Rat Tails Bug. Killing rat doesn't leave a tail & only 5 rats

[cruisenut2001 5]

The Orc tells me to collect 5 rat tails from the cave. I killed the first Giant Rat, but no tail. I killed the other 4 Giant Rats in the cave and collected their tails. Leaving the cave and returning a minute later didn't cause more Giant Rats to appear. No Blue Pointer either so no targets. I've done this before and no problems. I think the chief says to finally kill the shaman to stop the rain.

[Androdion 868]

Quit to main menu and reload the save game, sometimes quests stop working like that but that usually does the trick.

[Flix 5,017]

If you reload, the missing items will be on the ground nearby.  I've also seen the missing enemies respawn so you could kill them.

[cruisenut2001 5]

Thanks for the inputs. The rat finally popped back. This seems to be a common problem with the game. I destroyed one of the large crossbow cannons out of order in the new F&I red zone and was unable to finish the quest. Same just happened in Swamp land on the Studying the Past quest, A Fair Deal where an Undead failed to drop a medal so can't finish that quest unless it too comes back to life.