the main water pipe to everything. make sure all valves are open to have everything running.

[heady sun]

heres some images, ill shoot you a google drive link in DMs

sent it