# \[known issue\] Impossible to retreat or pause the game during a battle

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/known-issue-impossible-to-retreat-or-pause-the-game-during-a-battle/89087>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [January 1, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/known-issue-impossible-to-retreat-or-pause-the-game-during-a-battle/89087 "2026-01-01T20:09:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![BBen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@BBen](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/BBen)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/known-issue-impossible-to-retreat-or-pause-the-game-during-a-battle/89087/1 "2026-01-01T20:09:41Z")

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**Platform, device version and operating system: Xbox series S**

**What you were expecting to happen, and what actually happened: The button for retreat a battle (3 lines button) dont work since now several months and 3 or 4 updates have been released since this bug appeared but none of these updates have fixed this bug.**

**How often does this happen? When did it begin happening? Always since a few months (5?)**

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**Author:** ![Kezef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Kezef](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kezef)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/known-issue-impossible-to-retreat-or-pause-the-game-during-a-battle/89087/2 "2026-01-02T02:17:04Z")

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It’s not just you. Some of us over on PS4 have had this issue for a while.

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**Author:** ![Zuul-Emo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/67e7ee/32.png) [@Zuul-Emo](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zuul-Emo)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:21am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/known-issue-impossible-to-retreat-or-pause-the-game-during-a-battle/89087/3 "2026-01-02T03:21:07Z")

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It’s been reported before. It’s an ongoing issue, which was added by one of their updates. They’ve acknowledged it, but shown no sign of fixing it, even though it’s a huge issue for many players. Unless players start reporting that it’s causing them to get something they shouldn’t have, the devs won’t treat it as a priority, and it’s just being thrown on the huge stack of other bugs we keep reporting that they haven’t fixed. Seriously, some bugs have been in the game for years, and the devs acknowledge them, then ignore them.  
They have now started saying they plan to make bug fixes and QOL changes a priority, since the community is getting really annoyed at them for this, but so far we’re still waiting for them to fix stuff like this. Fingers crossed it gets sorted soon, but don’t hold your breath.

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**Author:** ![ESR77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@ESR77](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ESR77)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/known-issue-impossible-to-retreat-or-pause-the-game-during-a-battle/89087/4 "2026-01-03T17:49:54Z")

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Yup it has been like this on PS4/PS5 for a long time.

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**Author:** ![BBen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@BBen](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/BBen)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/known-issue-impossible-to-retreat-or-pause-the-game-during-a-battle/89087/5 "2026-05-20T18:17:04Z")

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One more update and still bug not fixed. Probably more than one year now that I suffer of this bug.

Whats going on? @Jeto

Its not just a typo bug. Its the pause/retreat button not working! Im tired of having to exit the game and reload it when I just want to retreat from a battle.