Overview
A friend of mine is truly a holy man: he shared his survival mode save files with me. I do the same to you, achievement hunters!
Introduction
First things first, I want to say a big thank you to Stoic studio for creating this masterpiece. I’m a huge fan of The Banner Saga and I really like you guys, a magnificent work has been done!
The purpose of this guide is to help all achievement hunters with survival achievements, thus, increasing the obtaining-percentage. Please take a loot on a screenshot below (21 of July, 2020):
As you see, this game is quite challenging for achievement hunters… I hope with this guide we can change the picture.
A special thank you to my holy friend, whose steam profile’s link is written below:
[link]
He in the one you guys should thanking! Without him and his save files this guide would not exist at all!
Save file (part 1)
Alright, let’s get straight to business. The path to save files for The Banner Saga games is written below:
users/username/AppData/Roaming/TheBannerSaga2/Local Store/save
There you may find two foldiers: saga2 and saga2s*
*if save foldier contains only one foldier, which is saga2, simply press the survival mode in your main menu and start a new game.
Here’s the link: [link]
You see where this is leading? Once you download it, carry the saga2s from the archive to the save foldier, which contains saga2 and saga2s. Overwrite saga2s’s content.
Save file (part 2)
Time to run the game. Here’s what you see once it’s done:
Simply click “No”. Once you do that, the screen’ll change. Click “No” one more time:
Once the main menu appears, press the survival mode. The following 11/12 achievements should be unlocked now:
As you can see, the remaining achievement (which, I believe, is the hardest one in the game) remains locked.
Save file (part 3)
A special thank you to samum, whose profile’s link is written below, for the save file for the remaining achievement: [link]
Alright, here’s the link, inside the archive you find a familiar saga2s folder and unfamiliar json file:
[link]
So, you know what to do, right? Once you download it, delete your old ‘saga2s’ folder, carry the new one inside ‘save’ folder. Now before entering the game, please go back to ‘local store’ folder and delete the only json file there. Carry your new ‘settings_global_0.json’ inside ‘local store’ folder.
Now you are ready to start the game! Press survival mode and click ‘continue’. Now click on the second profile (don’t mind 1/11 reloads, just click on it). Congratulations with achievement!