How to fix the empty character select screen error in Last Epoch

Stoked to jump into Last Epoch but are met with an empty character select screen? In this guide, you’ll learn how to spawn the five classes back in Last Epoch.

Last Epoch: How to fix blank screen, stuck loading screen, and no class selection

After downloading the latest patch, players are reporting that they get to the place where they select their character and class in Last Epoch but there are no characters and it stays like that indefinitely. The first is a simple one: restart the game.

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Whether you’re experiencing a blank screen, a never-ending connecting message, or a stuck loading screen, the best thing you can do is close out of the game completely and relaunch it. It’s annoying to have to do this because all you want to do is get right into the game, but at least restarting the game has worked for people.

Multiple people on the Last Epoch Reddit have confirmed that restarting the game when they get any of the errors mentioned above is the only working fix. You’ll need to rejoin a queue to play online, but it’s worth it to get in the game.

Will it be patched?

Eleventh Hour Games is aware of the errors plaguing players and is working toward implementing permanent hotfixes and patches. Until we get those, the best option you have when coming across an error in Last Epoch is to restart the game. Luckily, the game autosaves so you won’t lose any progress when you hit an error.

Last Epoch is a big game run by an independent studio, so give them time to work out the kinks. While you wait for a full fix for the empty character select screen bug in Last Epoch, find out if you can play the game on consoles and with friends.