Just adding my voice here – my 7 year old son had this issue (computer crashed, character was lost) and is devastated. I found the level 30-something save file that Mojang has listed for free download, but my son's character was far beyond that and he has an emotional connection to the character he lost. I spent the last few hours trying to find a workaround – maybe a way to build a fresh character at the appropriate level and with the same or similar gear – but it looks like there is no way to do so. I'm very disappointed that this bug has been in existence for this long with no solution offered by Mojang.
Just adding my voice here – my 7 year old son had this issue (computer crashed, character was lost) and is devastated. I found the level 30-something save file that Mojang has listed for free download, but my son's character was far beyond that and he has an emotional connection to the character he lost. I spent the last few hours trying to find a workaround – maybe a way to build a fresh character at the appropriate level and with the same or similar gear – but it looks like there is no way to do so. I'm very disappointed that this bug has been in existence for this long with no solution offered by Mojang.