How often loot reset on official servers

[MegaBroosted]

logged in multiple times still no loot it spawns me in area already looted. it is official server

[_KC76_]

Loot does not "reset", on Vanilla Official servers .. it Cycles, based on "Lifetime" and "Restock" values defined in the Types.xml, and the Distance a Player is from a spawn point, defined in other game files.

If you want loot, you have to go find it, it will not come to you. (New loot will not spawn if you are sitting on a spot waiting to farm the good stuff)

[W@Rr!0R]

Originally posted by KingConrail:

Loot does not "reset", on Vanilla Official servers .. it Cycles, based on "Lifetime" and "Restock" values defined in the Types.xml, and the Distance a Player is from a spawn point, defined in other game files.

If you want loot, you have to go find it, it will not come to you. (New loot will not spawn if you are sitting on a spot waiting to farm the good stuff)

any time , i heard its 8 hours ??

[_KC76_]

Originally posted by W@Rr!0R:

Originally posted by KingConrail:

Loot does not "reset", on Vanilla Official servers .. it Cycles, based on "Lifetime" and "Restock" values defined in the Types.xml, and the Distance a Player is from a spawn point, defined in other game files.

If you want loot, you have to go find it, it will not come to you. (New loot will not spawn if you are sitting on a spot waiting to farm the good stuff)

any time , i heard its 8 hours ??

Every Item has it's own "Lifetime", ranging from 3 seconds to 45 days (dependent on the item).
-examples: Dynamic Events have a 3 second "lifetime" of their "spawn trigger". Once "triggered", the items that spawn at Dynamic Events each have their own "lifetime" timers
--A metal barrel has a "lifetime" of 45 days. Once it spawns, it will exist in that spot for 45 days, or until someone takes it. this "lifetime" will also reset to another 45 days each time you interact with the barrel.

Once that item is taken, there is (or may be) a "Restock" timer that tells the item how long to wait before respawning a new item of that type, anywhere on the map.
Examples: There is only ONE SVD sniper Rifle on the map as "loot" at any one time, it has a "lifetime" of TWO hours, and a "restock" timer of ONE hour .. If someone picks up the SVD and takes it, another SVD will NOT spawn for ONE hour after. If no-one picks up that SVD, it will despawn after 2 hours, and respawn again somewhere else.

The third factor, is Player Distance: Most items will not respawn when a Player is within 1000 meters of where that items spawn point is. So if you are trying to "Loot Cycle", you have to take about 2 hours, and travel over 1000 meters from the area before the "good loot" will respawn again, making exploiting the "loot cycle" less attractive of an option.

[edsonesthaithe]

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[Jethro]

@KingConrail I’ve been wondering how loot works, say in this case: loot spawns. You pick it up but maybe place it back down a few feet from where it spawned. (I guess this would still be considered loot cycling). Do you know if there’s any sort of distance or radius in which the loot is still considered in its “spawn area”, and not reset the timer? Or will loot spawn in exact specific spots? I’ve seen spots where people must’ve not been to in a while, and it seems loot kind of keeps spawning but spreads out. Not sure if my question makes enough sense.

[_KC76_]

Originally posted by Jethro:

@KingConrail I’ve been wondering how loot works, say in this case: loot spawns. You pick it up but maybe place it back down a few feet from where it spawned. (I guess this would still be considered loot cycling). Do you know if there’s any sort of distance or radius in which the loot is still considered in its “spawn area”, and not reset the timer? Or will loot spawn in exact specific spots? I’ve seen spots where people must’ve not been to in a while, and it seems loot kind of keeps spawning but spreads out. Not sure if my question makes enough sense.

Have a look at WOBO's videos on YT .. in them you can see visually what various Spawn Point's "spawn radius" are much better than I can explain briefly.
-The Spawn Point configured on the Map defines the radius of that spawn point.
--Items do not define the size of the spawn point radius.

There are also other factors involved in "counting" how many of an item exists, such as if you are possessing the item (hands or inventory), or if it is "on the Map", or if it is "in storage" (Hoarding) ..
So, if you pick it up, it is not "on the Map" anymore, it is in your Inventory .. if you hold it long enough for the Restock timer to expire, another will spawn .. If not, and you drop it, it is now "on the map" again, and if the "Count" is below Maximum, it will stay. If the "Count" is above maximum, one of those items will despawn somewhere, but not the ones within 1000 meters of players, unless all of that type item is withing 1000 meters of some player

[Envy The Dead]

Originally posted by MegaBroosted:

logged in multiple times still no loot it spawns me in area already looted. it is official server

Pick up all the items and burn them in a fire place then run 300 meters away and log out wait a few min then log back in and run back new loot will spawn

[Lufty]

Originally posted by Skeeter:

Originally posted by MegaBroosted:

logged in multiple times still no loot it spawns me in area already looted. it is official server

Pick up all the items and burn them in a fire place then run 300 meters away and log out wait a few min then log back in and run back new loot will spawn

That still working? Man devs just totally dropping the ball on economy.

[Sp0ck]

Not sure if the Namalsk loot values are different but for Namalsk, I've seen loot spawn in under 75 meters. You can cyclce around the houses in the small towns and continuously find new loot without even having to leave.

[_KC76_]

Originally posted by Sp0ck:

Not sure if the Namalsk loot values are different but for Namalsk, I've seen loot spawn in under 75 meters. You can cyclce around the houses in the small towns and continuously find new loot without even having to leave.

Namalsk uses highly customized Loot Tables, completely different from vanilla game files.