In homage to @Xantaria and an initiative he started with this thread =>https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/213734/the-bug-notes-compendium-of-current-bugs-exploits-waiting-for-tg/p1. I am not sure I am qualified to get this going again, but the thread was immensely helpful and his efforts should be maintained. This will be a community project. Please let's try to keep all discussions friendly, helpful, and on topic so as not to derail this thread or give the devs reason to close it.
This will be an endeavor to have a permanently maintained thread of bugs, glitches, and exploits in game in order to spread awareness, and hopefully get timely action on them.
If you know of a Bug and you want it added to the list, please comment below. Please note that this thread does not circumvent the need to file bug reports in game. When posting about bugs and other anomalies, please describe the issue in a way that allows others and Zenimax to understand, reproduce, and confirm it. Please also tell me if a bug on the list is not an issue anymore and I forgot to remove it.
As this project will be a substantial undertaking, I wanted to get it started. I will begin to populate the information, but please give me a few days to get a fully functional list going. In the meantime, please feel free to bookmark it and check the OP regularly. And by all means, please feel free to start posting information about known bugs below .
This thread will not address known issues such as lag, bad RNG, player behavior, etc. This thread is aimed at fixing bugged Skills / Mechanics / Achievements / Items.
When providing information about BUGS, GLITCHES, and other anomalies, please provide the following information:
* Details of the issue, with as much detail or supporting evidence as possible
* What platform are you playing on and experiencing this issue (i.e. PC, MAC, PS4, XB1)
* If you have or have not submitted a bug report to ZOS about this issue, and what feedback you received
In regards to EXPLOITS, please understand that this is a sensitive topic. I will attempt to capture and list known exploits but will detail them only vaguely; just enough so that it is understood which exploit I am listing and let the community know there is an exploit or cheat. This thread will not be a tutorial for how to exploit or cheat. Rather than publicly detail exploits in this thread, please PM me known issues and details then simply post in this thread that there is a known exploit in regards to [vaguely define] and that you have PM'd me the info.
Regards and happy gaming~
Last Updated: June 10Bugged Skills / Passives / Mechanics
Bugged Achievements / Dungeons / Quests
PC. Sanctum Ophidia - Troll AOEs: The visual effects for the AOE cast on players by trolls, i.e. the 'poop' is disappearing before the actual effect ends, resulting in players spreading the AOE when they think they are clear. Source:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/269156/zos-please-read-all-bugs-with-so-normal-and-hm-with-spoilers-hidden/p1PC. Sanctum Ophidia - door before The Serpent: The door leading to the room where you fight The Serpent (final boss) closes and locks players out. This is not an issue unless players DC and spawn back in at the beginning of the trial, or if the group brings in a new player, in which case players can no longer get thru the door to participate in the final boss fight. Note that the door should shut and lock once the boss is aggro'd but open when the group either wipes or the boss is defeated. Source:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/269156/zos-please-read-all-bugs-with-so-normal-and-hm-with-spoilers-hidden/p1Sanctum Ophidia - Ozara boss fight: During the Ozara boss encounter, players are having a hard time activating the Lightning Spear synergy to help get a team mate free from the Lightning Spear. This is causing players pinned by the spear to take excessive DoT, often resulting in a death. Furthermore, the Overcharger adds that spawn during this fight can glitch out and get stuck in walls, thus making them unable to be killed, which results in an excessive number of lightning AoEs being cast on players. Source:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/269156/zos-please-read-all-bugs-with-so-normal-and-hm-with-spoilers-hidden/p1Sanctum Ophidia - Black Doors: All doorways in SO can glitch and become black, causing players to not be able to see what is thru the door, which is perilous in SO due to the number of holes which players can fall thru to their deaths. This glitch can occur anytime but seems consistent if players fall to their death, join a group late, or DC and respawn at the beginning.
Sanctum Ophidia - Start of Trial lag and Load Screen: Players going thru the door into the trial (not trial entrance but rather door that starts the trial timer) will often experience a load screen if they attempt to move immediately after loading in. this can be mitigated by not moving once you load in until you see the rock and other features in front of you fully form. However, should you move before the rock and other features fully render (a result of lag?), you will go into a load screen.
Aetherian Archive - Final boss not pulling: Once at The Mage (final boss), when clearing the adds prior to the boss coming down off the elevated platform to start the fight, if you knock an add off the platform/cliff (i.e. Wrecking Blow/Destructive Reach) then The Mage will not come down and the trial will glitch and progress will be halted. This can sometimes be fixed if the group wipes (jumps off the cliff) to reset the final fight.
PS4. VDSA Environmental Insta-Death: In the Veteran Dragon Star Arena (unknown if bug occurs in normal mode), players can back up too far on the platform where the boss spawns, basically touching the wall, and receive 'environmental dmg' resulting in an instant death.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=66RNJhrAkSg
Bugged Items / Sets / Other
Exploits & Cheats
PC. Cheat Engine: There is currently a known hack and blatant cheat using third party cheat engines. ZOS is already taking action against accounts and writing new code to both detect the use of, and counter the use of, CEs. However, this has reportedly been in game since its release and many players are accused of subtle cheating (i.e. making only small changes to regens, attack speed, global cooldowns, ult gain, etc). If you suspect someone of using a CE to cheat, please report them directly to ZOS. Video evidence helps
White Gold Tower - Adjudicator jail cells gap closer exploit: Players confined in one of the jail cells during the Adjudicator boss fight (1st boss) can use a gap closer to bypass the jail door. If the boss or adds are in range, players can gap close directly out of the jail cell without having to first pick the lock.
PS4. Sewers Pact Base Enemy Access: It is possible for members of other alliances to gain access to the Pact base in the sewers, via a hole in the wall, and kill players from behind the banker wall.
Video documentation neededPS4. Keep Hiding Spot & CQB AP Farm: It is sometimes possible to jump into the upper keep walls to hide during an enemy capture or to lure enemy players into a tight battle to farm AP.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=jD0I1sT9mkYPC. Templar Ultimate as a Zerg Buster: Templar healing ultimate flings people at super speed through walls, terrain, and occasionally even up in the air, and can be used as a Zerg buster and AP gathering device on stairs, towers, and any elevated surfaces. Also can and has been used to gain mass entry into keeps by utilizing the super speed no clip mode it basically enables for a few seconds on any enemy characters. Video detailing problem:
https://twitch.tv/trixytricks/v/70296661 (more videos linked in post #25 of this thread). Issue was supposedly fixed in a hotfix patch on 6/18; need confirmation of fix. Source:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/270642/hotfix-6-8-16-alliance-war-fixes-pc-mac-only