# Lowlands under pestilence (maxed) - instant CTD when loading game, saves/data attached

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**Category:** Wicked Bug Reporting\
**Created:** [May 5, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/lowlands-under-pestilence-maxed-instant-ctd-when-loading-game-saves-data-attached/16000 "2025-05-05T01:54:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![msoltyspl](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/msoltyspl/32/5646_2.png) [@msoltyspl](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/msoltyspl)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/lowlands-under-pestilence-maxed-instant-ctd-when-loading-game-saves-data-attached/16000/1 "2025-05-05T01:54:57Z")

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Not sure if realm hopping - as explained below - is related to the crash in Lowlands, considering how many people have the crash/ctd issue. Either way, the data/saves is linked below (with plenty of crash dumps).

**original post:**

- my primary area is now lowlands with maxed out pestilence run as of last successful login
- secondary area my character was in early shallows (for quick repairs when I’m too lazy to teleport back to the main town)

After entering and exiting shallows, my primary area’s save claims it’s also shallows instead of lowlands. And it causes instant CTD.

Btw, the amount of crashes I had while entering areas from the main hub (mainly lowlands) or respawning is pretty crazy after the breach update (not sure if hotfixes are relevant).

Either way, the save in this realm _seems_ to be bricked (I have a few hours older backup though).

[https://f002.backblazeb2.com/file/amene-stuff/ShareX/2025/05/Moon%20Studios.7z](https://f002.backblazeb2.com/file/amene-stuff/ShareX/2025/05/Moon%20Studios.7z)

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**Author:** ![msoltyspl](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/msoltyspl/32/5646_2.png) [@msoltyspl](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/msoltyspl)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/lowlands-under-pestilence-maxed-instant-ctd-when-loading-game-saves-data-attached/16000/2 "2025-05-05T12:19:19Z")

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Restructured the text a little and changed the subject - so it’s more clear, considering how many people have CTDs when loading or entering lowlands area.

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**Author:** ![Rapture](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.norestforthewicked.com/rapture/32/8808_2.png) [@Rapture](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/Rapture)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/lowlands-under-pestilence-maxed-instant-ctd-when-loading-game-saves-data-attached/16000/3 "2025-05-05T21:57:51Z")

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I have this exact same issue. I recently used an effigy to create a max pestilence zone in the lowlands. Within a min of creating it I got a crash to desktop. Now, regardless of how I enter the realm, I crash to desktop.

Bug report files on my end are located here: [Crash When Creating Max Pestilence Zone - Google Drive](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tCOhhNVvpCRbGZB_20btpa7a6ZjUPqMP?usp=drive_link)