Quest-gated, according to players and one developer reply · Checked
The makeshift crowbar
The search is usually “the crowbar does nothing to the planks”. The threads describe a tool that is crafted early and only works after a quest catches up.
Page sources: Steam discussion: crowbar does not work (accessed ) · Steam discussion: track obstacle (Russian) (accessed ) · Sources
Evidence note: The same publisher’s Steam store, API and news posts are not independent sources; information from that publisher alone remains single-source evidence. Community and fan reports remain attributed reports, not official confirmation. This page does not claim that every statement has been verified by two independent sources.
What I checked
I read the crowbar thread, the Russian track-obstacle thread, and the developer reply on the Rite of Descent thread. The developer’s sentence is about an orange highlight and left click once the quest is active, and about both co-op players needing to be there. I did not swing the tool.
What the posts agree on
The crowbar thread says the tool does not clear loose debris or basement planks, and that the basement stays shut until the quest is accepted. The Russian thread puts the craft after the tutorial gun, then sends the player to a basement at the barricade to pick up a relic before the obstacle clears.
The developer does not paste a recipe. They say the interaction shows as an orange highlight and uses left click, and that a co-op partner must also have reached the Rite of Descent. A later reply in that thread says the highlight can be up and the click still fails. That is filed as a bug, not as “you are holding it wrong”.
What is not in the posts
No official ingredient list for the makeshift crowbar is on the store page. I am not filling one in from a wiki transcription. If you are clearing rubble that is not this barricade, the obstacles page separates the cases.
Questions people ask
How do you use the crowbar to remove planks in Frostrail?
The crowbar thread says the basement planks remain blocked until the relevant quest is accepted. That is before the basement relic step. A separate Russian report places taking the relic before clearing the track barricade. Do not treat those two obstacles as the same step.
How do you craft the makeshift crowbar?
Threads say you craft it during the tutorial. They do not publish a stable ingredient list I can quote.
Can the crowbar break a barricade?
Not before the quest, according to the crowbar thread. After the relic, the Russian thread says the obstacle can be cleared. Co-op adds the “both players” condition.
Related pages
Rite of Descent
The quest the developer named.
Obstacles
Rubble and buildings beyond the planks.
Items
Other named resources.
Co-op
Why a partner changes this interaction.
Sources
- Steam discussion: crowbar does not work — accessed
- Steam discussion: track obstacle (Russian) — accessed
- Steam discussion: The rite of descent (developer reply) — accessed