Missing master swordsmith in Novigrad bug ?

[cyph31]

I have almost finished the "swords and dumplings" quest line with the elf called hattori. He said he would make me a sword and to return later so I went to Skellige to do a few quests and then fast travelled back. Except now there is no indicator of him in the novigrad map even if I click "track quest" for his quest in my log. I also don't remember where his shop was located so I can manually check.

This is quite the problem because I assume he's the only master swordsmith in the entire game world ?

Also what the hell is it with blacksmiths and armorsmiths in general in this city just appearing and disappearing at random times of the day ?

Meditating to different times of the day also did not make the quest marker for hattori appear anywhere on the novigrad map.

[SA Turak]

He's North of Portside Gate way-point. Has a fence around the front of his shop. And when i say north i mean not to far a little bit past the bridge.

[katzenkrimis]

Originally posted by cyph31:

Also what the hell is it with blacksmiths and armorsmiths in general in this city just appearing and disappearing at random times of the day ?

It's buggy. In Skellige, at the northern castle, you have to quit to main menu, then go back, just to talk to the weaponsmith.

And the armoursmith next to him, he'd vanish sometimes. To get him to reappear you need to take a short walk through the little archway nearby, then return, and he'll be standing there once again.

Pretty messed up game.