It is not a substitute for skill, but it is a bypass for tedium.

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"I have 1,000 hours and have beaten Delirium 50 times. I refuse to do Greedier Mode with Jacob & Esau because the character design is objectively bad. I use an editor to skip the 2% of the game that isn't fun."

Unlocking "Dead God"—the final save file achievement—requires completing every character on every hard mode, finding hundreds of obscure items, and mastering bosses that feel designed to break your spirit. For the casual player, a full-time job, or the veteran who lost a 500-hour save to a corrupted hard drive, the grind can be insurmountable. Enter the .

"I have a motor disability that prevents me from dodging fast projectiles. I will never beat 'The Beast' as Tainted Lost legitimately. A save editor is the only way I can see the ending cutscene or use the 'Death Certificate' item."