skate. - Community-Raised Issues [Last Update: January 14th]

What's this post all about?

This post will be used to inform you on issues that the skate team are actively investigating or working on that have been raised by members of the skate community. By keeping an eye on this thread, you'll be able to see some of what the team is working on before a patch/update is made available to download.

You may see a ❗Workaround or ❗Note from Dev below certain issues that give additional context to those listed. Wherever relevant, pages that add more context to a particular issue will be linked.

How do I report a bug or issue? 

• Here's a how-to guide on how to effectively report a bug on the EA Forums: skate. | How to report a bug
• Even if you're familiar with bug reporting, please consider checking the linked post.
• For account-related issues, please reach out to us via EA Help

🚧 INVESTIGATING 🚧 

A significant number of people have reported this issue. The development team is currently investigating how it can be resolved. Please, provide as much information as possible.

• Players stuck | Multiple reports on players getting stuck/softlocked | Softlock MEGA THREAD | EA Forums - 12581740
  
  • ❗ Update: Last week the team pushed out some back-end fixes to prevent further softlock occurrences, and are working to address those that are softlocked currently. We've recently unlocked 200K folks from various progression issues, and the work continues, and as we continue to make progress, we’ll keep you updated on our official skate_status account on X.
• 🆕Replay Editor | Can't export videos in MP4 | Can’t export MP4 videos from replay editor. (PC) | EA Forums - 12986132
• Settings | Screen resolution set to low when launching the game | Graphics Settings Fail to Save (NOT Duplicate) | EA Forums - 13027437
• Social | Random players can join when the party is set to Nobody Can Join | Party set to invite only, randoms are still joining | EA Forums - 13025193
• 🆕Social | Random players joining co-op challenges | Forcing people into my games? | EA Forums - 13061128
• 🆕Visual | Stickers are invisible when placed on the board | Stickers now invisible | EA Forums - 1298379

⏳ AWAITING UPDATE ⏳ 

A fix/adjustment has been made and will be issued in a future patch/update. Items marked as 🆕 in here may have previously been in the Investigating section.

• 🆕Players stuck | Players are getting stuck in replay after mission is completed | Stuck in replay after mission completed | EA Forums - 12981412
• Players stuck | Players are stuck when completing tutorial missions | Map tutorial / Voice over loop [Workaround] | EA Forums - 12988822
  • ❗Workaround: On the Press Start screen, open Accessibility settings, change subtitles from off to on.

✅ RESOLVED ✅ 

This issue has been resolved in the game version listed beside the issue. Please ensure you have updated your game to the latest version.

• Patch v0.29.5
  • Challenges | Elements disappear when starting a challenge, and the user is unable to enter any menus | Starting Challenge Nothing Happens 
  • In-Game | Grind assist reset to 100 when launching the game | Grind Assist setting broken after S2 update | EA Forums - 12982138
  • Players stuck | Stuck on the initial loading screen | Stuck on black screen with game mouse pointer | EA Forums - 12982688 
  • Visual | Character skin tone changed | Character skin tones messed up since update | EA Forums - 12981571
  • Visual | Settings socks to none/off and restarting the game will revert to the previous settings | Someone keeps putting socks on my character! | EA Forums - 12986018
  • Visual | Pants clipping on the front leg | Punk Pants - consistent clipping on the front leg | EA Forums - 12985930
•  Patch v0.29.1
  • In-Game | Friend's skater appeared invisible after joining a friend's party. | Invisible Friends in Online Co-op
  • Level Up | Market mile fails to level up after achieving the required neighborhood rep | Market Mile not leveling up
  • Players Stuck | Stuck in a canal if they fall in after collecting the final bearing in the Salmon Run line challenge. | Stuck in canal, can’t respawn, can’t play game now
  • SVB Charge | Getting charged SVB for Rip Chip or Tix Items | MEGA THREAD - Getting Charged SVB for Rip Chip or Tix Items
    • ❗ Update: If you experienced the issue, please post your details on the linked thread.
  • Visual | Rip score award screen shows twice | Repeated rip score award screen
  • Visual | Claim button appearing when there is no completion award | Can’t claim season 1 challenges after completion.
  • Visual | Stunt target showing up/staying on when not in a Stunt Challenge. | Stunt target showing up/staying on when not in a Stunt Challenge. | EA Forums - 12634173

🔧 PATCH NOTES 🔧 

The following information includes details of the patches that have been released for skate. For itemised patch information, please check the attached link.

• Dec 15, 2025:  Patch v0.29.5
• Dec 2, 2025:  Patch v0.29.1
• Oct 7, 2025: Patch v0.28.0
• Sept 16, 2025: Patch v0.27.7

Please consider the following:

• This is not an exhaustive list of everything the development team are working on. Just because an issue is not listed above does not necessarily mean it's been ignored.
• If an issue is added to ⏳ AWAITING UPDATE⏳, this does not mean it will be addressed in the next patch/update, but it will be included in an upcoming patch/update.
• Items marked 🆕 have been recently updated/moved when this post was last edited.

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