Bug Reporting Post (Post your gameplay bug/glitches here) [SPOILERS BUT NECESSARY]

[MikePrime13]

I'm trying to collect information as to what kind of gameplay bugs and/or glitches that forces people to revert save and/or start completely from scratch.

I think there is significant bugs/glitches that are cropping up organically as people play through the game.

Here's the format I propose to use: for each bug, we should share the location of the game (Vatican, Gizeh, etc.) where you encounter it for the first time, brief description of the bug, links to posts (if you posted it before either here, reddit, Bethesda etc), and solution.

This is obviously will be laden with spoilers, but at this point it's better to know rather than invest hours and hours of playing the game and hitting and/or triggering the bug.

I have not passed Vatican, but I encountered at least three noticeable bugs:

1. Vatican -- Key Quest Item Missing after Sidequest.

This one happened after the I recovered the Parchment from the Catacombs -- I went straight for the blackshirt sidequest instead of returning to Antonio, and subsequently tried to rescue the Assistant sidequest. At some point, the main quest item was overwritten by one of the keys I found during the sidequest, and therefore softlocking the game when I came back to see Antonio.

I was able to recover a save from a few hours prior (very annoying), and was able to pass through the main quest line without glitching.

2. Vatican -- Glitch on the Pharmacy Book Vendor.

This one happened after I solved the Parchment bug -- I collected at least 10 of the 15 medicine bottles, and I was only able to buy the book for the additional health, but everything else is locked out and said "need to talk to Valeria before unlocking", which I already did a few hours back at the beginning of the open world Vatican quest.

3. Vatican/General -- Photo Album Glitch.

This starts to happen after I rollback the save data. Photos taken prior to the rollback are now blanks -- as if the pointers for the photos are missing.

I'm also listing other gameplay/quest bugs reported by other players so far:
- Whip Bug
- Fountain Puzzle Bug
- Inscription Puzzle Bug (Cannot complete)
- Gina Bug at Vatican Museum

I think a central post that shares all the bugs reported would be helpful for MG and/or Bethesda to catalog them as they show up. It's a great game, but these bugs and/or glitches really hurt the playing experience.

[Sven_Q45]

Too bad. But this sadly can happen. Had this with an item but it was just a makeshift weapon.
Is the bottle in the water maybe? Sometimes items just respawn after doing another quest. Happened to me with the print. I picked it up didn´t know what to do with and after doing another sidequest it was on the original spot again not at the spot where I put it.

[BananeSplendide]

Originally posted by Todynhooff:

100% completion bugs.

Gizeh- Secret of the queen mother fieldwork: Shutdown notice not appearing.

Gizeh- Sanctuary of the guardians fieldwork: jack card, can’t open the drawer to get it.

Sukhothai- Field notes: can’t take the picture of uncle Sunan.

Same for the drawer... And I'm sure I had opened it the first time I came in the tent, but maybe I didn't collect it...

[Septiktank]

I have encountered a bug in Giza where I pick up the key and note. I go to the door to open it and the key isn't in my inventory and cant open the door

[SunnySide]

Boat scene with guns under fruit basked locked my screen horizontally. Cannot look or interact vertically!

[Yousuf]

Bulls of blood sidequest - Secret door doesn't open after turning pictures

[ChiefWolf]

Unable to squeeze in the tunnel to go after Gina and Voss after the river chase in Sukhothai, Unable to progress through the game. This is a game-breaking bug that needs attention.

[Michael_TEN]

While revisiting Gizeh, I was spawned in the corridor that leads to the room that the idol of Ra was originally in. You initially get dropped down there through a cut-scene after you fight the blind giant.
So, during a revisit of mine in order to collect one last remaining note, I spawned in there instead of the Gizeh village and that particular door that originally led to the idol is closed so there's nowhere you can go.
And this takes places after I've revisited Gizeh twice, before the game, for no reason whatsoever, threw me in there with no way out in sight. It's not the same place that other people appear to be stuck in.
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[pulse]

Game crash in Gizeh, market. After restarting the game it crashes every time once in start menu. Safe mode doesn't help. i7 13gen, 4070

[Silinyo]

Idol of Ra ... inside the chamber near the big pyramid in the ground, the cut-scene isn't starting because I am not able to select the book ... any ideas?

[Silinyo]

Originally posted by OZ:

Originally posted by Shaze:

Found the chamber of resonance before getting Laura’s journal. Got the first prompt to take a photo then no notification about the journal. Finally got the journal and went back to the chamber and get no prompts or anything except the name. Can find and replace the tablet piece, light the missing tiles but nothing happens. Have also tried resetting the puzzle difficulty a couple times to no avail. Really reproducible bug.

Same problem here.

Same problem here.

[amayce]

In Sukhothai, after I get to the entrance of the pyramid after completing the snake part, after pulling Gina up from the boat, she doesn't follow me and I'm unable to complete the 2 person lock for the door. Reverted a save and had the same issue.

[Elypse]

Can't 100% the game because Sidney's Letter on A Savage Discovery quest in the Vatican is missing. I collected it during the quest, and it's in my book with the other 3 items (so 4 items total), I can see the letter in my book, but it doesn't register as me having it. The quest icon for the item still hovers over the table as if I haven't grabbed it yet, but it's already in my inventory.

[MrDrummond]

Can't purchase camera from the Vatican post office. Indy just picks up the camera, then puts it right back down when trying to buy.

[ameliabjorn]

Bugged Vatican – both during the collection of Ancient Relics and Stolen Artifacts, despite collecting all the items, the game still shows that one is missing (relics 9/10, artifacts 4/5).

[Bene Kenobi]

Airplane engine/propeller sound effect has been noisily playing on loop ever since I revisited Shanghai for the Serpent's Chest sidequest, no matter which location I'm in. I've tried changing the installation directory, reinstalling the game, and verifying the integrity of its files, but the issue persists.

I ended up cranking down the gameplay sound fx in the audio settings, in order to not be driven nuts, but such a "fix" severely detracts from the game's enjoyment, as you might imagine. Fortunately, I had already finished the story by this point, but think of someone who decided to backtrack before the finale, they would have to deal with this as they are experiencing the final act. It also worries me that the bug could be carried on to a new playthrough.