Heisenberg's drifter glitch

[Zippy Wonderdust]

Has anyone else experienced this particular glitch where one (or more) rustworld mobs just stands there doing nothing?  You can hit it but it never dies, and it never fights back -- like it's there and not there at the same time. They also never despawn; you have to save and reload to get rid of them.  This has now happened to me twice, once with a shiver on a server my son and I play on and once in the video linked below.  Both worlds had been upgraded to 1.20.10.  I'm trying to determine if this is a bug in the core game or a mod conflict of some kind.

The linked video below shows an instance of this, starting at time index 3:54

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28RA5PC8LLc&t=234s

[Maelstrom]

I've documented Clyde and his good for nothing brother Bonnie over in the Humorous Stories thread.  Yes, I had two such characters simultaneously.

I'll confirm that they do not despawn until the game is saved and reloaded.

Edited May 16, 2025 by Maelstrom

[Zippy Wonderdust]

You've been telling Bonnie-n-Clyde stories for a while, so I guess this glitch isn't new with 1.20.10, correct?

[Maelstrom]

Correct.  I think I first saw it around 1.20.5 or so.

[LadyWYT]

It happens every once in a while, though it's not a bug I've encountered in quite some time. Usually a relog fixes it, or otherwise doing something to reload the area in question.

[Maelstrom]

I kinda like to think that it's a friendly-ish drifter that travels the world and occassionally we bump into each other.  Sometimes it brings another friendly-ish drifter with it.  As you've seen I'm building my own local lore about it.  I figure just have fun with it since it is harmless to the overall gameplay.

[Lollard]

I've had this before, a relog did fix it.