@Xerk15 That is actually the way challenges used to work, but that got changed in I believe the last update or the one before. I personally like it the new way, but I do agree that it doesn't fit with the design.
I glitched the game- I attacked the shade in pyromilites and died while holding a crate, now I can't get into the garden because the tile prevents you from going through with a crate
You can download your save from the cloud, if your local save is lost! I checked and you have a save from before the update in the cloud. :D