Dayz Json - Files

Location: mpmissions/yourMissionName/

Controls global survival parameters:

<var name="TimeAcceleration" value="4"/>
<var name="NightTimeAcceleration" value="8"/>
<var name="PlayerDamageMultiplier" value="1.0"/>
<var name="ZombieDamageMultiplier" value="1.0"/>
<var name="TemperatureFrozenMultiplier" value="1.0"/>

Adjust night speed, zombie strength, or make the environment deadlier.

This file governs dynamic spawning points—helicrash sites, dynamic trains, police cars, and even infected hordes.

Example elements:

Defines where wildlife and infected populations cluster on the map.

Never use Notepad. Use:

Rules to avoid breaking your server:

While schemas vary between tools, common attributes include: dayz json files

Example (simplified): "className": "DZ_WaterBottle", "displayName": "Water Bottle", "category": "consumable", "weight": 0.5, "stackSize": 1, "spawnWeight": 0.8, "spawnLocations": ["House", "Supermarket"]

If you make a single formatting mistake, the DayZ server will fail to read the JSON, usually resulting in your mod simply not working (or the server crashing on startup). You must follow these rules:

DayZ uses JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) files extensively for:

⚠️ Not all DayZ configs are JSON – many are .xml, .cfg, or .txt. But mods and newer systems increasingly use JSON. Adjust night speed, zombie strength, or make the

Mods often put JSON in:

steamapps/common/DayZ/!workshop/modname/

or

profiles/[server]/modname/

Best practice: