I have different characters in my "My Games/Terraria/Players Folder" than in my game itself

I uninstalled Terraria because it kept crashing, after reinstallation, I opened it up, but both my characters and worlds were gone. They were still in my C:/documents/my games/terraria/worlds and /players folders. But I could not find them in my game. When I try to download a custom map, I can put it inside the worlds folder, but when I open Terraria, it does not show up. Someone please help me :C

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According to this answer, apparently the worlds/players can be located in C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/userdata/{user_id}/105600/remote

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Why are my Terraria characters gone?

It sounds like your savegame is corrupt. The only solution to that, is to restore a previous savegame. You'll lose some progress, but it's still better than to lose everything. If you don't use OneDrive (you're not on Windows or don't want to use OneDrive), you'll need to restore your savegame from a backup instead.

Do Terraria characters transfer?

Yep, that can work. You only need to copy this folder from your laptop and paste it in the same directory on your PC. So like save it into a USB drive? Something like Google Drive would work as well.

How do I reset my character in Terraria?

It may be fixable but your character and world will still be reset to the way they were before your play session. What you do is go into your Players and Worlds folders, find the character and world files you were playing with, send those ". plr" and ". wld" files to the recycle bin, and then take the ".

How do I backup my Terraria worlds and characters?

There is no automatic backup system in place. Load your Terraria game and proceed to the Character Select Screen. You will likely notice the addition of the little "gear" icons to the right side of the character bars. These "gears" are your path into the backup/copy system!

How To Restore Corrupted or Destroyed Terraria Worlds \u0026 Restore Player Data

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