Caravans no longer spawn on solo, non-server game

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Caravans are no longer spawning. I camped the Dunley mortium caravan route for 3 in-game days and nothing. Is this some kind of setting i accidentally disabled? A bug? a feature to 'encourage' me to go on a server?

EDIT: FINALLY found one, but for some reason the caravan itself had been left befind. the bull was moving without the caravan behind it.

[Alchosin]

Caravan spawns are kinda irregular. I've tried waiting and tracking it's schedule to no avail.
It can spawn in one hour, half an hour, even more than 1 hour (maybe even 2), and anywhere in between.

The caravan can also be bugged (to the player benefit), as occasionally the cart can be left behind by the ox and guards in the middle of the route, or even spawns alone in the destination ahead of the rest.

[Cucken Turducken]

caravans can disappear sometimes out of thin air and take awhile to respawn, mobs can also fight the caravan and make the Ox leave the caravan and sometimes it wont come back to reconnect.

[Lothroth]

I think like 75% of caravans I've seen have been bugged...

[-shhfiftyfive]

idk what they are but i have seen a few in my solo game