I got her contract maybe 4 or so in game hours ago. I am more of a Lone Wanderer type so I sent her to Kingsport Lightohuse with a couple of my other companions. I never went there, but it said that I had 3 settlers there, which would have included Cait along with the two others. I checked a couple in game hours later and it was only showing two, and Cait is missing.

I know there are a lot of missing companion problems going around, but I have been able to find ways to locate all of the others. Cait seems to have disappeared. I went to where I first found her (no spoilers) and she was not there, I also went to all of my settlements, made a bell, and she was not in ANY of them.

I have an XBOX ONE so console commands to fin her are not an option. Has anyone else had this issue with Cait? If so, are there some usual places that she will go? Such as Nick and Piper tend to find their ways back to Diamond City?

Thanks in advance for any help with this subject!

Probably the only thing you can do is to reload a prior saved game whether that was before meeting Cait or before sending her away. Without console commands there is likely nothing you can do except hope that some makes a mod that can fix the problem.

To prevent companions from disappearing I recommend personally "escorting" them to your desired settlement and tell them to wait.

Make sure you are giving her enough time to get to where she is going by walking.

I would wait three days then check.

I have waited a VERY long time, probably 6-7 hours of gameplay at this point. I should have escorted her there, it did not even cross my mind.

If anyone knows of a good spot to find her, please, let me know!

Follow her tracks. If you know more or less what direction she went, follow the path. Some companions, named characters/traders may go back to where you find them in the first place.

Cheers,

-Klevs

Well... you know Cait. She's an addict and there's no way she's gonna get her fix there. She probably headed back to town.

On a serious note though. Because I didn't immediately take her as a companion and just sent her to Hangman's, it took her about 3 days to show up. Then she just up and left and I found her back at her origin (C Zone).

I took her as a companion and then immediately switched back to the one I was using and used that function to send her to Hangman's. Worked much better. She's still there although she and I occasionally go out and kill things. Her aim seems better now that she's sober too.

Your real time doesn't matter...what matters is in-game time. Give it three days, then perhaps a few more, and look again.

How far did she have to walk to get to her destination?

In game time it can take an hour or more to walk (not run) between adjacent locations on the map.