How long does it take Giants to respawn? Alternatively, where can I find a rapidly respawning Giant

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I'm trying to farm giants for their toes. Unfortunately they don't respawn very often. I've finished the main quest. Sometimes I wait up to 30 days for the respawn and they don't show up.

The location is marked as cleared
I left some mammoth last time
I wait 30 days
I am level 43

The giants do not respawn. What am I doing wrong?

EDIT*
Giant toes + wheat makes fortify health potion. While the potion is quite useful it levels up alchemy a lot

Best Answer

I believe once you have taken down a Giants Camp (and it is confirmed as cleared on the map) it takes around 2 weeks (ingame) for the Camp to respawn - I read this somewhere when I was looking over Giant Camps for the toes too. However, they still roam freely around the open plains with mammoths. Its just a case of running around for a while until one spawns.