Board Thread:Help!/@comment-25368110-20140830231200/@comment-25352567-20140831113024

Try loading the backup files instead. I didn't have the exact same problem as you guys, but swapping versions made all my characters go to level 1 and all I did was revert to the backup and it fixed it.

Go to My Documents > My Games > Nterraria > Players, and for now, move the normal (name).plr files to your desktop and on the (name).plr.bak, delete the .bak and try loading up your characters again.

EDIT: Nevermind, it doesn't. I have that now for some reason :(

EDIT: Not much you can do about it I'm afraid :( They are corrupted.