This can be useful, as you can work with your inventory without worrying about being attacked or drowning. Some players prefer to leave this option off, in case a potentially world-altering glitch occurs, or if they would like to experiment in a world without altering it, and be able to go back to its previous state later.įor singleplayer only, this setting pauses the game whenever you open your inventory or talk to an NPC. Turning Autosave on (default) has the benefit of keeping your progress saved in case of a crash or power outage, without having to worry about saving manually. Note that the game will always autosave your character upon death regardless of this setting. Off: Only saves when you click 'save and quit' in the Inventory (Esc) screen.On: Saves your world and character data every 10 minutes in the background during gameplay.