Previously, I reported on the rather unusual bug at Kara’s Arena where switching gear during a challenge while the bare-handed boast was applied caused the emptied weapons to replace whatever spaces were filled during the fighting. Upon further experimentation, I found that there is a related, but different issue with the replacement of displaced gear.... and that happens when leaving Svartalfheim...
To get into specifics... the game seems to remember whatever gear Eivor was wearing in England after entering Svartalfheim. If the player were to switch to a different set of gear where any spaces are empty, OR should the player entire empty out all gear worn, the game will put the original England gear back in any applicable spaces after leaving Svartalfheim...
This is a very strange glitch and I’ve been able to recreate it multiple times using different methods and different loadouts. Any emptied spaces will be filled with the original gear when leaving Svartalfheim. Whether or not it really affects a majority of players is a different question. It definitely does impact the intent of the player’s loadout choices... even if those choices change.