kimmia1

Thanks for your suggestion. I did not try to add other companions, am content with the ones I have atm, two should be in the inn. So far I assigned one of them to do a quest, it was the druid. I wonder if the bug happened since then. I do recall I was able to talk to the dwarven ranger in her room during the druid's absence. The reason I wanted to go up and was denied to was because I hoped the druid was rewarded with something after his return. As you asked 2 other gamers about having White March or not = does my bug only apply to having the core game? Might getting these 2 expansions help with my bug? And as I can't access the upper floor, can I activate automatic party level up again safely? Thanks in advance for your patience.

My version is 3.03.1047, I play this game since 15/16th July 2016 and encountered the Brighthollow bug as well. I followed the workaround to disable party auto level up in the option menu, but regardless which save game I chose, the upstairs map did not load. Screen turns black and I get the message it can't be loaded to prevent save game corruption. What shall I do now? It's ok for me, as my chests are empty there, but I am a bit scared I might corrupt the game if I carry on. Btw, as soon as I started to play POE, it felt like coming home after many years in the RPG desert I love it.