Lydia is gone from the game

[Nonamzo]

I was doing a quest where you have to kill hammerfell assassins for Saadia, by the time I reached the end of Swindler's Den I decide to kill Kematu instead of talking to him (since I desperately wanted his scimitar) and it was horrible idea to take on more than 5 Alik'r warrior at once, I reached a certain spot where the AI cannot reach you and slowly kill them off one by one using flame spell, the crowd is too much I didnt realize Lydia was missing or she was overwhelmed. After finishing the quest I got out of the cave without Lydia anywhere to be seen. I checked Dragonreach, checked the hall of dead, got no inheritance letter, sleep a few days, bought breezehome and Lydia still refuse to appear. I even used commands to teleport her to me and teleport me to her and still nothing happened. I have stored tons of dragon bone and scale and also soul gems with her (I'm still at the start of the game), I tried to do the companion quest where Farkas replaces your follower and she still won't appear in Dragonreach. Is she glitched out of the game?

TLDR: Lydia suddenly missing and won't appear no matter what I do.

[AoFA | FightDrug *-* [GER]]

dont know were she goes :o i have that with dogs sometimes anyway there is a way to let her spawm new open the console and click on the ground then write : placeatme 000A2C8E

after that she should respawm by you

it can be possible that the missed lydia stuck anywere or she is heavy hurt and dont walk to you thats possible too xD

[Nonamzo]

Originally posted by -= AoFA =- Fightdrug *-* GER:

dont know were she goes :o i have that with dogs sometimes :lunar2019deadpanpig: anyway there is a way to let her spawm new open the console and click on the ground then write : placeatme 000A2C8E

after that she should respawm by you :lunar2019piginablanket:

it can be possible that the missed lydia stuck anywere or she is heavy hurt and dont walk to you thats possible too xD

Aye, I tried this just now and for some reason it did nothing, I tried to teleport myself to Lydia and it leads me to Swindler's Den without Lydia nowhere to be found.

[AoFA | FightDrug *-* [GER]]

hmm... strange maybe i search the wrong ID out try this : placeatme 000A2C94

if that dont work then i dont know when it teleports you to the swindlers den then maybe she stuck inside anywere or you be unlucky and she is now just in the script in the game because of a loading bug

do you use any follower mods ?

[voehringer_nitron]

The placeatme command creates a duplicate of the NPC. Also a2c8e is her baseID, you would need to use a refID.

Try using this command, hitting enter after each line
prid a2c94
moveto player

[Chaosian]

If voehringer_nitron's solution doesn't work, you can always:

Go to an old file where she exists (or a new one!)
Open the console
Click on her (this will for certain get her proper prid value)
Close the console
Load your latest save where she's gone
Open the console
And then type " moveto player "

[smr1957]

Just to reinforce, you should NEVER use the placeatme command on a named or unique NPC - NEVER!! Absolutely excellent way to bork your game! For complete and definitive information, see:
Regarding Use of Console Commands
https://steamcommunity.com/app/72850/discussions/0/1739968490572445043/
(from pinned topic Helpful Links and References, Section 5, General Troubleshooting)

[Nonamzo]

Originally posted by -= AoFA =- Fightdrug *-* GER:

hmm... strange maybe i search the wrong ID out try this : placeatme 000A2C94

if that dont work then i dont know when it teleports you to the swindlers den then maybe she stuck inside anywere or you be unlucky and she is now just in the script in the game because of a loading bug

do you use any follower mods ?

I've never used mods in this game and tried both solutions. using placeatme 000A2C94 doesn't work as the command would say "Invalid object '000A2C94' for parameter ObjectID. Compiled script not saved!" (I don't understand what this mean).

[Nonamzo]

Originally posted by voehringer_nitron:

The placeatme command creates a duplicate of the NPC. Also a2c8e is her baseID, you would need to use a refID.

Try using this command, hitting enter after each line
prid a2c94
moveto player

Originally posted by Chaosian:

If voehringer_nitron's solution doesn't work, you can always:

Go to an old file where she exists (or a new one!)
Open the console
Click on her (this will for certain get her proper prid value)
Close the console
Load your latest save where she's gone
Open the console
And then type " moveto player "

I tried both of this solution and the console shows nothing afterward, the thing is Lydia is still nowhere to be seen and missing after using the moveto command.

[Nonamzo]

Apparently if I use 'moveto' command on my player the console would teleport me to Swindler's Den and back the spot where me and Lydia fights the Alik'r warrior, used tcl to noclip around the map and Lydia is also still missing.

[smr1957]

Lydia is flagged as protected, which means only the player can kill her (which can easily happen by accident when using certain spells or when wielding a weapon in close quarters). If that happens, the only alternative (other than just accepting the fact that they are dead), is to reload an earlier save. If Lydia is not dead, then she will eventually turn up (though it may take a number of in game days).

If you want to attempt to move her to you, or move to her, the commands, respectively are:
open console
type - prid 000A2C94 hit Enter
type - moverto player hit Enter

or:
player.moveto 000A2C94

And, as stated, NEVER use placeatme for unique or named NPCs, as explained in the post I linked previously.

[Nonamzo]

Originally posted by smr1957:

Lydia is flagged as protected, which means only the player can kill her (which can easily happen by accident when using certain spells or when wielding a weapon in close quarters). If that happens, the only alternative (other than just accepting the fact that they are dead), is to reload an earlier save. If Lydia is not dead, then she will eventually turn up (though it may take a number of in game days).

If you want to attempt to move her to you, or move to her, the commands, respectively are:
open console
type - prid 000A2C94 hit Enter
type - moverto player hit Enter

or:
player.moveto 000A2C94

And, as stated, NEVER use placeatme for unique or named NPCs, as explained in the post I linked previously.

I tried both commands that you've given and nothing appeared, I'm guessing I somehow bugged Lydia out of my game or that she is stuck in loading. As referred to my original post, Lydia is not in the Hall of Dead nor is she at Dragonreach although I've waited for 6 days. I eventually give up and load the last save when she was not bugged.

[Turtleswatter]

Just checking but when you get to swindler's den, there isn't a pile of ash where Lydia used to be? That happened to me once when I accidentally incinerated her without realising.

[Nonamzo]

Originally posted by Turtleswatter:

Just checking but when you get to swindler's den, there isn't a pile of ash where Lydia used to be? That happened to me once when I accidentally incinerated her without realising.

No by the time I got back all corpses has been reset

[woodsguide]

kill them off one by one using flame spell, the crowd is too much I didnt realize Lydia was missing or she was overwhelmed



here is where Lydia is i bet ;/