Permanent Softlock inside Boss Arena rocks. Relogging doesn't fix it. Absolute death trap for HC.

So, I just encountered a completely game-breaking bug during the boss fight (The Excavation).

During Phase 2, my character got permanently stuck inside the terrain/rocks on the arena.
Here is exactly why this is a massive problem:

Movement skills do nothing: You can't dash or roll out of the geometry.

Relogging traps you: If you use "Exit to Character Selection" and log back in, the game spawns you exactly in the same stuck position inside the rocks on the boss arena.

The only escape: The only way to get out is to cast a portal to Kingsmarch and abandon the fight.

The Hardcore implication: If an HC player catches this bug, their character is permanently dead. Your logout macro will not save you. You will just log back into the same rock while the boss continues to beat you to death, and you won't have the time to channel a portal to Kingsmarch while taking hits.

GGG, this needs an emergency fix before it starts claiming HC characters.

P.S. I found a bug. Gimmie a pizza.

Video: https://youtu.be/NPUFN2dUY4A

Tried to force spawn in town/hideout and reset the instance?

Hey man, appreciate the advice! 🤝 But the tricky part with PoE 2 is that when you log out, it respawns you right back inside the boss arena... and in my case, straight into that same rock lol. Plus, they completely disabled casting portals during boss fights now, so I can't even get back to town to ctrl-click and reset the instance.
Honestly, thank God I'm playing softcore and not a melee build! If I was a melee character stuck in a rock like this, I literally wouldn't be able to do anything at all and would just slowly die. At least as a Mercenary I can shoot! 😅

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IILU81II#8410 wrote:

Tried to force spawn in town/hideout and reset the instance?

This is the solution for HC being stuck since the removal of respawn at checkpoint.
You need to click the little home icon on the charactere selection screen and you will log back in in town or hideout instead of where you're stuck.

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Fumouou#6825 wrote:

thank God I'm playing softcore

If you play softcore you can just press ESC and select "respawn at checkpoint".

you could tp to hideout and cut blink into a skill gem, then go back and warp out.

ive had to do this to pick up a divine from a mob that was not accessible. It was on deserted and the area the monster was in was blocked by assets.