Where the f*ck is Preston Garvey???

[TitanROG]

After completing Taking independance and liberating the castle, I spoke to him to finish the quest, then traveled away to drop all my gear and when I came back this motherf*cker wasn't there anymore. Previously he was at Sanctuary Hills but I can't find him there either. He's immortal so he can't be killed he must be somewhere and I need to find him to continue with the minuteman quest line and I just can't locate him.

[Desna]

For me he always goes bak to sanctuary. But he might not get there instantly like you do, just sleep for a few hours and he should be there.

You can also build a 'bell' at sanctuary and use it, it will summon everyone that are at sanctuary to it.

[Scoob]

He travelled back to Sanctuary for me - grounds for execution for deserting his post in my book - but he did take a while to walk back there.

I did note that when I had an objective to speak to him (from a prior mission he'd offered me) he was marked on the map, so I could see where he was as he wandered back to Sanctuary.

Scoob.

[Tim Timsen]

Like the other two said, he goes back to Sanctuary.
By foot.

[TitanROG]

Originally posted by Desna:

For me he always goes bak to sanctuary. But he might not get there instantly like you do, just sleep for a few hours and he should be there.

You can also build a 'bell' at sanctuary and use it, it will summon everyone that are at sanctuary to it.

I just tried the bell and everyone gathered around except him. He is not in Sanctuary Hills. This is BS man I have to reload a safe from 3 hours ago..... f*cking bethesda and their glitches. He's probably stuck somewhere in the world or whatever its just so dumb. Why does he have to move, why can't he just stay at the castle? Smh at this dumba*s AI.

[Coolbrz]

Even on quests where the turn in person is "traveling" i have been able to find them on the map (quest icon), just takes a bit to get close to them with fast travel.

With that said, if you had the quest selected, then there should have been an icon on him where ever he was....he was back to sanctuary for me as well.

[mbpoblet]

Open the console, type prid 0001a4d7, press enter, type moveto player, press enter, close the console; Preston should be right next to you (or right behind you, the creep).