# Crash on selecting penance

**URL:** <https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/crash-on-selecting-penance/112764>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Tags:** acknowledged\
**Created:** [September 24, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/crash-on-selecting-penance/112764 "2025-09-24T01:02:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![meanderingcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@meanderingcat](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/meanderingcat)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/crash-on-selecting-penance/112764/1 "2025-09-24T01:02:36Z")

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### Issue Type (Required):

Crash - During Play

### Issue Description (Required):

Every time I interact with Hestia, or select Penances from the menu, the game crashes. On any of my characters. Verified files and the crash still occurs.

### [PC] Do You Use Mods? (Optional):

Yes, and I’ve tried disabling them

### Reproduction Rate (Required):

Constant (100%)

### Platform (Required):

PC - Steam

### Player ID (Optional):

MeanderingCat

### [PC] Crash Report (Optional):

## GUID: 7048dfd8-feb2-4753-9c05-0951332126ac Log File: Info Type:

## [Script Error]: …ui/views/penance\_overview\_view/penance\_overview\_view.lua:196: attempt to index field ‘\_category\_to\_parent’ (a nil value)

### [PC] Upload Console Log & darktide\_launcher.log (Optional):

[crash\_dump-2025-09-24-00.56.57-b378b489-8487-4ad3-93c1-b09e5cd4066c.dmp](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/uploads/short-url/9dsPw2CNwF6q9ns3iWgpwZP5s3y.dmp) (1.34 MB)  
[console-2025-09-24-00.56.57-b378b489-8487-4ad3-93c1-b09e5cd4066c.log](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/uploads/short-url/pHZjNdJM9blXzVcCZ8B3kZcbwpn.log) (83.4 KB)  
[darktide\_launcher.log](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/uploads/short-url/6IHsD7KMpChz9jfZbSFHbWzgUXQ.log) (292 KB)

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**Author:** ![FatsharkJulia](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/fatsharkjulia/32/11653_2.png) [@FatsharkJulia](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/FatsharkJulia)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/crash-on-selecting-penance/112764/2 "2025-09-24T09:19:01Z")

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Thanks for reporting - we’ll have this resolved in 1.9.1!