Baker disappears

[stamasd]

I'm on land 5. I had bad luck with vagrant camps on this one, can't find any and I have explored all the way to the second portals on each side. I did find a baker hut, paid it the 4 coins and the guy in the pink hat emerged and went to my kingdom.

But now he seems to have disappeared. Finally got enough money to upgrade a tower to the max, but I don't seem to be able to upgrade it to a bakery, because the little pink guy hat is nowhere to be found. And I can't give money to the hut again.

[jose.gonzalez2007]

He probably got stolen by one of the Greed. They sometimes walk outside of your walls occasionally, which gives them a brief opportunity to do so. You can't buy him back unfortunately.

It sucks I know...

[LuckyMonkey]

The same thing happened to me, he disappeared but i don't thing he went outside...
+ I saw a video of a guy who lost all his kingdom... but the other NPC (the balista one) was still there in the middle of his town... So he didnt get killed ?

[jose.gonzalez2007]

Originally posted by LuckyMonkey FR:

The same thing happened to me, he disappeared but i don't thing he went outside...
+ I saw a video of a guy who lost all his kingdom... but the other NPC (the balista one) was still there in the middle of his town... So he didnt get killed ?

He can't really die I believe. Just stolen.

[LuckyMonkey]

Yeah thats what i meant, the whole kingdom was destroyed but he was still standed there, fine.

[jose.gonzalez2007]

Originally posted by LuckyMonkey FR:

Yeah thats what i meant, the whole kingdom was destroyed but he was still standed there, fine.

God?

[LuckyMonkey]

Yeah maybe, don't know ^^

[bryanW]

it is unadvisable to spend the coins on a merchant UNTIL you have the tower to upgrade, precisely for this reason, or unless you can keep a watchful eye on them during the night until you use them

[stamasd]

Well I know that now, but that was the first time I have come across a hermit hut so I was unsure how it worked.

[agu8492]

This is some Bull they should not coded to walk outside of the outer most walls at random!

[stamasd]

Builders do the same thing, and sometimes you lose them because of that. That's an AI problem. I know at least one youtuber I follow (GenerikB) has complained to the developers about that.

I don't know if it's a bug or by design.

[Merdoc]

What do you mean by "went to my kingdom" ? You carried him back I presume? Usually he doesn't leave you until you
A: Get hit
B: Build a tower or
C: Have a lvl 4 tower and try to go beyond your walls.

AI behaviour has been improved with the latest hotfix, they shouldn't wander beyond your outer walls. but they also don't gather at the central fire. Greed bait.

[stamasd]

I mean, he started moving in the direction of my nearest walls. Later I saw him within my kingdom. But then after I had the money to build a tower, he wasn't there anymore.

[Mutually Assured Docstruction]

Originally posted by Merdoc:

What do you mean by "went to my kingdom" ? You carried him back I presume? Usually he doesn't leave you until you
A: Get hit
B: Build a tower or
C: Have a lvl 4 tower and try to go beyond your walls.

AI behaviour has been improved with the latest hotfix, they shouldn't wander beyond your outer walls. but they also don't gather at the central fire. Greed bait.

C: you dont have to have a tower it can happen anytime you run out of walls during night

[Mutually Assured Docstruction]

Originally posted by stamasd:

I mean, he started moving in the direction of my nearest walls. Later I saw him within my kingdom. But then after I had the money to build a tower, he wasn't there anymore.

You should pay a coin for him to ride on the horseback.
It is much safer and faster.
This way you can even get him on another island with you.
ALso he likes evenng walks behind the walls and sometime doesnt make it bac so either do not buy him till you need it or keep an eye on him.

[BossiAnimator]

I can confirm that, to this day, this can still happen (06/08/2018)
I simply loaded a game I started a couple of days ago.
I brought the baker with me from another island.
As soon as I loaded I noticed the baker starting to walk off screen (still well within the limits of the encampment) the minute it reached off screen (and again, he was still within city walls) it was gone . . . . disappeared! Infuriating since I brought him for the purpose of defeating skull island! Now I gotta be killed and restart over 'cuz there is no way I am spending time going to encampments located at the edges of the map just to get those vagrants . . . .frustrating! Esp considering I spent LOTS of time playing previous games just to collect a unicorn and enough knights specifically to beat skull island. Pls fix this.