List of bugged equipment

This list aims to catalogue equipment which does not function as would be expected based on its tooltip, or that has other problems - or missing information - in its description, function, or location. This list is unlikely to be comprehensive as it is likely there are many issues with items of which we are unaware.

As this list deals with problems that have a high likelihood of being changed in patches and hotfixes, it is likely that entries may be incorrect following an update.

All entries are currently correct as of Hotfix 33.

Amulets

Item	Bugs
Amulet of Branding	Brand the Weak does not display that it costs a Bonus Action on its spell container.
Sentient Amulet (Very Rare)	Although the tooltip says the Shatter spell granted by this amulet is level 2, this upgraded version actually deals 4d8Thunder damage, in line with the level 3 version of Shatter.

Armour

Item	Bugs
Scale Mail of the Crown	The quote is identical to the Oath of Devotion quote, instead of being tailored to the Oath of the Crown.
Dark Justiciar Half-Plate (Rare)	Due to a coding error, the damage reduction portion of  Sharran Retribution is also applied to the wearer of this armour when they cast  Shar's Aegis on themselves instead of just the AC bonus from  Shield of Faith.
Elven Chain	This item does not have a Proficiency Group (in order for all classes to be 'proficient' with it). As a result, items such as  Bracers of Defence,  Bonespike Boots, and  Corellon's Grace that are not supposed to give their bonuses while wearing armour still provide their benefits with the Elven Chain equipped. The extra movement speed granted to monks by Unarmoured Movement is also not lost when wearing this armour. The  Defence fighting style can grant up to +2 AC when used with this armour. For the same reason as above, Defence does not normally work with the Elven Chain as it is not properly considered armour. To work around this, the armour has a hidden passive that grants +1 AC if the wearer has Defence. But if the wearer also has another piece of armour equipped (e.g. a helmet), the normal +1 AC from Defence will also be applied for a total of +2 AC.
Shadeclinger Armour	The  Clinging Shadows condition granted by this armour remains even when it is removed. This oversight can be exploited to give this condition to the entire active party by having each character equip and then remove this item - one by one.
Helldusk Armour	As stated above, this item does not have a Proficiency Group (in order for all classes to be 'proficient' with it). However, as a result, items such as  Bracers of Defence,  Bonespike Boots, and  Corellon's Grace that are not supposed to give their bonuses while wearing armour still provide their benefits with the Helldusk Armour equipped. The extra movement speed granted to monks by  Unarmoured Movement is also not lost when wearing this armour. The  Defence fighting style can grant up to +2 AC when used with this armour. For the same reason as above, Defence does not normally work with the Helldusk Armour as it is not considered armour proper. To work around this, the armour has a hidden passive that grants +1 AC if the wearer has Defence. While this property is not a bug, if the wearer also has another piece of armour equipped (e.g. a helmet), the normal +1 AC from Defence is additionally applied for a total of +2 AC, and this likely is a bug.

Cloaks

Item	Bugs
Cloak of Elemental Absorption	Due to a coding error, Absorb Elements only functions once per Long Rest instead of once per Short Rest.
Cloak of the Weave	This item lacks the necessary passives in the game code to allow Absorb Elements to function properly.

Clothing

Item	Bugs
Bloodguzzler Garb	Switching from camp clothing to default view briefly (about 4 frames) shows the character from the waist up with no clothing.
Enraging Heart Garb	Switching from camp clothing to default view briefly (about 4 frames) shows the character from the waist up with no clothing.

Footwear

Item	Bugs
Boots of Striding	The  Unmovable condition can be indefinitely applied by equipping the boots, casting a concentration spell, unequipping the boots, and then breaking concentration. The check to remove Unmovable is attached to the boots, and thus if they are not equipped when concentration ends, the effect will persist.
Boots of Speed	Due to a scripting error, the  Disadvantage component of Click Heels actually applies to the  Reaction attacks performed by the caster, rather than reaction attacks targeting the caster.
Disintegrating Night Walkers	These boots are tagged as a Story item despite not being attached to any quests within the game.

Handwear

Item	Bugs
Flawed Helldusk Gloves	If the party previously obtained the piece of  Infernal Alloy from  Stonemason Kith in Grymforge, then speak with  Dammon and select the conversation option, "I found this metal in a place called Grymforge - what do you make of it?", Dammon will forge a Flawed Helldusk item without taking a piece of Infernal Iron or Infernal Alloy away from the player character's inventory.
Gloves of Missile Snaring	Against ranged attacks that fire multiple projectiles, such as  Multiattack (Ranged) or dual wielded Hand Crossbows, only the last attack can be intercepted to reduce its damage.
Abyss Beckoners	The description of Demonspirit Aura includes a tooltip link to  Crown of Madness, instead of  Demonspirit Madness.

Headwear

Item	Bugs
Frayed Drow Hood	Despite not having any specific magical effect,  Gale can absorb this item's magic.
Flawed Helldusk Helmet	If having previously obtained the piece of Infernal Alloy from Stonemason Kith in Grymforge, speaking with Dammon and then selecting the conversation option, "I found this metal in a place called Grymforge - what do you make of it?", Dammon forges a Flawed Helldusk item without taking a piece of Infernal Iron or Infernal Alloy away from the player character's inventory.
Bonespike Helmet	Menacing Attack changes the names of some weapon features in the combat log, such as  Absolute Night, to "Menacing Attack", while others, such as  Fly Trap, are displayed correctly.

Musical Instruments

No items found.

Rings

Item	Bugs
Shapeshifter's Boon Ring	After application of  Mark of the Shifter, one may unequip this ring for others to use without losing the condition. Mark of the Shifter is not applied if this ring is equipped after the wearer is already shapeshifted.
Tarnished Ring	The game code shows that this ring should be named "Magic Ring" with the description "Considered sacred by some gnomes and halflings, the gem set in this ring sparkles brilliantly." due to its Item Template. However, when the game spawns items created via Item Combination it uses the Stats of the item, which pulls data from the Parent Template field instead of the Item Template, which in this case is LOOT_GEN_Ring_A_Simple_Gold and thus why this ring appears with the name and description that it has.
After Death Do Us Part	Although appearing otherwise, in its current bugged form, this ring is (arguably) a very useful item to have: When revived, the  Shadow Possession condition should force the affected character to spend each turn attacking the nearest creature (friend or foe). While casting  Remove Curse or  Greater Restoration on the affected character should also remove the condition and return them to player control, neither is necessary since  Shadow Possession is instantly removed from the wearer upon leaving the  Downed state. Given the above, even if one may be inclined not to (given Oscar Fervas' disposition), it may nevertheless be advisable to free Oscar from the Zhentarim in Act One.
Band of the Mystic Scoundrel	Any weapon attack triggers Illusion Quickening, even against world items.
Ring of Feywild Sparks	The bonus to Spell Save DC is not indicated by the in-game tooltip.

Shields

No items found.

Weapons

Item	Bugs
Artificial Leech	When wielded by any nurse this weapon deals an additional 1d6 Necrotic damage. A coding error causes a misplaced '1d6' to appear in the weapon's list of properties.
Bonesaw	When wielded by any nurse this weapon deals an additional 1d6 Necrotic damage. A coding error causes a misplaced '1d6' to appear in the weapon's list of properties.
Greatsword +1 (Common)	Despite its name, this weapon does not provide a +1 enchantment bonus as the Stats value in its Item Template is incorrectly pointed towards the common version of a Greatsword.
King's Knife	In the game files, the root template of this sword (UUID 5908898d-5d9e-40de-ab07-3f8fb5f0174c) actually describes a shortsword, which is also used as the basis for the  Knife of the Undermountain King. In fact, the magical properties of that sword are also added to this root template (via the <Stats> tag), meaning that this item should have those properties as well, and will do so if spawned via the console. However, the weapon that's spawned in-game is not directly based on the root template but rather on a stat entry called WPN_KingsKnife which inherits properties from WPN_Longsword. This ends up making this item functionally identical to a common longsword. Equipping a hireling with this weapon, then dismissing and re-hiring them, changes this weapon's stats and weapon actions to those of  Knife of the Undermountain King, as its root template has the same stats.
Pactbound Battleaxe	This summoned weapon includes a hidden boost which provides proficiency for its weapon type, redundant with the innate  Pact Weapon it receives. Thus, when this weapon is equipped on a character that has  Dual Wielder, the character is able to wield another weapon of this type with full proficiency in both hands.
Pactbound Rapier	This summoned weapon includes a hidden boost which provides proficiency for its weapon type, redundant with the innate  Pact Weapon it receives. Thus, when this weapon is equipped on a character that has  Dual Wielder, the character is able to wield another weapon of this type with full proficiency in both hands.
Pactbound Trident	This summoned weapon includes a hidden boost which provides proficiency for its weapon type, redundant with the innate  Pact Weapon it receives. Thus, when this weapon is equipped on a character that has  Dual Wielder, the character is able to wield another weapon of this type with full proficiency in both hands.
Pactbound Warhammer	This summoned weapon includes a hidden boost which provides proficiency for its weapon type, redundant with the innate  Pact Weapon it receives. Thus, when this weapon is equipped on a character that has  Dual Wielder, the character is able to wield another weapon of this type with full proficiency in both hands.
Syringe	When wielded by any nurse this weapon deals an additional 1d6 Necrotic damage. A coding error causes a misplaced '1d6' to appear in the weapon's list of properties.
Trepan	When wielded by any nurse this weapon deals an additional 1d6 Necrotic damage. A coding error causes a misplaced '1d6' to appear in the weapon's list of properties.
Pactbound Sickle	This sickle deals 1d8Slashing, twice as much damage as a normal sickle's 1d4Slashing. This summoned weapon includes a hidden boost which provides proficiency for its weapon type, redundant with the innate  Hexed Weapon it receives. Thus, when this weapon is equipped on a character, the character is able to wield another weapon of this type with full proficiency in both hands.
Artificial Leech (+1)	None of the weapon actions provided by this weapon are available to the player character, if equipped.
Bonesaw (+1)	None of the weapon actions provided by this weapon are available to the player character, if equipped.
Everburn Blade	Sometimes the visual burning effect will stop functioning. Dropping the weapon, picking it up, and then re-equipping it fixes the issue. The burning effect is not visible in cutscenes.
Hunter's Dagger	Hunter's Dagger has a chance to reappear in Roah's merchant stock whenever it resets, like non-unique equipment, and can be acquired multiple times.
Ironwood Club	Ironwood Harmony is not displayed on the weapon, and is only visible in the combat log.
Lightning Jabber	Despite being labelled as a Spear, the Root Template is erroneously tagged as a Javelin and as such does not work with the Polearm Master feat.
Ritual Dagger	Blood Sacrifice generates a  Blood surface under the user even if they have  Unstable Blood. An  Unstable Blood surface would be expected.
Shining Staver-of-Skulls	Casting  Light on this weapon overwrites its innate Light passive, causing it to end.
Staff of a Mumbling Wizard	Firebolt? does not increase in damage beyond 1d10⁠⁠Fire despite the tooltip stating it does.
Syringe (+1)	None of the weapon actions provided by this weapon are available to the player character, if equipped.
Trepan (+1)	None of the weapon actions provided by this weapon are available to the player character, if equipped.
Charge-Bound Warhammer	If this weapon is bound by an Eldritch Knight or Pact of the Blade Warlock, this weapon will permanently retain the lightning damage bonus from Galvanic Currents even if the character binds another weapon. The weapon will even retain this passive if the weapon is used by another character, different from the one who bound it.
Cruel Sting	When this sword is looted from  Kar'niss, it retains  Spindleweb Fanatic until Long Rest, granting additional 1d6⁠⁠Psychic damage to weapon attacks.  Spindleweb Fanatic can be retained indefinitely by dropping the weapon on the ground or stashing it in a container prior to each long rest.
Dolor Amarus	Dolor Amarus is missing a WPN_DAGGER tag in its root template, and as such does not function with  Bladesong.
Hellbeard Halberd	Although not stated anywhere in-game, this halberd  Poisons targets on hit if a DC 12  Constitution saving throw is failed. The save for this effect is not shown in the combat log.
Infernal Spear	It is not stated anywhere in-game, but this spear  Poisons targets on hit if a DC 12  Constitution saving throw is failed. The save for this effect is not shown in the combat log.
Monster Slayer Glaive	Monsterslayer also adds 1d4 to attack rolls in addition to the damage rolls listed. This passive also applies to ranged attacks while this weapon is equipped, adding 1d4 to attack and damage for them. Spells cast while this weapon is equipped will gain 1d4 to their attack roll, but their damage is not increased.
Rat Bat	It is not listed anywhere in-game, but the Rat Bat deals an extra 1d6⁠⁠PiercingDRS non-magical damage against any target.
Sussur Dagger	The Sussur Dagger is missing a critical SourceFile from its physics template, which can cause the weapon to fall through world floors when thrown or dropped. Additionally, the weapon can only be picked up from the ground while holding the 'Alt' key.
The Baneful	Although the description only mentions Bound Weapon and Bind Pact Weapon as enabling its Favoured Weapon passive, the Hexblade's Bind Hexed Weapon also works.
The Long Arm of the Gur	The Long Arm of the Gur is derived from  Undead Slayer Crossbow, but because it doesn't also inherit a hidden condition that actually applies the bonus to attack rolls and damage, Revenant Scourge has no effect.
Thorn Blade	The description in Honour Mode is erroneous. Whereas the extra damage normally applies to all melee attacks (as per the description of the weapon), the extra damage in Honour Mode only applies to attacks with the weapon itself. This is because in the normal base game the extra damage is added via the passive, whereas in Honour Mode the damage is derived directly from the weapon itself. The fact that this is at odds with the description of the weapon is likely an oversight.
Handmaiden's Mace	It is not stated anywhere in-game, but this mace  Poisons targets on hit if a DC 12  Constitution saving throw is failed. The save for this effect is not shown in the combat log.
Hellfire Greataxe	This weapon has a hidden condition MAG_FIRE_DIPPED_HELLFIRE which is supposed to make its 1d6⁠⁠Fire damage ignore fire resistance. Additionally, Hellflame Cleave and the Hellfire surface it creates are also both supposed to ignore fire resistance. Neither of these effects are currently ignoring fire resistance.
Infernal Rapier	Despite not stating such anywhere, and unlike most summons, the Cambion is automatically dismissed if the summoner is  Knocked Out.
Justiciar's Scimitar	Due to the missing proficiency classification, this weapon cannot be used to activate Bladesong when equipped in the mainhand weapon slot, although equipping it does not apply Bladesong Impeded (Condition). This issue does not occur when equipped in the offhand weapon slot. This weapon has a hidden version of the  Shadow Blade applied to it, which grants advantage on all melee weapon attack rolls while active, including weapon attack rolls for another equipped melee weapon while dual-wielding.
Staff of the Ram	From examining this weapon's game code'"`UNIQ--ref-00000021-QINU`"' it appears it should deal an additional 1d6⁠⁠Force, but is not present on the item when acquired through normal in-game means. This can be fixed by recruiting a hireling, having them equip the staff, dismissing them to the Fugue Plane, then recruiting them again. The version of the staff the hireling spawns back in with does have the additional 1d6⁠⁠Force damage.
The Dancing Breeze	While usable with the  Sneak Attack (Melee) and  Rakish Sneak Attack (Melee), this weapon lacks proper animations for these attacks.
Trident of the Waves	This weapon's game code indicates it should deal an additional 1d4⁠⁠Cold damage, but it is not present when acquired normally; the extra damage can still be acquired by recruiting a hireling, having them equip the trident, dismissing them to the Fugue Plane, and then recruiting them again. The version of the trident the hireling spawns back with has the additional 1d4⁠⁠Cold damage.
Woe	If one of the spawn is killed while in dialogue with Astarion after Cazador's death, the cutscene ends, the spawn flee, and Woe disappears even if not on a dialog branch where Asarion would have broken it otherwise.
Crimson Mischief	Despite being classed solely as a Shortsword, Scimitar proficiency also allows one to wield this weapon proficiently.
Moonlantern	The Moonlantern containing Dolly Dolly Dolly still produces a stationary Moonshield Aura when dropped on the ground even after she has been freed from it.