How to Configure Your DayZ Server (serverDZ.cfg)

Setting	Default	Description
`hostname`	`""`	Server name shown in the browser
`password`	`""`	Join password (empty = public)
`passwordAdmin`	`""`	Admin/RCON password
`description`	`""`	Description shown in the client server browser
`maxPlayers`	`60`	Max concurrent players
`enableWhitelist`	`0`	0 = off, 1 = on
`shardId`	`""`	Six alphanumeric characters to mark as Private server. Remove or leave empty to appear in the Community browser. See Make Server Public

Setting	Default	Description
`steamQueryPort`	`2305`	Steam browser query port (UDP). Check your panel's Network tab — XGamingServer may assign a different port

The game port and Steam networking port are set via startup parameters, not in the cfg. Check the Startup tab for -port= values.

Required Ports

Port	Protocol	Purpose
Game port	UDP	Game traffic (default 2302)
Game port +2	UDP	Steam networking
`steamQueryPort`	UDP	Steam query (browser listing)
RCON port	TCP	BattlEye RCON (default 2306)

Setting	Default	Description
`BattlEye`	`1`	Anti-cheat (0 = off, 1 = on)
`verifySignatures`	`2`	PBO signature check (must be `2`)
`forceSameBuild`	`1`	Require matching game version to join
`allowFilePatching`	`1`	Allow clients using `-filePatching`

Setting	Default	Description
`disable3rdPerson`	`0`	1 = first person only
`disableCrosshair`	`0`	Toggle crosshair
`disablePersonalLight`	`1`	Disable the personal light (ambient glow near player in dark)
`lightingConfig`	`0`	Lighting configuration preset
`disableVoN`	`0`	Disable voice chat
`vonCodecQuality`	`20`	Voice quality (0–30)
`respawnTime`	`5`	Seconds before respawn

Setting	Default	Description
`serverTime`	`"SystemTime"`	Initial time. Use `"SystemTime"` for local machine time, or a fixed value like `"2015/4/8/17/23"` (YYYY/MM/DD/HH/MM)
`serverTimeAcceleration`	`12`	Time speed multiplier. 1 = real time, 12 = full day/night cycle in ~2 hours
`serverNightTimeAcceleration`	`1`	Night speed multiplier (stacks with `serverTimeAcceleration`). Higher = shorter nights
`serverTimePersistent`	`0`	Save time across restarts (0 = reset to `serverTime` on restart)

Time Examples

`serverTimeAcceleration`	`serverNightTimeAcceleration`	Effect
12	1	Full cycle in ~2 hours, night same speed as day
12	4	Full cycle in ~2 hours, nights ~4x faster (very short nights)
4	2	Day 4x speed, night 8x speed
1	64	Real-time days, ~22 minute nights

Setting	Default	Description
`instanceId`	`1`	Server instance ID. Identifies storage folders for persistence files
`storageAutoFix`	`1`	Check for corrupted persistence files and replace with empty ones (0 = off, 1 = on)
`guaranteedUpdates`	`1`	Communication protocol (always use 1)

Persistence data is stored in mpmissions/<template>/storage_1/. See Persistence Settings.

Setting	Default	Description
`loginQueueConcurrentPlayers`	`5`	Players processed simultaneously during login. Prevents performance drops during mass connections
`loginQueueMaxPlayers`	`500`	Max players that can wait in the login queue

Map Selection

The map is set in the Missions class block at the bottom of serverDZ.cfg:

class Missions
{
    class DayZ
    {
        template="dayzOffline.chernarusplus";
    };
};

Map	Template	Notes
Chernarus+	`dayzOffline.chernarusplus`	Default vanilla map
Livonia	`dayzOffline.enoch`	Requires Livonia DLC
Sakhal	`dayzOffline.sakhal`	Requires Frostline DLC

See Map Guide for community maps.

Example serverDZ.cfg

hostname = "My DayZ Server";
password = "";
passwordAdmin = "MyAdminPass";
description = "A survival server";
enableWhitelist = 0;
maxPlayers = 60;

verifySignatures = 2;
forceSameBuild = 1;
BattlEye = 1;

disableVoN = 0;
vonCodecQuality = 20;

disable3rdPerson = 0;
disableCrosshair = 0;
disablePersonalLight = 1;
lightingConfig = 0;

serverTime = "SystemTime";
serverTimeAcceleration = 12;
serverNightTimeAcceleration = 1;
serverTimePersistent = 0;

guaranteedUpdates = 1;
loginQueueConcurrentPlayers = 5;
loginQueueMaxPlayers = 500;

instanceId = 1;
storageAutoFix = 1;

steamQueryPort = 2305;

class Missions
{
    class DayZ
    {
        template = "dayzOffline.chernarusplus";
    };
};

How to Configure Your DayZ Server (serverDZ.cfg)

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