After the PS4 headache, the Xbox 360 is a relief. No paid software, no jailbreak — just one free tool called Horizon to crack the save open and seal it back up, with Gibbed doing the editing in the middle. If you can copy a file to a USB stick, you can do this. Here's the whole thing.
- Use Horizon (free) to extract SaveGame.sav from the 360 save.
- Edit it in Gibbed with the platform dropdown set to XBOX360 .sav files.
- Back in Horizon: Replace the file, then hit Save, Rehash and Resign. That last button is mandatory.
The good news
Unlike PS4 — where you're paying for Save Wizard or jailbreaking — the 360 path is free and works on a stock console. Horizon is a free Windows app that opens Xbox 360 container files, pulls the raw save out, and re-signs it afterward so the console accepts it back. That's the entire trick. Gibbed never touches the container; it only edits the raw SaveGame.sav that Horizon hands it.
What you need
- Horizon — the free Xbox 360 save tool. (Modio is an older alternative that also works.)
- A USB drive to move the save between the 360 and your PC.
- Gibbed, the same editor as PC.
The full flow
Copy the save off the 360
On the console, copy your Borderlands 2 save to a USB drive, then plug the drive into your PC.
Extract it in Horizon
Open the save in Horizon, go to the Contents tab, and extract SaveGame.sav somewhere easy like your desktop.
Edit in Gibbed
Open that SaveGame.sav in Gibbed with the platform set to XBOX360 (see below). Edit as usual — level, gear, currency. Sync your gear to your level, and skip the fast-travel checkboxes; they can glitch progression.
Inject it back with Horizon
In Horizon's Contents tab, right-click SaveGame.sav → Replace → pick your edited file → then hit Save, Rehash and Resign.
Copy back to the console
Put the re-signed save back on the USB drive and copy it onto the 360.
The platform dropdown (don't miss this)
When you open the save in Gibbed, there's a file-type dropdown in the bottom-right of the Open window. It often defaults to ps3 .sav files. Change it to XBOX360 .sav files before you open, or Gibbed either won't see your file or throws an invalid SHA1 hash error. This one dropdown is behind a huge share of "it won't open" Xbox complaints.
"Save, Rehash and Resign" — the button you can't skip
After you Replace the save in Horizon, the orange Save, Rehash and Resign button rebuilds the file's signature so the console trusts it. Skip it — or just copy the raw edited SaveGame.sav straight back — and the 360 refuses to load it. This is the Xbox equivalent of re-encrypting, and it's not optional.
Common snags
- "There's no option to save all my changes." That's almost always the Horizon Replace/Rehash step, not Gibbed — make the edit in Gibbed, save the .sav, then Replace + Rehash in Horizon.
- Wrong dropdown. If the save won't open or errors out, re-check it's set to XBOX360, not ps3.
- Dead Horizon links. A lot of old tutorials point to broken download links — get Horizon from its current official source, not a random rehost.
- Fast-travel checkboxes. Ticking them all can glitch your missions — leave them alone.
What about Xbox One / Series?
Borderlands 2 plays on Xbox One and Series through backward compatibility, but those saves live in the Xbox cloud and aren't simply extractable the way a native 360 save on a USB drive is. The clean, supported path here is genuine Xbox 360 saves. I'd rather tell you that straight than pretend the One/Series route is as easy — it isn't.
Quick answers
Is Horizon free?
My edited save won't load on the 360.
Can I get banned for this?
MentalMars' Horizon walkthrough, Se7enSins and WeMod threads on the "no save option" snag, and the CNX10, Chaawch and DemonAsylum Xbox 360 video tutorials. Checked June 2026.