Fixes and known issues

Crashes and performance

1. Install the newest GPU driver; the developers say this alone solves many crashes and frame-rate problems.
2. Then, under Settings → Video: switch off multi-frame generation and super resolution, drop to a lower quality preset, and try V-Sync both ways.
3. NVIDIA RTX 20 to 50 series cards have FSR switched off since the October 9 hotfixes.
4. Linux and Proton aren't officially supported.
5. Still stuck: send your logs and save through the Toplitz file hub.

Source: Known Issues & Workarounds (updated October 11)

Stuck quests

The October 15 patch fixes Parking Zoo animals disappearing after a reload and reports further Bunker fixes for Hopes and Dreams. It does not specify those Bunker changes or guarantee that every older save is repaired.

Source: Gamepad, Fast Travel & Quest Fixes

Most blockers come from doing steps out of order (building, repairing or looting quest items early) or from guests doing story steps in co-op. Follow the quest order and let the host do the main quest.

• The Way Home (Reach House Camp): Blueprints missing from the box: press Space to cut Skinwalker’s closing dialogue short. In co-op, leave the box to the host. Fixing the tower before High Frequency begins can also block this quest.
• Breaking the Radio Silence: Anna’s box holds the roof key. Pick it up by itself (the developers advise against Take All), keep it off other locks, and have it equipped at the roof door.
• High Frequency: Put the radio up at your base first, then repair the tower radio. The October 11 patch lets it finish even with Hopes and Dreams still running.
• Hopes and Dreams: The October 14 update lets you complete Listen To Recording by pressing play on the recording in your journal. The developers say players stuck on this objective should now be able to continue. The first recording sits in a truck bed beyond the hanging body on the way from the broken bridge to the facility.
• Stolen Treasure: Objective ticked but nothing happens: speak to Jeremiah and work through your usual answers until the hand-in appears.
• Parking Zoo: No wolves: kill the other animals around the area, then sleep.
• Ethan's Past: Planks that won’t break need a Scrap Axe for now.
• Meet the Leader: Press Space to skip the Leader’s lines.
• The Collector: Known issue: sample crates you opened before taking the quest may stay empty.
• House Camp Flipper: Known issue: the fast travel point recipe from the improvised radio tower reward box does not unlock yet.

Source: Quest Issues & Workarounds

Lost a quest key for Breaking the Radio Silence, The Way Home or Rise Above the Cold? Since the October 11 patch, Anna or Skinwalker give a new one if it is in neither your inventory nor the reward chest.

Source: Quest Fixes & Steam Invites (October 11 patch notes)

Items and crafting

• The October 15 patch adds gamepad access to Blueprints. The developers' older known-issues post lists controller crafting as broken; opening Blueprints does not establish that every crafting action now works.
• The Iron Pickaxe description says it mines Moon Rock, but you need the Quality Pickaxe. See the mining guide.
• The Refined Flint Sledgehammer isn't in the game yet. Its blueprint can drop but unlocks nothing.
• Lunar clothing: learn the Lunar blueprints from “Where It All Began” before you give them to Jeremy. The October 15 game files now label its tailoring recipes and blueprints Lunar. Distinct Permafrost clothing remains separately listed.

Source: Gamepad, Fast Travel & Quest Fixes · Known Issues & Workarounds (updated October 11) · Quest Issues & Workarounds

Multiplayer

• Steam invites work since October 11 if the joining player is already in the main menu.
• “Invalid or missing authentication token”: Steam must not be in offline mode; turn off VPNs.
• Guests can only join after the host reaches the cabin.

Source: Quest Fixes & Steam Invites (October 11 patch notes) · Known Issues & Workarounds (updated October 11)

Full details: co-op guide.

Other known issues

• Using “unstuck” may drop you inside a wall or another trap.
• Your own map markers may vanish after a restart. The interactive map keeps the spots you tick as found in your browser.
• Subtitles can't be switched off yet.

Source: Known Issues & Workarounds (updated October 11)