I cannot find Ruka, I searched admag, laststand and squin. please help

Hey bro, thanks for the discussion post!

Copying and pasting the answer from the other "General Comments" section just so others can find this post in the future.

Originally posted by Rocki:

Ruka is usually in Squin, on this modlist she is usually wandering around the town instead of staying at the bar, it also took me a while to find her.

Like @Rocki said, NPCs tend to have multiple potential locations (and may sometimes move town to town, if it's relatively safe, including *a lot* of the Bounties). Certain NPCs do not have this function since it might be super dangerous to travel, ie. Beep .

Otherwise, they will just hang around different areas in town. They'll go shopping, etc. as well, so you might just have to come back later if you don't immediately see them.

You might just have to look around or come back at another time, sometimes they kinda just roam around or get busy with another task, which makes them not be where they normally are.

Some NPCs also have multiple locations they can spawn from (as well as travel like what's mentioned above), mostly so there's variety in replays and can lead to more unique situations, such as saving an NPC during their travels, the town getting attacked by raids, etc.

Note: (no spoilers, just behind the scenes stuff) This really only happens when you're in the same "Zone" as them, since NPCs and such despawn when you're far enough away. They won't die off camera or anything, because that would be lame lol

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Stickied this thread so others may be able to find it in the future.

I found her, she was walking the street in squin instead of being in the bar, there were so many npcs that she was pick tricky to pick out of the crowd

Originally posted by StompOnYourFace!!!!:

I found her, she was walking the street in squin instead of being in the bar, there were so many npcs that she was pick tricky to pick out of the crowd

Nice, glad you found them lol

Yeah normally if you *just* arrived to a Zone, give it a few minutes to let the crowds settle, since normally they first have to spawn in then go do stuff. If you hang around the Border Zone, the NPCs will eventually settle in because there's like 1000+ just in that region alone (not enough chairs I guess lol)

It's probably one of the most densely crowded areas besides a handful of other locations.