Crossbow & Bow weapon swap issue

Currently when swapping between a bow to a crossbow by using crossbow shot the crossbow bugs out and cannot fire shots. Swapping back to bow works fine.

Interacting with something such as a stash seems to get it out of this bugged state.

Example: Shoot lightning arrow on bow, press Crossbow shot to autoswap, crossbow is bugged out and will not shoot, bolts left UI also stuck at whatever number it was at before.

Swapping to the crossbow by swapping to "load galvanic shards" for example has no issues however.
Last bumped on Feb 1, 2025, 6:48:08 PM
Attempting to bump this so they see it. I'm having the exact same issue and it's really frustrating.
Having the same issue, weapon swapping between Bow and Quiver to fire a crossbow bolt that is loaded locks up the character into an animation of slow walking and looking like she is preparing to fire.

You cannot use any skills or weapon swap back during this locked animation and must sign-out back in.
It also happens when swapping between a quarterstaff and crossbow.

Seems to occur only when swapping back to the crossbow with Crossbow Shot, but firing a grenade works fine.
Last edited by CritLikeHell#1525 on Dec 18, 2024, 3:17:00 PM
Experienced this as well. I found it trying to use shield charge as a movement skill. Rolling does seem to reset the animation though in case anyone else comes across this. Also another shield charge (after cooldown), as long as you don't try the weapon swap again. If you shoot a grenade it doesn't seem to have the bug, only 'crossbow shot' from what I've seen.
THAT was what i was looking for, THIS ONE IS FRUSTRATING, my main character is lvl 74 and i'm playing stormcaller arrow + shockburst rounds for main dps (some times plasma blast and galvanic shards for clear) and i CAN'T PLAY THE GAME because of this shitty bug, PLEASE FIX!

for who needs a solution this is what am i doing:
instead of switching weapons by shooting, try to press X to manually swap to crossbow and then shoot, this requires more skill but it will work
I have a lvl 7 mercenary character and I have the same issue, but I notice that it goes away if I un-equip my quiver.
That is to say, if I have weapon 1 as my crossbow, weapon 2 as bow and quiver with the bow, the "Crossbow shot" action disappears from attack selections (left, middle, and right mouse buttons, and the Q, E, R, T, F). If I take the quiver off the "Crossbow Shot" re-appears in my attack selection.
Upon further testing, with everything equipped, if I removed a dexterity passive assigned to Poisonburst Arrow, everything went back to working.
This contradicts my Support Gem Capacity which shows 3/4 for dex., but as soon as I add the support gem to poison-burst the crossbow shot disappears and my gem capacity says 4/4.
When I say the "Crossbow shot" disappears, it is removed as a an available skill to use.
I believe the issue is with adding the support gem, but it appears that should be possible.
Same problem here. Feel frustrated.
Bump, Having the same issue, and here are some other threads with what I believe to be all the same issue

1. Bug - Weapon Swapping into Crossbow via "Crossbow Shot" - makes all skills/char unresponsive

2. [POE 2] Weapon Swap to Crossbow


Happens with different weapons, and different skills
Having same issue with gem merc. If I switch to bow/quiver to fire LR or use blink then back to crossbow cannot shoot or even forced into walk animation. Rolling immediately seems to resolve the issue so I have worked that into my play style.

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