Buildings with no loot?

[Mikewix 9]

Hey just wondering anyone know why often I will join a server and there is literally no loot anywhrere not even tin cans or anything! Its happening a lot to make and is making gearing up hard and I highly doubt someone is cycling every building in Cherno? :|

[BearGravy 53]

I've been having the same issue, as well I have no idea whats going on. But maybe you should put this in the bug forums, because it sounds like a bug.

[NotYou 13]

Same issue. I went into 3 HIGH Value barns today and found ... wood... nothing but wood.

The 4th HV Barn had 4 hatchets... and more wood.

The 5th Barn had a DB Shotgun with 1 clip. and infinite zombie spawn... I died.

6th Barn (notice a trend here) more wood. Tins can this time... weee. I was low health with a DMR... got eaten by the infinite re-spawn of zombies that saw me through the wall... then kept coming... over and over... in the woods... no other buildings... used 60 rounds of ammo and still died.

I'm staying away from Barns until 1.7.2.5

[Uncle Gapey 16]

As I understand it, you need to physically approach a city/building for loot to spawn there. This helps to negate the advantage of, say, running to the back of a supermarket then hopping server-to-server to check loot. If you server hop and load in to see loot and zombies then another survivor is likely nearby.

[puppetworx 474]

I've had this, usually in coincidence with an absence of zombies spawning. Not sure if server glitch or bug. I've also experienced mass hatchet spawns, where almost every loot spawn point in an area (usually a group of barns) spawns hatchets, and nothing else.

[NotYou 13]

As I understand it, you need to physically approach a city/building for loot to spawn there. This helps to negate the advantage of, say, running to the back of a supermarket then hopping server-to-server to check loot. If you server hop and load in to see loot and zombies then another survivor is likely nearby.

I'm not server hopping. This was all on the same server and I approached the barns slowly... waited for zeds to spawn so I know loot would spawn... and still got nothing but wood.

[Teo (DayZ) 6]

I've also had this issue, but it mostly happens when using vehicles. Propably happens as a reaction to player's speed. You approach building too fast -> it cant spawn the zombies and loot inside.

[okarr (DayZ) 8]

you need to spawn the zombies and then you theoretically need to wait 10 minutes to be certain loot has spawned. but lets face it. the game is slow paced with all teh running as it is any way. screw waiting ten minutes.

i have seen way more empty spawn points than full ones since .4

[Boitameuh 14]

I've had this, usually in coincidence with an absence of zombies spawning. Not sure if server glitch or bug. I've also experienced mass hatchet spawns, where almost every loot spawn point in an area (usually a group of barns) spawns hatchets, and nothing else.

Same issue here, sometimes my newly spawned character only finds hatchets, backpacks, jerrycans and vehicule parts.

[Uncle Gapey 16]

Hatchets, wood, and cans are going to be common items to find in farm-type buildings. You guys might want to check out residences and whatnot. You might already know all of this, but there are also many third-party maps that show loot/vehicle spawn points, the %chance for certain items to drop, etc.

http://dayzdb.com/map

The above is for folks claiming they can only find cans/hatchets/wood. OP's issue seems to be different entirely.

[[email protected] 22]

I know that if loot is old and been sitting there for ages it deletes when you come close, so if you get to the loot spawn before the 10mins it will just look empty. I think you can't be within 30m of it as well? I've never been too clear on the loot mechanics but I have a rough idea.

[Buffjesus 357]

I've also had this issue, but it mostly happens when using vehicles. Propably happens as a reaction to player's speed. You approach building too fast -> it cant spawn the zombies and loot inside.

zombies and loot do not spawn if youre in a vehicle

if you ever see zombies someone is in that immediate area, and if you see loot someone has been there in the past 15 minutes

[Kar98 27]

Same issue here, sometimes my newly spawned character only finds hatchets, backpacks, jerrycans and vehicule parts.

That's not uncommon though. There are other people spawning in as well and they will go to these barns and loot them before you do, while leaving the wood/hatchets/jerry cans for other people

[internetTAB (DayZ) 76]

bad luck, that's all it is. Take for example a 'Farm (Medium Value)' It's loot chance is 50% according to dayzDB. It also says it has 7 loot spawns.

I take that to say loot has a 50% chance to spawn at each place in the building, and is not at any one of them. I assume it's just that because coming back to the same place a bit later usually yields some loot. I think it has "cycled" so to speak. If I clear all the cans from somewhere, go a nice distance away, and come back in a few minutes, it usually does this for me.

Now if someone comes in and just takes 1 thing off a loot pile with 5 things,the rest just sits there forever(restart). I could be wrong on everything though :D

Edited July 31, 2012 by internetTAB

[Zymi 64]

I raided the entire NW Airfield (on an empty server) and both Barracks, ATC, Firestation and Hangers were empty apart from one junk loot pile each.

Edited July 31, 2012 by Zymi

[internetTAB (DayZ) 76]

I raided the entire NW Airfield (on an empty server) and both Barracks, ATC, Firestation and Hangers were empty apart from one junk loot pile each.

did you recheck the first spot you found empty, after going to the third spot?

[Zymi 64]

I checked both Barracks twice. I didn't log in at the Airfield either.

[blueskin 5]

yup, im getting lots and lots of empty loot spots, did most of berezino, approached from miles away and very few zombies and no loot. 1.7.2.4