How do I fix my Skyrim save crash?

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To fix your Skyrim save crash, try loading an older save, creating a new save through the pause menu, typing in the console command player.kill, and then loading your latest save, followed by typing player.kill again. This method has been known to resolve the CTD (Crash-to-Desktop) glitch that often occurs when trying to save in Bethesda games, especially in Skyrim.

Understanding Skyrim Save Crashes

Autosaves and Quicksaves

Autosaves and quicksaves in Bethesda games are notoriously unstable, as they store information in a less stable way than proper saves, resulting in crashing if the quicksave or autosave in question is large.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What to do if Skyrim keeps crashing? If you are experiencing crashes when trying to play The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, first check to ensure that your machine meets the game’s minimum requirements and that you are not running any additional programs in the background.
2. What is the Skyrim mod that fixes crashes? Crash Fixes is a free mod plugin designed for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which fixes common crash-to-desktop bugs that often occur without warning when playing modded Skyrim game versions.
3. How do I find my crash in Skyrim? Crash logs are saved in the game directory, and the plugin log file is located in %USERPROFILE%DocumentsMy GamesSkyrim Special EditionSKSE.
4. How do I find my saved games in Skyrim? You can locate your saves for both the original Skyrim and Skyrim Special Edition on Windows by going to Documents and selecting the “My Games” folder.
5. Where is Skyrim error logs? Go to My Documents/My Games/Skyrim and open up Skyrim.ini, and next time you start the game, you should see a new folder called “logs” inside that folder.
6. Can too many saves cause Skyrim to crash? No, there’s no such thing as too many saves, as you can have a thousand saves without any adverse effect on the game, since you only have one save loaded at any given time.
7. How do I fix Skyrim crash without mods? Try disabling auto-save first and see if that helps, by going to Settings > Gameplay and unchecking “save on rest”, “save on wait”, and “save on travel”, and set “save on character menu” to “disabled”.
8. Can you have too many mods in Skyrim? There’s a technical limit of 255 active .esp/.esm’s, but no actual limit on mods in general, as a mod that doesn’t add an .esp/.esm to the load order won’t count towards the limit.
9. Is Skyrim autosave bad? In rare occurrences, initiating an autosave or quicksave while certain scripts are doing calculations or objects are being loaded into memory can crash the game.
10. Can you save too much in Skyrim? No, you can have a thousand saves without any adverse effect on the game, since you only have one save loaded at any given time.
11. Should you delete saves in Skyrim? It’s recommended to keep at least a short list of previous saves, and delete older saves every 200 saves or so, unless HD space is a concern.
12. Why does Nexus keep crashing? If you are installing Nexus for the first time on a PC and experiencing crashes, it is likely an issue with the graphics processor setup, or if you’ve previously had Nexus running smoothly, then most common issues occur after a software or Windows update.
13. Why do Bethesda games crash so much? The Creation Engine is an enhanced proprietary version of the Gamebryo engine, which has been in use since Morrowind, and is unstable on modern systems, and that’s besides the already buggy nature of the engine itself.
14. How many mods can Skyrim SE handle? There is no such thing as too many mods, unless you are talking about the plugin limit, which is capped at 256 mods, including the five official master files, and exceeding that limit results in a crash.
15. Will I lose my saved games if I reinstall Skyrim? No, Skyrim is supported by the Steam Cloud, which ensures save game data is stored by Steam itself, and allows players to load and play their saved games on different computers.