Wildlife
Fourteen creatures range from rabbits and turkeys to elephants, polar bears, and stranger encounters.
A wider wilderness
More life between the towns.
Geb's Flora & Fauna broadens the survival sandbox without prescribing one universal ecosystem. Server owners choose the species, territories, and population limits that fit their map.
Harvesting
Animals provide their own meats and, where configured, pelts, tusks, tails, guts, bones, and lard.
Mycology
Black morels, white morels, lion's mane, and puffballs add variety to forest foraging.
Fieldcraft
Prepare harvested turkey and turn a raccoon pelt plus tail into a wearable skin cap.
Server-owner guide
Deploy the ecosystem.
The process follows DayZ's normal Central Economy animal-event pattern: define a type in events.xml, give it territories in cfgeventspawns.xml, and let the CE maintain the population.
- 01
Install the Workshop mod
Place
@gebsflorafaunabeside the server executable, copy its key intokeys/, and load-mod=@gebsflorafaunaon the server and clients. - 02
Choose an animal classname
Start with one species while testing—for example
geb_Racoon. Animal classes do not belong intypes.xml; dynamic animal populations are managed through events. - 03
Add an event definition
Copy an existing vanilla animal event in
db/events.xml, give it a unique event name, and replace its child type with the desiredgeb_classname. Keep the same structure and tune nominal/min/max for your server.<event name="AnimalGebRacoon"> <nominal>8</nominal> <min>4</min> <max>12</max> <lifetime>180</lifetime> <restock>0</restock> <saferadius>200</saferadius> <distanceradius>50</distanceradius> <cleanupradius>200</cleanupradius> <flags deletable="0" init_random="0" remove_damaged="1"/> <position>fixed</position> <limit>child</limit> <active>1</active> <children> <child lootmax="0" lootmin="0" max="4" min="1" type="geb_Racoon"/> </children> </event> - 04
Add map territories
In
cfgeventspawns.xml, add a matching event block inside<eventposdef>. Replace the example coordinates with safe locations from your map. Each<pos>is a possible territory center; the zone values control group spread.<event name="AnimalGebRacoon"> <zone smin="0" smax="0" dmin="40" dmax="80" r="100"/> <!-- Replace these with coordinates for your map. --> <pos x="7500.0" z="7500.0" a="0.0"/> <pos x="8000.0" z="7200.0" a="0.0"/> </event> - 05
Validate and test
Stop the server before editing, keep backups, validate the XML, restart, and inspect the RPT and script logs. Add species one at a time. Excessive totals across all animal events can suppress or destabilize other wildlife populations.
Use the current map's own vanilla animal events as your template.CE values that feel reasonable on Chernarus may not suit Sakhal, Livonia, or a custom terrain.
Field index
Creatures and fungi.
Admin reference
Search all public classes.
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Troubleshooting
Common questions.
Does this replace vanilla animals?+
No. Custom events can coexist with vanilla wildlife. Your mission configuration decides which events are active.
Why can I spawn an animal manually but not find it naturally?+
A working classname confirms the mod loaded, but natural populations still require matching entries in events.xml and cfgeventspawns.xml.
Why did vanilla animals stop spawning?+
Check the server logs for malformed XML and review the combined nominal/min/max totals of every animal event. Start with one custom event and add more gradually.
Does every player need the mod?
Yes. It supplies custom models, textures, sounds, scripts, and localized item data.
Can I put it in a server pack?
No. Use the authorized Workshop item and a Steam Collection for your server's required mods.