Quick save hotkey tool

A lightweight hotkey application designed for offline single-player Elden's Ring players. No mod manager, no configuration files, just press F5 to backup your progress, or F9 to restore and restart the game.

ER QuickSave HK

✨ Features

Have you ever encountered a BOSS with disparity in strength in the Elden Circle, and then been mercilessly crushed and then teleported back to the previous blessing point? Me too! That's why I created **ER QuickSave HK** - a lightweight, no-frills hotkey application designed to save you and me from the frustration of having to start all over again after being slaughtered by various behemoths in the game.

✅ **After a tortuous release process, ER QuickSave HK is now officially approved and available for download**

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⚔️ Why choose ER QuickSave HK?

Unlike other archive managers with overlays, profiles or property editing capabilities, this tool remains minimalist:

• **Designed for single player offline players**
• **Simple design**

→ No rune cheats, attribute modifications or game changes

• **ZERO DEPENDENCY**

→ No Mod Engine, seamless connectivity or other third-party requirements required

• **Independent and Portable**

→ Just double-click the .exe file - no installation, no user interface

• **Hotkeys activate save and restore**

→ **F5** Back up current archive

→ **F9** Restore the last "pre-death" save and restart Elden's Ring via Steam

• **Smart File Handling**

→ Wait until the archive file is stable before backing up

→ No timers, polling loops or race conditions

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📁 Backup folder

The backup folder is automatically created at:

`[The folder where the application is located]\EldenRingBackups`

For example, if you store the .exe file on your desktop, the backup folder path would be:

`C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\EldenRingBackups\`

Timestamped backups and rolling "before death" recovery archives will be stored here.

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📥 Installation Guide

• Unzip to any location (such as desktop or document)
• Run `ERQuickSaveHK.exe`
• Activate the Elden Circle
• Use hotkeys:
• **F5** = Quick save
• **F9** = Recovery + Restart

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💭 Author's Note

I'm not a modder, nor do I plan to become one. This is the first - and almost certainly the last - mod I'll ever release. I created **ER QuickSave HK** because I wanted an extremely simple way to manage my Elden Circle archives without relying on external tools, overlays, or archive editors.

The AutoHotkey code was written by **Microsoft Copilot**, but every feature, behavior, and logic path was designed and tested by me through trial and error and lots of BOSS-induced rage quits. Copilot simply converts these selections into functional scripts.

This application is provided **as is**. It's simple enough that I don't expect to need technical support, and I won't be updating it unless there's a complete crash. If you want to tweak or extend it, feel free - as long as you give credit to the original version.

I found it useful and I hope you do too.

Thank you for your attention!

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🎨 Icon Credits

Tray icon provided by andonovmarko on DeviantArt, licensed for personal, non-commercial distribution.

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🔧 Scripts and Extras

This utility is open source and hosted on GitHub. It includes original `.ahk` source files, precompiled `.exe` files and full documentation - designed to be transparent and open.

GitHub address:

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📄 License and Attribution

Created by **mdotstrange** (). May be modified for personal use. If redistributed or expanded upon, please retain attribution to the original author.

Not affiliated with FromSoftware, Bandai Namco or any third party modding platform.