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Was justice finally served to Minthara in patch 6?

Going by the patch notes alone, of course not. But there do seem to be some improvements, so I'll report back any new things as I'm testing them. Especially her apparently improved recruitment on a good playthrough.

They themselves allowed it to be accepted along with Helsinki, and no one thought that their tents would be together?
Is it really that hard to fix?

Does she have a romance scene in act 3 now, or is it still bugged? Super curious to know.

Thank you.

"I'm also curious to know if it's now possible to knock her out when defending the grove? I also want to know if it's still possible to romance her on the good path? I ask because I'm not an expert on Minthara, it's my first time recruiting her.

Yeah you can romance her, you just don't get a sex scene out of it and miss the dialogue when rescuing her about hoping you'd show up (which apparently are the ONLY things still functioning properly on the evil path unless Crimson comes back to say otherwise if there are unlisted Patch 6 changes).

Do you mean the way she tells you she's yours tonight and nothing happens? Cuz there was never a bug for that, just early on a lot of people (myself included) thought it was bugged, but there's no sign of a scene for that in the files at all last I checked. That's big enough I can't imagine it wouldn't get a patch note if they added one.

I'm here to confirm that Minthara no longer requires specific conditions to be recruited and can now be also recruited even after raiding the Grove.

FUN FACT; If you loot everything off of her in ACT 1, she'll spawn in Moonrise with a 2nd set of her own camp clothes, thus you can own x2 of her own clothes to match as a couple!

Thanks for letting us know! Have they made her rescue from Moonrise any more dramatic? I found it weird that the guards outside Moonrise didn’t turn hostile while we were escaping last time.

Thank you! This is a great change! I was missing this option in my first run. Another set of clothing is a cool bonus, haha.

She also has lovely new kisses.

I really like it they finally allow you to rule the world with her. Her facial expressions in that scene are cool. It means I have a proper ending for my Ascended Astarion origin playthrough. Now I'll have to wait for them to fix her romance and lines.

Guys... they broke her again!

She's now dropping ACT 3 spoilers immediately upon recruitment. Come on Larian... (this seems to be her new dialogue when the Emperor is revealed for the first time, because she previously had no comments about it at all).




Not sure what you mean I'm afraid, the guard in front of her cell and the two guards by the bridge should confront you if you're escorting her out and should only turn hostile if you fail the dialogue checks.

Ha! Shart used to do that too after dealing with the magical circle in Balthazar's study. ^^

But it's good to know that I don't have to have a bad conscience to steal Astarion's armour from her after knocking her out.

Huh, I don’t remember getting any dialogue checks. I’ll have to pay close attention the next time I free her. And that is WILD that she drops absolutely massive act 3 spoilers the second that you recruit her? WOW. She used to drop spoilers about Shadowheart’s quest, but now I see that the situation is a whole new level of dire, lol.

I think you unfortunately may have ran into a bug then, because the guard right in front of her cell should call you out immediately if he sees her walk out of her cell. And if you try taking her out of Moonrise via the main bridge, the two guards will also stop you one final time.

As for this wild spoiler bomb, I'll go test the evil route real quick to see if it's bugged too

Oooooof, lmao. Poor Minthy doesn't have it easy, does she. I wonder what they mean by 'valid ways to recruit her', though. I'm assuming it doesn't need for her to be temporarily hostile anymore in order to have her?

I loved the kisses though, they're all so great.

So I just tested this bug by speedrunning to ACT 2 while ignoring the Grove entirely and unfortunately she's still bugged and dropping spoilers.


Correct, there are no more special steps required to recruit her.

Yeahhh that’s going to be rough for anybody who wants to go in blind without spoilers. I would have been so annoyed if *the game itself* had spoiled the Emperor and Orpheus for me, my first time around. That bug is going to get really old really fast for some people, lol.

Also it seems like Minthara and Halsin no longer share a tent, at least after the first long rest once she's recruited.

Halsin instead moves to a remote place at the camp after a long rest, so it looks like Larian is really going to implement having to choose between Halsin or Minthara in ACT 2.

Fear not guys, there might be an elder brain against us, but we have Minthara, a super brain, capable of seeing the future!

That's good, albeit a bit slow of a change. Oh, it's gonna be SUCH a hard and painful choice.