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How To Upload A Custom Map To Your DayZ Server

Want to explore new terrains on your DayZ server? This easy-to-follow guide will show you how to upload a custom map to your DayZ server.

Here’s how to download and then upload a custom map to your DayZ Server. In this example, we’ll be using the Melkart_Official Map.

Downloading A Custom Map

  1. Subscribe to the map on Steam Melkart_Official Steam Workshop.
  2. Find server files to download, for example Melkart_Official Server Files.
  3. Select the version you want, for example Melkart1.25.rar, then on the right-hand side click the download icon.
  4. Extract the downloaded contents.

This is what you should now see:

  • DirectoryDownloads
    • DirectoryMelkart1.25
      • Directoryempty.melkart
        • ..

Uploading A Custom Map

Here’s how to upload a custom map to your DayZ server, this will also cover installing Melkart_Official as a mod to your server.

  1. Access the Game Host Bros Panel and Stop your DayZ server.
  2. Upload empty.melkart to the mpmissions folder on your server.
  3. Export and Upload a modlist.html to your server, following our Installing DayZ Mods Guide.
  • Directorympmissions
    • Directoryempty.melkart
      • ..
    • DirectorydayzOffline.enoch/
      • …
    • DirectorydayzOffline.sakhal/
      • …
    • DirectorydayzOffline.chernarusplus/
      • …

Enabling Your Custom Map

Following the above steps, here’s how to enable your custom map, using Melkart_Official as an example.

  1. Access the Game Host Bros Panel and Stop your DayZ server.
  2. Go to Management > File Manager.
  3. Open serverDZ.cfg.
  4. Scroll down and edit template= to empty.melkart.
  5. Click save and then start your server.

Here’s what your serverDZ.cfg should now look like:

serverDZ.cfg
class Missions
{
    class DayZ
    {
        template="empty.melkart"; // Mission to load on server startup. <MissionName>.<TerrainName>
                // Vanilla mission: dayzOffline.chernarusplus
                // DLC mission: dayzOffline.enoch
    };
};