RCM Copy Game Saves (Nintendo Switch)

2min

These are the following steps using TegraExplorer injected to the console.
Launch TegraExplorer via your chosen payload injector
Navigate to Browse eMMC (or emuMMC if your running a hacked eMMC on SD card)
Navigate to USER > save
Select Current folder options > Copy to clipboard
Navigate back to the main menu then Browse SD
Select Clipboard > Current folder
This will basically copy the saves to the root of the SD card.
Alternatively you could browse the eMMC using Hekate USB Tools and connect the Switch directly to your PC.
Extracting the saves
The save files you have backed up are still packed and need to be extracted. 
Download HactoolNet. 
Extract the hactoolnet.exe to a folder, and place the prod.keys and the save folder from your Switch into the same folder as the hactoolnet.exe.
Run the following command to unpack the saves.
BAT
mkdir out
hactoolnet.exe -k prod.keys -t save <nameofsave> --outdir out/<nameofsave>
mkdir out
hactoolnet.exe -k prod.keys -t save <nameofsave> --outdir out/<nameofsave>
﻿
Replacing the <nameofsave> with the actual name of each save file you want to extract.
This will make a folder called out where the files will be placed.

Updated 18 Nov 2023

Did this page help you?

RCM Replace eMMC (Nintendo Switch)

RCM Diagnostics (Nintendo Switch)