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title: ZED ZONE Traders and Loot: Restocks, Doctor, Loot Respawn
description: How ZED ZONE traders restock every 3 days, what the trading camp doctor does, whether loot respawns, where guns still spawn after the 1.0 loot cuts, and how the Loot Abundance setting works.
url: https://zed-zone.wiki/survival/traders-and-loot/
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# 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.

- Traders swap their whole stock every 3 days.

- The camp doctor heals every wound for one payment.

- Random loot was cut by about a third; gun shops are unaffected.

_[Image: ZED ZONE: a burning town street with shops and zombies]_

_Official screenshot · Leven Liu / INDIECN_

## 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:

| Source | What you get | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gun shop shelves, basement gun racks | Not affected by the October 2026 cut. | Official |
| Police cars | Shotguns, ammo and police uniforms, made easier to find. | Official |
| Army Zombies | Ammo, grenades, Molotovs, gunpowder bags, bandages, first aid kits, canned food; sometimes gas masks and Kevlar. | Official |
| Locked shipping container | A Breaker carries the Access Card; inside is a weapon with loaded drums, players say. | Players report |

The “Gun Reserves” setting can limit guns to shotguns only or ban them, and attachments drop accordingly. Official For the guns themselves, see [weapons](https://zed-zone.wiki/data/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](https://zed-zone.wiki/building/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 1.0.4 Last verified 2026-11-07

## Sources

- [Patch notes: Beta 0.9.99.8.15 (new skill tree, power, loot balance)](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1211600/view/694274460775091085) · 2026-10-10 · official

- [Patch notes: Beta 0.9.98 (camp doctor, snow, performance, crafting from containers)](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1211600/view/674005725646684956) · 2026-09-13 · official

- [Patch notes: Beta 0.9.99.8 (downed and revive, lizard bait, handbrake)](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1211600/view/694274460775088147) · 2026-10-07 · official

- [Patch notes: Beta 0.9.99.9.7 (tutorial, character saves, forklift, waypoints)](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1211600/view/710038961706240976) · 2026-11-03 · official

- [Patch notes: Beta 0.9.99.9.1 (voxel building, bicycles, companion gear, controller)](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1211600/view/710038327520138623) · 2026-10-23 · official

- [Patch notes: Beta 0.9.96 (spray paint, minimap, food stacking)](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1211600/view/704403754821091892) · 2026-08-29 · official

- [Steam thread: Loot Question (does loot respawn?)](https://steamcommunity.com/app/1211600/discussions/0/580552862448475866/) · 2026-07-31 · single player report

- [Patch notes: 8 new languages, lighting overhaul, attribute rework](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1211600/view/708899110030149307) · 2026-05-29 · official

- [Steam thread: suggestion: gasoline respawn (fuel from fat)](https://steamcommunity.com/app/1211600/discussions/0/592943924842203999/) · 2026-10-15 · players, 2+ reports

- [Steam thread: compressor part for fridge](https://steamcommunity.com/app/1211600/discussions/0/585058364697047329/) · 2026-08-29 · single player report

- [Steam thread: how to find the smart broken phone](https://steamcommunity.com/app/1211600/discussions/0/664957644709074629/) · 2026-01-13 · players, 2+ reports

- [Steam thread: weapon spawns](https://steamcommunity.com/app/1211600/discussions/0/592943469164611227/) · 2026-10-10 · players, 2+ reports

- [YouTube: Splattercat, “An Open World Zombie Survival RPG That Keeps Getting Bigger”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5968L6JgdI) · 2026-10-08 · single player report

- [YouTube: Gaming Plus TV, “ZED ZONE 1.0: Don’t Buy Until You Know This!”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBEOkMpQqv4) · 2026-11-07 · single player report

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