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Challenges not counting? What actually helps
Updated Sep 11, 2026v1.0.1Reported1 min read
| Status | Investigating |
|---|---|
| Platforms | PC, PS5, Xbox |
"My challenge didn't count" is the most common complaint we track — and it's really three different problems wearing one coat. Sorting out which one you have saves a lot of wasted re-runs.
First: is it a Prestige challenge?
If yes, stop troubleshooting. Prestige challenges were disabled server-side on September 10, 2026 while a bug is investigated — officially confirmed. Nothing you do locally will make them track. Details: Prestige challenges disabled.
Second: did the challenge's hidden conditions fail?
Progressive story challenges (the Chapter 4 Challenge 6 type) have ordering and stealth conditions that fail silently — the chapter continues, but the tracker stops. Before assuming a bug:
- Re-read the challenge text for order and condition requirements.
- Check our walkthroughs — the known failure traps for Chapter 4 Challenge 6 and Chapter 2 Challenge 6 are documented there.
- Confirm the challenge was active before the attempt, not selected afterward.
Third: the genuine tracking bug
Some clean, condition-correct runs still don't record. This is community-reported at meaningful volume and consistent with the developer's September 10 acknowledgment that issues are being investigated. Reported
What players report helping sometimes (none of this is guaranteed):
- Fully restarting the game after an unrecorded completion — some report the credit appears after a restart.
- Completing challenges in online sessions rather than offline practice, where some tracking is reported as inconsistent. Unverified
- Re-running the challenge from a clean chapter start rather than mid-chapter.
What doesn't help
Reinstalling has no credible success reports for this issue, and file-verification helps only when other symptoms (crashes, missing assets) are present.
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