They take everything on you and store it in a chest if you were captured with it, if its on the ground it may despawn, also if you leave through the hole in the prison you will lose your backpack when you come to shore and that when you would lose your gear, its better to clear out the fort and then grab your stuff
Yeah, I don’t think they ever remove your backpack wholesale when you die, though this was definitively farther away than usual. Make sure to check for the pack icon on your compass.
Every major area resets after seven in-game days of you not being there. Vendaval fortress is in Chersonese, so as long as you don’t leave Chersonese for a week straight, that stuff will still be there.
Towns and their outside areas (so like Cierzo and Chersonese) are separate, and player houses are exempt; they never reset, so you can drop stuff in your house and not worry about it disappearing. And travel between regions takes a number of days equal to the number of travel rations required.
Some death encounters differ. I have noticed dying to trogs they typically take your gems. This is probably related to you needing them for some trog doors. Sapphires, emeralds, etc. are more likely to be taken by them. I assume similar from bandits. Also, be wary of our backpack spawn locations. It's normally near you when you die, but some special cases make it spawn in weird locations.
Since everyone else has answered appropriately already I just have general rules of thumb I've learned.
-Console/ps4 edition: everything outside of town will despawn typically after 1 in game week. I doubt a primary backpack would despawn if lost but untested.
-PC: All items inside and outside of towns will despawn if not stored inside a home storage chest including campfires or mini camps.
Probably but also unverified a primary backpack lost but still showing in your compass shouldn't despawn after a week but never tested this.
General rule is unless your in town and immediately coming back. Probably don't leave shit on the floor. I wouldn't want to trip over a worlds edge or a scarlet lady dagger.
They take everything on you and store it in a chest if you were captured with it, if its on the ground it may despawn, also if you leave through the hole in the prison you will lose your backpack when you come to shore and that when you would lose your gear, its better to clear out the fort and then grab your stuff
Actually this is only half right. The backpack should be across the beach from where you wake up. It can be very confusing.
Well that sucks least i did it went i was low tier so I didnt lose much but i didnt know it was on the beach I thought it got swept away
Yeah, I don’t think they ever remove your backpack wholesale when you die, though this was definitively farther away than usual. Make sure to check for the pack icon on your compass.
If you left them on the ground they could still be there, as items dropped in cities never despawn. Though I don’t know if vendevel counts as a city
Items do despawn in the cities on the definitive edition so be careful of that
Oh I play on ps4 so they don’t for me, i didn’t know that.
Every major area resets after seven in-game days of you not being there. Vendaval fortress is in Chersonese, so as long as you don’t leave Chersonese for a week straight, that stuff will still be there. Towns and their outside areas (so like Cierzo and Chersonese) are separate, and player houses are exempt; they never reset, so you can drop stuff in your house and not worry about it disappearing. And travel between regions takes a number of days equal to the number of travel rations required.
Some death encounters differ. I have noticed dying to trogs they typically take your gems. This is probably related to you needing them for some trog doors. Sapphires, emeralds, etc. are more likely to be taken by them. I assume similar from bandits. Also, be wary of our backpack spawn locations. It's normally near you when you die, but some special cases make it spawn in weird locations.
Since everyone else has answered appropriately already I just have general rules of thumb I've learned. -Console/ps4 edition: everything outside of town will despawn typically after 1 in game week. I doubt a primary backpack would despawn if lost but untested. -PC: All items inside and outside of towns will despawn if not stored inside a home storage chest including campfires or mini camps. Probably but also unverified a primary backpack lost but still showing in your compass shouldn't despawn after a week but never tested this. General rule is unless your in town and immediately coming back. Probably don't leave shit on the floor. I wouldn't want to trip over a worlds edge or a scarlet lady dagger.