Just a Flesh Wound still bugged 2026

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Bugs
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Issue Type (Required):

Penances

Issue Description (Required):

the Zealot’s ‘Just a Flesh Wound’ penance is still bugged (March 2026). I just had a perfect run but still did not get credit.

I have ticked the following criteria:

I completed the whole match on Heresy difficulty
I stayed “below” 1 wound for the whole match
I finished with less than 1 wound
the match went for less than 20 minutes

So unless I’m misunderstanding what’s required. This penance is bugged.

What I actually did:
I used enshroud to run into the map, dropped below 1 health bar in the first encounter, and stayed below 1 bar health for the whole map, finishing with less than 1 wound and map completed within 19 minutes. When I say below 1 wound I mean I actually maintained damage within that wound for the whole match.

I initiated the lobby on Heresy difficulty. I did not use mods. I did not get knocked down. I did not get killed. I did not heal to, or above 1 wound. I did not disconnect and reconnect. I finished the map with less than 1 wound. IT WAS AN ACTUAL PERFECT RUN!!! But still no credit.

I’ve been trying to do this challenge for a week now and felt like I should’ve completed it at least a dozen times. I’ve tried all sorts of things such reducing my wounds to 3 so Holy Revenant doesn’t heal me above 2/3 of a wound, doing maps that encounter enemies early and maximize play time (finishing at 18-19 minutes). This was the first run where I avoided getting knocked down at all, but even the other runs shouldn’t of added up to more than 4 minutes of having more than 1 wound for 75% of the map.

Steps to Reproduce (Required):

There’s been at least 3 times when I thought that should’ve actually beat the challenge (on various maps) but didn’t get it. It would seem that when it is bugged for someone it is locked regardless of location or effort.

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

No, I don’t use mods

Reproduction Rate (Required):

Constant (100%)

Platform (Required):

PC - Steam

Player ID (Optional):

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What difficulty was the mission set to?
Was it a private match?

Also, recommend doing it with two wounds to maximise the amount of hp per wound.

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Heresy

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And a private match?

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I just got it two weeks ago with some friends in a private game.

We ran Rolling Steel w/ my friends playing psykers, alternating smite casting. The other two people would run the objective. We handily did it well under the 20 minute time limit.

Hope that helps for ideas.

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Are you sure you selected Private Game in Mission Terminal Options when you started the mission? That’s the only way it works and I’ve helped several people get this penance.

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Chasm Station HL-16-11 is my favorite map to help people get this since it leaves more room for error than Rolling Steel. It can be done in 10 - 12 mins if you speed run the map. One of the people I helped even died, but we managed to get his health down quickly since there are so many barrels in this map.

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You are right. I can’t believe this has to be done in a private game only!!!

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It wasn’t set to a private match. I didn’t read the fine text as i thought it was like the psyker’s one that says it can be completed in a private match :face_exhaling:

thanks for your help

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Seriously though, there are too many rules attached to this. Why does it matter if it’s a public game or not, and why does it matter if I do it within a 20 minute game or a 25-30 minute game. The skill is staying low health for the majority of the match, and that’s being demonstrated regardless. So I find this whole thing very frustrating (I got good at playing Zealot at least :weary_face: )