Cobalt Core

Steam Link : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1750770/Starcom_Unknown_Space/

Savefile Location : C:\Users\Hari\AppData\LocalLow\Wx3 Labs, LLC\Starcom Unknown Space\saves

File Name : <save_name>.json

Format : JSON

What is this game about?

Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds. variety of crew memebers to unlock and ships to build.

The gameplay loop is simple, fun, and addictive:

You have a ship and a crew.
You do mission and exploration.
You most of the time fight other ships.
Progress the story and upgrade your ship/crew/research

The image above does not do the game justice. IT IS SUPER FUN.

Analyzing the save game

The save game is a plain JSON file, although it’s a bit large. It contains information like the world, anomalies on the map, ship, artifacts player data etc.

The playerData node is the most important piece of data in the game regarding your ship. This is where the major modifications would go for an easier game and no heavy grind.

Modify the researchPoints and totalResearchPoints nodes to give yourself points to unlock the items on the research tree.

Modify the playerResources node for gifting yourself ingame materials.

In order to give your crew more XP youll have to modify the crewData node. Just update the value of the unspentPoints and assign those values to the crew members once in the game.

Have fun—no more grinding necessary!