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You may end up getting stuck in Jedha during the Defend the Hangar mission when playing Star Wars Jedi Survivor. To see how you can potentially fix this issue, you can take a look at this article from Seeking Tech.

Why the bug occurs

Before we start detailing this bug, it is important to note that there could be some story spoilers if you haven’t made it this far through the campaign. So, you should proceed with caution if you have not started the Defend the Hangar mission in the Jedha planet yet.

The glitch occurs when you take control as Cere. If you managed to fall off the map, you would respawn in a room with a locked gate, inoperable elevator and meditation circle. In this room, you will be stuck with nowhere to go as you won’t get past the gate or summon the lift.

While you can try jumping down the elevator shaft, you will suffer from fall damage and respawn back in the very same room.

You can find a video of the soft-locking bug in the Star Wars Jedi Survivor game below (via the Elijah Salem YouTube channel):

How to fix

The only way to get rid of this glitch is to wait until the development team from Respawn Entertainment fixes the issue.

According to a community manager from Electronic Arts, the soft lock has been forwarded to the necessary personnel. You can find the statement below (via the EA Answers HQ website):

• “The issue has been forwarded to the teams for further investigation.”

A new patch for Star Wars Jedi Survivor should be announced through the official EA Star Wars Twitter page. If the patch notes states that this new version of the action-adventure game fixes the Jedha soft lock, then make sure you download the title update on your PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5 Digital Edition, Xbox Series S or Xbox Series X.

Once you updated the game, you should be able to progress past the locked room.

If you don’t want to wait that long for a new patch to fix this bug, then you can try starting a new journey. To speed up the replay progress, you can play at the easiest difficulty setting and skip the cut scenes. Once you play as Cere in the Defend the Hangar mission, make sure you don’t fall off the ledge again in order to avoid the glitch.

When playing Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, you may encounter an unexpected error that states the following:

• “You have seemed to have bypassed certain story elements. Continuing to play from this point may encounter issues. If you choose to proceed anyway, loading into future Saves from the Title Screen will give you the option to reload prior to this point.”

You may also be given two options. The Load option has the following description:

• “Continue from the last good save. You may lose some progress but will avoid game breaking issues.”

The Proceed Anyway option has the following information:

• “Continue in the broken state. This is not recommended. Things will likely be broken.”

To see how you can fix this potentially game breaking glitch, you can take a look at this troubleshooting article from Seeking Tech.

1. Based on our testing, this bug commonly appears when going from the Derelict Dam meditation point to the Southern Reach mediation point.

Normally, you should see the Bogling creatures just before the wall that requires you to double jump. If you don’t see them, then you need to respawn from the Derelict Dam meditation point and then proceed to navigate towards the Southern Reach mediation point again.

It may take several attempts to get the game to properly load in the Boglings. Once you see these creatures, then they should indicate that the game’s story has properly progressed. As a result, you should no longer see the “bypassed certain story elements” error message pop up from this point forward.

2. If the aforementioned solution did not work, then you can try power cycling your console if you are playing on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S.

On the PS5, you need to turn off your console, unplug its power cord and then wait for at least 60 seconds. Afterwards, re-plug the power cable and then turn the system back on.

On the Series X or Series S, you need to press and hold the power button on the console for at least 10 seconds. Once the console has shut down, you can press the same button to turn it back on.

After power cycling your gaming system, try to play the game again to see if you are still getting the same warning notification.

3. On the PC, you can try repairing or verifying the game files.

If you are playing from the EA App, then you need to go the Library section of the application and then click Manage on the game’s icon. You can then select Repair.

On Steam, you need to open the Library section and then click on the gear icon from the product page of Star Wars Jedi Survivor. Next, you need to select “Properties…” from the drop-down menu. In the new screen, select Local Files on the left side and then “Verify integrity of game files…” on the right side of the same screen.

4. If you still can’t get rid of this unexpected error, then you need to wait until the development team at Respawn Entertainment fixes this problem in a patch update.

Hopefully, the new version will address this unexpected error.

You will get bonus DLC packs by pre-ordering Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. If you manage to get the deluxe edition of the action-adventure game, you will also get additional extras as well. If you can’t find these downloadable contents, then you can check out this troubleshooting article from Seeking Tech.

Before we start, you should make sure that you qualify for the bonus DLC packs. If you pre-order the game before the official April 28, 2023 launch date, then you should get the following:

• Hermit cosmetic
• Hermit lightsaber set
• Combustion blaster set

If you purchase Star Wars Jedi Survivor Deluxe Edition, then you also should be getting the following extras:

• Scoundrel cosmetic
• Rugged BD-1 cosmetic
• DL-44 blaster set
• Rebel hero cosmetic
• BD-ASTRO BD-1 cosmetic
• Rebel hero lightsaber set

1. If you bought the physical disc version of game, then you need to redeem the code that came with your purchase.

Try to check your receipt and/or email to see if you can find a voucher that you can enter. If you can’t locate the code, then you can try to contact the seller or retailer of the game to see if you can get one from them.

2. If you bought the game digitally, then the pre-order and/or deluxe edition bonuses should automatically be added to your account on the platform where you made the purchase.

3. You can also check to see if the content is installed on your platform.

On the PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition, you need to move the cursor over the Star Wars Jedi Survivor on the home screen of the console, press the Options button on the DualSense and then select Manage Game Content.

On the Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S, you need to move the cursor over to the game’s icon on the home screen of the console’s dashboard, press the Menu button and then select “Manage game and add-ons.” Afterwards, select the top option on the right side of the screen.

On Steam, you need to right click on the game in the Library menu, select Properties and then select DLC.

From the Epic Games Launcher, you need to tap the three dots next to the game in the Library menu and then select Manage Add-ons.

In the EA App, go to My Collection, click the three dots on the Star Wars Jedi Survivor and then select
Manage Add-ons.

4. If the content appears to be installed, then you should make sure that you progress deep enough into the campaign of Jedi Survivor until you are able to change the cosmetics, blaster and/or lightsaber sets for your character to see if you are able to access the bonuses.

5. If the content is still missing, then you can try to download the files from the PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store, Steam, EA App or Epic Games Store.

6. You can also try verifying your game files.

On the PS5, you need to go to Settings > Settings > Users and Accounts > Other > Restore Licenses > Restore.

For Steam, you need to head over to the DLC page of Star Wars Jedi Survivor, uncheck all of the downloadable content. Afterwards, launch and then exit the game. Finally, go back to the DLC page, checkmark all of the DLC available to you and then re-launch the game.

If you are using the Epic Games Launcher, click on the three dots on the game’s icon from the Library and then select Manage. Afterwards, select Verify.

For the EA App, go to My Collection and then click on the three dots on the game icon. Finally, select the Repair option.

When you try to resume your progress in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the game may end up crashing. On the PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition consoles, you may also see the following error message appear after the game is forced to close down:

• “CE-108255-1: Something went wrong with the game or app.”

If this keeps happening to you when you attempt to load into your save file, then you can check out this troubleshooting article from Seeking Tech to see how you can potentially fix this specific issue.

1. When Star Wars Jedi: Survivor kept crashing for us when we tried to load into our current save, one method that worked for us was to first start a new game by selecting Start A New Journey from the title screen.

Once the new save file has loaded normally, you can quit out of it by doing the following:

• Open the menu by pressing the Options button on PlayStation 5 or Menu button on the Xbox Series X or Xbox Serie S.
• In the menu, you need to head over to the Options section. You can change sections by using the L1 and R1 buttons on PS5 or LB and RB buttons on Xbox. For the uninformed, the Options section is represented by the gear cog icon.
• From the Options section, you should be able to find and select Quit.
• After returning to the title screen, select Load Journey and then try to load back to the save file from your previous playthrough. Hopefully, you will no longer encounter any crashes when loading into the game.

2. If you still can’t resume your progress without Star Wars Jedi: Survivor unexpectedly closing down, then you can try changing the enabling or disabling the Performance Mode.

You can do so by opening the Options menu and then selecting Visuals. From there, you can turn Performance Mode either On or Off.

From our experience, the game seems more stable with this mode turned off. With that said, the frame rate will only be running at maximum of 30 fps instead of 60 fps with this mode enabled.

It is important to note that the Xbox Series S version of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor does not offer a Performance Mode as the game is limited to only running at a maximum frame rate of 30.

3. You can also try turning off the Usage Sharing setting by going to the Options menu and then heading to its Extra section.

4. Disabling chromatic aberration, film grain and/or motion blur may also help as well. To find out how you can turn off these visual effects, you can take a look at our previous guide.

5. If the game is still crashing when you try to load a save data, then you can try deleting the game off of your console storage and then re-installing it again.

6. Of course, you should also make sure that you have the latest updates installed for both the Star Wars Jedi: Survivor game as well as your gaming systems.

These new software versions may improve the stability of the game and, therefore, eliminate crashes when loading back into your previous save.

In some scenarios, you will need to press a button that appears on the screen in Star Wars Jedi Survivor. These sequences can be tiring, especially if you are constantly trying to mash the same button rapidly. Not to mention that they can come out of nowhere and break your rhythm due to their jarring nature.

If you find that these QTEs to be annoying, then you are able to disable this feature from the in-game menu of this PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S game. To find out how to do so, you can check out this tutorial from Seeking Tech by taking the following steps:

1. For the first step, you need to head over to the Options menu while playing Star Wars Jedi Survivor. You can do so from the title screen.

If you are currently playing the game, then you can bring up the pause menu by pressing the Options button on the DualSense gamepad or Menu button on the Xbox controller.

2. Once you open the Options menu, you need to either select Accessibility or Gameplay.

3. On the right side of the same screen, you should move the cursor down until you get to Button Mash Options. This setting should show the following description:

• “Toggles how the player interacts with button mashes and quick time events.”

4. The Button Mash Options setting is set to Default. In order to disable QTEs, you need to change it to Automatically Succeed.

5. Once you are done making the change, you can exit out of the Options menu and then resume your game.

The next time you encounter a quick time event in Star Wars Jedi Survivor, the sequence will automatically be completed successfully without you having to press the correct inputs that are being shown on the screen.