Never go online with a save edited Switch. Use a secondary Switch for modding, or keep your primary Switch completely offline.
Some common features of Switch save editors include:
Once the save is exported (decrypted), users often rely on PC tools to modify the values.
Unlike cheat codes that inject code into a running game (like GameShark or Action Replay), a save editor works like a document editor. You extract your save file from the Switch, open it on your PC, change specific values (money, items, stats), and then inject the file back into the console.
Nintendo is famously aggressive regarding save tampering. Here is how bans happen:
Never go online with a save edited Switch. Use a secondary Switch for modding, or keep your primary Switch completely offline.
Some common features of Switch save editors include:
Once the save is exported (decrypted), users often rely on PC tools to modify the values.
Unlike cheat codes that inject code into a running game (like GameShark or Action Replay), a save editor works like a document editor. You extract your save file from the Switch, open it on your PC, change specific values (money, items, stats), and then inject the file back into the console.
Nintendo is famously aggressive regarding save tampering. Here is how bans happen: