I lost Lydia in riften, how do I find her?

[Kimmaz]

TLDR: I lost Lydia in Riften. Is there a way to find her again? (console or just by playing)

I traveled to Riften and arrived at the south gate. I was told I had to enter from the north enterance, but I was able to enter through a 3rd gate just South East. Lydia was with me before I entered the city.
I went to the market and to the smith, There I discovered that she was not with me.
-I went back outside and both our horses still stood there. (I use Convinient Horses)
-I then sleept for 8 hours at the inn, she is still not here.
-I tried to hire Marcurio at the inn, but he said I still had company and said he could join another time.

I play on survival so I cant fast travel and check whiterun.

[Vlad 254]

just keep playing is my suggestion, she's walking back home. could take an in game day or so depending how long she waited and how far she has to go. she will show up.

[AllergicToBrainRot]

Try using player.moveto (whatever her command ID is) it should teleport you to her location. I don't know her ID

[Kimmaz]

Originally posted by Fear:

Try using player.moveto (whatever her command ID is) it should teleport you to her location. I don't know her ID

I used the command, She is locked up inside a Riften Jail Cell!!

Originally posted by Vlad 254:

just keep playing is my suggestion, she's walking back home. could take an in game day or so depending how long she waited and how far she has to go. she will show up.

Is there any chance she will get out of jail by herself? ill reload before I used the command and see if I can help her out of there.

[Mochan]

She'll get out on her own eventually, don't sweat it.

You can cheat her out but if you're the type that doesn't want to use the console unnecessarily in case you might break something, just wait it out.

To teleport her to you type these two commands in succession:
* prid 000A2C94
* moveto player

[Kimmaz]

Do you know if she is serving time there and its a game feature, or is it a bug and she is stuck there?
Could it be caused by Populated Skyrim Prisons Cells?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2709497052
I am unable to pay gold to let here free, ill try and lockpick the door if the guards leave me alone... :D

[Mochan]

I have populated skyrim prison cells in my game right now. I have no idea if that gets Lydia in jail. I have never seen Lydia get caught for a crime and thrown in jail, but then there is no limit to her idiocy. I doubt it's a game feature, and I doubt the mod does it (not sure, but the mod just spawns NPCs to the prisons, not puts your companions in it) but I do not know how the mod really works so I wouldn't know.

[smr1957]

All Populated Skyrim Prison Cells by tonycubed2 does is add its own NPCs into the prisons, it does not effect vanilla or other mod added NPCs.

[XenoReaver]

Yell out loudly that you have burdens to carry, since she is sworn to carry your burdens she will come running if she hears you.

[ĿIFE oƒ ƤIE]

In communist Riften, Lydia finds YOU!

[holmdt]

Did you check the nearby stores?

[Kittenpox]

Originally posted by Kimmaz:

Originally posted by Fear:

Try using player.moveto (whatever her command ID is) it should teleport you to her location. I don't know her ID

I used the command, She is locked up inside a Riften Jail Cell!!

Originally posted by Vlad 254:

just keep playing is my suggestion, she's walking back home. could take an in game day or so depending how long she waited and how far she has to go. she will show up.

Is there any chance she will get out of jail by herself? ill reload before I used the command and see if I can help her out of there.

If this happens with another NPC, I think the console command to look them up (edit: to find their ID code) is:

help NAME

Where NAME is the thing (or partial name of the thing) you're looking for. If there are too many listings, use the PgUp / PgDn keys to scroll inside the console window. You're looking for something like an 8-character hexadecimal code.

If you use mods, there are things like this one which may help - but I'm not sure how up-to-date this mod is: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/5658?tab=description

But afaik, most Followers will attempt to go home if you completely lose track of them for too long. The jail cell itself shouldn't stop them, unless that's scripted (like via a mod - some custom followers have questlines etc.)
In Lydia's case, I think this is either Dragonreach or Breezehome.

[stvlepore]

Check the bars, she’s a floozy.

[Morgian]

Go to a dungeon with a floor triggered spiked gate and she will appear to step on it. Probably :)

[shaihulud]

Such a pathetic SIMP to carry on this way. It's clear that she has been using you! MGTOW, brother!