Quest location, lucky or just a coincidence?

[Taoma]

Hi everyone, I recently returned to Unreal World after many years away, and this is actually my first time attempting to finish a quest. I do realize quests are meant to be overwhelming, specially early game, but decided I would give it a shot anyway. While traveling, I encountered two wolves, luckily, I managed to kill one with a javelin, making the trip worthwhile . It did made me wonder weather these could be the same wolves referenced in the quest. I’m also unsure whether it’s worth thoroughly searching this area, since it isn’t exactly east as the NPC described (or did I get it wrong??). Additionally, does tracking actually work on the overworld map? I can activate it, but I’ve never seen any results. Finally, based on the screenshots, where do you think the quest area actually is, if not where I killed the wolf? Thanks in advance.

Ps. First screenshot is an overview of where I killed the wolf, the second one is the map location of the same spot, and the third one is the quest description

[Plotinus]

I think you're in the right general area - about 6km southeast of the village like he said, but the biggest clue is "large heathland area with a confierous forest in the east" and that's not where you are yet. You need to be in a heathland and the very tile next to you to the east will be coniferous forest. When you find such a tile, zoom in with enter, and then use mouse scroll wheel to see as much as the tile as you can, look around it, you should see a shelter with some items around it if you're in the right tile. if not, mark it in some way and try some other tiles. You did get lucky because heathland is easy to see through so you can check the tiles quickly without too much exploring.

[Taoma]

I’m leaving this comment here for future wanderers who might get lost on this or similar quests, because this is exactly how I managed to complete it, and there’s some information here that I couldn’t find anywhere else online. I had originally given up and started a new run, but ended up receiving the same quest again, this time with a bear and an axe instead of a wolf, and I decided to actually commit to it. I tracked what seemed to be the most probable location, a forest border to the west, traveled along this border while zoomed in, and about halfway through found bear tracks. I followed them across two or three local maps until they disappeared, which felt like a dead end, but here is the most important part: after following the last bear track, when I zoomed back out to the world map, the shelter was suddenly marked on the very next tile ahead, and after that I quickly managed to find it. Good luck to anyone attempting this quest.