How long for loot to respawn?

[ThuggleS 45]

How long does it take for loot to respawn?

Will it respawn if you stay in town/area, or do you have to leave the area and come back?

I'm wondering because I'd like to set up a raid route and go around in kind of a big circle and know when-about's loot will be respawning at the beginning of my raid route.

[killcamike 8]

From stackexchange:

Loot respawns after a fairly short amount of time so long as there are no players near (I think it's about 100 meters) and the loot spot is empty (so pick up all the junk and move it at least 100 meters away).

The exact amount of time seems to work on a server side 10 minute timer. Every ten minutes all eligible locations will have their loot updated. This could be 5 seconds from when you finish preparing the area (moving the junk and yourself 100 meters away), or 9 minutes.

Hope it helped!

Edited August 26, 2012 by yowobble

[ThuggleS 45]

From stackexchange:

Hope it helped!

Thanks!

[xXdom 5]

I've loot cycled in the past and you don't have to move the items very far, basically just out of spawn locations of the building you're in. I've seen everything respawn within 2 minutes after running ~100m away.