I have got a small problem in my game.

I have been arming the NPCs with weapons of my choice and the apprentices in Arcane University seem to be respawning (and losing the choice weapons Ib got them to take up).

Does anyone know how to stop them respawning ? Editor does not seem to help.

They may not necessarily be respawning, it's just their inventory resetting along with the cell they come from. The only way to give them weapons permanently is to add them to their inventory list in the editor. Otherwise, every three days they'll revert back to what the editor gives them.

They are respawnig. In the editor they are marked "respawn". Though, in my game, using the editor does not change the situation. I ghange their status from "respawn" to "essential" => no change.

If I kill them they will die and they will respawn.

I have not found any console commands to stop respawning (versus setting essential, that is easy).

Any ideas ?