FCH Converter

Extract text from Valheim character saves (FCH)


Drop or upload your .FCH file
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How to extract text from your FCH file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your FCH file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert FCH to another file type

To convert FCH character saves to another format, you need Valheim or other Game software.

Convert a file to FCH

To convert other file formats to the "Character Save File" file type, you need software like Valheim or a similar tool.


About FCH files

The .fch file extension is a proprietary character save file used exclusively by Valheim, a popular Norse survival game developed by Iron Gate Studio. It stores essential player metadata, including inventory contents, skill levels, equipped items, and custom spawn points. The primary disadvantage of the .fch format is its closed, proprietary binary structure. Because the data is compiled, files are entirely unreadable in standard text editors and cannot be directly imported into other games or database software. Modifying the file manually often causes permanent data corruption, leading to the total loss of the character. Users typically want to convert .fch files into structured text formats like JSON or XML to safely read, modify, or backup character stats using third-party save editors. Because this is a highly specific, undocumented game save format, standard online converters completely fail to process it. Only the original game engine can properly read or export the exact data structures. However, you can drag and drop your file into convert.guru to see what it is and convert it if supported. Our system will safely inspect the binary code, extract raw text strings, and display the internal file signatures. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible without risking save corruption.

Convert.Guru analyzes your FCH file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert FCH file to , you can use Valheim or similar software from the "Game Character Save Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to FCH, try Valheim or another comparable tool in the "Game Character Save Data" category.



The FCH Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our FCH converter.