How to Wipe Your DayZ Server

A wipe gives everyone a fresh start: bases, stashes, vehicles and characters are gone, and the loot economy begins again. In DayZ all of that lives in one folder, so a wipe is deleting that folder while the server is stopped.

1Back Up First

• Log in to your game panel and click your DayZ server.
• take a manual backup if there is any chance you want the old world back. A wipe cannot be undone.

2Stop the Server

• On the Console page press Stop and wait until the status reads offline.
• DayZ writes to the storage folder while it runs; deleting it on a running server corrupts the next save.

3Delete the Storage Folder

• Open Files in the left menu and go to mpmissions/dayzOffline.chernarusplus.
• Delete the folder storage_1. It holds the persistence: buildings, items on the ground, vehicles, the loot state and the player database.

4Start the Server

• Press Start. DayZ creates a new storage_1, spawns fresh loot and vehicles, and every player starts with a new character.

Good to Know

• Wipe only the characters: delete storage_1/players.db instead of the whole folder. Bases and loot stay, everyone respawns fresh.
• Keep your mission edits. types.xml, cfgeconomycore.xml and the other files next to the storage folder are not touched by a wipe, so your loot settings stay.
• Mod data such as a base building mod's own save files usually also lives in storage_1, so a full wipe clears it too. Check the mod's documentation if it stores data elsewhere, for example in profiles.
• Announce it. DayZ cannot show messages from the console, so tell your community in advance where you normally talk to them.

Finished

The server runs a fresh world. If you wiped for a mod change, add or remove the mods before you start the server again.