DayZ Server Modding: Custom Bear Spawns Near Wells (with ChatGPT)

In this video, I walk you step-by-step through creating a custom animal territories XML file for DayZ. Starting from the mapgrouppos.xml file, I extracted all well locations and built a brand-new Animalbearwells_territories.xml file that controls where bears can spawn.

Here’s what I cover in the tutorial:

How to find well locations in mapgrouppos.xml

Sorting them by coordinates

Setting different spawn rules based on Z-ranges (1, 3, or 5 spawns)

Randomizing spawn radius values for variety

Saving the results in a DayZ-ready XML file

If you want to learn how to customize animal territories or make unique wildlife encounters on your server, this guide will help you get started. And yes—I used ChatGPT to make the process faster and easier!

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CHATGPT PROMPTS TO COPY AND PASTE:

Attached is a mapgrouppos.xml file from the game DayZ. Extract the items that have the word “well” in it. Sort the list by the z coordinates from lowest to highest. This list is a location of where wells are located. We will refer to this list as “well locations”

Attached is a bear_territories.xml file so you can see an example of the format of the file I need you to create.

Create a new file called Animalbearwells_territories.xml. For each well that has a z coordinate between 4001 and 8000, create 1 spawn point that is within 750 meters of that well. For each well that has a z coordinate between 8001 and 12000, create 3 spawn points that are within 500 meters of that well location. For each well that has a z coordinate above 12001, create 5 spawn points that are within 250 meters of that well location. For the r value of each spawn point you create pick a random number between 25 and 150.