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Surgical Mask

A classical surgical mask. Offers some protection from airborne agents, and also helps you remain unrecognized.

Surgical Mask

Classname

SurgicalMask

Insulation

0.1

Weight

4 g

Airborne infection protection
50%
Breathing protection in sandstorms
25%

Where to find it on Nasdara

Where you find it
Medical
Spread
Scattered across the whole mapShow on the map

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

ChernarusLivoniaSakhalNasdara
Nominal (target on the map)15151516
Min (respawns below this)8101012
Lifetime (untouched)4 h4 h4 h4 h
Restock (wait before respawn)0000
Quantity when spawned––––
PlacesMedicMedicMedicMedic
Tiers––––
Spots––––
Countedon the groundon 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.

Sell it in your server's trader shop

With dzbot, players on your Nitrado DayZ server — PC, PlayStation, Xbox or Switch 2 — buy items like this one with your server currency on your server website, and the order spawns at their chosen spot after the next restart.

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Data from the game files: DayZ 1.30 (Experimental server, 2026-10-16), DayZ-Central-Economy f220b29 (Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal), Nasdara from the 1.30 server. Updated 2026-10-17.

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