Missing shy deer?

[General Iffy]

I was trying to complete the Shy Deer hunting quest for Chris and I've killed all of the deer. I've killed four I think but they don't respawn.

Anyone know whats up with that?

[Ocsabat]

I think there 5 or 6 of them you need to kill. They roam a large area. Pretty much anywhere between Jack's lighthouse and the camp of the hunter who set you on that quest.

I always seem to find them quicker if I don't actively search for them.

If you haven't already... Look in the area in front of the lighthouse. I alway seem to find a couple of them around there.

[General Iffy]

Thanks. That helped a lot.

[Ocsabat]

Originally posted by Iffy the Bothan Ace:

Thanks. That helped a lot.

Not sure, but I seem to detect a bit of sarcasm in your replay. If not, then congrats on finding the deer.

But in case you misinterpeted what I said becase my suggestion on where to search does appear as if I were being a wiseass, but which was not my intent. I should have added a little more detai on where to look.

I meant for you to search the width of the land between Ardea and the cliffs, and distance between the lighthouse and bandit camp near the cliff'. I usually find some a little ways above the hunter 's camp and the rest further up nearer to the lighthouse. Basically in opposite corners of the overall territory that they roam.

Good hunting.

[Ash vs. Himself]

The shy deer quest is THE worst. Every time I play this game it is a nightmare. The shy deer spawn just north of Chris (the quest giver) towards the Orcs and Vengard and this massive pack of wolves. If you shoot one they all run, and most likely they see one of these other creature and keep running. It's friggin' awful. I just completed it tonight. Tracked one of them damn near to Gotha.

[kaay]

Weird, thats not at all how it went for me. They were all in the area between quest giver and the orc camps, just like the quest giver said, and were easy to hunt with a bow.
Im using the default patch that comes with the steam install, 1.60 i think. Maybe their behavior changes slightly with different patches?

[Que_bracho]

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[Ash vs. Himself]

This has been happening for me since I bought the game back when it launched (I have the Steam version now and the patch). The shy deer are very buggy. I mean Google it (don't mean that sarcastically), there are pages of people going back to release complaining about it. It's nuts!

[Ash vs. Himself]

Usually my hunting skill is too low to kill them in one hit with an arrow (which is a problem for a lot of people) so I like to burn them with fire arrows. Fun fact.

[Ocsabat]

Originally posted by Simon Lee Zombie:

This has been happening for me since I bought the game back when it launched (I have the Steam version now and the patch). The shy deer are very buggy. I mean Google it (don't mean that sarcastically), there are pages of people going back to release complaining about it. It's nuts!

I don't believe they are buggy at all. The challenge of that quest is that the "shy" deer are extra skittish and not meant to be easily found. When the main herd is startled, it breaks into smaller groups that scatter.

After having played that quest several times or more, they're not all that hard to find after learning where they tend to roam after scattering. I kind of thought they were bugged too until I figured out their routine.

[ЧесночныйКексик]

Originally posted by General Iffy:

I was trying to complete the Shy Deer hunting quest for Chris and I've killed all of the deer. I've killed four I think but they don't respawn.

Anyone know whats up with that?

In the ruined castle behind the waterfall.

[jeegurda]

The problem with deer that they scatter all over the map and don't ever return to their spawn point after they're attacked. And same with Highlands Deer in Nordmar.
This quest has triggered me since childhood so use cheats to spawn them and get necessary killcount.

spawn Vangard_Deer_01 (shy deer)
spawn Hanson_Deer (highlands deer)

[Huckelbubi]

The Problem is if some of the Deers escape in the direction of the Orc-Camps. The ran until no one is near... so they can be near Faring sometimes. And they try to came back to the Starting Point but like the mentioned Orc-Camps the run away again if a NPC or Enemy is near them

[Ash vs. Himself]

The weirdest, re-emergent, subscribed post chain I've ever been part of. :)

[Huckelbubi]

Oha. Never looked at the Date... :D

[Ash vs. Himself]

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