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legendary download-saves pulls every cloud save file from Epic’s servers to your local machine without performing any bidirectional sync logic. Unlike sync-saves, it does not compare timestamps or ask you to confirm save paths — it simply downloads whatever is stored in the cloud into Legendary’s default install directory. This makes it ideal for taking a full backup of all your cloud saves or for manually inspecting the raw save files.

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Usage

legendary download-saves [-h] [<App Name>]

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Positional Arguments

ArgumentDescription
<App Name>App name of the game to download saves for (optional — if omitted, saves for all games are downloaded)

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Examples

Download cloud saves for every game: 
legendary download-saves
Download cloud saves for a specific game: 
legendary download-saves Anemone
download-saves downloads saves directly into Legendary’s default install directory rather than a game’s configured save path. It does not merge files or resolve conflicts. If you want saves written to the correct save location and have conflicts handled automatically, use sync-saves instead.

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Relationship to sync-saves

CommandCompares timestampsRespects configured save pathHandles conflicts
download-savesNoNoNo
sync-savesYesYesYes (prompts or uses --force-*)
Use download-saves when you need a raw backup or want to inspect save files outside of normal sync flow. Use sync-saves for day-to-day cloud save management.

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