Sons of the Forest item IDs and how to use them

An easy (but cheaty) way to add items to your inventory.

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If you’re looking forSons of the Forestitem IDs, chances are you want a little help surviving the cannibal-infested island. These offer an alternative to installing mods to enablecheats. though this method isn’t as user-friendly. You’ll be editing the game’s save files which comes with its own risks, so make sure youback them upbefore proceeding.

If you’re just after a little help,befriend Virginia, give her a weapon, and she’ll help protect your base. If you’re after theshovel, or any of thekeycards, there are guides to cover those too. But if you’d rather just know the Sons of the Forest item IDs so you can fill your inventory, I’ll list those below, along with how to use them.

Sons of the Forest item IDs: How to use them

This process involves accessing the game’s save files and editing them, so as mentioned above:be sure toback up the file before you startto avoid losing progress if something goes wrong.  First, you’ll need to locate your save files to use item IDs, so here’s how to find them:

Now you can either back up your save files by copying them to another location or find the one you want to edit so you can add items to your inventory.

If you want to add items, open the folder of the save you want to edit, and look for the file namePlayerInventorySaveDataand open it using Notepad. You should see a lot of code and there are specific strings that are repeated to represent items that are stored in your inventory. These will look like this:

{"ItemId":XXX,"TotalCount":X,"UniqueItems":[]},

TheXXXis where you enter the item ID, and theXis the number of items. Remember that your inventory can only hold a specific number of items, so you should make sure youdon’t exceed the limit for the item you want to add.

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Paste the above string into the notepad file, placing it after the comma of an existing item string—check the screenshot above for an example. Don’t forget to change the Xs to the item ID and quantity before saving and closing the file. Now you can load up Sons of the Forest and find your new items in your inventory.

Sons of the Forest item ID list

Here is every item ID for Sons of the Forest that we know.

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Sarah started as a freelance writer in 2018, writing for PCGamesN, TechRadar, GamingBible, Red Bull Gaming and more. In 2021, she was offered a full-time position on the PC Gamer team where she takes every possible opportunity to talk about World of Warcraft and Elden Ring. When not writing guides, most of her spare time is spent in Azeroth—though she’s quite partial to JRPGs too. One of her fondest hopes is to one day play through the ending of Final Fantasy X without breaking down into a sobbing heap. She probably has more wolves in Valheim than you.

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