DayZ stores everything that happens on the map – bases, tents, vehicles, loot and player characters – in the storage_1 folder. A wipe means deleting this folder fully or partly.
Where is the folder?
Files tab → mpmissions → your mission folder, for example dayzOffline.chernarusplus (Chernarus) or dayzOffline.enoch (Livonia) → storage_1.
How to
- Create a backup under Backups – then you can get the old state back.
- Stop the server and wait until it is "offline".
- Delete depending on what you want:
| What to reset? | Delete in storage_1 |
|---|---|
| Everything (fresh server) | the whole storage_1 folder |
| Only player characters (bases stay) | the file players.db |
| Bases, tents, vehicles and loot (players stay) | the data folder |
- Start the server. DayZ recreates the deleted parts.
Good to know
- Tell your players beforehand – many servers announce wipes a few days ahead on Discord.
- After big DayZ updates a wipe is not mandatory. Whether you wipe is up to you.
- With mods like Expansion, extra data (e.g. trader stock) lives in the
profilesfolder – see Expansion: traders and market. - Change the map instead of wiping: Namalsk, Deer Isle and back to Chernarus.