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DayZ Loot Tiers

See where each official-map loot tier applies, what the numbers mean, and how types.xml works with the map's Central Economy zones.

Reviewed for DayZ 1.29.163451Reviewed 2026-08-10

Vanilla first. The official-map tier counts are checked against the bundled vanilla mission definitions. The coloured maps are visual guides; a community server can replace its Central Economy files and change item eligibility.

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4 vanilla tiers

Chernarus loot tier map showing Tier 1 on the south-east coast, Tier 2 inland, Tier 3 in the west and Tier 4 in the far north-west.

Chernarus · 4 tiersProgress normally moves from the south and east coast toward the inland west and far north-west.Mission reference: dayzOffline.chernarusplus

Chernarus tier guide

Tier 1 to Tier 4

Tier 1

South and east coast

Early-survival loot around the main fresh-spawn coastline and nearby settlements.

Tier 2

Eastern and central inland band

The first inland progression zone, with a broader mid-level loot pool.

Tier 3

Western and north-west inland

Higher progression territory, including many valuable inland and military locations.

Tier 4

Far north-west

The highest standard Chernarus tier, concentrated around the far north-west progression area.

How DayZ loot tiers actually work

A tier is an eligibility zone, not a guaranteed rarity score. In db/types.xml, an item's <value name="TierN"/> says which tier zones may spawn it. The building still needs matching usage/category rules and a valid loot point.

An item can list more than one tier. Its nominal and min are population targets for the economy; they do not mean “this many per tier”. Special values and areas, including contaminated or underground locations, can add different restrictions.

Server owners can override mission files, so use the selected server's active files when diagnosing a custom economy. Classnames and tier value names must remain exact.

PC community maps

Map-author controlled

Why there is no guessed overlay: Bohemia's custom-terrain system lets each PC map author define its own Central Economy tiers. The same map can also ship different mission variants. Wandering Bot will only publish an exact overlay after the matching map/mission reference or an author-provided tier map is reviewed.

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