Zelda Skyward Sword
From ZFGCpedia
Save Format
Save Header
| Address | Size (in bytes) | Typical Value | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0x0000 | 4 | SOU [E,J,P,K] | Identifies which region the save is from. |
| 0x0004 | 27 | 0x00 | Padding? |
| 0x001F | 1 | 0x1D | Appears to be the size of the header in bytes minus 2 |
Adventure File
The adventure starts after the 0x20(32) byte header, each "Adventure" is 0x53BC bytes in size, and is structured as follows:
| Address | Size (in bytes) | Typical Value | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0x0000 | 8 | Varies | Holds the current playtime in ticks. |
| 0x0008 | 8 | Varies | Holds the last save date and time in ticks since 1-1-2000 12AM |
| 0x0010 | 24 | Varies | Player Origin |
| 0x0028 | 24 | Varies | Camera Origin |
| 0x0040 | 2195 | 0x00 | Unknown (Seems to simply be a RAM area used by the game, editing these doesn't do anything appreciable) |
| 0x08D3 | 1 | 0x00 - 0x45 | Location ID |
| 0x08D4 | 16 | Link | Hero's name in Big Endian UTF-16 |
| 0x08E6 | 1 | Varies | Not much is known, seems to pertain to cutscenes. |
| 0x08E7 | 1 | Varies | Ditto (not the Pokemon) |
| 0x08E8 | 1 | 0x00 - 0xFF | Controls scenes, as well as whether or not you can select weapons |
| 0x08E9 | 1 | 0x00 - 0xFF | Controls scenes, as well as whether you have the Hero's Tunic or not. |
| 0x08EA | 2 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x08EC | 1 | Varies | Stolen Items Need to research more |
| 0x08ED | 2 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x08EF | 1 | Varies | Stolen Items Need to research more |
| 0x08F0 | 1 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x08F1 | 1 | Varies | Event Flags, needs research |
| 0x08F2 | 3 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x08F6 | 1 | Varies | Possibly Scene flags, also has Deku Hornet (or by 0x80 to enable) |
| 0x08F7 | 1 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x08F8 | 1 | Varies | Scene flags, needs more research |
| 0x08F9 | 2 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x08FB | 1 | Varies | Scene Flags, needs more research |
| 0x08FC | 1 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x08FE | 1 | varies | Scene flags, Hero Mode (or by 0x08 to enable) |
| 0x08FF | 12 | varies | Undocumented |
| 0x090C | 1 | Varies | Stolen Items, Item Interface |
| 0x090D | 1 | Varies | Stolen Items |
| 0x090E | 10 | Varies | I Have a hunch to what these do, but need more research |
| 0x0919 | 1 | Varies | Rattle, needs more research |
| 0x091A | 2 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x091D | 1 | Varies | Beedle's Insect Cage, needs more research |
| 0x091E | 4 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x0922 | 1 | Varies | Crawlin's Letter |
| 0x0923 | 16 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x0934 | 1 | Varies | Treasure |
| 0x0935 | 1 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x0936 | 1 | Varies | Treasure |
| 0x0937 | 1 | Varies | Treasure |
| 0x0938 | 9 | Varies | Undocumented? o.0 |
| 0x0941 | 1 | Varies | Cutscene related |
| 0x0942 | 90 (holy shit O.O) | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x09D2 | 1 | 0x00, 0x20, 0x40, or those values or'd by 0x08 | Interface type. |
| 0x09D3 | 17 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x09E4 | 1 | Varies | Items (i have more information on this) |
| 0x09E5 | 1 | Varies | Cutscene/Tutorial related. |
| 0x09E6 | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09E7 | 1 | Varies | Cutscene/Tutorial related |
| 0x09E8 | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09E9 | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09EA | 1 | Varies | Unknown (Cutscene releated?) |
| 0x09EB | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09EC | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09ED | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09EE | 1 | Varies | Unknown (Cutscene related?) |
| 0x09EF | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09F0 | 1 | Varies | Unknown (Cutscene related?) |
| 0x09F1 | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09F2 | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09F3 | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09F4 | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09F5 | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09F6 | 1 | Varies | Unknown (Cutscene related?) |
| 0x09F7 | 1 | Varies | Unknown (Cutscene related?) |
| 0x09F8 | 1 | Varies | Unknown (Cutscene related?) |
| 0x09F9 | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09FA | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09FB | 1 | Varies | Items |
| 0x09FC | 1 | Varies | Unknown (Cutscene related?) |
| 0x09FD | 1 | Varies | Unknown (Cutscene related?) |
| 0x09FE | 1 | Varies | Unknown (Cutscene related?) |
| 0x09FF | 1 | Varies | Unknown (Cutscene related?) |
| 0x0A00 | 51 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x0A34 | 2 | Varies | Golden skull and Goddess Plume quantities |
| 0x0A36 | 2 | Varies | Evil Crystal and Blue Bird Feather quantities |
| 0x0A38 | 2 | Varies | Monster Horn and Ornamental Skull quantities |
| 0x0A3A | 2 | Varies | Jelly Blob and Monster Claw quantities |
| 0x0A3C | 2 | Varies | Amber Relic and Dusk Relic quantities |
| 0x0A3E | 2 | Varies | Eldin Ore and Ancient Flower quantities |
| 0x0A40 | 2 | Varies | Tumble Weed and Lizard Tail quantities |
| 0x0A42 | 2 | Varies | Deku Hornet Larvae and Bird Feather quantities |
| 0x0A44 | 2 | Varies | Sky Stag beetle and Starry Firefly quantities |
| 0x0A46 | 2 | Varies | Gerudo DragonFly and Eldin Roller quantities |
| 0x0A48 | 2 | Varies | Sand Cicada and Lanayru Ant quantities |
| 0x0A4A | 2 | Varies | Blessed Butterfly and Volcanic Ladybug quantities |
| 0x0A4C | 2 | Varies | Deku Hornet and Skyloft Mantis quantities |
| 0x0A4E | 2 | Varies | Faron Grasshopper and Woodland Rhino Beetle quantities |
| 0x0A50 | 2 | Varies | Gratitude Crystals |
| 0x0A52 | 2 (?) | Varies | Unknown |
| 0x0A54 | 2 (?) | Varies | Unknown |
| 0x0A56 | 2 (?) | Varies | Unknown |
| 0x0A5E | 2 | Varies | Rupees |
| 0x0A60 | 2 | Varies | Slingshot ammo |
| 0x0A62 | 4,099 | Varies | Undocumented |
| 0x1A66 | 1 | varies | Cutscene/tutorial flags |
| 0x1A67 | 1 | Varies | Undocumented (fairly certain it pertains to cutscene stuff) |
| 0x1A68 | 1 | Varies | Cutscene flags |
| 0x1A69 | 1 | Varies | Skyloft cutscene flags |
| 0x1A6A | 1 | Varies | Unknown (probably cutscene related) |
| 0x1A6B | 1 | varies | Cutscene/Character interaction flags |
| 0x1A6C | 275 | Varies | Undocumented |
| This | seems | to be | scratchpad |
| 0x30F5 | 1 | Varies | Skyloft cutscene flags |
| This | seems | to be | scratchpad |
| 0x30FB | 1 | Varies | Rupee in links closet/cutscene flags |
| This | seems | to be | scratchpad |
| 0x5302 | 2 | 0x00 to 0x50 | Total Health |
| 0x5304 | 2 | 0x00 to 0x50 | Unknown health information (Counter?) |
| 0x5306 | 2 | 0x00 to 0x50 | Current Health |
| 0x5309 | 2 | Varies (need to research each area) | Current Room |
| 0x530A | 17 | Varies | Seems to be related to items, a bunch of the Potion+/++ data is here |
| 0x531C | variable null terminated | F000 | Current Map String |
| 0x533C | variable null terminated | F000 | Current Location String |
| 0x535C | variable null terminated | F000 | Current Location String (copy of 0x533C?) |
| 0x53AD | 1 | 0 or 1 | isNew flag (if non zero the file is new (why non zero nintendo?!?!?!!?)) |
| 0x53AE | 2 | 0x00 to 0x09 (0x09 is the harp it does absolutely jack) | Equipped Item |
| 0x53BC | 4 | varies | Checksum |
