# HITMAN 3 - Bug Report Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Player Support\ **Created:** [January 21, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963 "2021-01-21T11:00:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 239
**Author:** ![JaqTaar](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/jaqtaar/32/483_2.png) [@JaqTaar](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/JaqTaar)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 10:35pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963/5264 "2026-10-29T22:35:15Z")
**Platform:** PC (Epic) **Location:** Seems to be the case across all levels (I checked all three versions of the new mission plus a few of the old missions) **Description** : The Redline pistol from the Alter Ego DLC cannot be smuggled in Hidden Stashes, only in Agency Pickups (the Wasteland Vulture is not affected). ![Screenshot 2026-10-29 222945](https://hitmanforum-v6-s3-uploads.s3.dualstack.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/7/6/764fe6baba78772282a2a2a611ac44beeaa79999.png) ![Screenshot 2026-10-29 223048](https://hitmanforum-v6-s3-uploads.s3.dualstack.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/f/8/f8c21443fcb09ebaf2be645cecf5ec383dcebb22.png) ---
**Author:** ![chuckmcgillgaming](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/chuckmcgillgaming/32/145708_2.png) [@chuckmcgillgaming](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/chuckmcgillgaming)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963/5265 "2026-10-29T22:39:09Z")
Maybe they want this route to be exclusive to those who’ve unlocked it? ---
**Author:** ![BlossomFox](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/blossomfox/32/148351_2.png) [@BlossomFox](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/BlossomFox)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 11:51pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963/5266 "2026-10-29T23:51:44Z")
Yeah maybe, the blackout from the podcast counts which I forgot about. Still seems an outlier in the design of all other missions, there isn’t ever anything you have to bring something in to use. ---
**Author:** ![thrison](https://www.hitmanforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@thrison](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/thrison)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 8:47am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963/5267 "2026-10-30T08:47:45Z")
Hawkes Bay The Host Game breaking bug. If you go through the podcast mission story and have Diana cut the power, everyone in the Content Creator room (and Jamie) start to act like the data centre has already been destroyed. You can no longer use the console to destroy it, but if you use the screwdriver on the fans - the data centre won’t register as destroyed/mark the objective as complete. The mission is now softlocked and cannot be completed after killing the four targets due to the data centre objective not being completed. This was in the Special Assignment variant and during the podcast I select Poker as the first prompt, and then for the second I selected the Cut Power prompt. @IOI_Artjoms ---
**Author:** ![IOI\_Artjoms](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/ioi_artjoms/32/143352_2.png) [@IOI\_Artjoms](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/IOI_Artjoms)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 8:57am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963/5268 "2026-10-30T08:57:23Z")
If you still have the save file or a checkpoint: Could you check if the data center is destroyable via firearms/explosives? ---
**Author:** ![thrison](https://www.hitmanforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@thrison](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/thrison)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 8:58am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963/5269 "2026-10-30T08:58:55Z")
Just did some further testing and its not actually a complete softlock. If you kill all the targets, you have to go through the process of putting the fuse cell in the fuse box to turn the power on, then the servers will blow up (if you’ve previously played with the fans). But, there is nothing to indicate to the player that thats what they need to do to be able to finish the mission. But presents as a softlock. ---
**Author:** ![BlobSponge](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/blobsponge/32/29644_2.png) [@BlobSponge](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/BlobSponge)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 9:30am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963/5270 "2026-10-30T09:30:32Z")
PS5 French localization Mission: The Host The description of the starting position is not translated in French. In the loadout menu before the mission, if you check the description of the starting position, the text remains in English. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Farmer](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/charlie_farmer/32/136175_2.png) [@Charlie\_Farmer](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Charlie_Farmer)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 10:38am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963/5271 "2026-10-30T10:38:40Z")
> [@BlossomFox](#): > > There is no crowbar in the Host mission, which is needed for a challenge. It seems to be triggered (the blackout I mean) via both this and the fuse cell near by as well as through the codeword 'blackout" during the podcast mission story - enabling you to kill three of the targets fairly quickly. ---
**Author:** ![BlobSponge](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/blobsponge/32/29644_2.png) [@BlobSponge](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/BlobSponge)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 10:55am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963/5272 "2026-10-30T10:55:52Z")
PS5 The Host mission I can’t unlock the SA, SO and SASO challenges even though all requirements are met. The challenges remain locked in the challenge menu and tab. But I did observe that they appear “unlocked” in the recap menu at the end of the mission. I did play first the Host ET regular mission (SASO) before playing the special assignment mission. @IOI_Artjoms Is there a way to fix that? ---
**Author:** ![thrison](https://www.hitmanforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@thrison](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/thrison)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 11:07am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963/5273 "2026-10-30T11:07:39Z")
I had this. I closed the game, restarted and redid the mission and then they popped the second go around. ---
**Author:** ![thrison](https://www.hitmanforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@thrison](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/thrison)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 11:12am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963/5274 "2026-10-30T11:12:35Z")
Steam The image for the Hijacker Duck is much smaller than the ducks in the images right next to it and should be bigger. The other ducks are displayed the same size as all other duck images. ![image](https://hitmanforum-v6-s3-uploads.s3.dualstack.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/4/d/4d3834b8cac166ab4e0f3ecd563df43cd633b133.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![thrison](https://www.hitmanforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@thrison](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/thrison)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963/5275 "2026-10-30T12:00:18Z")
The Host If you emetic a Content Creator, they will not go to the bathroom attached to the room. Instead they will go upstairs. When you take the disguise, the ankle monitor goes off basically making it impossible to do the server room mission story Silent Assassin as you’ll lure NPCs towards you trying to get back downstairs. ---
**Author:** ![IOI\_Artjoms](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/ioi_artjoms/32/143352_2.png) [@IOI\_Artjoms](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/IOI_Artjoms)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963/5276 "2026-10-30T13:39:57Z")
This is intended. 🙂 The duck is smaller than the other ones! ---
**Author:** ![BlossomFox](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/blossomfox/32/148351_2.png) [@BlossomFox](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/BlossomFox)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963/5277 "2026-10-30T15:47:08Z")
> [@Hitman World of Assassination 3.290.1 Patch Notes](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-world-of-assassination-3-290-1-patch-notes/27273/58): > > This also applies to Arthur Edwards during Untouchable. He’s not supposed to react to anything you do, yet throwing a grenade nearby has him run away and use generic civilian dialogue. He returns to normal after walking back to the mirror, but it’s still quite odd to see and hear. ---
**Author:** ![GH\_Ramsey](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/gh_ramsey/32/70403_2.png) [@GH\_Ramsey](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/GH_Ramsey)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963/5278 "2026-10-30T17:02:56Z")
I did the ET mission and then tried The Host special assignment. I accessed the basement ahead of time. I set the mic to be electrified and I’d poisoned one of the two lackeys who are glued to the target. While one was still sick I activated the sit down objective and then the target sat down and nothing else happens. It just locked that way. Only the camera can pan. I guess the lackey guy being sick broke something. You can see him in the screenshot. He didn’t go to find somewhere to puke instead he was stuck in place like NPCs do when waiting for another NPC to finish. No other NPCs were puking at this point. The only other things I did were to poison the to garage guards from an emetic mine inside the briefcase, I snuck into the room for the master basement keycard and I left the briefcase on the stair and Colton tells one of his lackeys to take it away. Any, all, or none of these might have caused this, but the mission was softlocked. This is Steam/PC. I have not tried this more than once so IDK how often it happens or just something unique to this playthrough. ![20E188~1](https://hitmanforum-v6-s3-uploads.s3.dualstack.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/7/7/7722abfa0bbb661cac4e2e3fc4d7202f24299a09.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![BlossomFox](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/blossomfox/32/148351_2.png) [@BlossomFox](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/BlossomFox)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963/5279 "2026-10-30T17:49:20Z")
![image](https://hitmanforum-v6-s3-uploads.s3.dualstack.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/e/e/eefce1289bcd09fb199eb384b2f909862ed545e6.jpeg) The guru escalation can’t be completed any more as the guards run away from your grenade which you need to poison them with. ---
**Author:** ![chuckmcgillgaming](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/chuckmcgillgaming/32/145708_2.png) [@chuckmcgillgaming](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/chuckmcgillgaming)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963/5280 "2026-10-30T17:56:48Z")
I feel like this could easily be solved by making the guru grenade a legal item and considered like a thrown duck ---
**Author:** ![chuckmcgillgaming](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/chuckmcgillgaming/32/145708_2.png) [@chuckmcgillgaming](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/chuckmcgillgaming)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963/5281 "2026-10-30T18:25:16Z")
Ive been doing some testing and yea this is quite rough. I like this mechanic, I hope this mechanic stays, but because emetic grenades are grenades this same principle is applied to them the workaround I have figured for it is that it’s based off of vision, not proximity. So if you distract the NPC and throw it behind them when they are unable to turn around and see it you can poison them. HOWEVER you need to make sure no one else sees the grenade too because of the other aspect of this mechanic which is: If other people see this ala a soft lockdown or panic they alert others to the grenade, which leads to if they got caught in the smoke and poisoned the panic state then takes away their poison. If you poison them during this panic state the poison wears off instantly A way to fix this would be to allow us to while not aiming, but holding a grenade, let us press the fire button to activate and drop a grenade. That way the activation of a grenade doesnt require a throw, so it doesnt generate the distraction that turns NPCs around. That way you can activate these grenades behind their back, or hell even hold it to cook them and let it explode in your hand. And this can be applied to frag and flash grenades too I hope this mechanic stays because the run away state and the panic after a grenade throw I think are great mechanics for NPC manipulation, but right now it’s implemented in a way that breaks how emetic grenades work and further nerfs them compared to the durian and gas glass ---
**Author:** ![BlobSponge](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/blobsponge/32/29644_2.png) [@BlobSponge](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/BlobSponge)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963/5282 "2026-10-30T20:15:29Z")
Could only try this workaround right now. It did work but it was pretty annoying. Thank you for the tip! ---
**Author:** ![lukefsje](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/lukefsje/32/53370_2.png) [@lukefsje](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/lukefsje)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963/5283 "2026-10-31T02:24:52Z")
Platform: Steam and PS5 but most likely all of them The escalation tile on the Live tab is still bugged to not display all escalations properly. Instead, it only displays these (in this order): - The Haliwell Fable in Berlin - The Berlin Egg Hunt in Berlin - The Jinzhen Incident in Chongqing - The Satu Mare Delirium in Berlin - The Greed Enumeration in Dubai - The Lesley Celebration in Berlin - The Proloff Parable in Carpathian Mountains After these seven escalations are completed, no more appear on the tile and it just shows the “game modes” button: ![HITMAN 3_20261030220340](https://hitmanforum-v6-s3-uploads.s3.dualstack.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/f/bfa32ec6828186c68e006775e91b2a138841677a.jpeg) It should work like the Contracts and ET Arcade tiles, where all of those that a player hasn’t completed yet will appear. But none of the other Hitman 3 escalations show up on this tile, neither do any of the escalations on Hitman 2016 and Hitman 2’s locations even though they aren’t completed: ![HITMAN 3_20261030220600](https://hitmanforum-v6-s3-uploads.s3.dualstack.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/1/4/14944eaa78f8eb6472c98c7a1bccd6b57384042c.jpeg) Just thought I’d point out the issue again because there are dozens of escalations that should appear on the tile but don’t, and since the live tab is meant to be the place to show new players what stuff they haven’t played yet it might be a bit confusing if they think there’s only seven escalations in the game! [Previous page](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963.md?page=238) [Next page](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/hitman-3-bug-report-thread/2963.md?page=240)