How To Edit Dayz Loot Table

How To Edit Dayz Loot Table

Here we have a beginner-friendly guide on How To Edit Dayz Loot Table with the .xml files to customize things like loot tables, spawn rates, and other gameplay aspects. This is primarily geared towards community/private server admins.

🛠️ What You’ll Need

1. Access to your server files
   • Either through a hosting provider (like Nitrado, GTXGaming, etc.) or direct file access (for locally hosted servers).
2. A text editor
   • Recommended: Notepad++ or VS Code
3. Basic knowledge of XML structure
   • It’s a markup language—like HTML—where data is nested in tags.

📁 Important .xml Files to Know

These are usually located in:

/mpmissions/dayzOffline.chernarusplus/

🧰 Editing the Loot Table (types.xml)

📄 File: types.xml

Each item in the game is defined in a block like this:

<type name="AKM">
    <nominal>10</nominal>
    <lifetime>7200</lifetime>
    <restock>1800</restock>
    <min>2</min>
    <quantmin>-1</quantmin>
    <quantmax>-1</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="1" count_in_hoarder="1" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="1"/>
    <category name="weapons"/>
    <usage name="Military"/>
</type>

🔍 Key Tags Explained

• <nominal>: Target count the game tries to maintain on the map.
• <lifetime>: How long (in seconds) the item lasts in the world before despawning.
• <restock>: Time before loot respawns in a loot location.
• <min>: Minimum number of items always present.
• <category>: Determines the item type (e.g., weapons, containers).
• <usage>: Where it spawns (Military, Industrial, Town, etc.).

✏️ Example Edits

Increase AKM spawn rate:

<nominal>10</nominal> ➡️ <nominal>30</nominal>

Prevent AKMs from spawning:

<nominal>0</nominal>

🔧 Editing Spawnable Attachments (cfgspawnabletypes.xml)

Controls attachments that can spawn with gear and weapons.

Example:

<type name="AKM">
    <attachments chance="1.00">
        <attachment name="Mag_AKM_30Rnd"/>
        <attachment name="AK_WoodHndgrd"/>
        <attachment name="AK_WoodBttstck"/>
    </attachments>
</type>

• chance="1.00" = 100% chance to spawn with attachments
• Remove or add attachment names to customize what spawns with what.

🔄 Changing Where Loot Spawns (events.xml + cfgeventspawns.xml)

File: events.xml

This sets event types like loot or infected.

Example:

<event name="LootMilitary">
    <nominal>200</nominal>
    <min>50</min>
    <max>400</max>
    <lifetime>7200</lifetime>
    <restock>900</restock>
    <saferadius>100</saferadius>
    <distanceradius>30</distanceradius>
    <cleanupradius>100</cleanupradius>
    <flags deletable="1" init_random="0" remove_damaged="0"/>
    <position>fixed</position>
    <limit>custom</limit>
    <active>1</active>
    <children>
        <child lootmax="10" lootmin="5" name="Military"/>
    </children>
</event>

• Adjust <nominal> to spawn more/less loot.
• <lifetime> in seconds.
• <position> can be fixed or random.

🌦️ Optional: Adjust Global Settings (globals.xml)

• Set day/night cycle speed
• Weather frequency
• Player spawn health/thirst/hunger

Example snippet:

<economy>
    <timeAcceleration>6</timeAcceleration>
    <timeNightAcceleration>12</timeNightAcceleration>
</economy>

✅ Tips Before You Save

1. Always make a backup before editing.
2. Use a validator like XML Validator to check for syntax errors.
3. After saving, restart your server for changes to take effect.
4. Some hosts require you to “import custom types” or use their config editor.

🧪 Testing Changes

1. Join your server.
2. Use admin tools (like CF Tools or VPPAdmin) to check loot spawns.
3. Try using commands like: #clearmap To reset loot and force respawns.

Make sure to check out our guide on how to install a DayZ server to a VPS