Project Zomboid servers can enable loot respawns, allowing survivors easier access to necessary materials and resources. Loot respawns come with a variety of settings, including options to decide how often they respawn. By enabling loot respawning, players can acquire food for various recipes and survive much more easily without needing to venture too far from their established safehouses.

Note: Server admins can change server settings without restarting the server. Click here to jump to the admin menu method.

How to Enable Loot Respawning on a Project Zomboid Server (Panel)

1. Log in to the BisectHosting Starbase panel.

2. Stop the server.

3. Go to the Files tab.

4. Find the following directory: /home/container/.cache/server

5. Open the [SaveName].ini file.

6. On the HoursForLootRespawn line, modify the number of in-game hours.

7. On the MaxItemsForLootRespawn line, change the value to limit which containers get replenished.

Note: If a container has X number of items in it, it will be skipped for loot respawns.

8. Press the Save button.

9. Open the [SaveName]_SandboxVars.lua file.

10. On the LootRespawn line, set the value to enable loot respawning.

Note: This setting must be enabled to allow loot respawning. The HoursForLootRespawn setting will overwrite how often it respawns.

Value	Description
`1`	Loot will never respawn.
`2`	Loot will respawn every day
`3`	Loot will respawn every week.
`4`	Loot will respawn every month.

11. On the SeenHoursPreventLootRespawn line, change the value to restrict respawns for recently seen tiles. Loot will not respawn in tiles visited within X in-game hours.