Can't interact with certain objects

Just to clarify, without the dagger loop is when the bug is active for you?

i usually have the loop with me playing bug free atm as expected (as far as i understand your report which is as expected?). But my entire time bugged the first time, it was also there for me. Used to wonder why it was just the loop actually. Thought it was supposed to be tucked behind based on the idle animation, so i wondered that if its just the random loop hanging on the hip it was a visual bug too. So we can add that to the odd randomness of it  🤔

my second occurrence happened during the crossroads boss behind the triple revenant gate again after the dinner table squabbling after weisshaupt. This was also the time the first one reset, moving into act 2. But since technically i hadnt progressed story and got my second occurrence of the bug I can see where some people could have the bug persist through world state updates. And like you said, randomness. Its maddening. Lol like when pawn dragon blight wasnt explained properly for dragons dogma 2 (if anyone can relate). 🤣

if i encounter it a third time (or kill the boss again to test) ill take note if the loop disappears for me. Cos that would be a better tell instead of keeping an altar accessible at all times to make sure all is well before tackling progress. 😵‍💫😭 thats what i do for now. Every milestone i swing by an altar im preserving to see if im bugged. 😵‍💫🤣 it’s inconvenient but a sure fire way to tell so far.

man. Just hope our reports can help this get fixed (not that it matters for me now that im almost through with my first playthrough as I dont usually do multiple playthroughs without ng+ etc). If not for perceptive players like us here, the rest could be oblivious to this problem like I did the (possibly) first time. I just figured when I first played that i just didnt know which altars actually had functions and rode the game through part of act 1 until i was more comfortable with the ui. And in hindsight im certain this had happened earlier too and i just didnt realize it til i was actively activating them as i went and understood the markers on the map.

interesting to note though. Ill notice the loop if it happens again. I dont think im going to attempt the boss for now since its not important until pre-ending. But ill notice it if another event triggers the bug again and report back. Thanks for noticing this detail. At least solves the other unrelated part of me wondering if the loop alone without the blade was a visual bug or not. 🙋‍♂️