Terraria Save Editor — Edit Coins, Health, Mana & Inventory

Last verified: 2026-09-27

Save file to edit

%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Terraria\Players

Terraria splits saves in two: your character is a .plr file in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Terraria\Players\, and each world is a .wld file in the Worlds\ folder. The .plr file is NOT plain text — it's encrypted with AES/Rijndael using a fixed key baked into the game, so opening it in Notepad shows scrambled bytes. To edit your character, close Terraria, back up the .plr (and its .bak), then load it into an editor that handles the decrypt/encrypt: Terrasavr or the online Terraria save editor (browser), or PlrForge / a .plr command-line tool (desktop). You can set Health (100–500), Mana (20–200), difficulty, and fill the 50 inventory slots plus the dedicated coin and ammo channels with stacks up to 9999. Edit the world instead with TEdit, which reads the .wld format.

Terraria keeps your character and your world in separate files under %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Terraria: characters are .plr files in Players\, worlds are .wld files in Worlds\. The .plr file isn't text — it's AES/Rijndael-encrypted with a fixed key, so editors like Terrasavr, PlrForge or the online Terraria save editor decrypt it, let you change health, mana, coins and inventory, then re-encrypt it. TEdit is the tool for the .wld world file, not your character.

What you can edit and which tag to change

What it changes	XML tag	Example value	Notes
Max Health	`Life / MaxLife`	`MaxLife = 500`	100–500 in normal play (5 hearts of 20 → 20 hearts). Set current life ≤ max.
Max Mana	`Mana / MaxMana`	`MaxMana = 200`	20–200 (0 → 10 stars of 20). Raising it mirrors using every Mana Crystal.
Coins	`Inventory → coin slots`	`Platinum x9999`	Coins sit in dedicated coin slots; 100 copper = 1 silver, 100 silver = 1 gold, 100 gold = 1 platinum. Editors expose them as a separate channel.
Difficulty	`difficulty`	`0 = Classic, 1 = Mediumcore, 2 = Hardcore, 3 = Journey`	Switching to/from Hardcore or Journey changes death rules; some flags only fully apply on the matching world type.
Inventory items	`Inventory[0..49]`	`ItemID + StackCount = 9999`	50 primary slots plus ammo. Use valid item IDs; a modifier/prefix browser sets weapon/accessory reforges.
Equipment & loadouts	`Armor / Accessories / Dyes`	`3 loadouts, armor + accessory + vanity`	Armor, accessories, vanity, dyes, pets, mounts and hooks across the three 1.4 loadouts.
Play time / deaths	`playTime / numberOfDeathsPVE`	`numberOfDeathsPVE = 0`	Cosmetic counters some editors expose; harmless to reset.

How to edit your Terraria save by hand

Fully close Terraria and, if Steam Cloud is on, let it finish syncing so it doesn't overwrite your edit later.
Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Terraria\Players\ and copy your <Character>.plr (and the matching .bak) somewhere safe.
Open an editor: Terrasavr / the online Terraria save editor for a character, or TEdit if you actually want to edit the .wld world.
Load the .plr, change health, mana, coins, difficulty or inventory, keeping current values within the game's ranges.
Save/export — the editor re-encrypts the .plr — and write it back over the original filename in Players\.
Launch Terraria and confirm the character loads before deleting the backup.

Prefer a save editor instead of raw XML?

Terrasavr and other browser-based Terraria editors work well because the .plr encryption key is fixed and public, so a web app can decrypt and re-encrypt entirely in your browser. Just make sure you're editing a character .plr, not a world — worlds (.wld) need TEdit, which is a different tool with a different format.

Mistakes that corrupt the save

.plr files are AES/Rijndael-encrypted with a fixed key — a text editor shows garbage and saving from one corrupts the character.
Character (.plr) and world (.wld) are different formats: a character editor can't open a world and TEdit can't open a character.
Steam Cloud can restore the pre-edit .plr if you edit while the game or client is still syncing — close Terraria first.
Keep current Life ≤ MaxLife and current Mana ≤ MaxMana, and stacks ≤ 9999, or values render or behave oddly.
Terraria also keeps a .bak copy; if an edit goes wrong you can rename the .bak back to .plr to recover.

Not sure where the file is? See the full Terraria save file location guide (every platform path), or the corrupted-save recovery guide if an edit broke your file.

FAQ

Where is my Terraria character file?

In %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Terraria\Players\ as a .plr file (with a .bak backup). Worlds are separate, in the Worlds\ folder as .wld files.

Why can't I open the .plr in Notepad?

Terraria encrypts .plr files with AES/Rijndael using a fixed key. A text editor only shows scrambled bytes, and saving from one destroys the character. Use Terrasavr, PlrForge or another editor that decrypts and re-encrypts it.

What's the difference between TEdit and a save editor?

TEdit edits the .wld world file (terrain, chests, NPCs). A character/save editor like Terrasavr edits your .plr (health, mana, coins, inventory). They handle different files and aren't interchangeable.

How do I max my health and mana?

Set MaxLife to 500 and MaxMana to 200 in a .plr editor — the normal caps from using every Life Crystal/Fruit and Mana Crystal — and make sure current life/mana aren't higher than the max.

Other games

Need another game or a quick backup? Use the Save Location Finder — pick any game to get its exact save path plus a ready-to-run backup command.