PS5 Exploit Guide

FateNightroad · Jan 25, 2026

HE1NZ said:
So this time I managed to launch Stray from internal as opposed to USB. But it still stutters quite noticeably. Do games running through exploit just run worse? Possibly because they aren't installed correctly but just as a bunch of folders thrown into a console? Or is Stray has lousy performance?

I heard that disabling Kstuff fixes the stutter issues.

HE1NZ · Jan 25, 2026

FateNightroad said:
I heard that disabling Kstuff fixes the stutter issues.

hm how do I do that

SonGoku78 · Jan 25, 2026

Hi everyone,
as of recent developments in the scene, i decided to give it a go on my 4.03 and be prepared for any backports that i am interested in to play and dont have legit already, like black myth wukong especially if its released.
PS5 4.03 is in new state, just initialised to home menu and then shut off.
So after many reads i am a little lost and confused, hope someone can help me sort my head

I would start with blocking the mac adresses an my router for internet access, so no dns etc needed and i can still from my pc, because local network will be active.
I would then jailbreak with an esp8266 that i have laying around from good old ps4 times.
But what then ?
Do i install Youtube JB or something else ?
Itsplk ? Autoloader ?
i know i can also install the media link, so i dont need the esp anymore, but from my understanding thats not the most stable exploit ?
What would you advise to have as most stable JB for the 4.03 and can you please route me to the correct guide ?
And also what confuses me:
With dumprunner and shadowount for both was mentioned no need for etahen anymore.
But i see people still load it ?
Whats the deal here ? Is it to keep functionalities that you would loose without loading etahen ?

So what would i need for example to later run a backported black myth wukong with cheats or astro bot backported without cheats etc ?

Thanks in advance for pushing me to the right route/guide.
my head is just full, because i updated switch atmosphere yesterday and had some troubles which i just cleared.
So i still got some hours to nicely tinker with the ps5 today

For now i would go for the external usb drive for backups loading, does it need to be fornatted from the ps5 or just exfat formatted and usable between ps5 and windows ?

Cheers

luminance · Jan 25, 2026

Well, tried to launch Astrobot after backporting to 5.10 but after selecting the save slot it gets frozen at the video with the planets, any idea how to fix this?

HS2005 · Jan 25, 2026

I'm confused. I'm looking some answers but I can't find them.
I'm using cheats for FFVII Rebirth. I have the EU version (PPSA08668), but cheats for the US version (PPSA08666) is made. I renamed it and loaded it.

So to be short: the cheats work. The game loads, the cheats can be selected via the menu and can be activated. All work.
The bad / wierd news: Everytime I activate a cheat I get a black screen or a inf. saving screen. Once you activate a cheat and disable it the game get's stuck. You cannot get around it.

So: can you use cheats with official game disks? If not do you need to dump your game or do something else to get this working..

Second question. I'm not able to play a disk game (Wukong for example) I cannot load it via Itemzflow or other method. It keeps mentioning that the data is damaged. Does somebody know why this is the case. The game is installed properly.

FateNightroad · Jan 25, 2026

HE1NZ said:
hm how do I do that

On Itemzflow it's easy, but if you're using the dump runner:

https://github.com/EchoStretch/kstuff-toggle

sudeki300 · Jan 25, 2026

solitaire4eva said:
Nope no change lol. I just saw next on the list is backports for Wukong, Silent Hill and Astro Bot for 4xxxx

didn't realise your firmware was so low, as i'm on 7.61 i should really give this a go, so it's all automated?

zebrone · Jan 25, 2026

Let us now if

BobaFett_UK said:
So I was having a moment after a few beers and i thought to myslef, would a grown man cry if i had to rebuild my PS5 digital's database and end up losing my save game files and all the progress which i have made. The answer is probably maybe but i don't really want to find out... Now this scenario only applies to PS5 save games ofcourse and not to PS4 game saves (if you have USB copy enabled). So i started hunting around how to copy those save files and i beleive i have found the solution..

Go to the following folder within user>home

View attachment 552854

In this home folder you will see a folder which contains your user. Open that folder and you will see the following structure. Within the savedata_prospero folder you will see all your save games. I made a backup of the entire Home folder which came to under 4gig but I assume you can just make a copy of the save games themselves.

EDIT: It probably makes sense to copy all the savedata folders come to think of it but I need to test a little more to see if that's the case...

View attachment 552856

Savegames in the savedata_prospero folder as follows:-

View attachment 552857

Anyway, hope the above helps and let me know if this works for you guys... Mind you, you may already know this lol

Have you tried to replace a ps5 save game with one for PC? Obviously we need the same structure...

solitaire4eva · Jan 25, 2026

sudeki300 said:
didn't realise your firmware was so low, as i'm on 7.61 i should really give this a go, so it's all automated?

some games it like you have to wait for a manual backpact file to be made. But 80% of games work on your firmware using the Backport Kitchen GUI it seem. The only extra thing you doing after install a game is running the backpork.elf once before running any game.

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SonGoku78 said:
Hi everyone,
as of recent developments in the scene, i decided to give it a go on my 4.03 and be prepared for any backports that i am interested in to play and dont have legit already, like black myth wukong especially if its released.
PS5 4.03 is in new state, just initialised to home menu and then shut off.
So after many reads i am a little lost and confused, hope someone can help me sort my head
I would start with blocking the mac adresses an my router for internet access, so no dns etc needed and i can still from my pc, because local network will be active.
I would then jailbreak with an esp8266 that i have laying around from good old ps4 times.
But what then ?
Do i install Youtube JB or something else ?
Itsplk ? Autoloader ?
i know i can also install the media link, so i dont need the esp anymore, but from my understanding thats not the most stable exploit ?
What would you advise to have as most stable JB for the 4.03 and can you please route me to the correct guide ?
And also what confuses me:
With dumprunner and shadowount for both was mentioned no need for etahen anymore.
But i see people still load it ?
Whats the deal here ? Is it to keep functionalities that you would loose without loading etahen ?

So what would i need for example to later run a backported black myth wukong with cheats or astro bot backported without cheats etc ?

Thanks in advance for pushing me to the right route/guide.
my head is just full, because i updated switch atmosphere yesterday and had some troubles which i just cleared.
So i still got some hours to nicely tinker with the ps5 today

For now i would go for the external usb drive for backups loading, does it need to be fornatted from the ps5 or just exfat formatted and usable between ps5 and windows ?

Cheers

I settled for bdjb viktorious for 4.03. Wukong backport not ready for 4.03 yet. I'm waiting for it too lol

qamartheone · Jan 25, 2026

solitaire4eva said:
some games it like you have to wait for a manual backpact file to be made. But 80% of games work on your firmware using the Backport Kitchen GUI it seem. The only extra thing you doing after install a game is running the backpork.elf once before running any game.

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I settled for bdjb viktorious for 4.03. Wukong backport not ready for 4.03 yet. I'm waiting for it too lol

what about tekken 8 bro ? u have backport for it ? 4.03

solitaire4eva · Jan 25, 2026

qamartheone said:
what about tekken 8 bro ? u have backport for it ? 4.03

Lowest is 6xxxx.

SonGoku78 · Jan 25, 2026

@solitaire4eva
bdjb would be an option, but o dont have a bd burner, so i need something else.
So from roaming around i guess itsplk autoloader with y2jb is the goto method then ?
And what is that with etahen not needed for dumprunner/shadowmount ?
Why is it still recommended to load etahen? or is it not recomended ?

solitaire4eva · Jan 25, 2026

SonGoku78 said:
@solitaire4eva
bdjb would be an option, but o dont have a bd burner, so i need something else.
So from roaming around i guess itsplk autoloader with y2jb is the goto method then ?
And what is that with etahen not needed for dumprunner/shadowmount ?
Why is it still recommended to load etahen? or is it not recomended ?

Got options! Y2jb I havent tried but see many people on this forum have success with it and some get panic attacks randomly. I would install all of the possible exploits on a digital. Y2jb, netflix, self host, etc...

many users swear by shadow mount I notice.

xZenithy · Jan 25, 2026

SonGoku78 said:
@solitaire4eva
bdjb would be an option, but o dont have a bd burner, so i need something else.
So from roaming around i guess itsplk autoloader with y2jb is the goto method then ?
And what is that with etahen not needed for dumprunner/shadowmount ?
Why is it still recommended to load etahen? or is it not recomended ?

y2yb is the most stable and safe exploit right now... All the people that have any issue with y2yb is because they don't know how setup correctly...
etaHEN+toolbox using dumprunner/shadowmount for the 90% of the people is not need it..
However, etaHEN+toolbol has some pearls that you can miss depending of your firmware vesion, like injecting cheats..

In my case, as Dev, I use etaHEN+toolbox and dumprunner only.. I don't use shadowmount because I need to do things manully to test my own stuff..

SonGoku78 · Jan 25, 2026

hey, thanks both of you.
so there is nothing against running both etahen and one of the both ?
I just thought maybe its better for not crashing the system when you dont load both.
But, i would like to cheat actually, as time to play is spare and i dont like endless farming/levelling up in any game to progress

so etahen is then a must for me right ?
we dont have cheats with the other two ?
so what i take away is we acually dont need itemzflow anymore ?

@xZenithy can you summarize in short whats the actual difference between dumprunner and shadowount ?
I am still reading into things and preparing files. ESP is ready and mac adress is blocked.
Just about to start in a few hopefully

HS2005 · Jan 25, 2026

etaHEN V2.6b

Expiration: February 7

Changes:

Fixed the loading notifications not appearing.
Added the app plugin system to the toolbox.
Fixed app plugins toggle states not being saved.

App Plugins Notes:

All plugins will be auto-detected like the system plugins.
Only plugins listed in plugins.ini config can be toggled.
If the current app isn't found in the config, toggling is disabled.
Plugins under DEFAULT header applies to all apps.

Configuration:Create or visit the app plugins menu once, or manually create:/data/etaHEN/plugins/apps/plugins.ini

Code:

; Semi-colons as well as # can be used for commenting lines.
[DEFAULT] ; The default header entries are loaded for all apps.
/data/etaHEN/plugins/apps/plugin.sprx ; path is not limited!

[CUSA00001] ; This will load when toggled for this title ID.
/data/plugin.sprx

; You can also allow an SPRX to load on multiple title IDs.
[CUSA00002]
[CUSA00003]
/mnt/usb0/plugin.sprx

Planned:

Auto-load plugins from plugins.ini

You can visit the discord:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme...9293adfc8d62760f001ad66d2de9abcc9718457427b4&

SonGoku78 · Jan 25, 2026

quick question, ist this correct for autoload.txt, or do i need to remove kstuff line because its integrated in etahen ?
!2500
kstuff.elf
!2500
etaHEN-2.5B.bin
!2500
shadowmount.elf
!1000

littlemisskittn · Jan 25, 2026

Theone5000 said:
etaHEN V2.6b

Expiration: February 7

Changes:

Fixed the loading notifications not appearing.

Added the app plugin system to the toolbox.

Fixed app plugins toggle states not being saved.

App Plugins Notes:

All plugins will be auto-detected like the system plugins.

Only plugins listed in plugins.ini config can be toggled.

If the current app isn't found in the config, toggling is disabled.

Plugins under DEFAULT header applies to all apps.

Configuration:Create or visit the app plugins menu once, or manually create:/data/etaHEN/plugins/apps/plugins.ini

Code:

; Semi-colons as well as # can be used for commenting lines. [DEFAULT] ; The default header entries are loaded for all apps. /data/etaHEN/plugins/apps/plugin.sprx ; path is not limited! [CUSA00001] ; This will load when toggled for this title ID. /data/plugin.sprx ; You can also allow an SPRX to load on multiple title IDs. [CUSA00002] [CUSA00003] /mnt/usb0/plugin.sprx

Planned:

Auto-load plugins from plugins.ini

You can visit the discord:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme...9293adfc8d62760f001ad66d2de9abcc9718457427b4&

Why do these payloads have expiration dates?

SonGoku78 · Jan 25, 2026

SonGoku78 said:
quick question, ist this correct for autoload.txt, or do i need to remove kstuff line because its integrated in etahen ?
!2500
kstuff.elf
!2500
etaHEN-2.5B.bin
!2500
shadowmount.elf
!1000

oh and do i need the kstuff-toggle.elf too in this setup ? or is that intergated in etahen 2.5b too ?

BobaFett_UK · Jan 25, 2026

SonGoku78 said:
quick question, ist this correct for autoload.txt, or do i need to remove kstuff line because its integrated in etahen ?
!2500
kstuff.elf
!2500
etaHEN-2.5B.bin
!2500
shadowmount.elf
!1000

No no no no no!

You do not need kstuff in there as you can update kstuff from etaHen. Only have kstuff in your autoload if you are not loading up etaHEN... And tbh you don't need 2.5 secs between each load of elf either....

Post automatically merged: Jan 25, 2026

littlemisskittn said:
Why do these payloads have expiration dates?

It's like food, they go bad after a certain time

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