Early Access: Known Issues Workarounds

Early Access Workarounds: Fixing Common Witchspire Problems

Early Access games come with rough edges, and Witchspire is no exception. The fixes below are community-reported from player-written guides and are not officially confirmed by the developer, so treat them as first-line troubleshooting rather than guaranteed solutions. They cover the most frequent headaches: lost saves, stuck characters, broken quests, Corruption bugs, and the connection problems behind many Witchspire multiplayer issues.

How to Make Witchspire Easier with Server Settings

If “the game is too difficult” is your main problem, you don’t need to grind it out — the Server Settings menu lets you tune the experience. You can play almost entirely on your own terms.

1. From the Main Menu, select your world.
2. Press Server Settings.
3. Reduce the Enemy Damage setting. You can lower it as far as you like — in theory you can make yourself practically invulnerable.

Several other sliders are worth knowing about:

• Experience Rates — controls how quickly you level up.
• Loot Abundance — controls how much loot drops from foes and resource nodes.

Turning enemy damage down while bumping experience and loot up is the simplest way to smooth over a difficulty wall without restarting your run.

Restoring Lost Save Progress

Occasionally the save system misbehaves and you lose progress. The save folder keeps rolling backups created each time you load your save, so you may be able to roll back. Be warned: a backup can be quite old and may not restore exactly what you’re hoping for — use it with caution.

1. From the Main Menu, press Start Game.
2. Select your World.
3. Press the “Open Saves” button. This opens the save backups folder on your computer.
4. Choose a backup to restore — often the second folder by “Date Modified”.
5. Open it and copy all files inside.
6. Return to the SaveGames folder above and paste the files in. It will look something like: C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Local\Hercules\Saved\SaveGames\XHKkaUxL_IHJ18-bkiZzeQ
7. Start the game and try to load.
8. If it doesn’t work, try a different backup.

Freed a Character That’s Stuck in the World

If your character gets stuck inside the world (or under it), use the built-in Unstuck feature.

Open the settings menu and press Unstuck. This teleports your character to your latest checkpoint — most commonly a hearth. It’s the fastest fix for clipping through terrain or getting wedged somewhere you can’t move out of.

Fixing a Stuck Quest or Missing Quest

If you can’t progress through your current quest, or no quest is visible at all, try these steps in order.

1. Reload your world. Close the game completely and start it again.
2. If that doesn’t work, use the Unstuck Quest feature.

To use it, open the settings menu and press Unstuck Quest. This completes any current quests that may have broken.

Important: be careful with this feature and only use it when necessary. Because it force-completes quests, it might cause other issues or cause you to miss out on content.

Can’t Enter a Corruption Sphere? (Host Rejoin Fix)

If you’re standing inside a Corruption sphere but aren’t actually being pulled inside it, this is a multiplayer-relevant bug. The fix is on the host’s side:

• The host of the game should return to the Main Menu and load the game again. That should resolve it.

Witchspire Multiplayer Issues: Can’t Connect to a Game

Connection failures are one of the most common Witchspire multiplayer issues, and they usually trace back to a DNS or network configuration problem. Community reports point to two workarounds.

Workaround 1 — Flush your DNS (fixes a DNS issue):

1. Press WIN + R to open the Run window.
2. Type cmd and press Enter to open the Command Line.
3. Type: ipconfig /flushdns

Workaround 2 — Check your network configuration:

The guide also suggests reviewing your Windows network setup via Start → Settings → Network & Internet. The exact steps depend on your specific configuration and connection type, so adjust the settings that apply to your network.

Quick Reference: Which Fix for Which Problem?

If you’re short on time, match your symptom to the workaround below — then follow the detailed steps above.

• Game too hard → Lower Enemy Damage in Server Settings.
• Lost save → Restore a backup via “Open Saves”.
• Character stuck → Settings menu → Unstuck.
• Quest stuck or missing → Reload, then Unstuck Quest.
• Can’t enter Corruption → Host returns to Main Menu and reloads.
• Can’t connect → Flush DNS (ipconfig /flushdns) or review network settings.

Keep in mind that all of these are community-reported workarounds, not official fixes. After a game update, the exact menus or options may shift, so always check the in-game settings first if something looks different.