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Font of Rhand Bug

I rinsed/repeated this several times in the Font of Rhand before finding an awkward workaround which, if this isn’t a bug, would be a fairly daft puzzle which prevents you reaching the end of this area. So under the spoiler tag for those who want to stay clueless

When completing the Font of Rhand meta-event, you need to obtain a sword from a room guarded by a Vet Flame Legion Igniter. You then need to carry the sword underwater through the next few puzzles, and then place it in the hands of a statue in order to open the gate to the final room (some Champion enemy and a grand chest).

The bug occurs when taking the sword into the water. I find that when you enter the water, the sword is lost from your posession, and is nowhere to be found in the area after entering the water.

I repeated this a few times and found the sword disappeared every time I tried to enter the water while holding it.

The only way around this to allow me to take the sword underwater and overcome the final gate was to carry the sword to the waters edge, drop the sword, jump in the water so my underwater skills activated, then pick the sword up from underwater.

Something I didn’t try was to see if the sword disappeared when getting out of the water and returning to land, but that’s mostly coz I was too happy with finally being able to take the sword underwater and didn’t want to risk it :P

The non-spoiler/tl;dr version: Critical item required for overcoming a puzzle disappears from your posession when you enter water carrying it (which you must do to progress through the puzzle). Only option is to drop it at the waters edge, jump into the water (resulting in a skill switch to underwater skills), then equip the item where your dropped it from underwater.

Font of Rhand Bug

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Posted by: crystal.5930

crystal.5930

I did the mini-dungeon with a friend today and experienced the same thing. When I got to the point where I needed to use the sword, it seemed I no longer had it. I was downed at one point, but not defeated, so I thought perhaps that might have caused me to drop the item (which would have been weird, since I was wielding an underwater weapon at the time). Can anybody else verify if they’ve tried the dungeon and seen this behavior recently?

Chosovi Rose, Thomas Thorn, Crystalbrier, Bracken Farstone, Crassul, on Tarnished Coast
“Worshipping nonsense and imagination” — Hayden Herrera (paraphrased)

Font of Rhand Bug

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Posted by: crystal.5930

crystal.5930

Alright, figured out what happened with me. I had picked up a statue’s head, which caused me to drop the sword. So not a bug, in my case.

Chosovi Rose, Thomas Thorn, Crystalbrier, Bracken Farstone, Crassul, on Tarnished Coast
“Worshipping nonsense and imagination” — Hayden Herrera (paraphrased)