DREADMOOR’s Second Early Access Update Fixes Softlocks and Quest Issues

DREADMOOR’s developer has released the game’s second Early Access update, addressing potential progression blockers alongside gameplay fixes, physics improvements, controller adjustments and visual enhancements. The official patch announcement puts several practical problems in focus: a generator interaction that could leave players stuck, objects falling through the environment, and help finding fish needed for a quest.

The generator fix addresses a specific combination of actions: interacting with it while holding items could cause a softlock. That makes it one of the patch’s more consequential changes for players, since it tackles an interaction capable of interrupting progress rather than a cosmetic fault. Father Matthias’s quest also receives attention, with added Bloodgill fishing spots and a quest marker to help players locate the required fish. That change addresses the search itself, providing clearer direction toward the quest requirement.

In The Throat, the update enables physics sleep for modular objects to prevent them from falling through the environment. The important distinction here is that this is an object-physics fix, separate from the generator’s interaction problem. Together, those changes target two different sources of disruption: an action that could softlock the game and environmental objects failing to stay where they belong.

The display changes cover both initial setup and a particular encounter. Borderless Windowed Mode is now the default for new players, while rare ray-tracing issues during the Betsy encounter at the second Trading Post have been fixed. The former changes how the game starts for newcomers; the latter is a targeted rendering correction tied to that encounter.

The patch’s priorities are practical: quest guidance, interaction reliability, object physics and display behaviour, with controller adjustments also part of its scope. As Early Access work continues, the developer says it will keep monitoring player reports, investigating issues and working on further improvements to DREADMOOR.