DayZ globals.xml & economy.xml Tuner

Configure your DayZ server's world limits, cleanup timers, and loot conditions in globals.xml, then set entity spawn/respawn/save flags in economy.xml. Download both files ready to drop into your mission folder.

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globals.xml — World Limits

ZombieMaxCount 1000

Global server zombie cap (default 1000). Lower values reduce CPU load.

⚠️ Values above 800 may cause lag on standard hardware.

AnimalMaxCount 200

Maximum live animal entities across the map (default 200).

ZoneSpawnDist 300 m

Distance at which entities spawn relative to players (default 300 m).

LootSpawnAvoidance 100 m

Minimum distance from a player before loot spawns (default 100 m).

TimeLogin 15 s

TimeLogout 15 s

Logout timer before character despawns (default 15 s).

TimeHopping 60 s

Server-hopping penalty timer in seconds (default 60 s). Higher values discourage hopping for loot.

Cleanup Lifetime Timers

Dead Player 1 hr

How long a player corpse persists (default 3600 s / 1 hr).

Dead Infected 330 s

How long a zombie corpse persists (default 330 s).

Dead Animal 20 min

How long an animal corpse persists (default 1200 s).

Ruined Items 330 s

How long ruined items persist on the ground (default 330 s).

Loot Spawn Condition

LootDamageMin 0.00

Minimum damage fraction on spawned loot (default 0.0 — pristine spawns possible).

LootDamageMax 0.82

Maximum damage fraction on spawned loot (default 0.82 — items can spawn up to 82% damaged).

economy.xml — Entity Flags

Control whether each entity class initializes, loads from storage, respawns over time, and saves on shutdown. Disable flags to freeze an entity category entirely.

Entity	init	load	respawn	save
Vehicles
Animals
Infected
Loot

init — spawn on server start | load — restore from persistence | respawn — repopulate over time | save — persist to storage on shutdown

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<variables>
    <var name="AnimalMaxCount"              type="0" value="200" />
    <var name="ZombieMaxCount"              type="0" value="1000" />
    <var name="ZoneSpawnDist"               type="0" value="300" />
    <var name="CleanupLifetimeDeadPlayer"   type="0" value="3600" />
    <var name="CleanupLifetimeDeadInfected" type="0" value="330" />
    <var name="CleanupLifetimeDeadAnimal"   type="0" value="1200" />
    <var name="CleanupLifetimeRuined"       type="0" value="330" />
    <var name="LootDamageMin"               type="1" value="0.00" />
    <var name="LootDamageMax"               type="1" value="0.82" />
    <var name="LootSpawnAvoidance"          type="0" value="100" />
    <var name="TimeLogin"                   type="0" value="15" />
    <var name="TimeLogout"                  type="0" value="15" />
    <var name="TimeHopping"                 type="0" value="60" />
</variables>

Place globals.xml in your mission folder (e.g. mpmissions/dayzOffline.chernarusplus/).