Recruiting Minthara in a good playthrough hopefully avoiding trouble

As of Hotfix #21 Version Number: 4.1.1.4890942, the bug has been fixed and no longer an issue :)

Recruiting Minthara without running through hassle
The "bug" this guide focuses on is the "Enemy of Justice" condition that shows up in Act 2 when you knock enemies out while they witness you murder someone and they are a character in Act 2

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Hotfix #21 Version Number: 4.1.1.4890942

The bug has been fixed! So this is now a recruiting Minthara in a good run guide!

You can see the fix on the Scripting part of the patch notes :)
However if you are playing on an older patch this guide still serves as a fix to the problem

Important conditions on Minthara and bugs

Minthara MUST have the condition "Temporary Hostile"
Minthara MUST NOT have the condition "Witness"



When she has the "Witness" condition you get the "Enemy of Justice" condition bug when starting act 2

TLDR -----------------------------------

1. Step

ACCEPT QUEST TO KILL GOBLIN LEADERS
ACCEPT QUEST TO SAVE HALSIN
FREE HALSIN AND TELL HIM TO STAY PUT IN PRISON

2. Step

DO NOT ATTACK GOBLINS YET
ATTACK MINTHARA WHEN SHE HAS TEMPORARY HOSTILE CONDITION
KNOCK HER OUT WITHOUT HER HAVING WITNESS CONDITION

3. Step

KILL THE REST OF THE GOBLIN CAMP
SPEAK TO QUEST GIVERS TO COMPLETE IT

4. Step

SAVE MINTHARA AT MOONRISE QUEST
LEAVE MOONRISE TOWER WITH MINTHARA

5. Step

SPEAK TO MINTHARA AT CAMP

Recruiting Minthara -----------------------------------

1. Step

Accept the quest in defeating the 3 goblin leaders and helping Halsin. Once you save Halsin tell him to sit still in the prison area and head straight to Minthara.

2. Step

When confronting Minthara, be sure to make her Temporarily Hostile.

To easily gain the Temporary Hostile condition and making it easier without having the goblin reinforcements come, I recommend throwing the Scrying Eye into the abyss.

Example

3. Step

Once in combat you must knock her out by toggling Non-Lethal Attacks in the passives tab without killing the goblin guards around her to avoid the Witness condition. After knocking her out you may kill the rest of the goblin camp while avoiding using Long Rests and Fast Traveling.

Remember toggle the Non-Lethal Attacks off after knocking Minthara out!
We do not want any witnesses or it will cause trouble later

Ideal conditions

Non-Ideal conditions

4. Step

Finish the quest given by Halsin and speak to him and the rest of the main supporting characters at the Grove, when that is done you may long rest.

5. Step

When you eventually meet her at Moonrise Tower go straight to the basement and save her either through dialogue or fighting.

Once it's all complete leave Moonrise Tower without Fast Traveling and enter your camp, hopefully she will be there bug free :)

[Nod]

@Dakota, thank you for letting me know. Now this guide is just a "How to recruit Minthara in a good run" guide :)

[Dakota]

the enemy of justice condition bug has been fixed as of yesterday's update

[Lightning]

god, this bug is obnoxious

[steloker]

COOL :P

[Docsnap]

wow thank you you put some details I didn't know.