Cannot anchor my skiff

[ControlTheBit.9731]

I am at the point where you have to unlock the skiff, but I cannot anchor it to start fishing even though I am not moving and just stand still. Re-logging didn't help, unfortunately.

 

https://imgur.com/a/j1TVm9A

[ControlTheBit.9731]

OK, the workaround seems to completely close GW2 and restart it. After that it worked on the first try 🙃

[Ashantara.8731]

This, plus rescuing Villagers also doesn't work at that Heart. The Interact key does nothing.

Note: Anchoring works fine on your own skiff, just not on the Heart Quest ones.

Edited February 28, 2022 by Ashantara.8731

[Matt H.6142]

For the villagers, of which I only see one, it is being threatened by a T posing raptor and neither respond. 

[Will.9785]

Yes, I had both the anchor issue and the drowning NPC not being able to be rescued issue.

[Donari.5237]

I had these.  Oddly, the first time I anchored it worked.  Never again, even after restarting the game.  I thought it might be due to a bug related to my going to speed 2, since I did that after the first anchor and before my second attempt, but if enough people are having the problem then some of them surely never hit 2.

Found two villagers in the water and one on shore (on shore she had a frozen bird by her -- not iced, paralyzed with head reaching for her and wings outstretched).  Interacting with any of these did nothing, whether I was on a skiff, on shore, or treading water.

Once I got my own skiff it worked fine.  It just made the heart super tedious as I was Daredevil killing aethers and repeatedly repairing a skiff.

[Razadune.9260]

When I did it a little bit ago some of the skiffs in the area of the heart worked, and some didn't. The ones nearest the heart didn't work since it just said you needed to stop to board, but a bit down the river to the east some of the skiffs were working fine. The villagers in the water worked ok for me as well, since you don't need to stop the skiff to interact with them, although I just saw the shackle in the water where they were supposed to be and no person was actually there. It did give heart completion for interacting with them, though.

[TheQuickFox.3826]

I also got this issue on the same spot. Is there any way I can convince the game that I actually am not moving?

I'm using the repaired skiff of the heart quest.

Edited March 2, 2022 by TheQuickFox.3826

[Chills.6802]

I am in my own skiff and I STILL encounter this bug. This skiff thing is not being sold on me right now

[Pheex.8932]

I get "you cannot anchor a skiff while moving" non stop when I try anchor while at full stop no matter when or where

[CrystalDragon.9782]

I was able to resolve this problem by removing any old 'ghosted' keyboard devices on my (Windows 10) system. Go to Computer Management > Device Manager, right-click on Device Manager in the tree and select 'View > Show Hidden Devices (you can also do this from the View menu in the menu bar). Expand the 'Keyboards' section of Device Manager, where you should see any connected keyboards as well as any hidden or previously connected keyboards. Right-click on any icons that have a 'ghosted' image effect, and choose 'Uninstall Device'.

*Note: I did this while GW2 was running and it instantly resolved the anchoring mechanic for me in-game.

[Mitch.5274]

There is a second repairable skiff over where some Aetherblades are. That one worked for me and I was able to complete the heart.