Borderlands 3 Savegame Editor
Project description
Borderlands 3 Commandline Savegame/Profile Editor
This project is a commandline Python-based Borderlands 3 Savegame and Profile Editor. It's a companion to the very similar CLI editor for BL2/TPS, and provides some very similar functionality. It can be used to level up your characters, unlock Mayhem modes early in the game, unlock TVHM, add SDUs, unlock equipment slots, and more.
This editor has only been tested on PC Savegames -- other platforms' savegames are not supported at the moment.
Please keep the following in mind:
- This app does not have any graphical interface. You must be on a commandline in order to use it. (A rudimentary web interface is available, though -- see below.)
- The app has only very limited item-editing capability at the
moment, which is restricted to:
- Item Levels can be changed
- Mayhem Level can be set on items
- It does not offer any direct ability to alter Guardian Rank status.
- While I have not experienced any data loss with the app, take backups of your savegames before using this, and keep in mind that it could end up corrupting your saves. If you do encounter any data loss problems, please contact me and I'll try to at least fix whatever bug caused it.
Table of Contents
Web UI
Abram Hindle is providing a simple web-based version of this utility, so feel free to give that a try:
https://abramhindle.github.io/bl3-cli-saveedit/
Yes, this will install python and bl3-cli-saveedit in your browser and give you a tiny UI to dupe your savefiles or import items.
Installation
This editor requires Python 3, and has been tested on 3.9 through 3.12. It also requires the protobuf package.
The easiest way to install this app is via pip
/pip3
. Once Python 3 is
installed, you should be able to run this to install the app:
pip3 install bl3-cli-saveedit
Once installed, there should be a few new commandline utilities available
to you. The main editor is bl3-save-edit
, and you can see its possible
arguments with -h
/--help
:
bl3-save-edit -h
There's also a bl3-save-info
utility which just shows some information
about a specified savefile. You can see its possible arguments with
-h
/--help
as well:
bl3-save-info -h
If you've got a raw savegame protobuf file that you've hand-edited (or
otherwise processed) that you'd like to import into an existing savegame,
you can do that with bl3-save-import-protobuf
:
bl3-save-import-protobuf -h
Alternatively, if you've got a savegame exported as JSON that you'd like
to import into an existing savegame, you can do that with
bl3-save-import-json
:
bl3-save-import-json -h
Finally, there's a utility which I'd used to generate my BL3 Savegame Archive Page. This one won't be useful to anyone but me, but you can view its arguments as well, if you like:
bl3-process-archive-saves -h
There are also profile-specific versions of most of those commands, which
can be used to edit the main BL3 profile.sav
:
bl3-profile-edit -h
bl3-profile-info -h
bl3-profile-import-protobuf -h
bl3-profile-import-json -h
Upgrading
When a new version is available, you can update using pip3
like so:
pip3 install --upgrade bl3-cli-saveedit
You can check your current version by running any of the apps with the
-V
/--version
argument:
bl3-save-info --version
Notes for People Using Windows
This is a command-line utility, which means there's no graphical interface,
and you'll have to run it from either a Windows cmd.exe
prompt, or presumably
running through PowerShell should work, too. The first step is to
install Python:
- The recommended way is to install Python from python.org. Grab what's available in the 3.x series (at time of writing, that's 3.9.4), and when it's installing, make sure to check the checkbox which says something like "add to PATH", so that you can run Python from the commandline directly.
- If you're on Windows 10, you can apparently just type
python3
into a command prompt to be taken to the Windows store, where you can install Python with just one click. I've heard reports that this method does not provide the ability to add Python to your system PATH, though, so it's possible that running it would be more complicated.
When it's installed, test that you can run it from the commandline. Open up
either cmd.exe
or PowerShell, and make sure that you see something like this
when you run python -V
:
C:\> python -V
Python 3.9.4
If that works, you can then run the pip3 install bl3-cli-saveedit
command
as mentioned above, and use the commandline scripts to edit to your heart's
content.
Running from Github
Alternatively, if you want to download or run the Github version of
the app: clone the repository and then install protobuf
(you can
use pip3 install -r requirements.txt
to do so, though a pip3 install protobuf
will also work just fine).
You can then run the scripts directly from the Github checkout, though
you'll have to use a slightly different syntax. For instance, rather than
running bl3-save-edit -h
to get help for the main savegame editor, you
would run:
python -m bl3save.cli_edit -h
The equivalents for each of the commands are listed in their individual README files, linked below.
Finding Savegames
This app doesn't actually know where your savegames or profiles are located.
When you give it a filename, it'll expect that the file lives in your "current"
directory, unless the filename includes all its path information. When launching
a cmd.exe
on Windows, for instance, you'll probably start out in your home
directory (C:\Users\username
), but your savegames will actually live in a
directory more like C:\Users\username\My Documents\My Games\Borderlands 3\Saved\SaveGames\<numbers>\
.
The easiest way to run the utilities is to just use cd
to go into the dir
where your saves are (or otherwise launch your commandline in the directory you
want). Otherwise, you could copy the save into your main user dir (and then
copy back after editing), or even specify the full paths with the filenames.
Editor Usage
For instructions on using the Savegame portions of the editor, see README-saves.md.
FOr instructions on using the Profile portions of the editor, see README-profile.md.
TODO
- Would anyone appreciate an option to delete Fabricators? Hm.
- Would be nice to have some anointment-setting functions in here.
- Did we want a function to clear Vault Card progress?
- PS4 Support (for already-unlocked saves, anyway)
- If we fail to read a savefile or profile, might be nice to actually check if it's the other of profile-or-savefile, and give a more helpful message in those cases.
- Something a bit more Enum-like for various things in
__init__.py
; I know that's not very Pythonic, but when dealing with extra-Python data formats, one must sometimes make exceptions. - Unit tests?
- Convert
setup.py
topyproject.toml
- Check for minimum Python version on startup, rather than allowing older versions to fail with a probably-confusing error
Credits
The encryption/decryption stanzas in BL3Save.__init__
and BL3Save.save_to
were helpfully provided by Gibbed
(rick 'at' gibbed 'dot' us), so many thanks for that! The protobuf definitions
are also provided by Gibbed, from his
Borderlands3Protos repo,
and used with permission. Gibbed also kindly provided the exact hashing
mechanism used to work with weapon skins and trinkets.
The rest of the savegame format was gleaned from 13xforever/Ilya's
gvas-converter
project: https://github.com/13xforever/gvas-converter
Abram Hindle is responsible for getting a web version of this utility online (based on his ttwl-cli-saveedit fork for Wonderlands). Thanks!
Many thanks also to Baysix, who endured an awful lot of basic questions about pulling apart item serial numbers. Without their help, we wouldn't have item level editing (or nice item names in the output)!
Basically what I'm saying is that anything remotely "hard" in here is all thanks to lots of other folks. I'm just pasting together all their stuff. Thanks, all!
License
All code in this project is licensed under the zlib/libpng license. A copy is provided in COPYING.txt.
Other Utilities
Various BL3 Savegame/Profile editors have been popping up, ever since Gibbed released the encryption details. Here's a few which could be more to your liking, if you didn't want to use this one for whatever reason:
- FromDarkHell's BL3 Save/Profile Editor - Written in C#, has EXE downloads for ease of use on Windows.
- Zak's Borderlands 3 Save Editor - Written in Rust, and is cross-platform. Edits both saves and profiles.
- Raptor's Editor - This is a web-fronted editor, though it uses a local executable to do all the work. Sourcecode is available, and it works on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Coded in Go.
A couple others exist but as of September 2022, are out of date and not really great for use on newer saves. Here they are, though, in case they get updated without me noticing:
- HackerSmaker's CSave Editor - Cross-platform commandline editor written in C. Has a terminal (ncurses) UI on UNIX-like OSes.
- sandsmark's borderlands3-save-editor - Written in C++ with Qt for GUI. Is still in development. Native downloads for Windows, but should compile fine on other platforms.
In Memoriam: Baysix, the author of the original web-based editor at bl3editor.com, passed away in early 2021, and that editor is now permanently offline. RIP!
Changelog
v1.18.0 - July 19, 2024
- Added new movie-related cosmetics introduced in the July 18, 2024 patch
- Python 3.12 Compatibility: Replaced
pkg_resources
usage withimportlib.resources
equivalents. - Minimum Python version increased to 3.9
v1.17.0 - September 1, 2023
- Added
--copy-tvhm
option to copy TVHM state to NVHM. - Ported
--inventory-wipe
inventory wipe option fromttwl-cli-saveedit
- Added new cosmetics introduced in the Aug 31, 2023 patch
v1.16.0 - November 18, 2021
- Updated name of "Seventh Sense (unknown version)" to "Seventh Sense (purple version)", since realizing that it's now a valid drop from the Diamond Armory (presumably since DLC5's release).
- Updated for Vault Card 3 patch:
- Data Updates (to understand new gear)
- Vault Card 3 Keys/Chests
v1.15.1 - August 11, 2021
- Updated with some Character Heads which were shipped with the Vault Card 2 update but overlooked for 1.15.0.
v1.15.0 - August 5, 2021
- Updated for Vault Card 2 patch:
- Data Updates (to understand new gear)
- Vault Card 2 Keys/Chests
- Updated Bank SDU count
v1.14.0 - July 7, 2021
- Added
--mission-paths
tobl3-save-info
- Added
--delete-pt1-mission
and--delete-pt2-mission
tobl3-save-edit
- Added options to clear seasonal event challenge progress (Bloody Harvest, Broken Hearts, Revenge of the Cartels)
v1.13.0 - June 24, 2021
- Updated for today's patch
- Updated level cap to 72
- Updated protobufs
- Added
--reverse
option for my Savegame Archive processing script, for some more flexibility on the CSS when outputting HTML
v1.12.0 - April 11, 2021
- Updated with DLC6 (Director's Cut) compatibility.
- Support for updated item serial number format
- Added
--guardian-keys
,--vaultcard1-keys
, and--vaultcard1-chests
arguments for profile editor
- Fixed a few item names which weren't being mapped properly
v1.11.1 - February 12, 2021
- Fixed name of the Broken Hearts 2021 weapon trinket "Cosmic Romance" to be "Tentacle Ventricles" like in game -- it was updated with an OakTMS update on Feb 11 by GBX.
v1.11.0 - February 1, 2021
- Added Citizen Science editing functionality to profile editor, thanks to @apple1417
v1.10.4 - January 21, 2021
- Updated with the new cosmetics data from today's patch. (Totally forgot to do that in v1.10.3.)
v1.10.3 - January 21, 2021
- Updated internal inventory DB with data from today's patch. (No real functionality changes with this.)
v1.10.2 - November 10, 2020
- Updated internal inventory DB with a minor change which was in the previous GBX patch. (Probably no actual functionality changes with this.)
v1.10.1 - November 10, 2020
- A second patch was released, about 12 hours after the Designer's Cut release, which updated the protobufs and was causing us to not read saves properly. This has been fixed up now.
- Also require at least protobuf v3.12, which appears to be required as of my latest protobuf generation.
v1.10.0 - November 9, 2020
- Updated with DLC5 (Designer's Cut) support
v1.9.2 - October 8, 2020
- Added in the missed weapon skin "Porphyrophobia," from Bloody Harvest 2020.
v1.9.1 - September 30, 2020
- Fixed unlocking FL4K's "Antisoci4l" head (though you should still get that one all legit-like)
v1.9.0 - September 10, 2020
- Updated with DLC4 (Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck) support
v1.8.2 - July 27, 2020
- Updated to allow unlocking the Battle Driver and Devil Tooth weapon trinkets, since the July 23 patch fixed those so that they properly stay in your profile.
v1.8.1 - July 14, 2020
--item-mayhem-max
and--item-mayhem-levels
will now apply Mayhem parts to grenades as well as weapons.
v1.8.0 - July 11, 2020
- Added
--mayhem-seed
option tobl3-save-edit
, to set the random seed used to determine active Mayhem modifiers. The seed is now shown in thebl3-save-info
output, as well.
v1.7.2 - July 6, 2020
- Allow characters to use skill trees properly if levelled higher directly from level 1.
v1.7.1 - June 29, 2020
- Added three more DLC3 room decorations that I'd missed orginally, for the profile editor's cosmetic-unlock ability
- Added Jetbeast unlocks (both parts and skins)
v1.7.0 - June 26, 2020
- Updated for DLC3 (Bounty of Blood) content
- Jetbeast vehicle unlocks are forthcoming, until I can actually test them out.
- Added various Guardian Rank processing
- For savegames and profiles, added
--zero-guardian-rank
- For only profiles, added
--min-guardian-rank
,--guardian-rank-rewards
, and--guardian-rank-tokens
- For savegames and profiles, added
- Added
--unlock cubepuzzle
to reset the Eridian Cube puzzle in Desolation's Edge - Added
--clear-takedowns
to get rid of the Takedown mission-pickup notifications for chars you never intend to do Takedowns with. - Item name processing will now recognize the specific legendary artifact balances added by the Maliwan Takedown update (they're functionally identical to the world- drop versions)
- Updated
bl3-process-archive-saves
to wipe out Guardian Rank entirely
v1.6.2 - June 18, 2020
- Allow setting character/item levels higher than the currently-known max, in case users want to pre-level their saves ahead of level cap increases (and in case they don't want to wait for an official update of this app)
v1.6.1 - June 13, 2020
- Updated room decoration/trinket/weaponskin alphabetization to ignore case (so "Casino Banner" sorts before "COV Bat," for instance).
- Counts of unlocked cosmetic items in
bl3-profile-info
will now include the "default" cosmetics which are always unlocked, so those counts match the numbers in-game.
v1.6.0 - June 11, 2020
- Updated for extra content introduced by Takedown at the Guardian Breach
- Added
--golden-keys
option tobl3-profile-edit
, to set available Golden Keys - Added
--randomize-guid
option tobl3-save-edit
v1.5.2 - May 23, 2020
- Updated item name mapping to include the COM Balances used by Trials bosses, for their dedicated COM drops.
- Add in the
--csv
option to allow importing/exporting items into CSV files, instead of just text files (which is the default without--csv
). Has no effect except on item imports/exports.
v1.5.1 - May 5, 2020
- Fixed alphabetization of COV Buzzaxe room decoration. In the game data it looks like it's called "Psycho Buzzaxe," but the actual in-game label is COV Buzzaxe.
- Fixed name displays for "regular" (non-E-Tech, non-Legendary) Maliwan snipers and Tediore pistols.
- Updated item name mapping to distinguish between the blue-rarity mission reward version of Redistributor from the legendary version from Maliwan Takedown.
- Updated
bl3-process-archive-saves
to clear out some 3rd-playthrough data which earlier versions had accidentally introduced (only really of interest to myself)
v1.5.0 - April 28, 2020
- Added ability to alter Mayhem level for items, both in savegames and profile.
--item-mayhem-max
will set items to the max Mayhem level (10
), or--item-mayhem-levels <num>
will set a specific level (0
to remove Mayhem from items entirely). - Item level reports when viewing contents or exporting items will include the Mayhem levels
- Info views will show the total number of available SDUs along with the purchased count
- Various internal code reorganization
v1.4.0 - April 23, 2020
- Updated for the Cartels + Mayhem 2.0 patch:
- Update item/weapon handling to understand new serial number versions
- Added in new cosmetic unlocks
- Mayhem level can now be set as high as 10
- Extra SDU levels added
- Fixed a bug related to viewing vehicle unlocks, thanks to new game data
- Introduction of profile editing utilities, via
bl3-profile-edit
,bl3-profile-info
,bl3-profile-import-json
, andbl3-profile-import-protobuf
. The following functionality is supported:- Importing/Exporting to both JSON and Protobuf
- Importing/Exporting items to/from the bank
- Altering the level of gear stored in the bank
- Unlocking all global customizations/cosmetics
- Alphabetizing the list of room decorations, trinkets, and weapon skins
- Display changes for
bl3-save-info
- introduced individual arguments to show more detailed information as-requested, instead of only having a global-v
/--verbose
option:- Added
-i
/--items
argument, to show inventory information - Added
--fast-travel
argument, to show unlocked fast travel stations - Added
--all-challenges
argument, to list all challenges in the save file and their statuses (note: this will be over 1.5k items!) - Added
--all-missions
argument, to list all completed missions in addition to active ones -v
/--verbose
now implies the four options above.
- Added
bl3-save-info
will now also report on whether the savegame has finished the main game or any of the DLCs.- Added
--unfinish-nvhm
option tobl3-save-edit
, to completely clear out any TVHM data and pretend that NVHM was never finished.
v1.3.1 - April 14, 2020
- Bah, forgot a few more README tweaks about the JSON export/import
v1.3.0 - April 14, 2020
- Added
json
output type, to export the protobuf as encoded into JSON - Added
bl3-save-import-json
utility, to load JSON into a savegame
v1.2.2 - April 12, 2020
- Updated README with some more specific Windows 10 installation advice.
v1.2.1 - April 12, 2020
- Updated Credits section of the README with one more credit that I'd wanted to put in but forgot. :)
v1.2.0 - April 12, 2020
- Added ability to change item/weapon levels, using
--items-to-char
or--item-levels
- Item Imports will now not import Fabricators unless explicitly
told to with the
--allow-fabricator
option. - Item names and levels are now shown where appropriate:
- In verbose
bl3-save-info
output - In item export files
- While importing items
- In verbose
- Updated to Protobuf v3, which is what BL3 itself uses. Now when we re-save without any edits, the save should be identical to the original savegame.
- Item export will now be done without any encryption, so an item will have the exact same item code regardless of where it came from (previously, item codes would change every time the game was saved, so the same item could have very different-looking codes)
- Added
-V
/--version
flag to show version number
v1.1.1 - April 7, 2020
- Added in Citizen Science mission name.
v1.1.0 - April 7, 2020
- Added
bl3-save-import-protobuf
command, to load a raw protobuf file into an existing savegame.
v1.0.1 - April 5, 2020
- Some saves include Eridium as an ammo type, presumably related to the
Fabricator. Fixed a crash in
bl3-save-info
related to that.
v1.0.0 - April 5, 2020
- Initial version
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