# \[Combined\] Game runs unplayable bad. (Performance issue) **URL:** \ **Category:** Wicked Bug Reporting\ **Tags:** performance, technical-issues\ **Created:** [January 24, 2026, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962 "2026-01-24T07:18:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oldaman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/oldaman/32/12338_2.png) [@Oldaman](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Oldaman)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962/1 "2026-01-22T19:35:08Z")
Hi guys, was really looking forward to playing this with my family and friends and the frame drops I’m getting is silly, as it was running really well before the new patch. My usual go to test is the bridge to the Watcher, where I always expect frame drops, which was running pretty smooth last patch. This time just walking into Sacrament caused me to loose at least 50+% of my frames, I play at 60FPS. To this point I decided to run the game on Ultra Performance with DLSS on Performance and running at a windowed resolution of 1280x720 (my usual resolution is 3440x1440. And my frames in Sacrament is 40. Before the new patch, I was able to play on Ultra Quality, with Quality DLSS at my native 3440x1440 resolution (if i do the frame drops by another 10-15 frames. Something is really wrong, if I cannot increase the frames in the beginning of sacrament, and at the resolution I’ve set, even DSR cannot help. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/wickedforum/original/2X/1/1dd8400bd48f38e6f057ea897e75e66f3e0f7078.jpeg) lower left us 37fps not 87 ---
**Author:** ![Silas-Inservio-Pax](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/silas-inservio-pax/32/10458_2.png) [@Silas-Inservio-Pax](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Silas-Inservio-Pax)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962/2 "2026-01-22T22:26:33Z")
Thank you for the testing Oldaman, can you also submit some files according to [How to Properly Report Bugs!](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/how-to-properly-report-bugs/32) ? Hope to hear from you! Silas ---
**Author:** ![Oldaman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/oldaman/32/12338_2.png) [@Oldaman](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Oldaman)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962/3 "2026-01-23T00:11:10Z")
Hi Silas, here is the information you requested. > **[DxDiag.txt](https://wetransfer.com/downloads/7dfc3499cc3b44dd6b2c5252420ec5fd20260122234804/ad5204?t_exp=1769384884&t_lsid=948c4e98-9950-48c2-8ea0-bb1183077bac&t_network=link&t_rid=Z29vZ2xlLW9hdXRoMnwxMDQzODQ5Mjk5MTg5NDIwMzAyMDE=&t_s=download_link&t_ts=1769125684)** > > 3 files sent via WeTransfer, the simplest way to send your files around the world I can reproduce the bug everytime I go into Sacrement. > **[Desktop 2026.01.22 - 23.52.58.01.mp4](https://wetransfer.com/downloads/227b88978aa897eced1f6e64f87a818620260123000254/94d5d9?t_exp=1769385774&t_lsid=948c4e98-9950-48c2-8ea0-bb1183077bac&t_network=link&t_rid=Z29vZ2xlLW9hdXRoMnwxMDQzODQ5Mjk5MTg5NDIwMzAyMDE=&t_s=download_link&t_ts=1769126574)** > > 2 files sent via WeTransfer, the simplest way to send your files around the world I have seen the bug posted in Steam. > **[No Rest for the Wicked :: Steam Community](https://steamcommunity.com/app/1371980/discussions/0/691999373272288454/)** > **[No Rest for the Wicked :: Steam Community](https://steamcommunity.com/app/1371980/discussions/0/691999199640822764/)** > **[No Rest for the Wicked :: Steam Community](https://steamcommunity.com/app/1371980/discussions/0/691999199640822764/)** ---
**Author:** ![Silas-Inservio-Pax](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/silas-inservio-pax/32/10458_2.png) [@Silas-Inservio-Pax](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Silas-Inservio-Pax)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962/4 "2026-01-23T00:30:38Z")
oeh, I’m missing your player.log, player-prev.log and Datastore! Silas ---
**Author:** ![Oldaman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/oldaman/32/12338_2.png) [@Oldaman](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Oldaman)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962/5 "2026-01-23T01:10:39Z")
All the files are there, there four link, two for wetransfer ---
**Author:** ![Silas-Inservio-Pax](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/silas-inservio-pax/32/10458_2.png) [@Silas-Inservio-Pax](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Silas-Inservio-Pax)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962/6 "2026-01-23T01:14:25Z")
I overlooked 3 files in the DxDiag WeTransfer, apologies! Still missing your Datastore though. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/wickedforum/original/2X/5/528ac9475313c9db7a09c42295a32de4e475105c.png) Silas ---
**Author:** ![Oldaman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/oldaman/32/12338_2.png) [@Oldaman](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Oldaman)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962/7 "2026-01-23T21:01:18Z")
Hrere you go, > **[DataStore.zip](https://wetransfer.com/downloads/ebefe9c0ed4448d09e0db8259c17a8da20260123210037/60e0d8?t_exp=1769461237&t_lsid=948c4e98-9950-48c2-8ea0-bb1183077bac&t_network=link&t_rid=Z29vZ2xlLW9hdXRoMnwxMDQzODQ5Mjk5MTg5NDIwMzAyMDE=&t_s=download_link&t_ts=1769202037)** > > 1 file sent via WeTransfer, the simplest way to send your files around the world ---
**Author:** ![Silas-Inservio-Pax](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/silas-inservio-pax/32/10458_2.png) [@Silas-Inservio-Pax](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Silas-Inservio-Pax)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962/8 "2026-01-24T06:42:27Z")
Thank you! Escalating now. Silas ---
**Author:** ![PeterX](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/peterx/32/12296_2.png) [@PeterX](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/PeterX)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962/9 "2026-01-24T07:18:15Z")
> **[Video Unavailable](https://streamable.com/a2lnvq)** > > This video is unavailable. > **[Player.log](https://wetransfer.com/downloads/70a9a4a410e923692e97b586b9bc0c4220260124064918/680d52?t_exp=1769496558&t_lsid=56a7ca2d-bde9-4c7b-a8db-2e752c546b83&t_network=link&t_rid=ZW1haWx8NjczNjU3ODliNjM1NTFjNmY2Zjg3NjVh&t_s=download_link&t_ts=1769237358)** > > 2 files sent via WeTransfer, the simplest way to send your files around the world > **[DxDiag2.txt](https://wetransfer.com/downloads/513463ca72bd9eed57cf2afd84864b6b20260124065114/432123?t_exp=1769496674&t_lsid=56a7ca2d-bde9-4c7b-a8db-2e752c546b83&t_network=link&t_rid=ZW1haWx8NjczNjU3ODliNjM1NTFjNmY2Zjg3NjVh&t_s=download_link&t_ts=1769237474)** > > 1 file sent via WeTransfer, the simplest way to send your files around the world > **[DataStore](https://wetransfer.com/downloads/e2142bfed7a5fe56d5d95c22b6cb7d5820260124070056/52661c?t_exp=1769497256&t_lsid=56a7ca2d-bde9-4c7b-a8db-2e752c546b83&t_network=link&t_rid=ZW1haWx8NjczNjU3ODliNjM1NTFjNmY2Zjg3NjVh&t_s=download_link&t_ts=1769238056)** > > 24 files sent via WeTransfer, the simplest way to send your files around the world Hello! The game doesnt run well for me. Sacrament Marketplace runs at 20 FPS, if I leave the marketplace and look for a dark corner it gets better. I could live with it, sadly, it also happens in fights to an unplayable state. I tried every possible Graphics combination, every performance mode and so on. It doesnt help. My GPU is at 100% while my CPU is between 15% and 20% load. I tried every possible Bios setting, every possible Windows Setting. NOTHING helps. Please help. Files are added. ---
**Author:** ![discourse\_ai\_spam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@discourse\_ai\_spam](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/discourse_ai_spam)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962/10 "2026-01-24T07:18:18Z")
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/wickedforum/original/1X/e4b2b2aa5713790799875933304ee559fca84499.png) [@system](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962/11 "2026-01-24T07:19:52Z")
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**Author:** ![Bumberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Bumberus](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Bumberus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962/12 "2026-01-14T14:50:27Z")
I’ve had “meh” to horrible performance ever since first installing the game in March 2025 (just before The Breach update). After seeing a dev post on the steam discussions I thought I’d finally post on here in hopes of helpful response. First things first: My System Specs are as follows: CPU: Intel Core i5 13600kf (~3.5hz) GPU: Nvidia RTX4070ti Super (16gb) RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 SSD: Samsung 970 Evo Plus As for the performance problems: The framerate varies wildly from the low 30s to upwards of 80, sticking to the low end for most regions, with Sacrament being the top performer at about 80-90 fps during good weather (around 70 fps during rain). This is with DLSS 4.5 (driver version 591.74) on the “performance” preset in-game, running at 1440p resolution. However … that does not matter all too much, since whatever I set it at, I gain or lose just about 10 fps max. Running PresentMon alongside the game revealed that it has both very poor GPU utilization, as well as poor CPU utilization almost all the time. This is from a 10 minute log I recorded in the Lowland Meadows (one of the worst performing area in game for me) | Average FPS | Minimum FPS | 1st Percentile FPS | 5th Percentile FPS | Maximum FPS | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 60.6152 | 22.5615 | 31.9978 | 41.6961 | 92.3557 | | avg. GPU Utilization | | --- | | 27.0000 | | avg. CPU Utilization | | --- | | 27.8802 | with GPU maxing out at 39.0000 and CPU maxing out at 31.3579 with a frequency of 4689.6129 In case it would be helpful to anybody on the Dev Team, here’s a link to the report file [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YL7Lw-xLsphjyAViYU7vshlYBGpr9L2P/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YL7Lw-xLsphjyAViYU7vshlYBGpr9L2P/view?usp=sharing) And the Player.Log file from the same session > **[Player.log](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eFH5HL_ER22TWuxMUQeQ65NjqbBZobV6/view?usp=sharing)** > > Google Drive file. Any helpful input would be greatly appreciated, as these performance issues mar an otherwise insanely good experience with the game. \*edited post to reflect “first install” date. ---
**Author:** ![Lombix\_4](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/lombix_4/32/9402_2.png) [@Lombix\_4](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Lombix_4)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962/13 "2026-01-14T14:56:35Z")
The beta was significantly more stable and more optimized than the current version (even though it was a beta). If you wait for the next update, you’ll see some major improvements. ---
**Author:** ![JustLunar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@JustLunar](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/JustLunar)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962/14 "2026-01-14T18:21:24Z")
PC Specs: **Ryzen 5800X** , NVIDIA Geforce RTX **4070 Super** , **32GB DDR4** RAM, Installed on **M.2** while playing the game in **1440p**. I’ve also been suffering from performance issues in the game since launch. Right now it’s probably the best it has been but I just noticed while going to the city area near the beginning of the game (as that’s as far as I got due to performance problems), with my setup the FPS went to as low as **7 FRAMES PER SECOND**. Now this isn’t happening all over the area but a specific area. The fps here has always been bad but never this bad. If I were to leave the city and go back to the beginning/tutorial area, the fps goes to as high as 70FPS which is an all time high for me! I’ve taken a photo of the area where the FPS suddenly dropped to 7FPS but i’m not able to replicate it. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/wickedforum/original/2X/4/47888d62722cc443b82fdef9e9bc644c426092c5.jpeg) I really love the visual aesthetic of the game, the OST and the combat from what I’ve seen in videos but the performance seems to be holding me back sadly. I will support this game till the very end and I hope the developers will find a fix to the issue in the city! I’m going to go beyond the city and see if the performance is also improved as the latest NVIDIA Driver updates seems to have changed something for the better. Kind Regards, ---
**Author:** ![Bumberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Bumberus](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Bumberus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 6:39am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962/15 "2026-01-23T06:39:07Z")
With the latest Update supposedly -once again- “fixing” performance issues, these are the latest numbers from another ~10 minute run of the Lowland Meadows | Average FPS | Minimum FPS | 1st Percentile FPS | 5th Percentile FPS | Maximum FPS | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 60.1203 | 29.0731 | 45.4411 | 50.1614 | 90.3881 | | Avg. CPU Utilization | Avg. GPU Utilization | | --- | --- | | 27.8551 | 39.0000 | since the average only tells part of the story, here’s the total core utilsation, while the game was chugging along at 42 fps. > **Taskmanager Performance Overview** > > ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/wickedforum/original/2X/1/164a959ca01eccb27164259328bb8fcfa83181a6.png) The Log is also full of errors and warnings like `”2026-01-23T06:01:14.998|E|13492||Trying to add a simulation with a null collider ref! Skipping for now, but please fix! (risenCaption_armorTorso_clothSimulation)”` When your own engine is telling you to “please fix!”, you really should take another look at what’s going wrong. Or `2026-01-23T06:01:30.191|X|13492||NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.` `at UnityEngine.Bindings.ThrowHelper.ThrowNullReferenceException (System.Object obj) [0x00000] in <00000000000000000000000000000000>:0` `at Moon.Forsaken.HumanoidCostumeConsumer.RemoveItem (Moon.Forsaken.AttachableRigItem item) [0x00000] in <00000000000000000000000000000000>:0` `at Moon.Forsaken.HumanoidCostumeConsumer.ResetSettings () [0x00000] in <00000000000000000000000000000000>:0` `at Moon.Forsaken.HumanoidCostumeConsumer.OnReturnedToPool () [0x00000] in <00000000000000000000000000000000>:0` And my favourite: `Couldn’t create a Convex Mesh from source mesh “pb_Mesh22199086(Clone)” within the maximum polygons limit (256). The partial hull will be used. Consider simplifying your mesh.` `Lazy deserialization triggered from unknown code-path. Please review the stack trace.` How can things be triggered from an unknown code path? This clearly needs investigating. Link to the DataStore: > **[DataStore.7z](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q9xqozuphv82251E-tvYvGxUzadfCPFl/view?usp=sharing)** > > Google Drive file. Edited once more, removing a bit of spice. I posted this reply earlier while being quite a bit upset about the still lacking performance. \*Added DataStore.7z link to the reply and updated Player.Log in the original post. ---
**Author:** ![Bumberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Bumberus](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Bumberus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962/16 "2026-01-24T17:58:07Z")
I’ll just keep adding examples of “what is even going on?” to this thread. Hopefully someday it’ll get the attention of somebody who can actually tell me what’s wrong with how the game runs on my system. > **1440p - 100% render scale - Sacrament Forge Performance?** > > ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/wickedforum/original/2X/6/63313db9c4f2c1dd36c4db1e2e91dc85d7704b47.jpeg) > > Pretty… acceptable… 89 fps > **1440p - 20% render scale - Sacrament Forge Performance…** > > ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/wickedforum/original/2X/8/8c71d1fb999d05abc98a250b859fc4defecd7e7a.jpeg) > > Oddly enough … 87 fps? > **720p - 20% render scale - Sacrament Forge Performance!** > > ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/wickedforum/original/2X/4/49d7af1d1fe72ca0d063d009109ab44eb0ed2815.jpeg) > > And with the secret BONUS “huh?” that is: > > ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/wickedforum/original/2X/1/17ba6f0d36de89e73b35ababa8d9644965066736.jpeg) > > This rewards me with an whopping… 84 fps. And a nice PS1 aesthetic. > Does the game ACTUALLY change resolution, or is this just an Insta filter? > And before you ask yourself - yes, of course it still dips down below 30 in the Lowland Meadows. I’m quite certain this can’t be an actual Game problem… this HAS to be on my end, right? ---
**Author:** ![Fireflew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b3f665/32.png) [@Fireflew](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Fireflew)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962/17 "2026-01-27T00:31:04Z")
Hi, I’m having consistent hitching/stuttering problems. These are in specific locations around Sacrament and the worst appears to be around the Sunflowers near the Southern entrance. Here’s a video: [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/wickedforum/original/2X/7/7e4d5f132740db93447194ab4675d16497452e37.jpeg "No Rest for the Wicked - Performance Issues") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_d6qBjod1w) The hitching/stuttering can be replicated every single time to varying levels. I have found others with the same hardware as me experiencing the same problems, here: > **[No Rest for the Wicked :: Steam Community](https://steamcommunity.com/app/1371980/discussions/0/691999379595371883/?ctp=3)** Here are my PC specs: GPU: 4090 CPU 9800x3D RAM: 64GB (at 6600MHz) SSD: Samsung 990 PRO I am only playing at 1080p so my hardware should be more than enough to avoid these problems so this seems to be engine related (loading/unloading assets incorrectly?). I have tried running this section at the lowest resolution/settings and the issues still appear. I have also tried running this section maxed out at 4k and the issues are identical. Which further adds to my theory that it’s engine related. I really hope these stutters can be ironed out, especially as Sacrament is the most heavily visited location in the game. ---
**Author:** ![Ranadaine](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/ranadaine/32/13293_2.png) [@Ranadaine](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Ranadaine)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962/18 "2026-01-27T17:54:36Z")
I too feel like something funky is going on PresentMon shows consistent stutter spikes dropping frames to ~15-20 fps every ~half a sec at least in Sacra, sometimes it bleeds to other regions It doesn’t look like it strains even 3080 that much, utilization and temp are not high at all, more like something that runs couple times a second and takes unexpectedly long, which hikes the frame time Here’s pmcap, dxdiag an whatnot > **[dxdiag.txt](https://drive.google.com/file/d/14kkl3hv3EEQGvLpV77IUFLYIkS1GNr4q/view?usp=sharing)** > > Google Drive file. > **[Player.log](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r3JgWyWQrdbsRk8VWYPUuP5h4iWa-qin/view?usp=sharing)** > > Google Drive file. > **[Player-prev.log](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LVtpmUGNni4nP5zrxpvK_avfLhi_7AD0/view?usp=sharing)** > > Google Drive file. > **[pmcap-NoRestForTheWicked.exe-260127-204110.csv](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xOKVdtuXsCga21bf0D2Y4FGwiHR1097O/view?usp=sharing)** > > Google Drive file. ---
**Author:** ![Selei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Selei](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Selei)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962/19 "2026-01-28T01:47:14Z")
Hey folks! Since the latest update, I’ve been experiencing consistent, silent windows crashes back to desktop. Basic Hardware: Nvidia 4090, Intel i9-13900KF, 64 gigs of RAM. Windows 11 Pro. Please find the mentioned log files for bug reporting here (Player.log, player-prev.log, crash files, and dxdiag): [No\_Rest\_For\_The\_Wicked - Google Drive](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16xK9GZ8jHVEyMoXApJ-FdobddvAzMMZD?usp=sharing) These seem to occur effectively randomly, with increased frequency the more players are in the realm at the time. When it does occur, my character state is typically reset to the last point where the game saved. I’ve avoided losing most progress at this juncture by quitting to Main menu every few minutes to save the character’s state. The crash is not specific to any given location in game. I’ve attempted validating the game files through steam, ensuring that administrator mode is toggled in the .exe’s compatibility settings. Neither option has produced any tangible changes in behavior. I’ve also attempted to move the application from my primary SSD to a different SSD, again with no reduction in crash frequency. Windows event viewer does register an error for the NoRestForTheWicked application, under exception code 0xc0000409. Post crashing, loading back into the same realm without switching realms will load me into a weird…. under the map space. It then crashes again within 15-20 seconds. Typically it’ll look something like this, changing depending on the area I was in: ![20260124171102_1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/wickedforum/original/2X/0/03e9646e1a458ca607386c4ffea600f70fda523f.jpeg) Let me know what additional details I can provide. I appreciate any insight or troubleshooting tips! ---
**Author:** ![Khrey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/khrey/32/13526_2.png) [@Khrey](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Khrey)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962/20 "2026-01-28T16:00:01Z")
Hello, since the together update, I’m having random crashes with no game errors. The game freezes and crash to the desktop. It’s annoying, especially on the crucible. The windows event error show this: **Event 1000, Application Error** **General | Details** Faulting application name: NoRestForTheWicked.exe, version: 6000.1.15.0, time stamp: 0x6973a7db Faulting module name: GameAssembly.dll, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x697971c7 Exception code: 0xc0000409 Fault offset: 0x0000000000956f25 Faulting process id: 0x11E4 Faulting application start time: 0x1DC906B442912FE Faulting application path: D:\Steam\steamapps\common\NoRestForTheWicked\NoRestForTheWicked.exe Faulting module path: D:\Steam\steamapps\common\NoRestForTheWicked\GameAssembly.dll Report Id: dcb3c4a5-9402-4f98-a9d6-51af1c2cc4ed Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID: Crash file: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qbc5MKSLL5IsB-PZliYmsDb5NoKJNmq-/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qbc5MKSLL5IsB-PZliYmsDb5NoKJNmq-/view?usp=sharing) [Next page](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/combined-game-runs-unplayable-bad-performance-issue/21962.md?page=2)