they can spawn anywhere not near player bases. how rare depends how much NumWildSpawns your server setting is. Goddess can be flying or walking around as well.

Ok i realize you say everywhere but does this include caves

@pegi16 you say they dont spawn near bases i beg to difur cause when i first placed the God Shrine it spawn 2 Elder Goddess and 1 elder Godlings right behind my house its one the center map

no, its same rules as how ark dinos dont spawn inside your base. can still spawn nearby like ark dinos

i know that but on the center map the spawns for dinos are all messed up even ark dinos spawn in my base have to set my dinos on agresion

sounds like a problem with the map then. contact the author and get him to fix it asap