Sylvan Campaign - Mission 1, The Refugees: Idle Biara

[Brynjolf]

I've played the mission (on Easy difficulty) for 4 days, 3 weeks and 5 months (in-game time), but Biara STILL doesn't want to attack; she just stands there at the edge of the map! Why?! Is this some kind of bug?

EDIT: My game version is 1.6

[Mirez]

do you use any mods?

otherwise I fear you might have to restart the map.

[Brynjolf]

I don't use any mods.

[cjlee]

An Idle Biara is one problem often experienced by players. I experienced it myself on one of three tries. (Defeated once, bugged out once, won once. This mission can be extremely difficult; not because individual battles are hard but because its hard to reach all stat bonuses while defending castle)

https://www.celestialheavens.com/577

Don't bother with the guys on the walkthrough who say you can only win on a certain difficulty or a certain version. The Biara bug just happens and you should restart if after the 2nd month she does not appear. This is not a long mission and you're not intended to have to spend much time on it.