REKA autosave: how to save and change the frequency

Change the autosave frequency

Open Settings and look for Auto Save Frequency. Choose the interval you want before continuing your game. This controls the regular background saves; the game also saves around important quest events and hut-building sessions.

Autosaving no longer stops to ask whether you want to save. The October update changed that prompt into an automatic save, and the 1.0 release includes the feature.

What you are doing	How saving works in 1.0
Exploring and playing normally	Background saves run at the selected frequency.
Reaching an important quest moment	The game also saves around these events.
Working on your cottage	Hut-building sessions can trigger a save.
Returning with an older save	The game compresses the old save when it first opens it.

Why older advice says there is no autosave

REKA’s saving system changed during Early Access. Advice about relying on a save prompt, or needing a separate autosave workaround, may describe an older build. In the current 1.0 game, start with the built-in frequency setting.

The October patch also reduced save-file size and stuttering during saves. A compressed save uses a different storage format; that change does not itself mean the game has discarded your progress.

If a save will not load

Install the latest update before retrying. Hotfix 4, released on November 6, addresses several specific loading problems:

• Freezes when loading a save containing clay walls.
• Broken saves involving both variations of the bludnik shelf.
• Saves made after buying out an item from Bogdan during Dziady.
• Saving while the game is still loading.

The loading system can return to the main menu if loading fails or takes longer than five minutes. A return to the menu is therefore different from successfully loading an empty world.

Keep a copy of an affected save before experimenting with it. If the problem continues after updating, use REKA’s in-game bug-report option and describe what happened immediately before the failed load.

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