So I was doing one of the bandit hunting quests, you have to kill the bandit leader and bring spurs as proof. I attacked, killed the leader and was forced to retreat. Upon returning the body was gone, yet the marker for him still where he died. I’m pretty sure there is no way for me to get that loot now or complete that mission.
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I’ve had this issue too. Raided a bandit camp - Mission: Ruin - had to come in one three seperate attacks to stop being overwealmed. All the bodies had disaphered. I had allows 1-2 hours of time pass to let them settle back down to sleep inbetween attacks.
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Yup! Happend to me too. But I didn’t get the missionbox ticked off that I killed him though, but he is nowhere to be seen.
If I have to take on that renegade-camp again, I’ll scream so loud they’ll hear me in Prague.
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Already posted this in another thread, but still:
Same, kind of. Happened to me to some Cumans I found on the way, used stealthy hit and run tactics and their bodies diesappeared at one point. I just lost some loot, but this bug definitly can be gamebreaking when that happens with questitems/NPCs. Or at least can cause you to replay a lot of hours.
I understand that it is necessary to delete dead bodies for memory reasons, but it happens way too fast. They should stay for a day at least.
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Same here. I was supposed to kill the bandit leader. He is dead, but all the bandits bodies dissapiered when I went to sleap (since it was too dark to find all the bodies). Now I am stucked in the quest since I cannot loot his bodie.
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I think bandit camps reset every game week or so. I had a similar issue when I started playing and I cleared out the second bandit camp even before going to see Radzig in Rattay. When I finally got the quest, I went back and they were all there again. I then redid some of the other bandit camps - for fun. Henry is one wicked fellow.
Haven’t had the leader disappear on me yet but some others even when I’m in close proximity. I wanted that plate armor piece too 
Same but since I can’t melee worth a damn, I just ride my horse around in a large circle and pop off bandits with my bow. Keeping the dead in a small area as not to lose eyesight of any corpses. Yeah, I’m going to pay for my laziness later on but I just can’t see that damn swing indicator (star) at all when fighting.
So what is ‘normal’ state regarding body disappearing? I was clearing a bandit camp the other day and some of the bodies disapperared like in two min. or so is this normal?
Yes same here, bodies dissappear in real time just under 5 min, once I have weird day,my game started continue in the woods near a alchemy house, I started walk and see a wanderer middle in the forest, I stealth killed him, loot and then let his body dissappear on a remarkable bush,I keep walking and again a wanderer come,same here, then I got distracted by a animal, I followed for kill but couldn’t manage it,I continue my journey and I see a wanderer again, I killed him again and after a few seconds I recognized I walked in a big circle and killed the same 2 wanderers twice and let them dissappear twice at same place but the old body already gone, for testing I walked the circle again and everytime the same wanderers appear, weird, if I had time I would repeat endless for farming the same gold everytime, just have 20h of gameplay,bodys dissappear so fast and if we just waiting even the same people who few seconds ago death walk the same routes again alive, weird haha