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title: "DayZ"
url: "https://www.gameserverkings.com/knowledge-base/dayz/"
articles: 5
updated: "2026-08-07T21:05:31.889Z"
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# DayZ

## Articles

- [Configuring your DayZ server](/knowledge-base/dayz/configuration-overview.md): Optimize your serverDZ.cfg variables, adjust time acceleration, enable persistence, and establish safe defaults for a new community.
- [DayZ Admin Commands: BattlEye RCon and Admin Tools](/knowledge-base/dayz/how-to-add-admins-and-commands.md): DayZ has no native admin commands. The real routes are BattlEye RCon, serverDZ.cfg and admin mods — every verified command, with the Arma-vs-BattlEye distinction explained.
- [Getting started with your DayZ server](/knowledge-base/dayz/getting-started-with-your-server.md): Pick Chernarus, Livonia, or Sakhal maps, customize loot tables, adjust day-night cycles, and secure backups before players spawn in.
- [How to Increase Loot on a DayZ Server (types.xml)](/knowledge-base/dayz/how-to-increase-loot.md): Raise DayZ loot spawns with types.xml: which fields actually drive respawning, the flags that silently cancel them out, and how to avoid emptying your economy.
- [How to Install Mods on a DayZ Server: Folders and Keys](/knowledge-base/dayz/how-to-install-mods.md): Find Workshop IDs, add mod keys, adjust startup parameters, and properly merge types.xml changes so custom loot spawns correctly.