How long will items I have placed persist?

[SlickShoes 21]

I was dying and I had the most stuff I had ever collected, so I put it all in my giant backpack and stashed it where hopefully no one will find it.

 

How long will this backpack full of loot persist in the world? Can I retrieve it or is it gone for good?

[Korsbaek 1778]

I'm pretty sure it will stay there until server restart or until someone finds it.

[boneboys 7988]

Good question, i have absolutly no idea how despawn works at the moment.
I assume however that when you hit Respawn, the warning that comes up will hold true and your character and data (gear) will be removed.

 

Don't quote me on that, as I said "I assume".

I'll try and get an answer for that one, don't hold your breath tho.

[SlickShoes 21]

I am about a 15 minute run from my stashed items but I am working all day so won't find out until tonight if they are still where I left them.

 

They didn't die with my body and I didn't hit respawn. I hid them then ran off and died elsewhere, so somewhere near cherno is that large backpack crammed with items.

[tarascon 50]

 That's a good question, OP.

 On YouTube, I've seen bandit clans stash all kinds of food and extra backpacks (full of stuff) in an apartment in Eletro. Like I mentioned on another post, these guys must play in shifts to guard that room. That made me wonder about how long unequipped stuff lasts.

 Korsbaek and Boneboys may be right. I hope not because I'm about to try and use an isolated house in the north to do the same.

[Monkfish (DayZ) 339]

As of right now in Stable, dropped loot persists until it is found or the server restarts.

However, persistent objects (backpacks first) are coming to Experimental soon, so expect persistent backpacks in Stable a month or two after that (pending any major issues with them).

Edited February 28, 2014 by Monkfish

[tarascon 50]

^ Good to know. Thanks.

[brazorf 46]

As of right now in Stable, dropped loot persists until it is found or the server restarts.

However, persistent objects (backpacks first) are coming to Experimental soon, so expect persistent backpacks in Stable a month or two after that (pending any major issues with them).

 

That's interesting

Where did you find this info? And, above all, how often server restarts?

[ld-airgrafix 403]

That's interesting

Where did you find this info? And, above all, how often server restarts?

Most every 4 hours

[Monkfish (DayZ) 339]

That's interesting

Where did you find this info?

I posted on Reddit about loot persistence and was corrected as I was wrong. As for the persistent backpacks, check out the devblog videos and Sacriel's YouTube channel where Rocket joins him and speaks about the backpacks.

[brazorf 46]

Very nice! How to find server's restart time? We could be using this as a feature, though its for 4h only