It seems it didn’t work. It’s been more than 24 hours since the hotfix, and the plague still hasn’t spawned. I’ll check again later though.
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So yeah , no pestilence spawning for me 24 hrs after hotfix 4
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Waited since patch around 36 hours, still no go 
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Adding on that I had the bug before the recent hotfix, and still have the bug after the hotfix was performed.
I initiated one by burning at a fire, completed it, but still no time based pestilence events.
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Still does not work for me. Been almost a week now and no pestilence. Need to burn effigies to have outbreak. Please hotfix this asap!
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Please, if anyone here is affected by this on a Realm created AFTER the Together update (that is 22 January 2026), can you submit your logs and Datastore? (see: How to Properly Report Bugs! for instructions)
Silas
Here are my logs, I hope this is everything you need. My realm was created on 24/01/2026, and I got to Caylen yesterday (28/01). I can spawn Pestilence manually via campfires, but the only one to automatically spawn was the one initial in The Shallows. Please let me know if there is anything else I can do.
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Not a single spawn from the patch.
Only can be triggered manualy.
Please put your Datastore in there as well, thanks 
Silas
Done, sorry I missed that.
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I cleared the last quest around 5 days ago and still haven’t had a single outbreak occur naturally, at the time of posting a few areas are on cooldown but all those were spawned manually
edit: I forgot to mention it but when burning effigies in uncorrupted areas to spawn the pestilence, the boss instantly appears and there is no progress bar
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I’ve been having this issue since the together update.
On realms I’ve created since the together update I will get one outbreak after Caylen. Then, nothing. Ever.
Originally, pre-together, I received 3-4 outbreaks after Caylen. Then, after 24hours past on any zone that saw an outbreak (had timer by name which is gone everywhere now) I would start seeing outbreaks regularly. Not anymore. Nothing. Zip. Nada.
It’s quite frustrating. Especially after getting excited seeing the Hotfix note about it.
I hope it can be resolved soon as I’m starting to have friends dip from the game as there’s no endgame chase for them left. 
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bump.
One single zone afrter hotfix4, none since (on legacy realms). I can speed run a new realm to test the more than 24hours Silas mentioned.
Adding that targeting still requires hold too, click works to switch though.
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In the meantime you can spawn outbreaks burning stuff in bonfires. I’m burning mushrooms because I have a lot, you can find them everywhere.
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I too am having this issue. My main realm was spawning them fine until the Together update. Nothing since then
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Same issue. Here are the requested files. Hope this helps!
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Just went through the campaign and cleaned the first Pestilence and the new one doesn’t show up, from third-party sources I found out that it has a 24 hour cooldown which I think is incredibly stupid, could you please do a 1 hour cooldown or so?
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I agree. I like plagued zones far better than the boring crucible, the 24 hours cooldown is such a bummer.
I searched and didn’t find report, but I did see someone say they have the same issue on steam. (this didnt’ age well, tried again, seems the search feature isn’t real super useful.)
After clearing the first pestilence spread 3 days ago, I’ve not got a new spawn of the pestilence since. I’ve attempted realm hopping, reloading, changing the date on the system both forward and backwards, and nothing has resulted in the game triggering a new plagued area.
Post Updated with link
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It seems to be an issue they have fixed in the latest patch?
- Fixed areas not being infected over time if you have left the realm and return back later on
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