Engine error access violation 0xc0000005 in build

Issue Type (Required):

Crash - During Play

Issue Description (Required):

Regularily crashing. Sometimes on the mourningstar, usually during missions. No idea what causes it.

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

No, I don’t use mods

Reproduction Rate (Required):

Constant (100%)

Platform (Required):

PC - Steam

[PC] Crash Report (Optional):

GUID: 519da9de-fd08-4db8-af53-a32d73d9c818
Log File:
Info Type:

[Engine Error]: Access violation (0xc0000005) in build bc1cbf615da1d364c9e62f4990d5a8a4c6a9fd82
accessing address FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF from 00007FFBEAAE2387

[PC] Upload Console Log & darktide_launcher.log (Optional):

darktide_launcher.log (639 KB)console-2026-04-22-17.25.21-519da9de-fd08-4db8-af53-a32d73d9c818.log (168 KB)

Sorry to hear this @CountSmashula

To rule out any issues with your game files or settings, I recommend to try a clean reinstallation of Darktide - which involves deleting your AppData (please note any custom settings e.g. loadouts, keybinds, graphics etc. will be reset):

https://support.fatshark.se/hc/en-us/articles/360034118394--PC-How-to-Perform-a-Clean-Re-Installation-of-Vermintide-2-or-Darktide

Please let me know how this goes.

Nothing changed after that. Still getting crashes. usually with a similar 0xc000005 message.

GUID: 4d202007-11ec-476e-af9c-310dee8d66ea

Log File:
Info Type:

[Engine Error]: Access violation (0xc0000005) in build bc1cbf615da1d364c9e62f4990d5a8a4c6a9fd82

accessing address FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF from 00007FF72E7A1303

12th Gen Intel(R) Core™ i7-12700KF
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Nothing special is going on when it crashes. It runs smooth and nice, then suddenly CTD’s. Usually during combat, but sometimes while in a menu or walking around the mourningstar.

Thanks for the update, though sorry to hear the crashes are persisting. It appears to be a generic Access Violation crash for which our general crash solutions may be of help, here:

https://support.fatshark.se/hc/en-us/articles/7709661288733--PC-How-to-Resolve-Crashes-in-Darktide

Otherwise, if you still experience these crashes after troubleshooting with solutions above, it may be helpful to try switching to our Experimental Build.

This Darktide build version includes subtle changes that we trial, some of which focus on stability and performance - so you may have a more positive experience using it.

To do so:

  1. Open the Steam client
  2. Right-click Darktide in your Steam library
  3. Select ‘Properties’
  4. Select ‘Betas’
  5. Enter the password cTYPtKTsfMDsLHAV
  6. Select ‘Check Code’
  7. Select the ‘None’ dropdown, and experimental - Experimental Builds should now be within the list
  8. Select experimental - Experimental Builds
  9. Close the pop-up window
  10. A download should now start

Please let me know how you get on.

I hade same issue.

At end of august game was crashing at menu load for me. Solution that time was to downgrade drivers for my 7900GRE to may version 26.5.2.

But with current version of game 6.10.2026 old drivers does not work. Same with current drivers 26.8.1.

Switching game to experimental 16.10.2026 helped and I was able to play game.

(W10 LTSC 21H2, Ryzen 7 5800X3D, 32gb 3200 ram, Asus strix B550-A, XFX Radeon 7900 GRE)