Board Thread:Bug Reports/@comment-25565811-20141029155527

Normally a NPC, who you are currently questing for, do not despawn, but this is not totally correct:

I took a task from a companion of a travelling trader. The whole group despawned, when their time was up. Now, I can't find them at the indicated location of the map (this is where they despawned). So I had to cancel this completed mini-quest.

When I left the chunk, before their time was up and entered it, after I completed the task, I could deliver the items or slain monsters to the travellers, which where still (after several days) there - no wonder, the chunk was unloaded. After a short while, the group left. But first, I could claim my reward. 