Jaheira keeps leaving my party forever

[Beliarus]

Hey... Does anyone has the same problem as me with Jaheira? After the finishing the fight with Kethric Thorm and killing him. Jaheira leaves my party forever with no explanation whatsover :(

[MrJackdaw]

Ok, so I found a workaround that till now works OK.

Before returning to the surface un-group after defeating Thorm and take up anyone *except* your main character. That seems to allow you to talk with her and send you to camp. Then you can bring everyone else up.

[Arbiter's Vacation to Cancun]

Originally posted by MrJackdaw:

Ok, so I found a workaround that till now works OK.

Before returning to the surface un-group after defeating Thorm and take up anyone *except* your main character. That seems to allow you to talk with her and send you to camp. Then you can bring everyone else up.

This workaround sort of works, however I cannot initiate a conversation with isobel for some reason after trying this. Its really frustrating because I cant progress shadowhearts questline without being able to talk to isobel and Nightsong.

[Lazy Spartan]

None of the suggested workarounds seems to work for me. This one did:

1. Toggle group mode
   
2. Send Jaheira through the portal
   
3. Send another character (Other) than your main (Tav) through
   
4. With Other; talk to Jaheira and get her to come with you, but go to camp
   
5. Send Tav through the portal
   
6. Use Minor Conjuration: Create Water on the brine spill on the stairs
   
7. Go to camp with Tav, talk to Jaheira and get her to join your team

Unfortunately, Jaheira still has very low approval. This might be risky playing on.
I recorded how I did it here if it's easier to follow: https://youtu.be/-DIJ_db-x58

[bagingi]

Originally posted by Beliarus32:

Hey... Does anyone has the same problem as me with Jaheira? After the finishing the fight with Kethric Thorm and killing him. Jaheira leaves my party forever with no explanation whatsover :(

I had this same issue. I’m deep into act 3 now and I’m unable to continue the Nine Fingers questline because she won’t join my party, despite hanging around at my camp. Does anyone know if there’s a workaround once you reach act 3…?

[TazManIam2]

If you kill Minsc Jaheira will give you a good chewing out and leave forever.

[O-Dog]

Originally posted by Bingy:

Originally posted by Beliarus32:

Hey... Does anyone has the same problem as me with Jaheira? After the finishing the fight with Kethric Thorm and killing him. Jaheira leaves my party forever with no explanation whatsover :(

I had this same issue. I’m deep into act 3 now and I’m unable to continue the Nine Fingers questline because she won’t join my party, despite hanging around at my camp. Does anyone know if there’s a workaround once you reach act 3…?

Same here, can't figure out how to fix it... she's sitting in camp, commenting on events, but can't recruit her.

[psx]

there is no any bug. just clean out (wash it out by make water spell) the floor (there is caustic bane), where all NPCs are before talk with any of them.

[WeDontNeedNoWeedle]

WEIRD WORKAROUND:
TL;DR: I left my party/Tav behind and had a companion use the portal alone to recruit J permanently before angry dialogue could initiate. Still friendly upon return to camp.
Details below singe bugs are buggy.
Spoilers—
Helped kidnap Isobel, J didn’t know, did the whole thing and recruited her to party at top of tower. Did the whole shabang….
Approval bug triggered during fight, since Isobel was there and got AOEs, I guess.
Did another google, reloaded to change party and leave J at camp, do it all again, bug happened (there goes 6 hours but I did it way smoother this time) regardless of whom I did or didn’t loot or talk to after the fight…
I get knee-deep in mods until I figure I am gonna try just one more thing:
Shadow heart did no damage during my boss fight. Only heals. My Tav looted all the baddies, I split SH from party and used portal alone, and voila, Jaheira is recruited before the angry cutscene could trigger on my Tav. Went back to camp with whole party to chat and just repeated the recruitment dialogue. Afterwards, I can ask her to join me, so she seems to have joined permanently!
No clue if this would work with a companion who did manage to do Isobel damage via reaction/AOE spells, didn’t test if that mattered.

[O-Dog]

I've continued with my save and I was able to complete the Jaheira companion story line without her. Still can't recruit her though lol and there's the possibility that there are more quests relating to her that I don't see because I can't bring her with me.

[Izhkoort]

Originally posted by Lazy Spartan:

None of the suggested workarounds seems to work for me. This one did:

1. Toggle group mode
   
2. Send Jaheira through the portal
   
3. Send another character (Other) than your main (Tav) through
   
4. With Other; talk to Jaheira and get her to come with you, but go to camp
   
5. Send Tav through the portal
   
6. Use Minor Conjuration: Create Water on the brine spill on the stairs
   
7. Go to camp with Tav, talk to Jaheira and get her to join your team

Unfortunately, Jaheira still has very low approval. This might be risky playing on.
I recorded how I did it here if it's easier to follow: https://youtu.be/-DIJ_db-x58

This solved it for me, thanks for the help and video!

[Ash]

Sorry to necro this thread but this bug still exists (yes, some random patch of brine on the floor causing undesired effects is still a bug even if it isn't an issue with coding). On my "good" playthrough, in addition to losing Jahiera despite making all of the correct choices to keep her happy, I can no longer progress the nine fingers chain and possibly other domino effects. I'm sure if there were a way to remove the journal entry/trigger saying that she left, that would "fix" it. Does anyone know of a mod that could do this perhaps? Thanks

[fan-man]

this worked for me ... do this before starting dialogue... I water spelled everywhere

"just clean out (wash it out by make water spell) the floor (there is caustic bane), where all NPCs are before talk with any of them."

[libbi68]

Same thing happened to me, went up to Nightsong, cutscene went through, Jaheira disapproved and then peaced out like wtf!? Came to this thread walked around but realized there was casuistic brine or whatever in the doorway from a fight I had a while ago and thus when Isolbel walked through it for the cutscene that caused damaged hence the disapproval and permanently leaving. The solution? throwing a ♥♥♥♥ load of water to clean up the mess lol. Fixed it no problem! Be sure to check the floor, that will save you my headache!

[saintinel]

Found it: There is caustic brine in the room on the floor that Isobel walks through (& get damaged), and because you trigger that action, Jeheira gets angry with you. :)
Solution: Create a pool of water on that spot and it will be cleaned.

[MrJackdaw]

Huh, elegant!