Bandits Attacking Travellers Quest - Never spawns

[[SPAYED]Bud]

Usually these quests will spawn the bandits fairly close. I've been looking for days and have lost hope. I've asked many travelers of their whereabouts to no avail. I even tried CTRL+T and don't see them anywhere. Any suggestions?

[White Knight]

The quest lasts for a long time, nearly a month as I recall?

Just keep asking around. If you don't find them early on, they could be anywhere on the map, so ask everyone you meet.

Eventually, you'll bump into someone who knows something and then you go get them.

They also tend to visit Bandit Camps, etc. at night, so it would be wise to keep an eye out for that.

[Security Cam #7]

Originally posted by White Knight:

The quest lasts for a long time, nearly a month as I recall?

Just keep asking around. If you don't find them early on, they could be anywhere on the map, so ask everyone you meet.

Eventually, you'll bump into someone who knows something and then you go get them.

They also tend to visit Bandit Camps, etc. at night, so it would be wise to keep an eye out for that.

Wait... you can ask for bandits whereabouts during that quest!?

[Esce]

Originally posted by Summer Fish:

Originally posted by White Knight:

The quest lasts for a long time, nearly a month as I recall?

Just keep asking around. If you don't find them early on, they could be anywhere on the map, so ask everyone you meet.

Eventually, you'll bump into someone who knows something and then you go get them.

They also tend to visit Bandit Camps, etc. at night, so it would be wise to keep an eye out for that.

Wait... you can ask for bandits whereabouts during that quest!?

Yes, you can, but without a decent tracking skill the answers are useless. They say something like: "Yes I saw them 37 days ago near Uhhun.".
If you need to find some "faction based" bandits the hideout is the place to go. For the generic bandits you need luck.

[White Knight]

Originally posted by Summer Fish:

Wait... you can ask for bandits whereabouts during that quest!?

Yes, you can. I'll try to explain what I know, but you should know that I mostly play Viking Conquest nowadays...it's possible that there could be some minor differences with Warband or other mods, etc.?

If you approach any lord, villagers, traders, and likely others, you'll get the option to ask about the group of bandits you are searching for. They almost always say something like "I have no idea, good luck with that".

Eventually, you'll meet someone who tells you "You're in luck! We just saw them (insert name of some place or other) X number of hours ago". Then you go to that place and keep asking people for information.

As you get closer to your quarry, you'll meet more and more people with more current and up to date information.

Tracking could conceivably help with these quests, but I never use the tracking skill. It isn't a requirement.

The thing is, this quest will either be solved very quickly (if you're lucky), or it could take you anywhere on the map at all. As long as you keep asking, you'll eventually get the information you need (I'm pretty sure the game will make it so that you find them before the timer runs out?). It just takes a little perseverance.