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Crossbow

A type of bow consisting of a horizontal limb, assembly mounted on a stock that can launch projectiles called bolts. It can take down even bigger animals.

Crossbow
Category
Weapons
Weight
2.7 kg
Inventory size
9 × 5 (45 slots)
Worn / attached in
Shoulder
Fire modes
Single
Durability
250

Classnames

Each colour or version has its own classname. Nominal is the vanilla target count per map.

ClassnameChernarusLivoniaSakhal
Crossbow–––
Crossbow_Autumn500
Crossbow_Black555
Crossbow_Summer055
Crossbow_Wood3103

Ammunition

Attachments

Items that fit one of its attachment slots according to the game config.

Spawns on each map

Values from the vanilla types.xml of each map. Community servers often change them. Nominal and min are added up over all variants.

ChernarusLivoniaSakhal
Nominal (target on the map)132013
Min (respawns below this)7147
Lifetime (untouched)4 h4 h4 h
Restock (wait before respawn)000
Quantity when spawned30–80%30–80%30–80%
PlacesHunting, FarmHunting, FarmHunting, Town, Farm
TiersTier2, Tier3Tier1, Tier2–
Spots–––
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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