Elven Thorndancer fix

[melta]

Can't speak to Elven Thorndancer on Reaper's Coast. Is there a fix/workaround for this bug?

[Chaoslink]

Only thing I know of is using a different character. However, it eventually happens to everyone.

[melta]

Cycling through every party character, and then again 4 more times with Fane's mask is the only workaround I know of atm.

[Raze_Larian]

That isn't a bug, if she specifically says in the dialogue that she will not speak to you.
You can still trade with her (icon in the top left of the dialog box in the keyboard UI).

[Chaoslink]

Originally posted by Raze_Larian:

That isn't a bug, if she specifically says in the dialogue that she will not speak to you.
You can still trade with her (icon in the top left of the dialog box in the keyboard UI).

If I’m not mistaken, the issue they face might be the same as I’ve faced. You’ll be friendly with the camp and she doesn’t say anything about not talking to you, however, seeming randomly you’ll go to talk to her again at a later point to trade and upon clicking on her to do so a blank dialogue box pops up for only a split second and closes immediately. No voice acting plays and effectively she becomes uninteractable. This issue eventually spreads to every character but will “infect” each character individually. I’ve had this issue appear multiple times on multiple playthroughs as well as having friends get that same issue in co-op games. It’s been present since the game’s release as far as I know and has existed since. I’ve never noticed anything consistent that causes it, but eventually every character in the party will get it and she’ll no longer be tradable or otherwise interactable at all.

[melta]

I have the same issue Chaoslink described. After speaking to her once, you can no longer interact with her and trade. Is this intended? Or is there supposed to be a dialogue box that opens?

[Raze_Larian]

It is not intended.
Please email [e-mail] with your latest save (or a Dropbox or Google drive link, etc), as well as the most recent save where your character could speak to Thorndancer and the oldest where you could not. If you are using any non-Larian mods, also include a list of those enabled and/or the modsettings.lsx file from your profile folder.
Each save is a folder in the '..\Documents\Larian Studios\Divinity Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition\PlayerProfiles\<ProfileName>\Savegames\Story' folder.
In Windows Explorer you can zip a file or folder by right clicking on it/them and selecting 'Send To | Compressed (zipped) Folder' (and similarly in OSX/Finder).

[gamertothebone]

Was there ever a resolution to this? Fanes masks does seem to work for one conversation then stops. It seems to have started when I came into the Elf camp as I need to go back before I went into camp to find a save when this was not happening. It is not regular as this is 4th time I have come into the Elf camp (not including reloads) and this is the first time I have seen this.

I have been using the short cut directly to the game to play sometimes and not using the Steam launcher. This seems to cause issues with Steam and its interaction with the game. I do not use mods. I do have some gift bags enabled.

[InsaneWallaby]

This bug seems to be easily reproducible if you just chat with the elf and then walk away using option (2) dialog without going through the option (1) long dialog. This is prior to rescuing Saheila.

I believe her dialog gets in a state where she provides 0 options by using option (2) when you first meet her. Larian probably made it so that the window is killed to prevent a player from getting stuck in dialog with no options, but this blocks vendors (which is too bad, but less horrible than keeping your character stuck in dialog, unable to get out).

Workaround: Go through option (1) long dialog to conclusion (it's possible a branch is broken here too, as I did not test exhaustively, but at least some branches work). You might also be able to fix it by attacking her and getting her to a -45 attitude, where she demands gifts, but unsure on that, and this would probably be temporary until attitude is corrected. You may also be able to fix it by progressing through the Saheila quest, since it seems her working dialog is different before and after rescuing Saheila.

[bruce]

This bug is still present in this exact form.

[kbflex]

In case anyone ever runs into this again, found a fix:
If you have the mask of shapeshifter, use it to turn into an elf, and then she'll talk to you.