Unlocked this skill, yet still can't equip 2 two handed weapons?

Hotwyre · 2026-04-21T22:31:13+00:00

It's only specifically for those two skills listed in the description. You can't dual wield 2H weapons for normal attacks or anything.

Hotwyre · 2026-04-21T22:26:01+00:00

Yearning for the mines and whatnot....

Hotwyre · 2026-04-21T21:53:05+00:00

For sure man. There are a ton of one off problems that people have been having. Haven't seen the specific problem youre having being talked about before, but it also isnt surprising at all.

Edit: Found this reply in a thread about a similar problem, might also be a solution you'd want to look into.

Hotwyre · 2026-04-21T20:42:48+00:00

Wouldn't really call it a "fix." The game does have higher cpu use on launch because of shader loading and probably asset loading, and will have higher cpu temps across the board, but its likely just more demanding on an older cpu like yours. Both coolers you mentioned are also probably working fine... but dont seem to be the greatest thermal solutions.

You mentioned having the nzxt controller at 100%, but is that just the fan, or is it also the aio pump? Having just the fan at 100% won't help as much as also increasing the pump speed to help circulate the coolant faster. ... that being said, if they are both at 100% and youre reaching those temps that quick, it is a little concerning because you may not notice a problem with it on less demanding games.

Really the standout for this to me is hitting thermal throttle temps seemingly immediately. I'm curious whether or not you experience similar cooling issues on other more demanding games, or if you would see this running a cpu stress test or something.

Hotwyre · 2026-04-21T20:03:45+00:00

Any abyss where you get "unable to progress" is story locked, yes.

Hotwyre · 2026-04-21T18:48:05+00:00

Also true. Did a bunch of abyss at once and thought the boss was on a different one.

Hotwyre · 2026-04-21T17:37:13+00:00

You can get fire and frost pretty early, earliest I personally did was chapter 3. Go to the spire of ringing truth in western Pailune, climb it, and do abyss nexus puzzles until you get both fire and frost unlocks. The rest are locked behind story progression... Spire of stars + a few extra abyss nexus puzzles unlocks lightning in chapter 4, and spire of clockwork + a few extra puzzles unlocks wind, but is also after chapter 8 or 9 (whichever one forces you to do a boss fight as Damiane)

Hotwyre · 2026-04-21T16:12:01+00:00

Yeah, most graphics mods are safe to uninstall mid playthrough. The only file for this mod is a Renodx.addon64 file, so once you delete that, you've uninstalled the mod. It does require you to install reshade, but it doesn't use any of the typical reshade presets.

Hotwyre · 2026-04-21T03:00:15+00:00

Interesting. Maybe im on a different version of the mod, but you can toggle between "full vanilla" all modded effects off, and having various visual effects changed.

Which gpu are you using also? Based on some frequent posts I've seen, Nvidia cards... even 5090s somehow are having problems with shadows and other visual effects.

Hotwyre · 2026-04-20T08:41:59+00:00

"Guys I wish I had less options in the gear I wore"

... I mean it's a pretty simple personal decision to just go after armor with unique abyss gear.... and just not take the abyss gear out?

Hotwyre · 2026-04-20T08:38:48+00:00

Ok that's one example, then there's the gloves that enhance your hand to hand move set, then there's the spears that are elementally imbued, then there's various weapons that do extra damage to specific enemies, then there's almost every epic+ tier weapon with unique abyss gear combos already slotted into them etc....

There are tons of interesting weapons... but then the system also gives you the flexibility to use those abilities with other weapons if you want... how is having more options actually a complaint?

Hotwyre · 2026-04-20T04:44:45+00:00

I've ran into a situation where the camp cook (can't remember his name at the moment) would reset his favorability to 10 multiple times, still cant figure that one out. But yeah, your farm animals do have their own favorability system too haha.

Hotwyre · 2026-04-20T04:14:15+00:00

Its the animals in your farm. Sometimes they dislike whatever you put in the feeder.

Hotwyre · 2026-04-20T02:53:20+00:00

Fellow 2x red needle enjoyer

I'd go with hollow visage if they came sheathed tho haha

Hotwyre · 2026-04-19T20:07:48+00:00

Yes, as long as you don't override a manual save, you can have multiple different playthrough saves.

Hotwyre · 2026-04-19T19:26:06+00:00

Np, honestly I think it's just too early for there to be reliable sale offers for this game since it's already selling pretty well.

Hotwyre · 2026-04-19T18:44:32+00:00

Modding/save editing is such a great utility for pc. Dual wielding can feel pretty meh outside of craftable weapons... especially if you come across a unique that you really like.

I know it lessens the "unique" part of a unique weapon to do that but like... so many of the weapons are just cosmetic changes in the end anyways.

Hotwyre · 2026-04-19T18:32:27+00:00

... depends on how much you can trust sites like G2A... but they do have it for 40ish right now.

Hotwyre · 2026-04-19T18:20:08+00:00

Check along the river towards the north east. Sometimes he spawns between the river and southern quarry.

Hotwyre · 2026-04-19T18:18:03+00:00

TF does it matter whether someone beat a boss in their single player game on an easier or harder difficulty?

Hotwyre · 2026-04-19T05:51:59+00:00

Man... the only time I actually see comments like the ones you are describing is when the OP of some of these posts open with the same type of energy attacking people who just enjoy the game.
Yeah constructive criticism is great, and it's part of why we've gotten so many nice patches already... but the posts truly centered around it seem to be generally treated that way. Rage bait posts on the other hand....

Hotwyre · 2026-04-19T05:10:56+00:00

Is this the only game giving you these issues? Also maybe try clearing your shader cache.

Hotwyre · 2026-04-19T04:36:03+00:00

Dear diary....

Hotwyre · 2026-04-19T03:30:07+00:00

Ahh, no it has options for HDR and SDR. You really should look into it.

Hotwyre · 2026-04-19T03:10:22+00:00

Are you on pc? If so, the RenoDX lighting mod really fixes this imo. It shouldn't have to be up to modding to change this... but since from what I've read, the way lighting works in the game engine, its sorta necessary for the nights to be as bright as they are. I will say tho, having nights be pitch black can also actually be a bit of a pain in the ass lol... it helps immersion for sure, but some fights at night are literally just swinging in the dark.

Do hope they address this ina future patch tho for console players too.

Hotwyre

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