Where to find 5rd Pioneer Mag in DayZ
5rd Pioneer Mag is the in-game name; server files such as types.xml call it Mag_Scout_5Rnd.
On Chernarus, the economy keeps about 8 on the map and spawns more when fewer than 4 are left. Each one lasts 8 h when nobody touches it. It spawns in Police places, in Tier3 and Tier4.
On Livonia, the economy keeps about 8 on the map and spawns more when fewer than 5 are left. Each one lasts 8 h when nobody touches it. It spawns in Police places, in Tier2 and Tier3.
On Sakhal, Mag_Scout_5Rnd does not spawn as random loot (nominal 0).
On Nasdara, Mag_Scout_5Rnd does not spawn as random loot (nominal 0).
Where to look
- Police stations (Police)
Loot tiers: Chernarus Tier3, Tier4 and Livonia Tier2, 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 |
8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Min spawns more below this |
4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Lifetime untouched, before it despawns |
8 h | 8 h | 8 h | 8 h |
| Restock wait before respawning |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quantity how full it spawns |
20–100% | 20–100% | 20–100% | 20–100% |
| Places usage |
Police | Police | Police | MilitaryWest |
| Tiers value |
Tier3, Tier4 | Tier2, 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, Mag_Scout_5Rnd is listed in the cfgspawnabletypes.xml entries of these items:
ZmbM_PolicemanSpecForce: as cargo, in a group with a 30% chanceZmbM_PolicemanSpecForce_Heavy: as cargo, in a group with a 30% chanceScout: as an attachment, in a group with a 75% chanceScout_Chernarus: as an attachment, in a group with a 75% chanceScout_Livonia: as an attachment, in a group with a 75% chance
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_Scout_5Rnd">
<nominal>8</nominal>
<lifetime>28800</lifetime>
<restock>0</restock>
<min>4</min>
<quantmin>20</quantmin>
<quantmax>100</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="Police"/>
<value name="Tier3"/>
<value name="Tier4"/>
</type>
Change it on your server
- How much spawns and where: edit Mag_Scout_5Rnd 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 and Livonia 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.
