How long do shelters last?

[Melone (DayZ) 16]

How long do shelters last? When I returned to my base after maybe 3 days, my stick shelter was no longer there. My tent a few meters away was still in the same place and a car was also still in the same place. Is there a limit to how long shelters last or is it possible that a player only discovered and destroyed this shelter?

Edited August 13, 2021 by Melone (DayZ)

[nemorus 265]

It was like a week. Maybe it was changed but treat such situations as a worst case scenario.

[Melone (DayZ) 16]

13 minutes ago, nemorus said:

It was like a week. Maybe it was changed but treat such situations as a worst case scenario.

And this limit can not be extended even if I put an object in the shelter or take it out? Ok, then it doesn't seem to be a player who just wants to annoy me. Because the other day when I was in the tent changing items, I just died. It sounded like someone was hitting me in the head from behind with a baseball bat (just a thudding sound), but I was in the tent and I couldn't hear any player footsteps and I couldn't see any player. My eyes were directed toward the entrance of the tent. 

Edited August 13, 2021 by Melone (DayZ)

[McWendy 675]

It was on a 7 Day timer, whereas if you interacted with the tent (moving items around) the timer would reset. I believe this is still the case. 

This has nothing to do with getting killed in your tent. We have been killed in/near our tent a few Times. Usually the tent got found and is being camped (no pun intendid) Waiting for your return. Players tend to keep the best loot on Them so killing the owners is more lucrative then looting the tent (most Times)

Best time to kill the returning player is once he is interacting with the tent. Therefore in a group always have eyes out and not all going through inventories. 

Most important the tent wont kill you when it gets deleted. 

[Melone (DayZ) 16]

1 hour ago, McWendy said:

Usually the tent got found and is being camped (no pun intendid) Waiting for your return. Players tend to keep the best loot on Them so killing the owners is more lucrative then looting the tent (most Times)

Then the players must have been disappointed, because I don't carry around any interesting things, since I can't find any valuable items anyway. The players were not interested in the car either. They removed two wheels so that I could no longer drive away. And I can't find a wheel wrench anymore either. Maybe I should change the place, but it's only a matter of time before you get found. The hiding place can still be so good, there is always a "hacker" who tracks down the hiding place. I play the game anyway just to relax after sports. The forest sounds, the wind, the birds are very relaxing, I'm just a typical camper 🙂 

[McWendy 675]

We are like that too. 🙂

As for hackers dont play on official servers. You should try modded:

zero Esseker, zero deer isle, spaggie namalsk, spaggie livonia. Its not hacker free buy waaaaaaay less then official

[Riddick_2K 174]

If you mean improvised shelters, made with sticks and tarps or leather or branches, yes: the term is always 7 days.

This is the code of the last "types.xml" of the 1.13 of the leather shelter, but it is also the same for the other 2:

 

    <type name="ShelterLeather">
        <nominal>0</nominal>
        <lifetime>604800</lifetime>
        <restock>0</restock>
        <min>0</min>
        <quantmin>-1</quantmin>
        <quantmax>-1</quantmax>
        <cost>100</cost>
        <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="1" deloot="0"/>
        <category name="containers"/>
    </type>