- What is your character name in New World: Parabolah
- What server/world did you experience your issue on: Aukumea
- Describe the issue you are experiencing: Occasionally when gathering, the gathering animation will changed from mining (possibly other gathering tradeskills as well) into the chest opening animation. After gathering finishes, you’re unable to attack.
- Is this a bug? Yes
- (if a bug) How did the issue affect your gameplay: Cannot attack after bug occurs while gathering.
- (if a bug) Were you able to recover from the issue: Yes
- (if a bug) Please include a screenshot or video of the issue that you have experienced: N/A
- What are the steps to reproduce the issue as you experienced: 1. Gather items via mining. 2. If bug occurs, the mining animation will change roughly 2/3rds in to a chest opening animation. (The progress wheel stays visible but the mining animation/sound effects switch into the chest opening animation/sounds). 3. When gathering finishes, you’re unable to attack with either weapon.
- When did this happen? Roughly 2AM Eastern 10/28/2022.
To fix, unequip and re-equip the gathering tool used for the node (mining pickaxe). This is not listed in the Workarounds for Known Issues thread.