On Chernarus, the economy keeps about 6 on the map and spawns more when fewer than 4 are left, after waiting 1 h. Each one lasts 8 h when nobody touches it. It spawns in Military places, in Tier3 and Tier4.
On Livonia, VSS does not spawn as random loot (nominal 0).
On Sakhal, the economy keeps about 4 on the map and spawns more when fewer than 2 are left, after waiting 1 h. Each one lasts 8 h when nobody touches it. It spawns in Military places, in Tier3.
types.xml values on each map
| Chernarus | Livonia | Sakhal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal how many it aims to keep |
6 | 0 | 4 |
| Min spawns more below this |
4 | 0 | 2 |
| Lifetime untouched, before it despawns |
8 h | 8 h | 8 h |
| Restock wait before respawning |
1 h | 1 h | 1 h |
| Quantity how full it spawns |
30–80% | 30–80% | 30–80% |
| Places usage |
Military | Military | Military |
| Tiers value |
Tier3, Tier4 | Tier3 | Tier3 |
| Spot tag |
– | – | – |
| Counts towards nominal |
count_in_map | count_in_map | count_in_map |
| Crafted | no | no | no |
| Event loot deloot |
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.
What VSS spawns with
From cfgspawnabletypes.xml: each group spawns with its chance, and one of its items is picked.
Chernarus (same on Livonia)
-
Attachments, 100% chance:
PSO11Optic(1) -
Attachments, 10% chance:
Mag_VSS_10Rnd(0.5),Mag_VAL_20Rnd(0.35),Mag_Vikhr_30Rnd(0.15)
Sakhal
-
Attachments, 100% chance:
PSO11Optic(1) -
Attachments, 35% chance:
Mag_VSS_10Rnd(0.5),Mag_VAL_20Rnd(0.35),Mag_Vikhr_30Rnd(0.15)
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="VSS">
<nominal>6</nominal>
<lifetime>28800</lifetime>
<restock>3600</restock>
<min>4</min>
<quantmin>30</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="Tier3"/>
<value name="Tier4"/>
</type>
Change it on your server
- How much spawns and where: edit VSS 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 9a21bb9, 2026-08-13). Servers can change all of them, so a community server may differ.
