Where to find 20rd Drum Vaiga Mag in DayZ
20rd Drum Vaiga Mag is the in-game name; server files such as types.xml call it Mag_Saiga_Drum20Rnd.
On Chernarus, the economy keeps about 3 on the map and spawns more when none are left. Each one lasts 4 h when nobody touches it. It spawns in Military places, in Tier3.
On Livonia, the economy keeps about 4 on the map and spawns more when fewer than 2 are left. Each one lasts 4 h when nobody touches it. It spawns in Military places, in Tier3.
On Sakhal, the economy keeps about 12 on the map and spawns more when fewer than 8 are left. Each one lasts 4 h when nobody touches it. It spawns in Military places, in Tier3.
On Nasdara, the economy keeps about 8 on the map and spawns more when fewer than 6 are left. Each one lasts 4 h when nobody touches it. It spawns in Military places, in Tier3.
Where to look
- Military bases, camps and checkpoints (Military)
Loot tiers: Chernarus Tier3, Livonia Tier3, Sakhal 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 |
3 | 4 | 12 | 8 |
| Min spawns more below this |
1 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| Lifetime untouched, before it despawns |
4 h | 4 h | 4 h | 4 h |
| Restock wait before respawning |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quantity how full it spawns |
20–40% | 5–50% | 5–50% | 20–40% |
| Places usage |
Military | Military | Military | Military |
| Tiers value |
Tier3 | Tier3 | 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.
Random presets
Mag_Saiga_Drum20Rnd is in these named lists in cfgrandompresets.xml, which items use with preset="…": Xmas_Mags_Large.
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="Mag_Saiga_Drum20Rnd">
<nominal>3</nominal>
<lifetime>14400</lifetime>
<restock>0</restock>
<min>1</min>
<quantmin>20</quantmin>
<quantmax>40</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"/>
</type>
Change it on your server
- How much spawns and where: edit Mag_Saiga_Drum20Rnd 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.
