Rotten Beans Not Working in Apocalypse Rising 2 can mean several different things: the Smiff journal quest is not starting, a torn page will not register, the Rotten Beans badge does not appear, or S08 fails to update after the badge.
The fastest way to fix Rotten Beans Not Working is to identify the first stage that failed instead of repeating the entire normal Hunt quest. Rotten Beans is the live secret badge, while Anniversary Survivor is a separate main objective.
Rotten Beans Not Working: check the secret quest first
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If Rotten Beans Not Working because nothing secret appears at all, confirm Anniversary Survivor and Year Infinity are already complete. Then join a fresh Apocalypse Rising 2 event server and look for the Smiff torn-journal route rather than replaying the normal loot checklist.
The central S08 slot is now obtainable, so this is no longer a pre-launch problem. A fresh server can matter if you joined before the event state updated.
Torn journal page not registering
A common Rotten Beans Not Working scenario is reaching one of Smiff’s torn journal pages but getting no progression. Make sure the page belongs to your active secret quest and interact with the quest object itself rather than a decorative paper prop.
If the objective does not change, check the previous page before moving on. The live discussion shows players are especially struggling with page three, so being near the correct area does not guarantee the page has been found.
Getting killed during the Smiff journal route
PvP can make Rotten Beans Not Working feel like a quest bug when the real problem is survival. One player specifically reports repeatedly dying around the third-page location while trying to find the page.
After a death, check the secret objective before starting from the beginning. If earlier page progress remains, continue from the missing stage. If your state looks wrong, rejoin before repeating every location.
Rotten Beans badge not appearing
If Rotten Beans Not Working after the journal route looks complete, check your Roblox badges and the in-game quest state separately. Do not confuse ordinary canned Beans or the 2013 hub supply item with the secret badge.
Rotten Beans is the game-side secret completion. The main-event Beans are unrelated and collecting another one will not repair the secret badge.
S08 not updating after Rotten Beans
Another version of Rotten Beans Not Working happens after the badge is already on your account. Return to The Hunt hub and inspect the S08 secret slot. If it has not updated, leave and join a fresh hub server.
Do that before repeating AR2. The game badge and the hub can be on different server states during a live rollout, and rejoining the hub is far faster than running a survival quest again.
Do not reset Anniversary Survivor
When Rotten Beans Not Working, keep your normal Hunt badge intact. Anniversary Survivor is useful prerequisite progress and deleting or trying to replace it only creates another variable.
- Confirm Anniversary Survivor exists.
- Confirm Year Infinity is unlocked.
- Use a fresh AR2 event server.
- Follow the Smiff journal quest in order.
- Check the Rotten Beans badge after the final secret step.
- Rejoin The Hunt hub if S08 is the only part not updating.
When the problem is a missing journal page
If Rotten Beans Not Working because a specific page is missing, treat that as a page-location problem rather than a whole-event failure. The third page is already a known pain point for live players.
Stay focused on the immediate landmark and quest marker. Moving across the entire map again often creates more exposure to PvP without solving the actual missing interaction.
Official Apocalypse Rising 2 and Hunt links
Join through the official Apocalypse Rising 2 Roblox page. Roblox explains the secret fragment system on the official The Hunt: Roblox 20 page.
Rotten Beans Not Working should now be handled as a live troubleshooting problem, not a release-delay problem. Start with the first broken journal stage, then check the badge, then check S08.
If you can reproduce the same missing page on two fresh servers, record the page number and the landmark where it fails. That is much more useful for live troubleshooting than simply saying the entire secret is broken.
