Companions in Prison- Help!

[FlyingDwarfzz]

OK!
so, to my bad luck, i was raiding around Khegrit's villages recently, in my 25 people strong party. I had the misfortune to run into a opposing lord, and since i had only 25 people, i lost.
My 5 named Companions (Borsa and Marnid were two) got promptly sent to Prison at Rindyar Castle, owned by the Khegrits.

I want to rescue them.

From what i know, i can either take the castle by force (Not going to happen) or break them out of jail myself.

I have discuised myself and managed to enter the Prison for 100 Denars, and i can see all 5 of my companions, but i cant do anything. they are all standing in cells, in full armor, but i cant talk (Or even hurt, with my throwing knives) to them.

If i choose a different option with the guard outside, all the guards in the area attack me. If i fend them off, i cant do anything.
I cant even Tab-Leave the castle, i have to restart the game.

Can someone help me please?

 

[Grunge]

If I remember correctly then you need to tell the guard that you want to see the prisoners, offer a bribe and then demand the keys.
This makes him attack you, but after you defeat him you should be able to enter the dungeon and talk to the prisoners.

Not 100% sure if this works with companions but it worked for some random Khergit lord I had to rescue from the Sarranites.

 

[mrdang]

Of all castles for your companions to be taken prisoner... as it turns out Rindyar Castle is bugged and has no access to the dungeon. If it were any other castle, you could tell the Prison Guard "Give me the keys now!" and attack him (no bribe). I guess the only thing you can do now is conquer the castle or get another faction to (or wait for the patch to fix this castle).

 

[FlyingDwarfzz]

Just my luck.

New game it is.

 

[Rabid One]

On a similiar issue, I disguised myself when one of my lords was taken in Reyvaden, demanded the keys, beat the guard and the two vaegir guards with the lame staff and pilgrim clothes *pauses for the swooning ladies* and when I went in... he said I needed the key.  Add to that that I exited only to be greeted by a fresh pair of Vaegir guards that attacked on site.

Oh but there is a way to get out of those castles.  Run.  Open the front gate **Note: Not every castle has a front gate control even though most of them have the ropes modeled in to where the control would be** or jump of the wall and take the 3-9 falling damage and make a break for the country side. Eventually you'll get the retreat option and a new respect for points in athletics.

 

[dark-angel]

i need help! i was running around with 2 of my companions and i surrendered to a 300 man army because i was 2 lazy to fight. when i escaped i went and rebuilt my army to take the castle they were held captive in when i won and took my companions (Ymira and katrin) told me i needed the keys. but when i left i couldn't find them i was told by a traveler their at the castle so i went back to the castle but they weren't there so i went to another traveler and asked him he said their both at the castle but their not please help me

 

[FlyingDwarfzz]

i need help! i was running around with 2 of my companions and i surrendered to a 300 man army because i was 2 lazy to fight. when i escaped i went and rebuilt my army to take the castle they were held captive in when i won and took my companions (Ymira and katrin) told me i needed the keys. but when i left i couldn't find them i was told by a traveler their at the castle so i went back to the castle but they weren't there so i went to another traveler and asked him he said their both at the castle but their not please help me

From what i have read on these forums is that this is a common bug, as as of this point, there i nothing you can do.

 

[dhowlett]

the game basicaly forces you to load after every defeat.

 

[FlyingDwarfzz]

the game basicaly forces you to load after every defeat.

Its eeeevil!

and what do ya mean load? Is that the other option when making a new game? i allways choose "Realistic! No quitting without saving first"!


EDIT:

After 2 years of picking that option, i finaly realised what "Realistic" was reffering too... Iy refers to the game itself, not how its played...
Fail.

 

[dhowlett]

nub . If you dont be uberz relistic you can just surrender and quit and reload your save game.

 

[Shisaa]

ah this was easy to deal with, happened to me yesterday, i lost a battle and Deshavi was being held in Kelderan Castle, all i did was go tot he castle clicked "walk around courtyard" then talk to the prison gaurd go through the whole "want to see a prisoner" "but i thought you were the boss blah blah" then hit "give me the keys now blah" kill the gaurd go in the prison. then i personally told Deshavi to grab stuff and help fight. then you leave the prison and have to kill between 6 and 10 or so people without your companion being knocked out. i had no trouble! now i can't get the game to play on steam! sad times!

 

[Madf11]

I bribe the guard, get in and use the "Welcome back, friend" optiong. Strangely it works for me. But when I meet a companion that escaped from a bandit (Arti did that in jail as well) sometimes they say sumtn like "Tell me when we leave!" and they don't join me.

 

[dark-angel]

well ill just have to go on with out them because I'm not restarting it when i have 50 days and two factions wiped out

 

[Shisaa]

well ill just have to go on with out them because I'm not restarting it when i have 50 days and two factions wiped out

Nice!
i started again because i got bored with my other character she was annoying me and the nords were pissing me off.

 

[baama13]

Same happened to me just they were kept at unuzdaq castle. I was seeing them but I couldn't talk to them. I killed the guard took the keys and when I entered prison it sent me to arena...weird.

 

[mrdang]

Same happened to me just they were kept at unuzdaq castle. I was seeing them but I couldn't talk to them. I killed the guard took the keys and when I entered prison it sent me to arena...weird.

this is because you enabled a feature using TweakMB. you need to disable quick access to the guild master in cities and then itll work properly

i just lost my companions too. theyre stuck in culmar castle and i cant rescue them because they go hostile on me x_x

 

[dhowlett]

this was fixed in the 1.1 patch btw.

 

[rapier17]

this was fixed in the 1.1 patch btw.

Wish they'd fixed the problem of Lords turning on you once you'd gotten them out of the prison. Just been trying to rescue Lord Raichs from Shariz, and each time he turns on me. Got him to the exit and tried to talk to him but he kept trying to cut me down :/

 

[mrdang]

this was fixed in the 1.1 patch btw.

Wish they'd fixed the problem of Lords turning on you once you'd gotten them out of the prison. Just been trying to rescue Lord Raichs from Shariz, and each time he turns on me. Got him to the exit and tried to talk to him but he kept trying to cut me down :/

i was reading bugtracker and apparently if you restart the game, it'll solve the bug. why? dunno but it worked for me

 

[dhowlett]

this was fixed in the 1.1 patch btw.

Wish they'd fixed the problem of Lords turning on you once you'd gotten them out of the prison. Just been trying to rescue Lord Raichs from Shariz, and each time he turns on me. Got him to the exit and tried to talk to him but he kept trying to cut me down :/

i was reading bugtracker and apparently if you restart the game, it'll solve the bug. why? dunno but it worked for me

Good find!