DayZ Loot Quantity – Server Settings Guide

DayZ Loot Quantity – Server Introduction

Inside DayZ server hosting, you’ll find yourself in a world of horror, with zombies around every corner that you explore. With these zombies, gathering resources and surviving can become near impossible. This level of difficulty can often be discouraging for new players, but thankfully, if you know about DayZ loot quantity you can change that as a DayZ server owner!

Loot quantity in DayZ provides you with the ability to entirely customize the loot possibilities for every type of item and gear on your server. From how many ACOG gun sights will spawn to their spawn chance, and how often they’ll respawn after being picked up. Below, we will show you where your loot quantity file is and how to edit that to create a truly unique DayZ game server that’s friendly to all types of players!

Changing DayZ Loot Quantity – Where to Start?

To start, we’ll need to find your DayZ loot quantity types.xml file and start editing it to customize looting on your server. You can follow these instructions to find and start editing that file:

1. To begin, head to your DayZ server webinterface. 
2. Then, on the left-hand side under “Tools”, click “File Browser”.


3. Inside your DayZ file browser, go to the location dayzstandalone ➜ mpmissions ➜ dayzOffline.chernarusplus ➜ db ➜ types.xml.


4. You can now click to edit your “types.xml” file to start editing your server loot!

DayZ Items & Gear Settings in the Types.xml

After editing the types.xml file, you’ll discover thousands of lines of different items, gear, and more that you can customize. To be precise, there are over 20,000+ lines of options. 

Inside this file, we recommend using the keyword buttons “CTRL” + “F” to bring up a search and quickly find the items you’re looking to edit.

You can now start editing each option for that particular DayZ loot. Below, you’ll learn about the different options you can edit for each item and gear!

DayZ Gear & Item Customizations for Loot

Once you have finished adjusting the options for each of your DayZ items, press “Save changes” and restart your DayZ server for a whole new experience! 

Edit the Looting Possibilties on Your DayZ Server Today

After diving into the DayZ loot files on your server, you, your friends, and your server players will now be ready for action. From finding more weapons to better gear, getting more ammo, and more, you’ll unlock endless fun for everyone who joins. With that, you can focus on the action as you rush into battle with your friends, stopping zombies, and having the ultimate DayZ server survival adventure!

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