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Vaiga

Selective-fire shotgun fed from a detachable magazine. Similar in design to the KA assault rifles, it can mount most compatible scopes. Uses both 12ga bucks and slugs.

Vaiga

Classname

Saiga
Category
Weapons
Weight
3.6 kg
Inventory size
7 × 3 (21 slots)
Worn / attached in
Shoulder
Fire modes
Semi-auto, Full auto
Rate of fire
333 rounds per minute
Durability
250

Magazines

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.

ChernarusLivoniaSakhal
Nominal (target on the map)121022
Min (respawns below this)10716
Lifetime (untouched)8 h8 h8 h
Restock (wait before respawn)000
Quantity when spawned30–80%30–80%30–80%
PlacesMilitaryMilitaryMilitary
TiersTier2, Tier3Tier2Tier2, Tier3
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

Spawns with

From cfgspawnabletypes.xml: each group rolls its chance, then one item of the group is picked.

Chernarus · Livonia

Attachment, 35% chance

Attachment, 10% chance

Sakhal

Attachment, 100% chance

Attachment, 10% chance

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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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