Simba and Nala not following

[Ebony Messmer]

I have found whilst hanging out with them, I start doing a task (mining or gardening in this case). and realise they haven't followed and i'm not getting the extra items. I then have to go back to the last place i remember seeing them to get them to follow even though it still says we are hanging out. This is annoying, anyone else noticed this?

[Ryuchan]

Since this last update I have noticed that sometimes the companion (not just Simba and Nala) kind of... get stuck and won't move. Won't follow, won't send any bonus items, won't do anything - until I have my character go over and push them all over the place. Sometimes even that won't make them move, until they're not the companions anymore, but at least they'll give the items.

This has happened to me for harvesting, foraging and fishing. MIGHT have happened while mining too.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

I had that experience with Nala. She is a crop buddy and she got stuck and never followed me to the crop I was harvesting. After a bit I realized no extras were being produced but I finished off that plot.

When I crossed the bridge leaving the area I suddenly had a ton of crops pop in. Unfortunately, they had to be harvested one at a time versus just running over them. I have not used her since and no issues with other crop buddies getting stuck.

As Ryuchan mentions, it may just be a stuck mechanic similar to the trap mechanic that sometimes happens when your buddy blocks you into a space.

[rolandarx]

It will happen with most companions (haven't tested it with all). You ask them to follow and, sometimes, they'll just stand there as you start the collection task you wish to do(foraging, gardening, etc.); haven't seen it to much with fishing. As pointed out, even though they are frozen, they are still correctly "giving" you a bonus; after a period of time they'll explode with a bunch of items. I've found that teleporting (using the well travel system) is a good way to unfreeze a stuck NPC; it kind of resets/reloads them.

I believe this is happening because, if you notice when they aren't frozen and actually following, and you get a golden node, they stop moving until you finish harvesting the golden node; mining has had this issue even before the patch although very rarely. I noticed someone, some others might have as well, comment on the fact that the NPC following will get in the way of harvesting the golden node. I believe this is their (the developer) way of trying to combat that problem, but the bugs haven't been worked out of it quite yet.

[Saraphine]

Noticed this too, only happens with farming buddies for me though.

[Myth Alric]

It happened to me one time, but the character that got stuck still threw the items on the ground. They landed near where the character got stuck though.