katieegervari

I'm playing a vanilla version of the Anniversary Edition on Series X. Two nights ago, I was doing the Thieves' Guild questline, and at some point Lydia stopped following me - the game dismissed her as a companion. Unfortunately, I just assumed she would come back after the quest because that happened several times in the past with other quests. This time, she was actually dismissed. I know she could end up in Breezehome or Dragonreach when this happens, but despite multiple weeks passing in-game, she's still not there. I have not run into a courier letting me know she died, so she's alive somewhere. In fact, I would have preferred that she died so I could at least loot her items and get some closure. I went back to the Snow Veil Catacombs where I started that quest with Mercer, and she's nowhere to be found. I don't remember if she joined us in this dungeon, but I explored it 2 more times after the quest just to make sure she wasn't stuck or dead somewhere inside. Then, I retraced my steps from that dungeon all the way to Whiterun manually, hoping to run into her and I never found her along that entire path. I'm positive I had Lydia before this - I have very clear memories of her with me in the East Company Warehouse, the quest before the one where Mercer joins as a follower. I don't know if Lydia ever came back after that just because Karliah, etc. were also followers. The reason I really want to look for Lydia is that she was wearing some pretty good enchanted Dragon armor and I also gave her the Mace of Molag Bal with a bunch of soul gems. I absolutely don't want to lose that mace :sad: I need to find her. I'm on Xbox Series X. How do I find her? I'm really discouraged that all of this happened without my consent. Definitely the game's code letting me down here. I tried getting married about 10 times, and she never showed up at my wedding. Is there a mod that will teleport me to her live or dead location so that I can learn where she is in the game world? If I knew where she was, I could disable the mod afterward and use an unmodded save to go get her so that I could keep earning achievements. I did try a few mods with no success, such as Flute Finder. It sounded pretty great - quest markers for all companions - but it didn't actually work. Lots of people said the same thing in the comments. Please help. I don't want to lose my items. Thank you.