The Weekly Grind - Nov 4, 2025
Welcome back to The Weekly Grind. Let’s get to it! What’s going on? It’s the final week of Skate-o-Ween and we’re 2 weeks away from the 7-Ply Maple Harvest Event. (We’ve got a mini-blog coming up before the event to give you the deets on what’s happening in San Van for the event, so hang loose.) We’ve also got “the best free gift in the Citadel” coming this Friday. With Daylight Saving Time ending for San Vansterdam on Nov 3, you may have noticed the daily resets happening an hour earlier. Our systems like Daily Resets go off the UTC timezone (it’s called universal for a reason), so the time really didn’t change on the back-end, but for our players who just experienced “Fall Back”, those resets are an hour earlier (9AM PT/ 1700 UTC). Nov 4, 2025 we pushed out a hotfix to address crashing issues on console where the resume feature would cause the game to crash. What we’ve heard Season 1 and our first Seasonal event received a lot of feedback that the team has taken on, from accrual rates of seasonal and event currency to items that can be obtained by spending that currency. The team is working to improve the tuning of the seasonal and event currency, as well as improve the offerings in the seasonal and event rewards. Additionally, we’ve heard feedback regarding the community parks updates for events. We’ve heard your feedback on Season 1 and the first seasonal event, and some changes we’re bringing to Season 2 are: As noted in our Season 1 blog, the first Season in skate. was always planned to be a little shorter, but all future Seasons will have around 100 tiers in the skate.Pass. Through Skate-o-Ween, we learned that the Event economy is not properly balanced and leads to a surplus of event currency that you can't spend. We’re making changes for the 7-Ply event later this month as a result and we’ll continue to evaluate to see if we need to make further adjustments to future events. We’ve got more info coming through a Dev Blog from the team at Full Circle. REMINDER: Free Gift On Oct 31, 2025, we dropped the Lightrunner set for everyone. All you have to do is log in to get the set (before Dec 2, 2025). Softlocks/Stuck Progression- ONGOING The work continues. The team is making progress on the various softlock issues, and we know we’re not done yet. We appreciate your dedication and sticking with us in Early Access as we work through these issues. Make sure to check our official skate_status account on X to keep up-to-date with news and info as it comes out. Keep that content coming! The skate-tshirt-contest has ended, and we’re going through the submissions and will be reaching out to potential finalists, then will work with the dev team to get the winners and start getting those designs in-game. As usual, we wanted to share a few pieces of content that caught our eye. Remember: if you want to possibly be featured in The Weekly Grind, make sure to share yours (screenshots, videos, clips) via skate.reel. Waitin’ on a Furt by the Foot to recharge before hitting another session, Credit: House When Follow-the-Leader goes wrong, Credit: Patchwork Practicioner Sky high polejam, Credit: GeekwithoutFear and Germ Chess break after a session in San Van, Credit R3DD Weekly Calendar The Weekly Grind! (that’s today) Skate-o-Ween Week #3 Free Gift on Friday Coming Up: skatebounty #5 S2 Visual/World Improvements S2 Character Update Part of The Weekly Grind will be dedicated to sharing current Known Issues the team is tracking for bugs & issues, any active deployments/fixes, and next steps. (This is not an exhaustive list of all tracked issues.) Recent Fixes Fix for crashing issues on console when resuming from standby state. Fixed Nov 4, 2025. To Be Fixed in the Coming Weeks: Xbox X|S players may notice the update is much larger on their console than for PC and PS players Unable to play Skate. due to a "connection to EA Servers" error Troubleshooting: Ensure that the VPN is disabled and check that the EA App is not in offline mode. For more troubleshooting help, refer to our Connectivity FAQ. Stunt target showing up/staying on when not in a Stunt Challenge Workaround: Restart game. Known Issues Still Being Investigated: User loses SVB while redeeming Skate Pass content and receives unwanted item Next Steps: A fix for this issue is currently in the works. In the meantime, if you are running into this issue, please send us a photo of the faulty purchase in our forums and we’ll assist you.. Co-Op challenges fail to start for some party members We’re working on a solution and will keep you updated on our progress. Stuck on Isle of Grom We’ve previously pushed out a fix so that new players won’t run into this issue, and have continued to help skaters that are stuck so they can enter San Vansterdam. If you still can’t take the ferry, please report it in our mega thread. Infinite Loading Issues We’re tracking an issue with players getting stuck in loading into San Vansterdam. Workaround: Make sure the game is updated (repair install, if possible). We’ve seen reports from players that loading will complete after a few minutes. EA App: Click … on game tile, select Repair Steam: Steam Library, right click game, Properties > Installed Files > Verify integrity. Invisible party members when joining friend from another server Workaround (not 100%): After the transition, any of the 2 party members would have to teleport to the other party member so they could see one another. Fix: Team is currently investigating a full fix. The replay editor often captures stuttering during export on console Fix: Will be fixed with 0.29. Various Crashing Issues The team continues to investigate and work on various crashing issues. If you’re experiencing a crashing issue, please share any details you can on this Mega Thread.The Weekly Grind - Oct 28, 2025
Welcome back to The Weekly Grind. Let’s get to it! What’s going on? One week into Skate-o-Ween, and the team is working on more fixes. Mid-season Update 0.28.5 dropped on Oct 23, 2025, and we’re hearing your feedback. What have we heard? We’ve heard your feedback regarding Seasonal and Event progression being too low without enough challenges and the rewards tied to the Seasonal and Event task completion not being that significant. We also hear you about skate.Pass and not being able to earn enough SVB for the next season and we’re looking at adjusting the amount of SVB rewarded in the skate.Pass. The team is taking all the feedback and learning from it, working on some tuning for Season 2 that we’ll be sharing in the coming weeks. Beyond Season 1, we’ve also heard you loud and clear regarding the issues impacting gameplay overall - softlock issues, progression issues, connectivity and stability issues, and how the cosmetic and rewards system works in general. It’s crucial that you know we see and hear your feedback. We’ll have more information to share soon on the next steps, but it’s crucial for us to ensure you know that you’re being heard. Free Gift If you didn’t notice, in the skate.Pass images we had an asset that included a white Haru shirt that was not actually available to unlock/earn. We fixed the asset, but wanted to do more. So on Friday, October 31, we’re granting everyone the Lightrunner set that includes the white long-sleeved Haru shirt, the striped baseball cap, and the white high-top shoes. For free, for everyone with skate.Pass Premium. You’ll just have to log in to get them. Skate-o-Ween Weekly Task Progression Fix On Monday, we pushed a fix that allows you to run any of the previously completed challenges again: "Witch's Brew", "Spider Bait", and "Heathen Flip". This update enables you to complete the challenge goals and receive all the Week 1 rewards. Additionally, we're disabling the "Basinator" Challenge due to the objective "Perform a single flip trick and 360 into the Fountain" not consistently tracking. Softlocks/Stuck Progression- ONGOING As shared last week, the team continues to push fixes for softlock issues, but more details are needed if you’re still experiencing a stuck progression issue. If you haven’t yet, make sure to share your details on the Mega Thread as we need to fix these individually for the time being. We appreciate your dedication and sticking with us in Early Access as we work through these issues. Make sure to check our official skate_status account on X to keep up-to-date with news and info as it comes out. Keep that content coming! REMINDER! On October 20th, we launched our first skate. UGC contest where you can design a shirt to be in-game. This is the last week to share your design for it to be considered to come into the game. Check the official rules for details and hit up the #skate-tshirt-contest channel in the official Discord to drop your submission. Check here for details, rules, and the legal stuff. As usual, we wanted to share a few pieces of content that caught our eye. Remember: if you want to possibly be featured in The Weekly Grind, make sure to share yours (screenshots, videos, clips) via skate.reel. Weekly Calendar skate. October 2025 UGC T-Shirt Contest week 2 (Ends Nov 3) The Weekly Grind! (that’s today) Skate-o-Ween Week 2 skatebounty #4 2x Halloween sweepstakes in Discord for skate. Year 5 Coming Up: skate. October 2025 UGC T-Shirt Contest Ends & Winners Chosen skatebounty #5 Skate-o-Ween Week #3 Part of The Weekly Grind will be dedicated to sharing current Known Issues the team is tracking for bugs & issues, any active deployments/fixes, and next steps. (This is not an exhaustive list of all tracked issues.) Recent Fixes Fixed Oct 23, 2025 with Update 0.28.5 Co-op Tasks aren’t being marked complete Body flips often fail to register during the Double Trouble Season 1 Challenge Input for one-foot ollies can be inconsistent Some PC users experiencing very long loading screens after logging in The Replay Editor (PC) often captures stuttering during export. skate.Pass UI Bug preventing highlighting of preferred items from previous pages Slam target showing up/staying on when not in a Slam Challenge Criteria for unlocking the Financial neighborhood is not showing up, causing the "Manual Extension" mission to not appear Fix: Implemented on October 6. Ongoing Fixes skate.Insider Rewards not showing up Fix: The team continues to run scripts to grant Insiders the skate.Insider Rewards. Various progression issues Fix: Fixes are ongoing, with more rolling out between 0.28 and 0.29. Skaters are getting kicked from online play Fix: Some fixes implemented October 10 and 12, more rolling out between 0.28 and 0.29. To Be Fixed in the Coming Weeks: Xbox X|S players may notice the update is much larger on their console than for PC and PS players Double Congratulations bug when opening items Fix: Fixed in 0.29 Unable to play Skate. due to a "connection to EA Servers" error. Troubleshooting: Ensure that the VPN is disabled and check that the EA App is not in offline mode. For more troubleshooting help, refer to our Connectivity FAQ. Known Issues Still Being Investigated: User loses SVB while redeeming skate.Pass content and receives unwanted item Next Steps: A fix for this issue is currently in the works. In the meantime, if you are running into this issue, please send us a photo of the faulty purchase in our forums and we’ll assist you. Co-Op challenges fail to start for some party members We’re working on a solution and will keep you updated on our progress. Stuck on Isle of Grom We’ve previously pushed out a fix so that new players won’t run into this issue, and have continued to help skaters that are stuck so they can enter San Vansterdam. If you still can’t take the ferry, please report it in our Mega Thread. Infinite Loading Issues We’re tracking an issue with players getting stuck in loading into San Vansterdam. Workaround: Make sure the game is updated (repair install, if possible). We’ve seen reports from players that loading will complete after a few minutes. EA App: Click … on game tile, select Repair Steam: Steam Library, right click game, Properties > Installed Files > Verify integrity. Invisible party members when joining friend from another server Workaround (not 100%): After the transition, any of the 2 party members would have to teleport to the other party member so they could see one another. Fix: Team is currently investigating a full fix. The replay editor often captures stuttering during export on console Fix: Will be fixed with 0.29. Various Crashing Issues The team continues to investigate and work on various crashing issues. If you’re experiencing a crashing issue, please share any details you can on this Mega Thread.
