If i die twice and drop two backpacks, why can't i find the first one dropped?

[Jigoku]

I was outside my base about to give my friend a tonne of cement.... when a screamer horde appears and i try to lure them away from the base... i ended up dying to zombie bear, and respawned.

I run outside the base and another screamer appears 1 minute late and is spawning dogs, so i die again. My first blue backpack icon disappears.

I've been trying to find the spot where i first died, so i can get my backpack, as it has loads of items we need. Could it have despawned?

A few days ago i died twice in a row, and managed to reloot both backpacks i dropped..... but i can't find this one. Maybe it is glitched under the ground? It was on a slope however, so could the backpack have slid down and ended up somewhere else?

Hoping i can still find it...

[Ragequit Inc.]

Packs do despawn after 20 minutes (this can be changed in the xml's, if you wish. and if it's your host/server) They can also glitch out of the world though, especially if you die on a slope apparently. Or so I've heard some people say.

[Jigoku]

Originally posted by Ragequit Inc.:

Packs do despawn after 20 minutes (this can be changed in the xml's, if you wish. and if it's your host/server) They can also glitch out of the world though, especially if you die on a slope apparently. Or so I've heard some people say.

I assume that's what happened then, because i looked through the entire area within 20 minutes and i died on athe peak of two slopes, assume it has despawned by now ... dammit

[Ryu Oki]

That's unfortunate. Happened once to me as well. Died out in a wasteland biome mid dayish. Got caught by dogs again one the corpse run but managed to get a rough quick waypoint set before the 2nd death (which I made a quick bow and arrow set for assistance which in turn created the 2nd backpack). Distance from respawn point was just too far and night was upon me. No other stashed mining hat but I could make another bow and arrow set, so I waited it out and searched and searched the next morning when I finally got back to my quick way point to no avail.

I do know that on slopes the backpack will roll down some unless an obstruction stops it.

[Fading_Drifter]

i thought mine vanished once when i died on a slope but it just slid really far and for some reason continued sliding a ways across flat ground after it reached the bottom of the slope.

[MeDaDaddy]

I'd advise NOT going off in a hurry for any dropped backpack, since on that return visit to the death site, your toon is considerably weaker than when it first fell there.

They very rarely glitch out, it's more usual that we just don't see them in amongst all that tall grass, or they get destroyed sometimes by zed attacks or explosives.

What makes you think your character isn't going to die again now that it has at least 10 less Wellness (Health and Stamina) and is using old equipment from the respawn chest rather than the state of the art stuff just lost on character death.

If you *must* return to the dreaded Place of Falling Overness since there's something dropped in that backpack that you'll never ever find again ever (heh) even if it is "just outside the base" then prepare a bit.

-> Waypoint the damn thing so you have a permanent approximate marker for where it is for when your toon dies again.

-> Take equipment from your respawn chest near your bedroll.
Because you *do* have a respawn chest containing clothes, armour, weapon and ammo don't you. Even if you just this second thought it was a good idea and made one. There. Now breathe.

-> Sod's Law (also known as Murphy's Law.)
Assume that whatever killed your toon is still there and probably some friends too, so you're going to have to be sneaky.
Crouch and approach slowly so you can see what you're up against.

-> Distraction.
Because you are sneaking, they haven't sensed you yet, so fire off an arrow or throw a stone to distract whatever's there; they'll turn towards the noise of it hitting dirt and approach it, so feel free to fire off a couple more arrows or stones to make it walk further away from you.

-> Profit.

Good Hunting and Happy to Help :)

[YamaKami]

It will still be there but it won't have a way point you can track. Until 20mins is up then buh bye as it will despawn. You can prevent loosing it by marking the pack on your map in case you die on the way there. If it is gone before 20mins someone else either looted it or it got destroyed. Like for example f gravel buried it it's lost for good.

[Jigoku]

When this happened the other day, it was literally dropped no more than 100 meters from the base. The screamer was killed after i died, but another one turned up just as i left the base a few minutes later (assuming it was clear) and then it spawned in some dogs.

I even spent 2 in-game days clearing all the plants in the area (ending up with 3000+ fibers) and even used a shovel along the entire peak of the hill to see if it had glitched under the surface.

Didn't find it in the end, so i assume it glitched out of the map somehow.

[YamaKami]

Originally posted by Baphomet ⛧:

When this happened the other day, it was literally dropped no more than 100 meters from the base. The screamer was killed after i died, but another one turned up just as i left the base a few minutes later (assuming it was clear) and then it spawned in some dogs.

I even spent 2 in-game days clearing all the plants in the area (ending up with 3000+ fibers) and even used a shovel along the entire peak of the hill to see if it had glitched under the surface.

Didn't find it in the end, so i assume it glitched out of the map somehow.

Nope you assumed wrong. It was either destroyed or it despawned before you found it.

[Lithographer]

next time you die take the time to make a map maker to keep track of it. i've ran great distances in 20 min to get my stuff back. also did die on a harsh slope one time and it was gliched, still showed the backpack marker but was gone.

[Jigoku]

Originally posted by YamaKami:

Nope you assumed wrong. It was either destroyed or it despawned before you found it.

And you could be assumng wrong also, because you're just guessing.

It obviously despawned in the end, because i never found it. But there was no reason for it to have been destroyed or looted by another player. As someone else suggested because of the fact it was on the top of a steep hill, it either slid and ended up far away, or it spawned inside the ground.

[YamaKami]

Originally posted by Baphomet ⛧:

Originally posted by YamaKami:

Nope you assumed wrong. It was either destroyed or it despawned before you found it.

And you could be assumng wrong also, because you're just guessing.

It obviously despawned in the end, because i never found it. But there was no reason for it to have been destroyed or looted by another player. As someone else suggested because of the fact it was on the top of a steep hill, it either slid and ended up far away, or it spawned inside the ground.

No I am not assuming at all. Those are the sum total of reasons a back pack would cease to exist. So it's one or the other. Once upon a time there was bug/s related to this, ones that were long since solved. This builds been out far too long now for this to be a bug, and you to be the only one to be effected by it beyond that. Live and learn, or die trying :)

[Jigoku]

Originally posted by YamaKami:

Originally posted by Baphomet ⛧:

And you could be assumng wrong also, because you're just guessing.

It obviously despawned in the end, because i never found it. But there was no reason for it to have been destroyed or looted by another player. As someone else suggested because of the fact it was on the top of a steep hill, it either slid and ended up far away, or it spawned inside the ground.

No I am not assuming at all. Those are the sum total of reasons a back pack would cease to exist. So it's one or the other. Once upon a time there was bug/s related to this, ones that were long since solved. This builds been out far too long now for this to be a bug, and you to be the only one to be effected by it beyond that. Live and learn, or die trying :)

Always nice to find a narcissist on the internet.

[YamaKami]

Originally posted by Baphomet ⛧:

Originally posted by YamaKami:

No I am not assuming at all. Those are the sum total of reasons a back pack would cease to exist. So it's one or the other. Once upon a time there was bug/s related to this, ones that were long since solved. This builds been out far too long now for this to be a bug, and you to be the only one to be effected by it beyond that. Live and learn, or die trying :)

Always nice to find a narcissist on the internet.

No narcissism at all, just facts kiddo. You can put that dictionary away now and quit using the big boy words, you're clearly not ready for them yet.

[LittleBlueDuneBuggy]

Originally posted by MeDaDaddy:

-> Distraction.
Because you are sneaking, they haven't sensed you yet, so fire off an arrow or throw a stone to distract whatever's there; they'll turn towards the noise of it hitting dirt and approach it, so feel free to fire off a couple more arrows or stones to make it walk further away from you.

Mother of God........

[BlackWidow]

Originally posted by YamaKami:

It will still be there but it won't have a way point you can track. Until 20mins is up then buh bye as it will despawn. You can prevent loosing it by marking the pack on your map in case you die on the way there. If it is gone before 20mins someone else either looted it or it got destroyed. Like for example f gravel buried it it's lost for good.

yes it dose despawn after a time period but you also loose your map spot for the first bag
i would say put a map marker of your own by it to keep it marked just incase you die again and loose that bag marker you will now have it still marked