This file defines every single item in the game: weapons, food, tools, clothes, and attachments.
What you can change:
Pro tip: Increase nominal for rare guns. Lower lifetime to make loot cycle faster. dayz json files full
Together they control the Central Economy (CE).
✅ Merged data saved to merged_dayz_data.json This file defines every single item in the
Even experienced admins break these files. Here is the error log translation:
| Server Error Log | Actual Problem | Fix |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Unexpected token < in JSON | You accidentally saved an HTML character or BOM header. | Resave as UTF-8 without BOM in Notepad++. |
| End of file expected | Missing closing bracket } or ] at the end. | Count your brackets. Use VS Code folding. |
| Duplicate key | Two identical entry names in the same object. | You likely copy-pasted a flag. Delete the duplicate. |
| F_8172163: Persistence read failed | JSON is corrupted; zero-length file. | Restore from a backup of the storage_1 folder. | Pro tip: Increase nominal for rare guns
DayZ JSON files are plain-text configuration files that use JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) to describe game data: items, vehicle configs, spawn points, attachable parts, trader inventories, and mission scripts. They are human-readable and machine-parseable, which makes them ideal for modding and server customization.
Problem: Players log out with a car. The car disappears on restart.
Solution: Open vehicles_1.json. Look for the entry with "ownerId". If the "lastUpdateTime" is older than your cleanup interval (set in globals.xml), the car is flagged for deletion. A full audit of the JSON shows you the exact timestamp.
Let’s open the most important files line-by-line.