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That's a very vague question with a number of solutions which may not work in every circumstance. There are a number of reasons for an NPC to be missing, and most of the solutions require research to find the NPC's code, and one or more console commands to fix them.

Perhaps a more specific question would get a more specific answer.

For instance, "Belethor is missing and his shop stays locked all the time." or "I'm at the quest marker for the Sybil of Dibella, but she's not here." Two common problems of somebody not being where they should, with completely different causes, and each solution being a rather lengthy post explaining how to fix it.

And even if you get somebody back to where YOU think they should be, THEY might think otherwise and simply walk off again. Or, in Belethor's case, you get him back and he still doesn't reopen his shop. This is because AI code or quest stages have been set that need further research and several additional console codes to fix, if it even can be fixed from within the game.

Of course, if you're playing on a console, let's just cut to the short answer: you don't.

The easiest answer, though, is "reload a save when they were where they should be, then don't do what you did to make them go away."

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11y ago

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