Echoes of Aincrad Original Sin Black Screen Fix
If Echoes of Aincrad shows a black screen after you complete the Original Sin quest, restart it with Iori, Zash, or Argo selected as your partner before beginning. Completing the quest with any other partner may leave the screen black and prevent the game from returning to normal gameplay.
How to get past the Original Sin black screen
The partner you choose before starting the quest is the important part of the workaround.
Follow these steps:
Close and reopen the game if the black screen does not clear.
Load a save from before completing Original Sin.
Select Iori, Zash, or Argo as your partner.
Start the Original Sin quest again.
Keep the same partner until the quest is complete.
Make sure you choose one of the three partners before starting the quest. Changing partners after the quest has already begun may not prevent the black screen.
Players have reported getting stuck after defeating the boss and using the warp in the ruins. Retrying the quest with the same unsupported partner can lead to the same result, so switching to Iori, Zash, or Argo is the main step that matters.
Why the screen stays black
The quest may appear to finish normally, but the game can fail to return to gameplay during the final transition.
The official announcement connects the problem to the selected partner. Original Sin may cause a black screen when completed with someone other than Iori, Zash, or Argo.
Because of that, changing graphics settings, updating drivers, or reinstalling the game should not be your first move. Those steps do not address the confirmed cause of this quest bug.
You also should not need to delete your save. Reopen the game, load a point before the quest ends, select one of the supported partners, and complete it again.
When will the Original Sin bug be fixed?
A permanent fix is planned for a future update, but the official announcement did not provide a release date.
Until patch notes confirm that the problem has been fixed, use Iori, Zash, or Argo whenever you start Original Sin. This is the confirmed way to avoid getting stuck on the black screen.