Spawning of Zombies and loot piles

[Neinsager 30]

Hi there - I just got two newbie questions about spawning of Zeds and loot piles:

1.)

Are Zombies spawning near the player at an increased rate when he is near points of interest?

Let me explain:

I was checking out the fire station at the factory north of Elektro.

From afar I only saw one Zed lurking about. Fine, so I snuck by him and collected all there was in the fire station (only crap again...)

I also went up the tower for the loot there and looked out of the windows.

HOLY CRAP! There was almost a dozen Zombies converging on the fire station from all directions!

So, after grabbing all the junk there, I barely fled into the hills with a full train of Zeds behind me...

Where the hell did they all come from?

2.)

Do loot piles in buildings re-spawn?

And how long does it take?

So, could I have stayed in the fire station for some time and collected some (hopefully better) stuff again?

Or does an area have to be empty?

Thanks!

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

There is a way of cycling loot by staying in one place, it's also called "farming".

[Neinsager 30]

Ah, allright, thanks...by searching for "farming" I came to this:

Sir you dont leave for 5 mins you leave for like 1.5mins and 20-50 meters away/cant see buiilding stuff will spawn

So just holing up in a place won't help.

But with that huge hoard spawning around, leaving for 2 minutes and 50 meters will be difficult...

[TheBambiAvenger 146]

I believe this is what you're looking for:

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/86751-demystification-of-the-dayz-loot-spawn-system-spoiler/page__hl__demystification

[herrjon 478]

With the zed spawns, sometimes it's a bit slow to spawn them, sometimes causing what you experienced. That, or another player came into the area and reactivated zed spawns, which is fairly likely considering it's Elektro we're talking about.

[walten34 3]

Check this explanation out: http://mydayz.de/en/...wn-how-it-works

Take note that looting with a buddy rocks! One of you stays within the 120 m radius but out of the 30 m radius and causes the stuff in the 30 m radius that's been cleared to spawn while the guy in 30 m radius camps inside the 30 m radius. This way no one has to risk being shot running to and from the shopping mart or firehouse etc to leave hte 30 m radius.

Please give me your baked Heinz (bottom right corner) if this helps.

Edited March 15, 2013 by walten34

[Guest]

Just look up guides on how to farm...

[Neinsager 30]

Thanks guys!