ZED ZONE traders, doctor and loot respawn

Loot got scarcer in the run-up to 1.0, so traders and the camp doctor matter more than they used to. Here is when stock changes, what the doctor sells and what does and does not respawn.

How ZED ZONE traders restock

• Every 3 days a trader swaps out the whole stock. Items you sold to them are replaced at the same time, so you cannot buy something back days later. Official
• The trade screen was redesigned in Beta 0.9.99.9.7 with item categories and sorting. Official Right-click buys or sells an item at once (since May 2026). Official
• Trader camps no longer spawn clustered together on new maps (Beta 0.9.98). Official

The trading camp doctor

Trading camps have had a doctor since Beta 0.9.98. You can buy medicine from them, or pay once to have every wound treated instead of waiting for your body to recover. Camps you explored before that patch got the doctor added. Official If the camp’s hospital bed was removed, the doctor sets up a new one when treating you (Beta 0.9.99.9.1). Official

Does loot respawn in ZED ZONE?

Not in the sense of shelves refilling. What the official notes describe:

• Traders restock every 3 days (above). Official
• Corpses butchered or cleared inside hospitals used to reappear after loading; that was fixed as a bug in Beta 0.9.99.8. Official
• New enemies keep coming, and searching fresh bodies is how players report getting new random loot. Unverified
• Gasoline at pumps does not refill; players have asked for it as a setting. Players report

The “Loot Abundance” world setting scales random loot, and since Beta 0.9.99.8.15 it also applies to loot in vehicles, backpacks and clothing. Official

Where guns still turn up after the loot cuts

Beta 0.9.99.8.15 cut randomly generated loot by about a third and guns by half, after Beta 0.9.99.8 had already emptied about half of supermarket and gun shop shelves. Official What still pays off:

The “Gun Reserves” setting can limit guns to shotguns only or ban them, and attachments drop accordingly. Official For the guns themselves, see weapons.

Money, selling and hard-to-find parts

• Cash drops from the pockets of the infected, so clearing a street pays. video Right-click sells or buys at once at a trader, and players use it to sell stacks quickly. Players report
• Fuel does not refill at pumps, but it can be crafted (players name fat as one ingredient), and some storage objects that look empty still hold gasoline. Players report
• Fridge compressor part: one player got it by breaking apart another fridge. Unverified
• Broken smart phone: needed for the 3D printer and battery charger; players found theirs in trap-door basements and at traders. Players report See power.
• Shipping centres: the container yards hold piles of guns and tools; one player needed several trips to carry out the Uzis and axes. Players report

Several 2026 players and video makers say the opposite of scarcity: even on the lowest loot settings they found plenty. Players report If you want a leaner game, use “Gun Reserves: Shotgun-Only” and low Loot Abundance together.

Checked against version 1.0.4Last verified 2026-11-07