TROUBLESHOOTING

Challenges not counting: a diagnostic checklist

Separate a missed challenge condition from a tracking problem using version checks, reproducible attempts and source-backed bug context.

THE SHORT ANSWER

First compare your run with the exact objective, then check your installed version. IllFonic’s September 5 hotfix addressed several tracking issues, but did not state that every challenge problem was resolved.

Official hotfix + player reports. References and scope below.
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What the patch confirms

IllFonic — Early Access Hotfix 1 ↗ lists fixes for several challenges that failed to track. It does not identify every affected objective. Steam players — Challenges Not Working ↗ includes different outcomes for the same challenges, so a single workaround should not be presented as universal.

Check these in order

This is our suggested reporting workflow, not an official fix sequence.

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Avoid making the problem harder to reproduce

Do not change difficulty, route and optional objectives simultaneously if you are trying to isolate a failure. Do not delete saves or use an unofficial executable as a first troubleshooting step. A useful report explains what happened before the failure, not just that a reward is missing.

Use the matching objective guide

For alert-sensitive runs, see Chapter 2 Challenge 6. For the orderly dispute, see the Prologue evidence comparison. For a sequence mismatch, see Chapter 4.

FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE

Sources & review notes

Reviewed September 10, 2026. This page summarizes the references below; it does not claim independent gameplay testing. Details may change with patches.

  1. IllFonic — Early Access Hotfix 1Official patch notes
  2. Steam players — Challenges Not WorkingPlayer reports; conflicting results

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