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DREADMOOR: Game-breaking Bug in the "Precious Junk" Quest – Cannot Retrieve the… (Workarounds)

Short answer

Suggested fix (unconfirmed): Start a fresh save file to successfully collect the chest.

The problem

Hello! I've encountered a game-breaking bug at the very beginning of DREADMOOR, during the "Precious Junk" quest. When I use the grappling hook to pull the chest out of the water, it gets pulled toward my boat, but instead of coming onto the deck, it sinks underneath the boat and becomes impossible to retrieve. I've tried multiple times, using different positions and angles, but the same issue…

Moraks, original post

What players suggest

Yep softlocked too. I have even tried going into fly and going right up on the chest and it isnt interactable

Turkleton68

I can confirm that Starting a fresh save worked for me too

Turkleton68

I have the same bug, tried several times. The hook pulls the chest to the side and detaches - nothing else can be done. How to decide?

rysland

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Source: original Steam Community discussion. Quotes are shortened; all credit goes to the posters. Tags: save, quest

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