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Where to find VS-89 in DayZ

VS-89 is the in-game name; server files such as types.xml call it SV98.

On Chernarus, the economy keeps about 2 on the map and spawns more when none are left. Each one lasts 2 h when nobody touches it. It spawns in Military places, in Tier4.

On Livonia, the economy keeps about 4 on the map and spawns more when fewer than 2 are left. Each one lasts 2 h when nobody touches it. It spawns in Military places. It also comes from dynamic events such as helicopter crashes.

On Sakhal, the economy keeps about 3 on the map and spawns more when fewer than 2 are left, after waiting 1 h. Each one lasts 2 h when nobody touches it. It spawns in Underground places.

On Nasdara, SV98 does not spawn as random loot (nominal 0).

Where to look

  • Military bases, camps and checkpoints (Military)
  • Underground bunkers (Underground)

Loot tiers: Chernarus Tier4. Tier1 is near the coast and Tier4 deep inland, so a higher tier means a longer trip.

types.xml values on each map

ChernarusLivoniaSakhalNasdara
Nominal
how many it aims to keep		 2 4 3 0
Min
spawns more below this		 1 2 2 0
Lifetime
untouched, before it despawns		 2 h 2 h 2 h 2 h
Restock
wait before respawning		 0 0 1 h 0
Quantity
how full it spawns		 40–80% 40–80% 40–60% 40–80%
Places
usage		 Military Military Underground –
Tiers
value		 Tier4 – – –
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 yes 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.

What VS-89 spawns with

From cfgspawnabletypes.xml: each group spawns with its chance, and one of its items is picked.

Chernarus (same on Livonia)

Sakhal

  • Spawns with damage between 0 and 0.3 (0 is pristine, 1 ruined).
  • Attachments, 75% chance: ACOGOptic (0.75), ACOGOptic_6x (0.25)

Nasdara

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="SV98">
    <nominal>2</nominal>
    <lifetime>7200</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>1</min>
    <quantmin>40</quantmin>
    <quantmax>80</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="Tier4"/>
</type>

Change it on your server

Everything else that spawns there: Chernarus loot list, Livonia loot list and Sakhal 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.