7DTD Air Drop & Loot Economy Configurator

Tune your server's loot economy - how often air drops arrive, how full containers are, and how quickly they refill. Adjust the settings below, then copy the generated serverconfig.xml block to your server.

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Loot Economy Settings

Air Drop Frequency 72 game hours

AirDropFrequency - in-game hours between drops (0 = disabled, default 72)

Day/Night Length (for cadence math) 60 min

DayNightLength - real minutes per in-game day (default 60)

Air Drop Map Marker Hidden

AirDropMarker - show the drop zone on the map (default false - players must find it)

Loot Abundance 100%

LootAbundance - % modifier on item QUANTITY in containers (default 100)

Loot Respawn Days 30 in-game days

LootRespawnDays - in-game days before looted containers refill (0 = never, -1 = always fresh, default 30)

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Air Drop Cadence

Every 180 min

72 game hours × (60 min ÷ 24) = 180 real minutes between drops

Map marker: hidden - hunt for it

Container Loot State

Refills every 30 days

Looted containers become lootable again after 30 in-game days pass.

Quantity modifier: 100% (vanilla quantity)

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LootAbundance affects how MANY items spawn - NOT their quality

Setting LootAbundance to 200% will NOT give players better gear - it just puts more items in each container. Item quality is controlled by Loot Stage, which is driven by a player's game stage (days survived, kills, biome depth). Cranking abundance to compensate for slow progression is a common mistake - it creates loot clutter, not power.

serverconfig.xml Block

<property name="AirDropFrequency"  value="72" />
<property name="AirDropMarker"     value="false" />
<property name="LootAbundance"     value="100" />
<property name="LootRespawnDays"   value="30" />

Paste these lines inside the <ServerSettings> element in your serverconfig.xml.

Setting Reference

Property	Default	Effect
AirDropFrequency	72	In-game hours between air drops. 0 disables them entirely.
AirDropMarker	false	Show the drop location on the map. When false, players must physically search for it.
LootAbundance	100	Percentage modifier on item QUANTITY in loot containers. Does not affect item quality or tier.
LootRespawnDays	30	In-game days before looted containers refill. 0 = never respawn. -1 = always full (useful for early testing).