Originally posted by blankitosonic:

Originally posted by hazelrah:

they primarily spawn at night, also in storms. they will spawn in the same place, so mark your map. they will despawn at dawn.

them dont despawn , stays there or in the zone until been hunted ( that one that you miss or think that despawn at dawn are just swimming away , can be encountered again in daytime without rains because was already spawned of one of they 3 requeriments to spawn ), and them not spawn in the same place , already test that a lot of time , only have 5% of spawn at night in each 64mx64m squares in the ocean, can spawn too in daytime if there is raining or storming , being night time just adds other 5% to the normal 5% = 10% of spawn if its night time and storm/rains
all that its in the game codes and its true

i've literally watched them despawn in front of me. i've also had two spawn almost on top of one another despite their 50 meter suppression. i say mark your map. i've been able to reliably farm serpents in those areas where they have previously spawned.