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Cleaver

A big, heavy, sharp knife. Designed to slash through thick raw meat. It can also crack bones easily. Mostly used by butchers.

Cleaver

Classname

Cleaver
Category
Melee
Weight
500 g
Inventory size
2 × 3 (6 slots)
Durability
140

Spawns on each map

Values from the vanilla types.xml of each map. Community servers often change them.

ChernarusLivoniaSakhal
Nominal (target on the map)554040
Min (respawns below this)453037
Lifetime (untouched)4 h4 h4 h
Restock (wait before respawn)000
Quantity when spawned–––
PlacesTown, VillageTown, VillageTown, Village
Tiers––Tier1, Tier2
Spots–shelvesshelves
Countedon the groundon the groundon the ground

Tier 1 is near the coast, Tier 4 deep inland. A nominal of 0 means the item does not spawn as loot on that map.

Spawn spots on the map:ChernarusLivoniaSakhal

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Data from the game files: DayZ 1.29, DayZ-Central-Economy 9a21bb9 (2026-08-13). Updated 2026-10-13.

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