Regular Crash after opening menus

Wicked Bug Reporting
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I’m getting regular crashes, it seems to be whenever I leave any kind of menu/certain UI elements.

Steps to reproduce (one example):

  1. Steam - Open No Rest for the Wicked
  2. Click Settings
  3. Click Graphics
  4. Click ‘Quality Presets’, changed from Custom to Performance
  5. Press ESC (back) on keyboard.
  6. At this point the setting change doesn’t save and the main menu does not appear, instead it freezes for 20 seconds
  7. After 20 seconds the game closes.

I had tried this repeatedly and can reliably cause this crash.

What DOESN’T crash

  • I can load into the game, click Realm - join
  • I can run around and attack (Left Click) dodge (Space) loot, eat.
  • I can load other areas
  • I can dismiss Hint Tooltips by pressing ESC
  • I can respawn, quick travel

What else crashes

  • Any other Main menu option
  • Any other menu option after loading into the game (the menu also looks a bit funny before it crashes, like it didn’t load correctly)
  • Inventory (I) and then pressing ESC to leave inventory

Troubleshooting attempted

  • Steam Verified files
  • Restarted PC
  • Changed to Windowed mode
  • NVidia control panel - turned off Vertical Sync
  • Changed my pagefile.sys to 8GB
  • Reinstalled game on a different hard drive

I’ve recorded a short video of replicating the issue and saved the player.logs, there was no files under \AppData\LocalLow\Moon Studios\NoRestForTheWicked\backtrace\crashpad\reports

Errors in the player.log

  • PlayerPrefsException: Could not store preference value
    at UnityEngine.PlayerPrefs.SetString
  • NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
  • Unstable environment, too many exceptions, terminating build.

Google drive link with info

2

Vorticose, this sounds pretty severe and I’m sorry this is happening for you.

Can you also add your Datastore to the shared link?

Silas

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I’ve zipped up %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Moon Studios\NoRestForTheWicked\DataStore and added it to the google drive link above.

4

Updates:

  • I downloaded the latest patch in Steam, it says App ID: 1371980 Build ID: 21629143 Installed content updated: Jan 24 2026 at 17:20. Same crash after the patch
  • I’ve attached a screenshot of the ‘funny looking’ menu I get if I load into a game and press ESC, this menu appears and it’s usable, then crashes within 20seconds.
  • I have tried on another PC (an older laptop) and it works fine, so I can now see what menus/etc are meant to look like :slight_smile:
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Oof, I feel bad for your game experience, I hope this can be fixed soon.

I am going to escalate this with priority.

Thank you for the extensive report Vorticose!

Silas

6

We will look into this for you, thank you for the files.

7

I’m having the same problem. When accessing certain menus, the game freezes.

8

As title says, my game is crashing instantly when i loot anything or purchase anything. basically unable to play anymore.

Able to force this crash by picking up blue loot, resources on ground or buying anything.

google drive folder with the logs & files.

9

hey chrisballing, thanks for the report.

Can I ask you for some files that are helpful for investigating?

See here: How to Properly Report Bugs! where to find and how to submit them!

What OS do you play on?

Controller or kbm?

Looking forward hearing from you :wink:

Silas

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pc playing with controller. all files are in the link

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also, I uninstalled and reinstalled and now it works. I tried verifying file integrity through steam and it did not fix the issue.