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Doctor_Mothoid
Seasoned Novice
15 hours ago

Can't Interact with Dagger Collectibles

Making this post to draw more attention to a progression-breaking bug that Bioware has yet to address.

At some point during my game, some world trigger went wrong, and my Rook no longer has the lyrium dagger visible on his model.  This makes him unable to collect anything that uses the dagger, including large chests, shrines, and altars.  This issue persists across multiple characters, is present on both console and PC, and was not affected by reinstalling the game.  I really enjoyed this game and want to play more, but my playthrough is dead until this incredibly serious bug gets fixed.

  • Some screenshots just to clarify the issue.

    In this shot from the inventory you can clearly see the ring of the lyrium dagger where it's supposed to be, but once I close this menu, in the game itself. . .

    It's not there.  That means that in places like this. . .

    You can see that the icon on the map indicates this hasn't been collected, but there are no lights and not interactions available.  I can't progress this or any other dagger-related collectibles.  I've heard from others that the issue can be fixed when you progress the world state, but most of these people also say the fix is only temporary.

  • I also have this bug, though it seems to be mostly for unique chests (or maybe i just havent noticed). not fully unplayable but also feels a lot like it since i dont really get good enough gear otherwise at this point in the game, so I'm pretty weak atp i feel like.

     

    Heres my save file if a mod wants to take a look. I'm stood right by a chest

  • Reanaa's avatar
    Reanaa
    Rising Novice

    I can still use the dagger for companion abilities like the griffon attack, moving rocks, melting crystals etc.  But starting at about the 10 hour mark I stopped being able to open the special armor chests with tree glowing orbs and I can no longer interact with the fen'harel or evanuris alters/statues.  Then it fixed itself after the Siege of Weisshaupt.  That lasted for one level and now I'm back to not being able to interact with the special armor chests or alters/statues. This is a pretty major bug and from what I've seen it's one that A LOT of people have.  I know EA knows about it and yet neither patch has addressed it.  It pretty disappointing to finish a huge battle and find a chest you can't unlock over and over again.  It also is irritating the crap over the completionist in me. Other than that MAJOR issue I've no other performance problems. I'm waiting for the moment where this issue blocks me from progressing through the story completely. 

  • bjmarler's avatar
    bjmarler
    Seasoned Newcomer

    Agree, I have the same problem.  I can't open any of the "big" chests or any of the wolf statues, or anything that requires use of the dagger. All of those items are "greyed out" and don't glow or light up when I approach.  This seemed to happen after the patch, but I can't be 100% certain.