Where to find Boxed 7.62x39mm Tracer Rounds in DayZ
Boxed 7.62x39mm Tracer Rounds is the in-game name; server files such as types.xml call it AmmoBox_762x39Tracer_20Rnd.
On Chernarus, the economy keeps about 7 on the map and spawns more when fewer than 3 are left. Each one lasts 8 h when nobody touches it. It spawns in Military places, in Tier3 and Tier4.
On Livonia, the economy keeps about 7 on the map and spawns more when fewer than 3 are left, after waiting 1 h. Each one lasts 8 h when nobody touches it. It spawns in Military places, in Tier3.
On Sakhal, the economy keeps about 4 on the map and spawns more when fewer than 3 are left, after waiting 1 h. Each one lasts 8 h when nobody touches it. It spawns in Underground places.
On Nasdara, the economy keeps about 6 on the map and spawns more when fewer than 3 are left. Each one lasts 8 h when nobody touches it. It spawns in Military places, in Tier3.
Where to look
- Military bases, camps and checkpoints (Military)
- Underground bunkers (Underground)
Loot tiers: Chernarus Tier3, Tier4, Livonia Tier3 and Nasdara Tier3. Tier1 is near the coast and Tier4 deep inland, so a higher tier means a longer trip.
types.xml values on each map
| Chernarus | Livonia | Sakhal | Nasdara | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal how many it aims to keep |
7 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| Min spawns more below this |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Lifetime untouched, before it despawns |
8 h | 8 h | 8 h | 8 h |
| Restock wait before respawning |
0 | 1 h | 1 h | 0 |
| Quantity how full it spawns |
– | – | – | – |
| Places usage |
Military | Military | Underground | Military |
| Tiers value |
Tier3, Tier4 | Tier3 | – | Tier3 |
| Spot tag |
– | – | – | – |
| Counts towards nominal |
count_in_map | count_in_map | count_in_map | count_in_map |
| Crafted | no | no | no | no |
| Event loot deloot |
no | no | no | no |
Tier1 is near the coast and Tier4 deep inland. "Counts" lists where copies count towards nominal: count_in_map means copies lying in the world, count_in_cargo in containers, count_in_hoarder in tents, barrels and stashes, count_in_player on players. Every value is explained in DayZ types.xml explained.
Spawns on or in other items
On Chernarus, AmmoBox_762x39Tracer_20Rnd is listed in the cfgspawnabletypes.xml entries of these items:
The vanilla types.xml entry
As in Bohemia's Chernarus file. Paste it into your own types.xml to restore the default, or change it with the free types.xml Editor.
<type name="AmmoBox_762x39Tracer_20Rnd">
<nominal>7</nominal>
<lifetime>28800</lifetime>
<restock>0</restock>
<min>3</min>
<quantmin>-1</quantmin>
<quantmax>-1</quantmax>
<cost>100</cost>
<flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
<category name="weapons"/>
<usage name="Military"/>
<value name="Tier3"/>
<value name="Tier4"/>
</type>
Change it on your server
- How much spawns and where: edit AmmoBox_762x39Tracer_20Rnd in
types.xmlwith the types.xml Editor. - What it spawns with: build a new entry with the cfgspawnabletypes Generator.
- Where the files are: DayZ mission folders. Changes apply after a restart.
Everything else that spawns there: Chernarus loot list, Livonia loot list, Sakhal loot list and Nasdara loot list.
Values from Bohemia's public DayZ-Central-Economy files (commit f220b29, 2026-10-16). Servers can change all of them, so a community server may differ.
