Outward: How to Load a Previous Save

In your Steam library, right click Outward and click properties.

Next, go to the “Local Files” tab and click “Browse Local Files…”.

Then, enter the “SaveGames” folder.

You’ll now see a folder with a bunch of numbers. Enter that folder and you’ll find one or more folders with the name: “Save_” followed by a bunch of alphabets and numbers. These folders represent the characters that you have created. If you have trouble determining which character has lost its backpack, load into the game and then exit to the main menu. Its “Date modified” should now be the latest. Enter that folder.

Now, you should see a bunch of folders. Each of these folders represent a save file.

Before deleting any of them, backup the folders into another location.

The name of the folders indicate when the save file was created.

The format is: YYYYDDMMhhmmss
YYYY = Year
DD = Day
MM = Month
hh = Hour
mm = Minute
ss = Second

The game will automatically load the latest save in that folder, so just delete the latest save.

Load your character and check whether it’s the save where you still have your backpack. If not, exit the game and delete the last two saves(a new save is created whenever you quit to the main menu or exit the game). Repeat step four until you have your backpack again.