Common Evrima bugs & fixes

Run the EAC reinstall sequence above (delete the EasyAntiCheat folder, then Verify integrity). EAC is what The Isle launches the game executable through, so a broken install blocks every launch until the folder gets restored.

You're probably still on the Legacy branch. In Steam, right-click The Isle → Properties → Betas, and switch the Beta Participation dropdown to the Evrima public branch. Wait for the update, then relaunch. Full walkthrough on the install page.

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This usually means a fragmented or partially-corrupted install. Quit Steam, manually delete the entire The Isle folder under steamapps/common/, then uninstall via Steam and reinstall from scratch. Skipping the manual delete leaves stragglers behind that the reinstall won't replace.

Force DX11 by adding -dx11 to The Isle's launch options (Properties → General → Launch Options). Some older GPUs and outdated driver stacks won't initialize DX12 cleanly even when the install thinks they should.

Three things to try in order: update your GPU drivers, verify game files, then if it's still chronic, do a clean reinstall (manually wipe the install folder before letting Steam reinstall). Memory leaks and stale shader cache are the usual suspects.

Often blamed on the engine running both Chaos and Apex physics modules in parallel — having two physics systems active causes intermittent stalls and disconnects. There's no clean user fix; treat it as a known engine-level issue and keep an eye on patch notes.

DLSS takes a moment to warm up — on lower-spec machines (<16 GB RAM, slow disk) the first launch after a patch can sit on the loading screen for a minute or two. If it still hangs, turn DLSS off in graphics settings from a safe hidden spot once you're in.

Quickest cure: hard log. If the server has an unstuck command, use that. A friendly dino knocking you over also breaks the state — you'll take some damage from the hit, but you'll be unstuck.

Change motion states briefly. Jump off a small ledge to fall, or swim into water and back out. Reentering the standing state from another animation clears the stuck flag.

Mash Q while heading back toward the shoreline, then rest with H. If the loop continues, swim a bit further out and come back — the goal is to break the chain of stuck eat-actions by changing context.

Step away from the food source, spam your Grab key several times, then try again. If it still won't trigger, hard log. The bug is the server thinking you're already holding something in your mouth.

From your client it looks like you dropped or swallowed it, but other players can scent it from far away. This is often blamed on ESP hacks but it's a state-sync bug. Hard log to clear it. Same fix applies for herbivores carrying diet chunks.

Server didn't acknowledge the chunk was consumed. Hard log and try again.

Same family as the face-attached organ bug — your held item is rubber-banding for other clients and broadcasting your position. Hard log; there's no in-world fix.

Hard log. The hunger bar moves but the diet meter doesn't tick — same disconnect between client and server state, same fix.

You finished a pounce, the camera jerked, and now you can sprint on your end but other players see you sliding around in the pounce animation. Pounce again into the ground — that resets the state. You're stuck in the bug for about 5–10 seconds in the meantime, and your tap-pounce damage still landed before it broke.

Sometimes the animation never plays. Reposition and try again; if it sticks, hard log. Often correlates with server load.

Hit detection on the tail clip is unreliable against targets above the Stego's elevation, even when the swing visibly passes through them. No user-side fix — work around it by repositioning so the target is at or below tail height.

A defender's vomit usually stops incoming attacks for a few seconds. Sometimes one slips through anyway (most often on Stego swings, Carno gores, Teno tail). Nothing the defender can do; just be aware the lock isn't a guarantee.

Bile gets above the trigger threshold but never fires the vomit. Has been observed at high, mid, and low hunger — no consistent trigger yet. Just be aware your vomit may not deploy on demand.

Press F10 twice. If that doesn't work, hard log. There's a long-running bug where opening chat at all (F6 to toggle, included) resets keybinds and disables the chat input — if it triggers after a relog, the safest play is to avoid chat that session.

Same family as the chat bug above. Restart the game without opening chat, and wipe the Config folder if it persists. Devs are aware.

Hard log. The other player should also see the invite prompt after — if they don't, both relog.

Try the alternate bind: Alt + N (or X). If neither works, wipe the Config folder (clears stuck input state at the cost of resetting keybinds).

If you kill a compy that spawns on your nest, the corpse blocks you from resting on the eggs. There's no clean workaround — relocate, or wait it out and hope the corpse despawns before the eggs do. QA is aware.

Repeatedly spamming the mating call sometimes registers a pair on one client even though the other dino never called back. Result: a nest forms without both players consenting. No user fix — be aware that calls do occasionally one-side this way.

Logging out close to a server restart sometimes wipes your save — you reconnect into character select. To minimize the risk, safe-log at least 5 minutes before the restart window, or skip safe-log entirely and hard log instead. After a hard log your dino sits in the world for ~5 minutes (attackable, no growth/stamina regen), then despawns cleanly. Same bug can hit you while you're offline if a restart happens then, just much more rarely.

Pressing or holding the sniff key can leave the scent marker visible and lock every other input until it fades. Wiping the Config folder is the dev-suggested fix but it doesn't always take. If it locks, wait it out.

Admins entering spectate sometimes leave the dino's hurtboxes behind for other players to hit — admin gets damaged or bled in spectate. Server-side bug; nothing the admin can do besides leave spectate.

If you enter spectate mid-chuff, you'll keep producing the chuff audio at your last position, and your character will visibly chuff silently when you respawn until you bite or crouch.

Currently broken — the overlay returns no markers. No user-side workaround.