PLR Converter

Extract text from PLR files


Drop or upload your .PLR file

How to extract text from your PLR file

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

Convert PLR to another file type

To convert your PLR file to another format, you need Terraria or other Game software.

  • PLR to EXE
  • PLR to ISO
  • PLR to BIN
  • PLR to CUE
  • PLR to PAK
  • PLR to WAD
  • PLR to PK3
  • PLR to PK4
  • PLR to BSP
  • PLR to MAP
  • PLR to SAV
  • PLR to DAT

Convert a file to PLR

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

  • MOD to PLR
  • BIN to PLR
  • CFG to PLR
  • SCX to PLR
  • DAT to PLR
  • MPQ to PLR
  • LOG to PLR
  • CUE to PLR
  • INI to PLR
  • EXE to PLR
  • SCM to PLR
  • ISO to PLR

About PLR files

The .PLR file extension primarily represents a Terraria Player File, a proprietary data container used by the sandbox adventure game Terraria to store character attributes, inventory, equipment, and spawn points. Because these files are encrypted or serialized binary data, they cannot be opened in standard text editors like Notepad. Users often face friction when attempting to transfer characters between devices (PC to Mobile), recover corrupted saves, or modify in-game stats, as the format is strictly version-dependent. To edit or view the raw data, the file must typically be parsed and converted into JSON or XML using specialized tools like Terrasavr or TEdit.

In less common contexts, a .PLR file may be a driver profile for the racing simulator rFactor (storing control mappings and history) or a data log from JUMO paperless recorders. For industrial JUMO files, the primary goal is usually converting proprietary log data into CSV or XLSX for analysis in Microsoft Excel. For gaming, the workflow involves converting the binary .PLR to a readable format for editing, then re-compiling it back to .PLR for the game to read.

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

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The PLR 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 PLR converter.