#The Doc is missing from my camp.

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rich fog
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I think I may have broken something with the camp system and wanted to see if anyone else has run into this.

At one point I had multiple camps set up while traveling. I eventually returned to the camp where the Doc NPC was located and decided to clean things up — this included moving the bonfire.

After doing that, the Doc disappeared and hasn’t returned since.

Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

Returned to all previous camp locations where I had setups
Dismantled all other camps I had placed
Waited in-game to see if he would respawn
Traveled between areas to try to trigger a reset

No luck — he’s still gone.

Questions:

Does moving the bonfire break the Doc’s spawn?
Is there a way to reset or force the NPC to return?
Is this a known bug, or did I accidentally orphan the camp somehow?

Any help or ideas would be super appreciated — I’d really rather not lose access to the Doc permanently 😅

normal basalt
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Him despawning when you remove his active bonfire is intentional.
Build a new one and interact with that bonfire, settle the NPC in your new camp.

Yes, this does not have any hint in the game, it's a missing UI/UX tutorial and people are repeatedly posting about this since the demo days.