User blog:Exp234/Regarding Griffins and their Locations

From multiple amounts of testing and nearly 100 ferry stones later I feel as if I've got a good amount of data regarding the Griffins locations and their spawn times. For starters I set 3 Portcrystals in the key locations Griffins most commonly roam that being the Estas Plains outside Gran Soren, the Northface Forest above the Hillfigure Knoll, and the Eradication Site to the west of Aernst Castle Ruins. I encountered a Griffin at the Estas Plains and proceeded to engage the Griffin taking a bit of health away as a form of "tagging" then waited for it to flee, it headed towards the Northface Forest. I gave chase until it was visibly out of sight and then instantly used my ferrystone to get to Northface Forest, I encountered the same Griffin that I had engaged at Estas Plains as it had the same health missing, I spied on it until it headed down to Estas Plains once more. After some back and forth between the Plains and the Forest it headed South towards the Eradication Site I waited till it vanished from the screen and used a ferrystone once more to head towards the Eradication Site and again encountered the same Griffin. So I can confirm that the same Griffin frequents all the 3 areas respectively. I speculate that if I had not used Ferrystones and Portcrystals to quickly traverse the distances that the Griffin may have healed, again just speculation though. As for respawn time, I killed the Griffin at the Plains and began 1 day resting at the Gran Soren Inn and would immediately ferry between all three spots to test the respawn time. At 6 days I encountered a Griffin, I tested this on 3 more Griffins and I kept getting a steady respawn of 5-8 days. I know this is a bit long to read but hopefully it may help those that enjoy hunting Griffins such as myself, or need the kills for the Notice Board quest or just want to get materials.