Can not enter Hilt Fortress while in party

While I was in a party, I could not enter Hilt Fortress.

The door would not let me double click on it, and the tag said "Exit to Owl's Head"

Leaving the party corrected this instantly.

How Owl's Head was relevant I have no idea, as I had not been there in some time, nor was the person in my party in or around Owl's Head. See Pic.

 

There's workaround info here: https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/known-hilt-entrances-broken.111006/

 

I am having this issue currently, and know a little more. There is another issue involved. I can not craft obsidian armor.

I believe has something to do with the the vermillion lens quest. The quest is stuck in my journal even after completion.

Because of this it will not let me enter the Hilt regularly. I was able to fandangle a way in with friends but ultimately my purpose of going was stumped, as the only recipe that the forge will show me is for the vermillion lens, even though ive crafted it already.