I recently completed the game on maximum difficulty (first time). For satisfaction, I was going for 100% completion. I only needed to kill the thieves. So, I searched for them in the locations specified on the Betrayer Map Guide on Steam (cannot add the link to it).
My order was:
Fort Hope -> Outlying Settlement / Deep Forest -> Deep Forest / Outlying Settlement -> Forbidden Wilds -> (skipped Fort Saint George due to known reasons for crashing) -> Sentry Post -> (crash) Fort Henry -> Fort Saint George.
The crash removed my note of killing the thief in Sentry Post and ever since the thief is not spawning. I even used minimal quality settings, seen as the potential workaround. But, it happened.
I have cycled multiple times with the bell, repaired and reinstalled the game multiple times, but the thief is still missing. For obvious reasons, because I killed it! But, the game does not count it.
I don't think there would be any option for me to choose other than to restart the game.
Post edited September 27, 2023 by POMPOMBALLS