How To Save The Game: Is Autosave Available? | Pokemon Legends

Save your progress by accessing the save screen in Pokemon Legends: Arceus for the Nintendo Switch. Read on to know how to save the game, as well as how Autosave works.

List of Contents

• How to Save the Game
• Is There Autosave?
• Should You Use Autosave?
• Pokemon Legends: Arceus Related Guides

How to Save the Game

To save your progress, press the Up button to open the menu, use ZL or ZR to navigate to the Save screen, and press the A button to save the game manually.

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Is There Autosave?

Autosave is Available

Autosave is available in Pokemon Legends: Arceus and enabled by default. A Now Saving... notification will appear on the top right corner whenever progress is being saved. This can be triggered by entering or leaving buildings, as well as capturing wild Pokemon in the open areas.

Can be Turned Off in the Settings

To turn off Autosave, press the Up button to open the menu, head to the Help screen and choose Settings, then scroll down to Autosave option and choose Disable. After that, press the B button to save and exit.

Should You Use Autosave?

Choosing Autosave Depends on Your Playstyle

Whether it's better to use the Autosave feature depends on your playstyle and what you hope to get out of playing Pokemon Legends: Arceus.

For players looking for a more casual experience (who might not need to collect every single Pokemon, for instance), turning on Autosave will ensure that you don't lose much progress should you be defeated in battle.

For those players who are looking to complete the game (and don't want to risk missing out on anything like catching a Legendary Pokemon), turning Autosave off is the way to go. This will allow you to restart the game from an earlier point should you accidentally defeat a Pokemon instead of catching it.

Pokemon Legends: Arceus Related Guides

Beginner's Tips & Guides

Pokemon Legends: Arceus Tips and Guides

Beginner's Tips and Guides
How to Trade Online	How to Increase Satchel (Inventory) Size
How to Increase Survey Corps Rank	How to Check Player HP
What Happens When You Lose?	How to Run Away
What are Merit Points?	How to Swim Longer and Surf on Water
How to Use Pastures	Balloon Race Guide: How to Pop All Balloons
Space-Time Distortions: How to Find and List of Pokemon	How to Take Pictures
How to Enter First-Person View	Beginner's Guide: Tips to Get Started
How to Get More Pastures	Eternal Battle Reverie Guide
Path of Solitude Guide	Path of Tenacity Guide
How to Swap Items	Double Battles and Multiple Battles Guide
Starting Out
Character Creation Guide	Best Starter Pokemon
Bests Requests to Do First	-
Items and Gadgets
Item Crafting	Shop Guide and Item Prices
Arc Phone Guide	Lost & Found Guide: Lost Satchel Effects
Farm Guide: Harvest Requirements and Crop List	All Ginter Items: Ginkgo Guide Shop List
All Arceus Plate Locations: Arceus Plates Guide	Can You Get the Master Ball?
Pokemon Guides
How to Get All Legendary Pokemon	How to Get Shiny Pokemon
Frenzied Noble Pokemon	How to Tell if a Pokemon is Shiny
How to Catch Pokemon	Preferred Foods Guide
Are There Walking Pokemon?	How to Ride Pokemon: All Rideable Pokemon
How to Evolve Pokemon	Pokemon Behavior and Effects
How to Change A Pokemon's Nickname	How to Make Pokemon Obey You
How to Get All Starters	Effort Levels: How to Increase Pokemon Stats
Respawn Time: When Do Wild Pokemon Reappear?	Are Starters and Legendaries Shiny Locked?
How to Release Pokemon and Rewards	How to Increase Friendship and Friendship Checker Location
How to Change Your Team	List of Special Evolution Conditions
How to Catch Flying Pokemon	Mass Outbreak Guide and List of Pokemon
Best Pokemon for Catching	How to Change Rotom's Form: All Mechanical Items
Can You Cancel Evolution?	Is Breeding in the Game?
Best Shiny Alpha Pokemon Hunting Routes	Training Grounds Guide
Massive Mass Outbreaks Guide	How to Catch Sleeping Pokemon
How to Catch Small and Large Pokemon
Battle Guides
Agile and Strong Styles	How to Change Moves
Type Weakness Chart	All Status Conditions and Effects
Nature Chart and How to Check Natures	How to Change Natures
Collectibles
All Unown Locations: Unown Notes Guide	Wisp Locations and Maps	Old Verse Locations and Maps	-
Beating the Game
Best Story Team	Post Game Content and 100 Percent Guide
Money Farming Guide	How to Get Research Points Fast
EXP Farming Guide	Survey Report Guide
Research Tasks Guide and Best Research Tasks to Complete	How to Complete the Pokedex: Rare Pokemon Locations
Dialogue Choices and Consequences	Should You Choose Adaman or Irida?
Missables and Unrepeatable Events	-
Maps, Weather, and Traveling
Map Guide	How to Fast Travel
Base Camps Features	Player Home Features
All Weather Types and Effects	Time of Day Effects and How to Change
Useful Characters and Their Locations	How to Break Rocks and Get Through Obstacles
Ursaluna Treasure Maps and Best Farming Route	Full Moon Guide: How to Check and Change the Moon Phase
System, Settings and Controls
How to Save the Game: Is Autosave Available?	List of Controls: Can You Change the Controls?
Best Settings to Use	Language Options and How to Change Language
Character Customization
List of Clothing	List of Hairstyles
How to Change Your Appearance	Best Character Names
How to Change Your Name and Gender	Special Gifts: List of Save File Bonuses