Common Dawnwalker Problems
Choose a symptom for the checks, workaround and current patch status that apply to it. A player report alone does not prove the cause is a game bug.
Save
“Saving is currently locked”
Manual Save and Quicksave unavailable
StatusUnder investigation
Diagnose →Quest won't progress?
Search a quest or objective first. Wrong stage, a missing item, or a day-phase rule is not automatically a bug.
Possible categories
- Wrong objective stage
- Missing required item
- NPC / character state
- Day / night condition
- Unresolved interaction
- Known patch issue
Do not assume your quest or save is corrupted until you have checked the active objective, required item, NPC state and time of day.
Saving problems
Save
How saving works
Manual, quicksave, autosave and when saving is expected to work.
How saving works →Save
Saving is currently locked
Exact error diagnosis for the save-lock message.
Diagnose →
For lost progress, first check the latest manual save, quicksave and autosave timestamps.
Can't interact?
Choose what you cannot use, then search the entity. For a missing shop listing or a purchase that will not complete, open the shop diagnosis. Location and quest pages own acquisition details.
What can't you interact with?
Controls & input
Start with the affected input, platform and current game version, then try the relevant checks below.
- Sprint stopping
- Deadzone
- DualSense
- Input switching
- Target lock
- Button mapping
Sprint keeps stopping
Platform: PC · PlayStation · Xbox
Input: Controller · Keyboard / Mouse
Hotfix 1.0.2 included changes for controller dead zones and sprint input on PC. Make sure the game is fully updated first.
Still happening? Continue with controller / reproduction checks. This note does not claim the hotfix fixes every sprint issue.
Performance
Choose the symptom you are seeing. Update the game before testing a workaround that may have changed in a recent patch.
- Stuttering
- Frame generation
- Fullscreen / borderless
- Shader compilation
- FPS drops
Crash / black screen
Startup, shader, cutscene and transition failures are not given a universal cause here.
Known issue status
- Latest official update
- Hotfix 1.0.2
- Issues tracked
- 2
- Fixed
- 1
- Active / unresolved
- 1
Can't find your issue?
Search a quest name, objective text, NPC, item or the exact error message. Do not send save files.
- Quest name
- Objective text
- NPC
- Item
- Exact error message
Still can't find the problem?
Try a quest name, objective text, NPC, item or the exact error message.
If you do not know the next step, use the walkthrough. If the next step exists but does not happen, stay here.
Find my next step →Troubleshooting Questions
Why won't a Dawnwalker quest progress?
Check the active objective, required items, NPC state and day or night requirement first. If every requirement is met, look for a matching known issue or patch note.
Why can't I save?
Saving can be blocked during combat, scripted sequences or other restricted states. Open the saving guide for the exact message and the checks that apply.
Should I reload when an NPC will not talk?
First confirm the correct quest stage, location and time of day. Reload only after the NPC should be available and the interaction still does not appear.
How do I know whether a bug was fixed?
Open the issue card and compare its current status with the latest official hotfix notes linked on this page.