Can anyone else confirm if the first patch solved this for you?
Update: Cleared the game without further issues since. Even Revenant Dragon boss did not trigger the bug when I beat her before point of no return. Entire ending sequences were bug free OTHER than Bellara’s quests’ achievement. I am only missing that. Romanced her mightve been the issue but she also stayed for the final romance scene at the end so that scene was seen and no achievement still. Anyone have a save to share right before the brazier lighting that unlocked your achievement? 😭🙋♂️
Update on my end: Point of no return. All altars taken. All side quests complete. 100% endings set up. Still missing some chests in Treviso, Arlathan and Dock Town. Only thing missing that’s concerning me is Bellara’s achievement. Just finished the Crossroads boss and magic circles and bug did not reoccur for me as of today (11/9/2024). So i am officially set up for a clean ending and I am unsure if the patch just fixed the bug or if i just went too much out of my way to ensure everything was bug free until the ending. 🤔
A quick summary of my notes for newcomers to the thread:
Problem: Bug with interactable assets. Cannot interact with certain Lyrium Dagger related objects (all altars, bug chests, quest objective such as walls power crystals, etc), as speculated by another user on this thread relating to a theory on a randomly triggered Lyrium Dagger asset flag in the code for Rook (cant seem to find the posts maybe moderated for consolidation?). Noting that, I cannot confirm now if the absence of the Loop on the hip is a tell or not as I have no means of triggering the bug anymore based on what used to trigger it for me.
My potential triggers: initial occurrence may not have been noted. First noted occurrence was after recruitment of final 2 companions, cleaning up Crossroads gates, completing the 10 rounds at the Halls of Valor. Gate to note for me was Lost Ages (Venatori crystal puzzle) in Converged City. After said puzzle and altars, other altars in the immediate vicinity did not work any longer (did not travel out of Crossroads to see the bug start). Second noted trigger was after beating Revenant Dragon in Crossroads after quests Shade of the Blight and Something Wrong (msq progress right after Weisshaupt), her chest was not interactable post-battle.
Resolutions: suspected initial occurrence undocumented. First documented occurrence, world state update after Act 2 establishment scene (post Siege of Weisshaupt and dinner table team argument) cleaned up my bug. Second documented occurrence, I did not risk defeating Revenant Dragon yet until point of no return. Left a couple of specific altars (Dock Town Spillways and Rivain Coast beach altars) for verification of bug which I would return to throughout all major progress i made to confirm I was bug free. Left Revenant Dragon last until acceptance of When Plans Align and after completion of world collectibles for achievements (altars, upgrades, regions, factions and companions; though still missing Bellara’s achievement, Reflections).
So far so good and here’s hoping the rest of the chapters will be problem free.
My character is a female human spellblade mage affiliated with the Shadow Dragons with most of the left half of the skill tree (emphasis on Meteor and Corrupted Ground). Favored companions outside of story implications are Bellara and Emmerich. Romance with Bellara (everyone else kinda surprised me too early and Lucanis’ was super last and seemed underwhelming to most, perhaps maybe because of the Ch6 choice?). I favor area effects and healing over detonations, for companion abilities.
With that, my missing achievements at the point of no return is the chapter ones, ending ones and bellara’s companion quest achievement, Reflections. Which I assume may be in relation to either the romance options set for one of the ending choices. (Yes, sadly cos of bugs, Ive spoiled myself somewhat to a plethora of plot..)
Hopefully others have found the solution for their experiences (though seems unlikely with some of the new posts). Otherwise, I hope my notes help anyone out there including the dev team figuring this out.