AES-Key-Extracting-Guide

This tutorial will go through the steps on how to extract an UE4/UE5 AES-256 Key.
And also how to use it in extracting the .pak file in the "contents" folder.
This DOES work with Steam & Epic However sometimes Epic-bought games are weird.
This guide does NOT include a guide for Linux users, or MacOS users.

Before We Begin:

I am NOT resposible for how you use the keys you will find while using this guide.
This was made in the thought of extracting files for modding purposes ONLY.

UEViewer - For Viewing and Extracting Files.
Steamless - For Removing the SteamStub/Steam DRM Restrictions on the Shipping.exe.
AES Key Finder - For Finding AES Keys in the DRM-less Shipping.exe.
FModel - You can use this too mod and view Assets your Games. (However I will not go into detail on this *arguably better than Umodel).
UE4 Mod Unlocker.

Firstly open/run Steamless to get rid of the DRM restrictions on your Shipping.exe file.
Too access your Shipping.exe file(s) go into "Steam > Library > Your Game". Right click on Your Game's Name and go into "Manage > Browse Locale Files"
The file explorer should have opened probably in the background. Go into "Your Game Name Folder > Binaries > Win64/32".
Paste the directory link into Steamless, or find the Shipping.exe directory in the "browse" button.
Hit the extract button in Steamless it'll take a few second(s)/minute(s).
The newly created .exe file is the DRM-LESS game.

Secondly you'll need the AES Key Finder to find the AES-256 Keys.
Take the newly created DRM-LESS Shipping.exe file and copy it into the AES Key Finder folder which you extracted from the AES.Key.Finder.zip file.
Open/run the .bat file called RUN Find 256-bit UE4 AES Key.bat this will find all keys it can recover from the DRM-LESS Shipping.exe.
After the "RUN Find 256-bit UE4 AES Key.bat" file has ran. Their should be 1-6 folders. Only one of them contains the AES-256 key.
The folder(s) are just a few bits/bytes of the key. The file name inside of the folder IS the AES-256 key.

Last of all you'll need UEViewer/Umodel to extract/save the game's file(s).
As always extract the .zip and open/run the application. For simplicity we'll copy the .pak file to the newly extract Umodel folder.
To access your game in Steam again if you closed it go to "Steam > Library > Your Game > Right Click Name > Manage > Browse Locale Files".
As normal, file explorer should start in the background. Open the new tab, and navigate to "Your Game Name > Content > Paks".
You should have at least 1 .pak file(s). It's normally the biggest one however, it depends on the game.
Copy the .pak file and paste it into the Umodel folder.
Open/run Umodel.exe and select all that you want to extract/save. Make sure to choose the game version.
You can find the game version by right clicking Shipping.exe and then going into "Properties > Details".
After you find your game version. Umodel will come up with an AES-Encryption Window.
Paste the AES-256 Keys into the AES-Encryption Window. Adding a line for each key you would like to try.

If you NEED the game version. Right-Click the original Shipping.exe and navigate to: Properties > Details > File Version that's your game version.
If unsuccessful, you're probably using a non-Steam .pak file, or you have an unsupported version of UE. (Possibly UE3, or UE2).
If successful you've just cracked the .pak file.
Only works with Win32 and Win64 executables, (.exe Only!) (Not .msi, .com, .bat, or .cmd).
This guide does NOT work for MacOS or Linux games. That also includes Nintendo Switch, Playstation Consoles, and Xbox Consoles, (Obviously).

Congrats! You've completed the tutorial, and now know how to extract AES-256 Keys from UE4 and possibly some UE5 games.
Maybe consider giving me a Follow, possibly a Golden-Star or even a Fork. Anything helps out!
And, Thanks too everyone who supports me, it really helps. - Cracko298 (Phinehas Beresford)

UE4-EXE-Load. Note: Probably my most useful tool for modding UE4/UE5 games. It allows automatic Loading of Application-Based ModMenu's.
- UE4-FOV-Editor. Note: This ain't revolutionary, just changes FOV in real time.

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All software mentioned in this guide lead to the original repo's please consider supporting those developers.