DayZ Spawn Loadout Generator

How DayZ spawn loadouts work

A loadout file is a small JSON file in your mission folder. cfggameplay.json lists it under PlayerData.spawnGearPresetFiles, and DayZ uses it to dress every fresh spawn. It works on Xbox and PlayStation servers as well as PC, with no mods.

You can have several loadout files. DayZ picks one for each new character, so you can mix a few starting kits and make some rarer than others. A file with a spawn weight of 3 is picked about three times as often as one with a weight of 1.

spawnWeight

How likely this file is to be picked when there are several. Higher means more often.

name

A name for the loadout, so you can tell your files apart.

characterTypes

Which survivor models the loadout applies to, such as SurvivorM_Mirek. Leave it empty for every character.

attachmentSlotItemSets

The slots: one entry per slot, such as Body, Legs, Feet, Back or Headgear. Each slot lists options in discreteItemSets, and one is picked by its spawn weight.

discreteUnsortedItemSets

The cargo sets: extra items that go into the clothes, such as a rag, a flare or some food.

simpleChildrenTypes

Items put inside or on an item, listed by class name. The generator calls them Inside.

complexChildrenTypes

Like simpleChildrenTypes, but each item has its own health, quickbar slot and items inside it. The generator calls them items with their own settings.

healthMin / healthMax

The health an item spawns with, from 0 (ruined) to 1 (pristine).

quickBarSlot

The quickbar slot an item goes in, 0 to 9, or -1 for none.

quantityMin / quantityMax

The quantity range for items that have one, such as the contents of a bottle. The generator gives new items 1.0 and keeps the values of a file you open.

Add a loadout to your Nitrado server

1. Build the loadout here and download it. Fix anything the generator marks in red first; amber notes are worth a look.
2. Upload it with Nitrado's file browser into your mission folder, the folder that holds cfggameplay.json, or into a folder inside it such as custom. On Xbox the mission folder is dayzxb_missions/dayzOffline.chernarusplus, on PlayStation dayzps_missions/dayzOffline.chernarusplus. Livonia uses dayzOffline.enoch and Sakhal dayzOffline.sakhal. On PC it is in the mpmissions folder.
3. Open cfggameplay.json and list the file under PlayerData, with the path relative to the mission folder: "spawnGearPresetFiles": ["custom/starter.json"]. To use several loadouts, list them all, separated by commas.
4. Check that cfggameplay.json is turned on in your Nitrado server settings. DayZ ignores the file, and every loadout in it, when it is off.
5. Restart the server. New characters spawn with the new gear; players who are already alive keep what they have.

The guide to custom spawn loadouts on a DayZ console server covers the same steps in more detail. On Xbox and PlayStation servers running Law's KillFeed, the dashboard's Server Files page opens, checks and uploads loadout files and cfggameplay.json for you, and keeps the last 15 versions of every file; editing in place is on the paid plan.

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