The Abattoir achievement in Risen 3 – Titan Lords asks for 2000 kills, which is the kind of grind that can eat an entire weekend if you try to earn it through normal play. This guide covers the exact save file and reload loop I used to knock it out in roughly 20–30 minutes instead. If you are chasing 100% completion and you want the counter to stop staring back at you, this is the shortcut that gets you there.
What makes this particular save worth grabbing is that it was made on the vanilla game with no DLC installed, sitting around Act 3. That matters because it has no DLC dependency, so it will load for everyone — whether you own the expansions or not. I put this together because the 2000-kill requirement is pure tedium with nothing to learn from it; there is no skill check here, just a number to reach, so I would rather you spend your playtime on content that actually rewards you.
Before You Start
The save file loads without any extra purchases. Before you touch anything, note the folder path your game expects, since dropping the file in the wrong place is the most common reason people load it up and find nothing.
- Game: Risen 3 – Titan Lords
- Achievement target: Abattoir (2000 kills)
- Expected farming time: 20–30 minutes
- DLC required: none — vanilla save, universal for all players
Downloading and Installing the Save
Grab the file first, then place it correctly. The step I always double-check is renaming it to a free slot — skipping that is how you accidentally bury your own campaign.
- Download the save file: Google Drive
- Press Win + R, paste the path below, and press Enter: %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Risen3\SaveGames
- Rename the downloaded file to any free slot number if necessary (e.g., SaveGame_0099.sav) so you don’t overwrite your own playthrough.
- Move the file into that folder.
Once the file sits in the SaveGames directory under the correct slot name, launch the game and load it. If the save does not appear in your load list, it is almost always the folder path or a slot collision — recheck both before assuming anything is broken. The same location is a good place to look for more save files if you want other shortcuts for this or similar grinds.
How the Farm Loop Works
In this save, Rain of Fire is already pre-cast and 5 Sea Devils are already wounded and grouped together. Because everything is staged, each cycle only takes 2–4 seconds once your keys are set. Set your binds before you start — fumbling for an unbound key is the only thing that slows this down.
- Bind Quick Load to a comfortable key (default: F9).
- Bind your AoE rune attack to an accessible key (default: 6).
Here is the cycle, repeated until the achievement fires:
- Load the save.
- Tap your rune key (6) 1–2 times.
- Glory points pop up on the left side for killing 3–5 small mobs.
- Immediately hit Quick Load (F9).
The one thing that confused me at first is whether reloading resets progress — it does not. The Steam kill counter updates globally and does not reset upon reloading, so every cycle stacks on top of the last. That is the whole reason this works: no save-scumming penalty, no partial credit, just a straight accumulation toward 2000. Keep tapping through the loop and the achievement will unlock partway through.
Keeping the Loop Clean
If kills are not ticking up, you are almost certainly loading the wrong slot or missing the mobs with the rune cast. Confirm you are on the slot you renamed, and make sure the rune key is actually firing — the glory points on the left are your confirmation that a kill registered. I lean on that visual cue rather than watching the achievement counter itself, since the counter is not something you can easily track mid-loop.
A short break or two in the middle keeps your timing sharp. The loop is fast, but it is repetitive, and a sloppy cycle that misses the cast just wastes a few seconds you have to repeat anyway.
Conclusion
Two thousand kills sounds like a wall until you see how fast a staged AoE loop can chew through it. Load the save, bind the two keys, and let the cycle do the rest — you will be done long before the grind would have been.