So my favorite hideout is valtheim towers and i killed them once and since then no one has ever re-spanwed there, why? is it a bug? or is it meant to be like that? i wish they would respawn... my favorite place to kill people! thoughts?

You kiddin me? I get hit by arrows everytime I walk past that place........oh look at the pretty blue butterfly landing on the tundra cotton arrow to the ear........seriously, it seems like that place respawns every 15 min in game

They respawn, alright. It never ceases to impress me when the female bandit by the door tries to mug me while I am in beast form. For a chick, she has brass balls.

I have NEVER EVER EVER EVER had it respawn, ever! i check there every few days, and i cleared it about 2 hours in, i'm well over 70 hours and have never seen a single person there... ever! same with bilegulch. i'm on ps3 by the way.

Respawns can break if you return before the reset timer, making them never respawn again.

Respawns are strange. I have read that if you return to soon (in the middle of the respawn timer) that the location can glitch and not respawn.

In my last playthrough I had a number of places that refused to respawn. That was the first time it had happened in 3 playthroughs. It was frustrating because I like to go back to places just for the fun of fighting the enemies again.

that place respawns all the time for me, everytime i go near their i m getting hit with arrows. the things i have problems respawning is stuff on farms for some reason

I've had it respawn consistently after I cleared it - numerous times.

Are you playing on a pre-patch character or after patch?

It doesn't respawn for me either, but then again, I'm still playing with my first character and I've passed it by a lot, especially at the beginning. I was thinking it might be due to visiting the place so much. I was actually already thinking of making it a hideout for my second character, but it seems I'll have to rely on luck for the bandits not to respawn again ...

I have this happen too, and I found the answer.

Locations respawn every 10 days (if not cleared) and every 30 days (If cleared). However, this timer Is reset every time you enter the cell, which means that high-traffic areas (Valthiem towers being a perfect example) have a tendency not to respawn. This is particularly prevalent on "No-wait" and "No-fast travel" Playthroughs, which means Game Time doesn't pass as quickly as the developers intended.

I hope that helps.

edit. sorry my little brother grabbed my laptop and tried being funny...

The respawn time is one month in-game. If you visit the location before tha ttime passed, the timer is set back to 0

The timer is not set back to 0, it's set to "broken" more than half of the time. I've already tried waiting 32 days for a giant camp respawn, and they never showed up.