BioWare Aurora game engine journal data
File type: Game file
A jrl file extension identifies journal data used by the BioWare Aurora engine in Neverwinter Nights.
A jrl file records the player's progress through the plots started in a game.
Found 2 different file type records with the same jrl filename suffix.
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: October 27, 2026
The jrl file extension is used by BioWare's Aurora Engine. A journal tracks the player's progress in each plot started in a game and describes the current step of each plot.
Journal information is stored in a module.jrl file inside a module or savegame. The file uses BioWare's Generic File Format (GFF), which is also used by other structured data files in Aurora-based games.
This is a game-specific format associated with the Windows version of Neverwinter Nights, rather than a general-purpose journal or document format.
A jrl file is normally opened automatically by Neverwinter Nights when the game loads the module or savegame containing it. On Microsoft Windows, keep the file in its original module or savegame location.
To inspect the contents separately, use a GFF-aware Aurora module editor. A general text editor cannot display the journal data correctly.
A jrl file does not have a useful standalone conversion format. Its journal records are intended to remain part of the Aurora module or savegame.
To change the journal, edit the associated module with an Aurora-compatible tool and save the module again. The game can then use the updated module.jrl file.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving jrl files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Encoded and encrypted file
Date updated: September 27, 2026
Top Secret Crypto Gold was developed by TAN$TAAFL Software Company as a Windows application for Top Secret Chat and Top Secret Journal, as well as file and e-mail encryption.
The JRL file extension identifies journal files belonging to the program's Top Secret Journal component. The files contain journal entries and are intended to be handled by the application rather than edited as ordinary text.
This is a proprietary format associated with Top Secret Crypto Gold on Microsoft Windows.
Open the .jrl file in Top Secret Crypto Gold on Microsoft Windows. The application may require the appropriate password or other credentials before it can display the journal.
If the file does not open, it may belong to a different program or require the original version of Top Secret Crypto Gold.
Changing the file extension will not convert a Top Secret Crypto Gold .jrl file.
Open the file in Top Secret Crypto Gold and use any journal export or copy function provided by the application to save its contents in another format.
Software applications that can open jrl files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create jrl files:
Microsoft Windows
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