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So Ive found Emmie in the prison but I cant do anything with her. I do have the shiny red ball, and my main is Ifan who has pet pal. All the dogs immediately attack, and even if I try to sneak up and talk to Emmie she just alerts calling me a baddie. Ive killed most of the magisters because everyone went hostile on me. Is there a way to deal with this quest without killing Emmie. I dont get dialogue or anything just immediate hostility and combat.

For Larian: Please consider patching this quest to have the dogs always docile until provoked rather than auto hostile like all the other magisters. Chances are 99% of players will have triggered universal hostility among the magister ranks.

I would like to know that too.

I first talked to Emmie with Ifan and told that Buddy is missing her, but I was not able to rescue these dogs, and quest changed to "closed" after this dialogue.
All dogs become enemy later after I combat main torturer, so I believe that order is important here, which is not good, because how the player can know that?

Thats what Im trying to do but I get no dialogue, just immediate combat. Is there a way to make them non hostile so that I can resolve the quest in the non kill everything way?

Nah, Emmie dies no matter what you do. The most peaceful thing you can do is to leave them alone after you escape the fort because if you return, all magisters and source hound in the fort will attack you by default even if you have the red ball or know about buddy.

The caged dog already says it. They have already been corrupted and you can't help them. The caged dog is only lucky he's halfway to becoming a source hound so there's still a chance for him.

Okay Ill grant them merciful death then. Bummer was hoping I could help buddy by talking Emmie down. Thanks for the info.

I have the same problem - active quest.
But I've done opposite. Got the pet pal only after Alexander fight, I've already cleared dungeons with dogs, including caged dog... Talked to Buddy, got guest and that's it - idle quest, I hate such things!

I started over with a different character and I don't know what I done differently, but I was able to talk Emmie and the other dogs down by mentioning Buddie. They never turned hostile.

Talking about Buddie worked for me. Of course, now I'm restarting because I couldn't save Birdie because I had Persuade and Pet Pal on different characters.

If you go outside fort joy even for 1 second before talking the dogs down they become hostile. As well as all living magisters in the fort. Also if you have talked them down then leave fort joy then come back they will still be hostile and forgot that your friends. It's kinda of stupid how it works.

Actually, assuming you talk to Emmie about Buddy and free Birdie at the same time, all you need to do to avoid having to fight the dogs on subsequent visits to the fort is close the door after you when you leave. I could hear Emmie lamenting how much she missed Buddy through the wall while investigating the Flenser's Playground next door, despite having left and returned to the fort several times to turn in quests.