Quickstart

Using GcToolKit

VCI (Vita Cartridge Image) is a true 1:1 backup of a physical PS Vita game cartridge, including its authentication data. Because of this, it only works for cartridge games, not digital (PSN) games. It is the most accurate dumping method.

1. Install GcToolKit on your jailbroken PS Vita (or use its network backup companion app from your PC).
2. Insert the game cartridge you want to dump into your Vita.
3. Launch GcToolKit, choose to back up the entire game cart, and select VCI as the output format.
4. Wait for the dump to finish. The resulting .vci file will be saved to your chosen storage device.
5. Transfer the .vci file to your PC.
6. Use File -> Install Archive (.zip / .vpk / .vci) and select it. The game will begin installing.

Using Vitashell and FAGDec

1. Download Vitashell and FAGDec and install them to your PS Vita
2. 1. If you're dumping from a cartridge:

   Launch Vitashell and navigate to gro0:app

   2. If you're dumping a digital game:

   Launch Vitashell and navigate to ux0:app (or wherever your games are) and choose a game you want to dump

3. Hover over your game's folder and press △ then choose Open decrypted
4. Now copy everything inside the game's folder and paste it in a folder of your choosing

That's the game files done, now we need to use FAGDec to decrypt the selfs.

5. Launch FAGDec and scroll down until you find the game you want to dump
6. Hover on the game and press the ✖ button, wait for FAGDec to find all the modules and then select DECRYPT ALL
7. You will see that the modules have been listed on the right side of the screen. Now go back to the main menu and press Start
8. You will see two options here, select the one that says [START] START DECRYPT(SELF)
9. Now just wait until it finishes decrypting the game modules
10. You can find the output files in ux0:FAGDec/app/'title_id'

Now all you gotta do is take the files that FAGDec outputted and put them in the previously copied folder from VitaShell, if asked to replace some files, confirm the replacement.

It's very important that the folder containing the game files be named as the game's Title ID. Otherwise your game won't boot.

Building a .vpk file

After dumping your game, you can optionally package it into a .vpk file for Vita3K to install. By packaging your dump into a .vpk, you can drag and drop it directly into the Vita3K window to install it.

1. Download VitaOrganizer and run the application on your PC.
2. Click File -> Create vpk from maidump folder...
3. Select the EBOOT.BIN file inside of your dump folder.

The progress of the vpk creation will be shown at the bottom of the VitaOrganizer window. Once it's completed, open Vita3K and drag the vpk onto the Vita3K window.

Using Vitashell with NoNpDrm

1. Download Vitashell and install it to your PS Vita

2. Download the latest nonpdrm.skprx, copy it to ux0:tai and modify the ux0:tai/config.txt file to add the path to the module under *KERNEL as follows
   *KERNEL
ux0:tai/nonpdrm.skprx
   Don't forget to reboot your device, otherwise the plugin will have no effect yet. If you know what you are doing, you may change this path to an arbitrary location as long as it matches the exact location of the module. You may also edit the ur0:tai/config.txt instead assuming you do not have a config.txt file inside the ux0:tai/ folder

3. Now you have to generate a license key. In order to generate a fake license file containing the application's rif key, you must first launch the application with the NoNpDrm plugin enabled. The fake licenses for the applications will then be stored at
   ux0:nonpdrm/license/app/TITLE_ID/6488b73b912a753a492e2714e9b38bc7.rif
ux0:nonpdrm/license/addcont/TITLE_ID/DLC_FOLDER/6488b73b912a753a492e2714e9b38bc7.rif (for additional content)
4. Transfer the content of gro0:app/TITLE_ID or ux0:app/TITLE_ID to your PC and copy the fake license ux0:nonpdrm/license/app/TITLE_ID/6488b73b912a753a492e2714e9b38bc7.rif file as TITLE_ID/sce_sys/package/work.bin
   You need to overwrite the original work.bin
5. Go inside of the TITLE_ID, select all the contents and compress them into a .zip format.
6. Open Vita3K, click on the File entry in the menubar and click Install .vpk/.zip. Select your TITLE_ID.zip file and confirm. The game will begin installing (This might take a long time for large games).
For DLC
7. You can also install DLC from ux0:addcont/TITLE_ID/DLC_FOLDER or, on selected card games, from grw0:addcont/TITLE_ID/DLC_FOLDER (ONE AT A TIME)
   To do so, copy the fake license ux0:nonpdrm/license/addcont/TITLE_ID/DLC_FOLDER/6488b73b912a753a492e2714e9b38bc7.rif to DLC_FOLDER/sce_sys/package/work.bin and transfer it to your pc.
   You need to overwrite the original work.bin.
8. Go inside of the DLC_FOLDER, select all the contents and compress them into a .zip format.
9. Open Vita3K, click on the File entry in the menubar and click Install .vpk/.zip. Select your DLC_FOLDER.zip file and confirm. The DLC will begin installing.