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BSA files: what are they and how do I open them?

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Bethesda Softworks Archive

Files with bsa file extension are game data archives commonly found in games produced by Bethesda Softworks (Fallout, TSE). These can be extracted using BSA Commander or other modding tool.

Further details:

The bsa file extension is mainly associated with various computer games developed by Bethesda Softworks game studio.

BSA is an archive format commonly found latest Bethesda games and used for resource files, which may contain models, textures, sounds, texts, maps and more.

Each game has its own BSA format, which is slightly different from others, but otherwise very similar in structure. Modders often seek to extract the contents of bsa files to alter some settings or add some of their own.

Games that use BSA archives include:

  • Fallout 3 (2008)
  • Fallout: New Vegas (2010)
  • The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002)
  • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006)
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition (2016)

Open file with:

B.A.E. - Bethesda Archive Extractor

A simple extractor for textures from Fallout games

BSA unpacker

A small utility for extracting BSA files

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Dragon UnPACKer

A unpacking tool for resource files from computer games

BSA Commander

A program for handling Bethesda BSA archives

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Fallout: New Vegas

The last game from popular Fallout game series

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Skyrim is the fifth and latest game from the famous TES series

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion icon

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Skyrim is the fourth game from the popular Elder Scrolls series

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind icon

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

The third game from the praised The Elder Scrolls series

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Fallout 3

An action RPG game from popular Fallout franchise

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