DayZ events.xml Editor

Configure helicopter crashes, contaminated zones, military convoys, and all other dynamic world events. Each event entry controls how many spawn, how long they last, when they restock, and how close together they can appear. The spawn rate calculator shows approximately how often a new event will appear in real-world minutes.

Nominal (target active count) 4

Min 2

Max 4

Lifetime (seconds) 1h

Restock (seconds) 0s

Safe Radius (m) 200 m

Distance Radius (m) 500 m

Position

Expected spawn interval

~15 min

max(restock, lifetime/nominal) / 60

Flags

Nominal (target active count) 3

Min 0

Max 5

Lifetime (seconds) 1h

Restock (seconds) 0s

Safe Radius (m) 200 m

Distance Radius (m) 500 m

Position

Expected spawn interval

~20 min

max(restock, lifetime/nominal) / 60

Flags

Nominal (target active count) 5

Min 3

Max 8

Lifetime (seconds) 2h

Restock (seconds) 0s

Safe Radius (m) 200 m

Distance Radius (m) 500 m

Position

Expected spawn interval

~24 min

max(restock, lifetime/nominal) / 60

Flags

Nominal (target active count) 2

Min 1

Max 3

Lifetime (seconds) 4h

Restock (seconds) 1h

Safe Radius (m) 300 m

Distance Radius (m) 800 m

Position

Expected spawn interval

~2h

max(restock, lifetime/nominal) / 60

Flags

Nominal (target active count) 6

Min 3

Max 10

Lifetime (seconds) 8h

Restock (seconds) 30m

Safe Radius (m) 100 m

Distance Radius (m) 200 m

Position

Expected spawn interval

~1h 20m

max(restock, lifetime/nominal) / 60

Flags

Nominal (target active count) 20

Min 10

Max 30

Lifetime (seconds) 24h

Restock (seconds) 0s

Safe Radius (m) 50 m

Distance Radius (m) 100 m

Position

Expected spawn interval

~1h 12m

max(restock, lifetime/nominal) / 60

Flags

Nominal (target active count) 10

Min 5

Max 15

Lifetime (seconds) 24h

Restock (seconds) 0s

Safe Radius (m) 50 m

Distance Radius (m) 100 m

Position

Expected spawn interval

~2h 24m

max(restock, lifetime/nominal) / 60

Flags

Nominal (target active count) 8

Min 4

Max 12

Lifetime (seconds) 24h

Restock (seconds) 0s

Safe Radius (m) 50 m

Distance Radius (m) 200 m

Position

Expected spawn interval

~3h

max(restock, lifetime/nominal) / 60

Flags

events.xml Output

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<events>
    <event name="StaticHeliCrash">
        <nominal>4</nominal>
        <min>2</min>
        <max>4</max>
        <lifetime>3600</lifetime>
        <restock>0</restock>
        <saferadius>200</saferadius>
        <distanceradius>500</distanceradius>
        <cleanupradius>0</cleanupradius>
        <active>1</active>
        <flags deletable="1" init_random="1" remove_damaged="1" />
        <children>
            <child lootmax="0" lootmin="0" max="4" min="2" type="" />
        </children>
    </event>
    <event name="DynamicHeliCrash">
        <nominal>3</nominal>
        <min>0</min>
        <max>5</max>
        <lifetime>3600</lifetime>
        <restock>0</restock>
        <saferadius>200</saferadius>
        <distanceradius>500</distanceradius>
        <cleanupradius>0</cleanupradius>
        <active>1</active>
        <flags deletable="1" init_random="1" remove_damaged="1" />
        <children>
            <child lootmax="0" lootmin="0" max="5" min="0" type="" />
        </children>
    </event>
    <event name="StaticMilitaryConvoy">
        <nominal>5</nominal>
        <min>3</min>
        <max>8</max>
        <lifetime>7200</lifetime>
        <restock>0</restock>
        <saferadius>200</saferadius>
        <distanceradius>500</distanceradius>
        <cleanupradius>0</cleanupradius>
        <active>1</active>
        <flags deletable="1" init_random="1" />
        <children>
            <child lootmax="0" lootmin="0" max="8" min="3" type="" />
        </children>
    </event>
    <event name="StaticMSFC">
        <nominal>2</nominal>
        <min>1</min>
        <max>3</max>
        <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
        <restock>3600</restock>
        <saferadius>300</saferadius>
        <distanceradius>800</distanceradius>
        <cleanupradius>0</cleanupradius>
        <active>1</active>
        <flags contamination="1" deletable="1" />
        <children>
            <child lootmax="0" lootmin="0" max="3" min="1" type="" />
        </children>
    </event>
    <event name="StaticADA4WD">
        <nominal>6</nominal>
        <min>3</min>
        <max>10</max>
        <lifetime>28800</lifetime>
        <restock>1800</restock>
        <saferadius>100</saferadius>
        <distanceradius>200</distanceradius>
        <cleanupradius>0</cleanupradius>
        <active>1</active>
        <flags deletable="1" init_random="1" />
        <children>
            <child lootmax="0" lootmin="0" max="10" min="3" type="" />
        </children>
    </event>
    <event name="AnimalDeer">
        <nominal>20</nominal>
        <min>10</min>
        <max>30</max>
        <lifetime>86400</lifetime>
        <restock>0</restock>
        <saferadius>50</saferadius>
        <distanceradius>100</distanceradius>
        <cleanupradius>0</cleanupradius>
        <active>1</active>
        <flags deletable="1" init_random="1" />
        <children>
            <child lootmax="0" lootmin="0" max="30" min="10" type="" />
        </children>
    </event>
    <event name="AnimalBoar">
        <nominal>10</nominal>
        <min>5</min>
        <max>15</max>
        <lifetime>86400</lifetime>
        <restock>0</restock>
        <saferadius>50</saferadius>
        <distanceradius>100</distanceradius>
        <cleanupradius>0</cleanupradius>
        <active>1</active>
        <flags deletable="1" init_random="1" />
        <children>
            <child lootmax="0" lootmin="0" max="15" min="5" type="" />
        </children>
    </event>
    <event name="AnimalWolf">
        <nominal>8</nominal>
        <min>4</min>
        <max>12</max>
        <lifetime>86400</lifetime>
        <restock>0</restock>
        <saferadius>50</saferadius>
        <distanceradius>200</distanceradius>
        <cleanupradius>0</cleanupradius>
        <active>1</active>
        <flags deletable="1" init_random="1" />
        <children>
            <child lootmax="0" lootmin="0" max="12" min="4" type="" />
        </children>
    </event>
</events>

Place events.xml in your server's mpmissions/<mission>/db/ folder.

Field Reference

Field	Type	Description
nominal	int	Target number of active instances of this event on the map at any time.
min / max	int	Guaranteed minimum always present; hard upper cap. Min ≤ nominal ≤ max.
lifetime	seconds	How long the event persists before despawning if not interacted with.
restock	seconds	Cooldown after an instance expires before the CE attempts to spawn a replacement. 0 = immediate.
saferadius	meters	Minimum distance from a player for a new event to spawn.
distanceradius	meters	Minimum distance between two instances of the same event type.
deletable	flag	CE can clean up the event when it expires normally.
init_random	flag	Spawn between min and nominal on server start (random count), not just at min.
remove_damaged	flag	Despawn damaged/wrecked instances so a fresh one can spawn elsewhere.
contamination	flag	Marks this as a contaminated area event — triggers gas zone behavior.

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