# Arcana and Magic Items error report

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arcana-and-magic-items-error-report/23727>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Tags:** mod\
**Created:** [May 23, 2020, 8:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arcana-and-magic-items-error-report/23727 "2020-05-23T08:32:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Zeigel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ea5d25/32.png) [@Zeigel](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zeigel)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 8:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arcana-and-magic-items-error-report/23727/1 "2020-05-23T08:32:35Z")

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Hello. I’ve been having issue trying to get arcana to work. I keep getting this error report:

DEBUG : Error: data/mods//Arcana/gates.json: line 3:20: must specify either id or abstract

[  
{  
“type”: “gate”,  
^  
“id”: “t\_archon\_pedestral\_backup”,  
“door”: “t\_rock\_archon\_barricade”,  
“floor”: “t\_rock\_floor”,

FUNCTION : bool main\_menu::new\_character\_tab()  
FILE : src/main\_menu.cpp  
LINE : 781

I’ve tried getting it from github and deleting the old folder to replace it with this one but it still doesn’t work. I even just loaded up dda and arcana with it and it still results in that.

Could it be due to cdda being downloaded via the cdda launcher instead of from the site? Is it that the launcher version is different from the website itself?

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**Author:** ![Fris0uman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/fris0uman/32/8607_2.png) [@Fris0uman](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fris0uman)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 9:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arcana-and-magic-items-error-report/23727/2 "2020-05-23T09:51:35Z")

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You should make a bug report on Arcana’s github

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**Author:** ![Zeigel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ea5d25/32.png) [@Zeigel](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zeigel)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arcana-and-magic-items-error-report/23727/3 "2020-05-23T09:58:50Z")

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I was planning on doing that eventually if no one knew the solution to it here

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**Author:** ![Zhilkin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zhilkin/32/3749_2.png) [@Zhilkin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zhilkin)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 10:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arcana-and-magic-items-error-report/23727/4 "2020-05-23T10:01:38Z")

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The solution is to use compatible game and mod versions. Most of the times it would be latest available for both.

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**Author:** ![Zeigel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ea5d25/32.png) [@Zeigel](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zeigel)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arcana-and-magic-items-error-report/23727/5 "2020-05-24T00:29:33Z")

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Thanks. Yeah I guess I was using something incompatible with the version of cataclysm that I was using and I just didn’t notice.