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Nintendo Switch 2 — Game crash causes character/progress loss on official servers

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Issue key
DZG-476
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Stable Feedback
Creator
wilddornberry
Created
Aug 26, 2026
Views
278
Platform
Nintendo Switch 2
What happened?

My game crashes and when I open the game back up the character I was playing with on that same server is no longer there. After the crash, my character is not simply wiped or replaced with a fresh spawn. The server appears to roll my character back to an older character state from earlier in the day. That earlier character had already been intentionally killed, but after the crash it reappears with its previous equipment/progress. This has happened more than once.

This current play session that I just crashed in was at least 2-3 hours of play and I seem to be reset to the begging of it with a character I only briefly had and purposely killed off before this character that I developed for a few hours.


This is the second time this has happened today. I have lost probably 8-10 hours of gameplay between the 2 times this has happened with the first one being a character I had over multiple days/play sessions.


This is the kind of thing that makes a game unplayable. If possible please restore me to where I was when I crashed at about 10:30pm pacific time zone. My player was in the town of Mogilevka.


The picture included is of my screen after I reopen the game after the crash. The character on screen is a previous character with gear that I had on the same server that I killed off at the beginning of this play session.

Reproduction steps

On official server: 3467 North America - LA Chernarus

The first crash happened as I was approaching the town of Nizhneye on foot. Literally doing nothing else.


The second crash happened right after I put a tire on a car in Mogilevka.

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Where did it happen?
Official
Is it modded?
No
Expected result
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    about 2 months ago
  • wilddornberry
    created issueabout 2 months ago
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    changed title toNintendo Switch 2 — Game crash causes character/progress loss on official serversabout 2 months ago
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  • l909
    changed state to
    AWAITING INTERNAL TESTING
    about 2 months ago
  • l909
    Moderator
    about 2 months ago
    l909
    Moderator
    about 2 months ago

    Hello.
    We have tested this, crashing the client while walking, changing tire or building walls but we were unable to reproduce the issue you are describing. In case it occurs again in the future, can you please provide an exact time/date (with timezone), the server ID and the ID shown in the main menu next to the game version? Thank you

  • l909
    changed state to
    NEED MORE INFO
    about 2 months ago
  • wilddornberry
    about 2 months ago
    wilddornberry
    about 2 months ago

    I'm confused, I did provide you with all of that information in the details above. I typed out that info but also included a screen shot from the main menu that showed that info.

  • about 2 months ago
  • wilddornberry
    about 2 months ago
    wilddornberry
    about 2 months ago

    It just happened again... Interestingly when I loaded up the game about an half an hour to an hour ago the character on the screen was the old character I described earlier but when I loaded in the character I had lost last night was back. So I happily started playing and right as I killed a chicken my game crashed again and when I loaded back in this time I was a fresh character and I lost all progress on my old one.


    One thing to note: When loading up the server after crashing it says "taking longer while waiting for previous session to end" or something like that.


    This is a real bummer I am loving the game but I have lost SO much loot and play time.


    Going to try uninstalling the game and reinstalling and hope that fixes it.


    Details of this crash:

    Official Server: 3245 North America - NY

    Time of crash 5:10pm pacific time

    Version: 1.30.163631

  • wilddornberry(edited)
    about 2 months ago
    wilddornberry(edited)
    about 2 months ago

    Has happened exactly the same way 2 times since I uninstalled the game and reinstalled it a few hours ago. Both times lost my character and all progress.

  • kevinokletsgo
    about 2 months ago
    kevinokletsgo
    about 2 months ago

    Happened to me 8 times in 10 hours . Made another ticket about this. I recommend anyone with same issue to make tickets as well if the conditions vary even the slightest. I hope they can fix it it's very frustrating I'm averaging 1 crash every 1.5hour

  • l909
    Moderator
    about 2 months ago
    l909
    Moderator
    about 2 months ago

    Thank you,
    Can you please connect to a server, press plus to open menu and then send us screenshot of the hash ID that is shown in the bottom left corner next to the version?

  • kevinokletsgo
    about 1 month ago
    kevinokletsgo
    about 1 month ago

    Im not the original poster but ill send mine as i have experienced crash in same platform as well. I also created a ticket about my issue


  • wilddornberry
    about 1 month ago
    wilddornberry
    about 1 month ago

    Here's mine after joining a server

  • wilddornberry
    about 1 month ago
    wilddornberry
    about 1 month ago

    I have seen plenty of people in Reddit comments experiencing the same issue. I'm guessing most don't create bug tickets though.

  • about 1 month ago
  • l909
    Moderator
    about 1 month ago
    l909
    Moderator
    about 1 month ago

    The upcoming patch will contain fix for several crashes so we are hoping that the crash frequency will improve

  • about 1 month ago
  • wilddornberry
    about 1 month ago
    wilddornberry
    about 1 month ago

    Amazing, thank you! Fingers crossed.

  • about 1 month ago
  • l909
    Moderator
    about 1 month ago
    l909
    Moderator
    about 1 month ago

    Hello everyone.
    If you have experienced this issue during this weekend and you are certain there weren't infected agrroed on you (as those will kill you when the game crashes and that will inevitably lead to character reset), can you please provide the following:
    Time and date (With timezone)
    Server ID/IP
    Your hashed id (To obtain the hashed ID the player needs to be connected to a server, then press "plus" to open menu. The hash will be present in bottom left corner, right next to the version.)

  • wilddornberry
    about 1 month ago
    wilddornberry
    about 1 month ago

    I will say this has stopped happening. But I can also say for sure that the other times that it did happen I can guarantee no zombies were nearby/aggroed.


    One thing I have been doing after a crash is waiting a full two minutes before rejoining. One of the things I noticed when I would join back and my player would be reset is that as I'm loading back into the server it would say "waiting for previous session to end" or something along those lines. And then I would load in and I would have a new character (or an older/earlier one). Ever since I started waiting, I haven't gotten that message and I haven't lost my character progress.


    I still crash a lot though.

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Issue key
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Creator
wilddornberry
Created
Aug 26, 2026
Views
278