PlateCarrierVest_Desert is one colour of PlateCarrierVest_Black. The values are usually the same for every colour; see that page for the full list.
How to get Plate Carrier in DayZ
Plate Carrier is the in-game name; server files such as types.xml call it PlateCarrierVest_Desert.
On Chernarus, PlateCarrierVest_Desert does not spawn as random loot (nominal 0). It can still come from dynamic events such as helicopter crashes.
On Livonia, PlateCarrierVest_Desert does not spawn as random loot (nominal 0). It can still come from dynamic events such as helicopter crashes.
On Sakhal, PlateCarrierVest_Desert does not spawn as random loot (nominal 0).
PlateCarrierVest_Desert is not in the Nasdara types.xml.
types.xml values on each map
| Chernarus | Livonia | Sakhal | Nasdara | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal how many it aims to keep |
0 | 0 | 0 | not on this map |
| Min spawns more below this |
0 | 0 | 0 | not on this map |
| Lifetime untouched, before it despawns |
4 h | 4 h | 4 h | not on this map |
| Restock wait before respawning |
0 | 0 | 0 | not on this map |
| Quantity how full it spawns |
– | – | – | not on this map |
| Places usage |
Military | Military | Military | not on this map |
| Tiers value |
– | – | – | not on this map |
| Spot tag |
– | – | – | not on this map |
| Counts towards nominal |
count_in_map | count_in_map | count_in_map | not on this map |
| Crafted | no | no | no | not on this map |
| Event loot deloot |
yes | yes | no | not on this map |
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.
What Plate Carrier spawns with
From cfgspawnabletypes.xml: each group spawns with its chance, and one of its items is picked.
Chernarus (same on Livonia and Sakhal)
- Spawns with damage between 0.1 and 0.6 (0 is pristine, 1 ruined).
-
Attachments, 25% chance:
PlateCarrierHolster_Desert(1) -
Attachments, 15% chance:
PlateCarrierPouches_Desert(1)
Other colours
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="PlateCarrierVest_Desert">
<nominal>0</nominal>
<lifetime>14400</lifetime>
<restock>0</restock>
<min>0</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="1"/>
<category name="clothes"/>
<usage name="Military"/>
</type>
Change it on your server
- How much spawns and where: edit PlateCarrierVest_Desert 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.
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.
