New DLC zone crash

I get the game to freeze/crash every time I get in close to the center part of the new DLC location.
- I entered the zone and explored a bit, had a really tough time fighting the alchemist;
- I decided to come back later after getting better gear; but once I came back the game started crashing on me.
- I still can fight the assassin at the bottom part of the zone, but once I reach anywhere close to the middle the game crashes
- if I log back in the game tells me I died from sunlight and crashes immediately after, the only way to keep playing the game was to return to a previous save, where I am still away from the zone.
- I also was able to fully explore the game, killed all the other vbloods that are located outside of that area... I think the alchemist ain't loading right

I restarted the machine, checked for updates on the game and on my graphics card, I know my PC can handle this game hardware wise... done all the things on the template example provided...

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