Tip 1: never trust people unless you are a fresh spawn with nothing to lose. Tip 2: observe towns and villages before entry, if the infected are annoyed (Running around for seemingly no reason) then it often means that a player is in the area. Tip 3: Always plan scavenging mission's, find a vantage point, plan a route, have a plan B if plan A fail's (Plan A being first plan), if possible, have a friend provide overwatch. Tip 4: Avoid ghillie-suited payer's, these people are often there to kill fresh spawn's (This applys to anyone with a high power rifle). Also avoid any players who wear a scarf around their head (Or on some server's a german military uniform). Tip 5: if playing with a friend, have a few backup meeting places in the event that you get lost. Tip 6: avoid using vehicles near town's such as cherno, these are heatspots for bandits and they will likely kill you if they hear your vehicles motor. Tip 7: Use caution while on the coast, a new player armed with a simple makarov can take down a heavily armed player with week's of experiance with as little as 4 bullets. Tip 8: Grab any little oddities you find, a box of storm-matches and a water bottle might seem useless but no, a water bottle can be re-filled at a water source to provide rehydration when drank, matches can be used to make fires along with an axe for wood.