What gameplay feature is this bug affecting?
battling in explore

What's the issue? Please include any error messages you receive and as much detail as possible.
when you choose to attack Aiatar in the desert biome, the game opens up the battle, and completely freezes, unable to press any buttons or take actions. eventually the server times out, and you can only leave by hitting the emergency flee button at the very bottom of the page. Aiatar is the only npc affected, and he is only affected in the desert.

Any links relating to this bug? For example, if a particular lion is bugging, what is the link to that lion?
just the explore attack Aiatar button

Any screenshots you can provide us with?
no sorry.

Please provide us with step by step explanation how this bug happened so we can attempt to replicate it. If it's complex, please include screenshots where possible:
I was exploring in the desert, when Aiatar appeared, and I chose to attack him. when the battle started, the battle interface froze and I was unable to click on any of the buttons provdied.

I am on a Samsung Laptop, Windows 11os, and firefox version 118.0.1