If your BlueStacks instance is not recognized by BotSauce, try the following troubleshooting steps. 

Common Problem 1

In BotSauce, make sure to enable "Show USB & Other Devices" on top

Common Problem 2

Make sure "ADB" is enabled on your BlueStacks instance. Open Settings, and then go to Preferences. Make sure to select "Enable Android Debug Bridge (ADB)".

NOTE: For BlueStacks version 5.7 or higher: this setting can now be found under the "advanced" tab instead of "preferences". 

Common Problem 3

Make sure that your BlueStacks instance is using "Nougat 32-bit". If you are not sure what Android version you are using, open BlueStacks multi-instance manager. You can see the Android version for every instance listed like below. 

If your instance is not using Nougat 32-bit, create a fresh instance, and make sure to select "Nougat 32-bit" as the Android version. 

Common Problem 4

If the above steps were already correct, and did not resolve your issue then try the following:

• Restart BlueStacks and wait for it to completely load
• Open the game that you want to bot in BlueStacks
• Restart BotSauce
• Give it a minute to detect your BlueStacks instance. BlueStacks specifically is a little slow to broadcast itself and become discoverable.