Cheating

Cheating can be accomplished via save game editing.

The general location for saved games in Lantern Forge is:

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\HearthfireStudios\LanternForge\SaveGames

Note: This applies to Microsoft Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.

The specific folders are called world01, world02, et cetera...

The editable save file is called "playersave.cs" without the quotations.

What you will need:

 * A backup of your saved game. At minimum, make a copy of your playersave.cs file, better yet, copy and paste your "worldXX" folder to another location
 * A text editor. Notepad++ will structure the text better than Notepad, though plenty of alternatives exist.

Opening the file for editing:

 * 1) Open the World folder you wish to edit (Example: "world02")
 * 2) Open the playersave.cs file with your text editor.

Over time, players will hopefully be able to add specific elements of editing modifiers and equipment, but some basic cheats are as follows. For reference, X refers to a value particular to your save that you can edit.:
 * Exp = "XXXX" (This entry allows you to edit your experience. The entry ExpToLvl will indicate what is needed for the next level.  Change the Xs to whatever number you wish.)
 * Coins = "XXXX" (This entry changes how many copper coins your character has. Change the Xs to whatever number you wish.)
 * StackSize = "100" (This entry is typically set to 100. The maximum value is unknown.)
 * StatPointsAvail = "X" (This entry will indicate your character's available stat points. You can edit it by changing the X value.  Note, it is safer to add stat points than attempting to increase attributes directly, otherwise some modifiers may not calculate correctly.)
 * PointsAvail = "X" (This entry modifies your available skill points.)