Originally Posted by Crimsomrider
If she wasn't knocked out properly then no patch/hotfix will make her appear in ACT 2. If you have any questions on how to do so and wish to be absolutely sure, feel free to visit How To Recruit Minthara In A Good Playthrough.

Personally I was in the middle of ACT 2 with 120 hours played when Update #5 dropped and once I read the notes that Minthara can be recruited I immediately deleted my playthrough and started over. I love the character and I tremendously admire the performance, so it was worth doing grin

Unfortunate, but ultimately unsurprising. Considering how long Minthara's been in such an awful state, my expectations were already quite low. I'll still hold onto some shred of hope that Larian will fix this bug so that no other player will have to go through what I did, but after reading this, I think I'll just suck it up and reload an old save. If you could redo 120 hours worth of content, then surely I can do 30 lmao. Thanks for giving your two cents mate.

Originally Posted by Greek Tragedy
As someone who went through the same thing, I express my sympathy for you, friend. It pushed me to take a break from the game for several days, but I went to redo those hours of content. No one here can decide what's best for you. What I can say though... from my playthrough so far, Minthara is worth experiencing and I can see why people are passionate about her, even now in her broken state. The other bugs will not stop me from finishing Act 3 and I won’t hesitate to replay the game, if she ever gets fixed, which I hope will be soon.

I think this has a lot to do with my personal opinion. I just dig her personality and dark sense of humor, and I don't play for romance. She has a lot of lines that made me either do a double take or just burst out laughing. Furthermore I find her unique for a drow and her morality is, let’s say, different from others. She’s also the oldest in the group, or maybe Halsin is. I don’t often play with Halsin though... and I can safely say I like Minthara more, no offense to him wink

No worries mate, and I appreciate the warm sentiment. It's been nearly a week since that happened; the burn has been mostly healed, though I won't pretend like it didn't bother me initially. You're not the first person to recommend going back to redo that content, so I reckon the only thing really stopping me is the dragging sense of laziness I feel when thinking about redoing stuff I did so recently lol. I came quite a long way, but even still, you're probably right. Minthara seems like she's worth the bother, and it may not take me as long as before to get back to where I was since I've already done it, after all. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.