It is generally advised to keep value modifications within a "sensible" range, for example, using 9e+200 for Coins and staying within 9-11 digits for Gems. Extremely high values (like 1e300 for Smithing upgrades) have been known to cause game-breaking bugs and can irreversibly corrupt your save file.
To begin, you must attach Cheat Engine to the correct game process. For Steam: Open Cheat Engine and click the Computer Icon . Look for the Idle Skilling Important Tip: cheat engine idle skilling work
Open the file with a text editor and search for a script named Qno2x.js . It is generally advised to keep value modifications
Older versions of Idle Skilling ran on Mono, which exposed readable function names (e.g., PlayerStats.GetGold ). Cheat Engine could easily hook these. The game now uses (Intermediate Language to C++), which strips out metadata. Finding the correct memory address now requires reverse engineering binary code—far beyond a casual player’s skill. For Steam: Open Cheat Engine and click the Computer Icon
One user explained: "Only thing that happened so far is being unable to click cloudsave, which doesn't matter as steam has it's own cloud save."
| Risk | Likelihood | Consequence | |------|------------|--------------| | | High | Your value edit causes a negative integer overflow. Game loads → crash → save file unreadable. | | Soft-Lock | Medium | You give yourself 9999 “Skill Points” but lack the required level to spend them. Progression halts. | | Cloud Sync Conflict | High | You edit offline. You go online. The cloud save (legit) overwrites your cheat save. You lose 10 hours of real progress. | | The “Black Hole” Bug | Low (but documented) | Editing “Gem” count triggers a security response: the game resets EVERYTHING to zero except the tutorial, trapping you in a loop. |