How to unlock Limbo 6 in Shape of Dreams by editing save files

Shape of Dreams’ Limbo 6 can be unlocked by editing the save JSON, not the game’s config file. In this example, I make Bismuth count as having cleared Limbo 5 so that depth 6 becomes selectable.

Base Limbo opens with four Evil Lucid Dreams, but starting depth 6 requires all six.

Close the game, then back up the whole QuickSave folder:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\LocalLow\Lizard Smoothie\Shape of Dreams\QuickSave

The two files to edit have the same ID:

r_profile<UUID>.json
r_stats<UUID>.json

In r_profile<UUID>.json, mark these six pairs as unlocked. If one is already unlocked, you do not need to change it.

The values I changed for each pair were:

Achievement data:
  isNew = true
  isCompleted = true
  currentProgress = maxProgress
  completeTimestamp = current Unix timestamp
  persistentVariables = null

Lucid Dream:
  status = 2
  didReadMemory = false
  isNewHeroOrHeroSkill = false
  isAvailableInGame = true

If you only change the Lucid Dream side, startup validation may revert it, so I changed the corresponding achievement data too.

In the same file, set .root.preferredGameSettings.limbo to select Bismuth and Limbo 6.

{
  "difficulty": "diffLimbo",
  "hero": "Hero_Bismuth",
  "lucidDreams": [
    "LucidDream_FishScales",
    "LucidDream_GrievousWounds",
    "LucidDream_MadLife",
    "LucidDream_MarshOfDestiny",
    "LucidDream_Overpopulation",
    "LucidDream_PrudentJellyfish"
  ],
  "allowDejavu": false,
  "customData": {
    "GameMod_Limbo::depth": "6"
  }
}

Keep existing fields that are not shown here, such as lobbyName and heroSelectedLoadoutIndex.

In r_stats<UUID>.json, set Bismuth’s cleared depth to 5. Limbo progress is per character, so if you want to open depth 6 for another character, replace the hero name.

.root.heroes.Hero_Bismuth.completedLimboDepth = 5
.root.total.completedLimboDepth = 5

After saving, run jq empty <filename> on both files to make sure they are still valid JSON before launching the game. If Steam Cloud reports a conflict, choose the edited local copy. Because this also changes achievement data, it may be reflected in Steam achievements.