Quests

[Limelight Panda]

Could finding those NPC's be easier? Or something? Like they always appear near a town?

I spent 2 hours trying to find one, on forest, with my font at 80, I even searched inside of houses/stores. But nothing, could there be noises or clues that we can get to find them? (Not like, They are on forest in the NW part) But maybe footprints? Crums? Or even N,S,E,W things on the map? (Different for every island) So that we can at least have a clue where NW, Or SE begin??