How to Save in Elden Ring on Steam Deck

Elden Ring is a very complex game that doesn’t teach players everything they need to know, at least not at first. While there are tutorial screens from time to time showing how certain items or mechanics work, there is still a lot to learn, such as how to save game progress in Elden Ring. Since the game has a lot of items to collect, enemies to defeat, and runes to loot from enemies, saving progress is essential for Elden Ring players to become the Lord of Elden.

How to Save Your Progress in Elden Ring

Players accustomed to the latest FromSoftware games probably already know that there is no way to manually save game progress in Elden Ring. The game will auto-save every few minutes when players perform any important action, whether it’s collecting items or getting runes after defeating an enemy. The game is also saved when players visit one of the many Lost Grace locations, similar to the bonfires in Dark Souls.

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Lost Grace Sites are essentially checkpoints in Elden Ring, and once a player got to one of them, several things would happen: health and mana would be fully restored, sacred flasks would be replenished, and defeated enemies would respawn.

In the Lost Grace menu, Elden Ring players have several options to choose from. They can pass the time to change the time of day, level up their character using the Runes they have collected, sort out their chest, and there are some other options.

To make sure that your Elden Ring progress is saved, it’s best to go to the Lost Grace and then exit the game via the menu. Simply navigate to the System tab and then use the buttons to navigate to the Quit Game option. This will save the game and return players to the title menu, where they can load a different character profile.