Item despawn

[Dan]

Will items despawn if i dropped it in my base?

[Robo]

They are supposed to but I have seen many reports of items staying for a long time

[LudwigVH]

As I have recently just started playing again and only have had 2 respawn sessions so far, what I have explored on the new map, everything has been despawning properly at least away from my base. Will need to see how things progress as more time passes.

Prior to the arrival of the new map, the issue of items not despawning on the old map only pertained to backpack (any kind), everything else work properly.

As for despawning at my base, cannot say as I don't leave things out long enough to see. Just enough time to sort and organize then into storage.

[william_es]

Originally posted by Robo:

They are supposed to but I have seen many reports of items staying for a long time

I'm seeing the same too, at least at my base.

I also placed a large backpack on the ground, and that thing has been there for multiple days now. I had trouble making enough storage in the beginning. The backpack has a solar panel and inverter I found. Stuff I can't even use yet. If the backpack and it's contents despawn, I will not cry about it. Just me being a hoarder.

Not sure if backpacks can be used as permanent storage. It allowed me to place it on the ground, as opposed to dropping it. So maybe that's intentional.

[LudwigVH]

Just finished another session on the new map. Along my journey there was a couple of locations I had previously visited where I had emptied out backpacks onto the ground. They were still there, well past the despawn time if i remember correctly is 45 minutes real time.

So it seems the issue that was present prior to the introduction of the new map has transferred over to the new map also.

My suspicion is an issue with the backpack despawn timer or another under lying problem.

[LudwigVH]

I have put in a request to the developers to look into this issue.

[68plex]

I left a backpack on the road about a mile from my base days and days ago. I've been running over it for seems like weeks now lol. In fact, last night, I picked it up and used it for my new sedan.

[LudwigVH]

This issue is now being investigated by the developers.