Bubbs

Hey there survivor people of Chernarus, here, are some helpfull tips to start you off on the right track! PLEASE remember this is MY way of playing, and i think it is a fair way to play, and these tips always work for me :) So please don't hate. If anything, suggest more useful tips to me and i will add them in, or if you feel one is incorrect or misleading, please approach me in a appropriate mannor :) Thanks and i hope these help! :) 1) Don't trust nobody. Infact if they have a weapon, and you do, kill them before they kill you, but only if YOU feel like they are a threat, You should watch them a little, make sure they are not tailing you, and if they are, take them out before they take you out( Thanks Bitey! ). ( Thats how i feel and it works just fine. ) 2) Choose your routes wisely, i don't suggest just wandering all around in the cities ( Elektro, Cherno ), keep to the outside looting areas ( Cherno: Apartment block, hospital, military tents, i always find an AK there, and also some of the little wooden shacks good for any civilian goods. Elektro: The 2 firehouses, excellent place to maybe find a decent fire arm early on :), the grocery store, and also little houses on the outside good for civilian loot. Some are enterbale some are not. ) These routes always start me off on a good track, if i go into the city's i'm normally killed unarmed by some asshole. 3) NEVER SWIM...Unless you REALLY have too. ( If you swim, you will loose your backpack AND your primary weapon.. ) 4) Always try to find a compass or a map. I preferably like the compass alot better, because not all servers will show you were you are on the map. ( I think it should stay that way, for more realism :) ) 5) Hunting: Things you will need; Hunting knife, Hatchet, Matches and a poor hopeless animal. First off you will need to execute the animal, a cow will offer around 8 Raw meat slices, a Lamb around 5, and the others i am not sure off :o. After that you will need to gut the animal with your Hunting Knife ( Right click on it inside inv and select Gut animal ). After that collect the meat slices and get to the closest tree/forest. Now you will need to right click on your hatchet next to a tree and select Harvest Wood ( You can also find wood piles from loot areas. ). Now that your wood is in your inventory, make sure the area around you is safe from players, because the fire will also acumulate some smoke. Now you want to right click on your matches in your inventory and select Make Fireplace. After the animation you will notice a small firepit on the ground, you now need to select it and click on Light Fire. Now all you have to do is select the fire and click on Cook Raw Meat. This will automatically cook all of the raw meat slices in your inventory. When you are finished put out the fireplace by selecting it and pressing Put Out Fire. Now you can either take the wood, or just leave it there. And there you go! You now know how to hunt properly in DayZ :) ( Also: Meat will also add some blood to your blood level, so if you are solo, and have some meat, just fill your face with meat, and you will be back to full blood in no time! :) ) 6) Getting away from multiple zombies. I find the best way to get rid of a lot of zombies, is to run into a building that has 2 entrances, to first let them come in a little, and then just crouch out the back and away from the building. ( You should also try your best to kill zombies with something silent like a silenced weapon or a hatchet. Thanks Zack4209! ). This always works for me, but i only do it when i am low on ammo, or i just simply don't want to fire my weapon in the town/city. 7) Engaging players. If you are in the north, and i'm talking about well populated areas like the Sober's and the NWAF ( North West Airfield ). I would highly suggest taking out ANYONE you see, nobody sits behind the tents in Stary Sober to make friends, they are there to pick off helpless noobs looting the tents. I would suggest checking ALL the treelines around Stary before going for the tents. Try not to panic if you see a player, when you see a player, you will be scared and it is heart racing. But you can not just fire away at him, you need to make sure you have a good angle on him, and when you have a sure-shot location take him/her out! Also make sure you add a couple more bullets to him, just to make sure you kill him ( Because we all know there are all the faggot alt-F4ers out there who can't take a death like a man.. ). It is the same in the NWAF, make sure there is nobody around in the hangers, barracks, treelines or anywhere. The NWAF is very dangerous, and there is alot of PvP action there! 8) NEVER let your guard down. Always check your corners, and everything around you, try not to run out in open areas, stick to hidden areas like treelines and such. Use the 3RD person to your advantage to look over walls, and see around the corners of buildings, and i would suggest using first-person in combat situations so you don't have trouble aiming. You are safe no where, you don't know were anyone could be, so be careful out there. 9) Flares and Smokes. Flares will attract zombies at night, they are a good way to lead them away from the location you are trying to get to, but you also have to remember, that flare will light you the HELL up and around the place you are in, this is what bandits look for, just so they can snipe you and loot your gear. Smokes are good for daytime to attract zombies, but they are also good to get out of sticky situations, like being cornered in a hanger at the NWAF by a sniper in the treeline, you can easily throw a couple of smokes in the front and run around the back away from the snipers line of sight. Be careful with the smokes though, because they sometimes agro zeds towards you for some reason :/. 10) Crashed Heli sites. A crashed heli site is self explanatory.. but it also has some of the best and rarest gear in the game! Things like the M107, AS50, NVG, L85A2 AWS and alot more! Approaching the crash site is the hardest part, you need to make sure there is no one around or that nobody is watching you. there can also be around 10 Zombies to spawn, so make sure you get alot of headshots so you're not being chased around! ( Thanks Fraggle: Use smoke grenades to draw the zombies away from the Heli, and then you can make your move! ) Most of the time, it will be looted sadly ); But if you get lucky you might find yourself the gun of your dreams! 11) Bleeding, Shaking, Coughing, Blood bags, Epi-Pens ad morphine. When you are bleeding you need to apply a bandage ASAP, you can tell when you are beeding by either seeing a stream of blood coming out of your body or see a (+) sign on your blood metre ( The drop on the bottom right above your hunger level. ) this will stop the bleeding and you can then either receive blood transfusion from another player, or nom on some meat! Shaking, If you are in first person and notice some vigerous shaking, you need to take some painkillers, they are not hard to find and you will also spawn with one set of them! Coughing, I am not sure what coughing meens for sure, but i'm pretty sure it means you are sick, and you will need to take some Anti-Biotics otherwise you will soon slowly start to loose blood. Blood Bags, Blood bags are for giving blood transfusions to other players, or you can give them one, to transfer blood to you. This will fully restore your blood! Epi-Pens, Epi-Pens are vital in a firefight, these will need to be applied to knocked out players and it will give them the ability to get back up with out having to wait for the timer to go down.Morphine. Morphine is used to fix broken legs, to either yourself or others, make sure you have alot of these, because this game is still buggy, and leg braking can occur at the randomest times, to see if you legs broke, you will see a Snapped leg on the side of your HUD on the right. You can only crawl with a broken leg but you can crouch if you stay still. 12) Looting. Their are 4 different kinds of loot; Military, Industrial, Residential, Farm. Military are high tier areas to find good Tier 2 weapons like the M24 sniper rifle, AK/74u/74/M and various other rifles. Industrial is mainly to find parts and gasoline for vehicles, things like; Engine parts, Scrap Metal, Jerry Cans, Car wheels and more. Residential looting areas are in towns and cities, they hold all of the basic necessities like food, drinks, hunting gear, pistols ( M1911, Makarov, Revolver. ) and some rifles/shotgun ( Lee Enfield, Winchester, Double-Barrel Shotgun ). Farm areas are good to find some low tier rifles like the Lee enfield and the Winchester, but also can spawn a CZ 550 hunting sniper rifle, Jerry Cans, Crossbow and now Bear Traps. -This is also kind of related to tip N.2 This is my favourite video for a awesome loot guide for Elektro, Made by Sacriel42. Link: http://tinyurl.com/75pmmtj Chernarus map ( DayZ ) With all loot locations! Link: http://tinyurl.com/cl8jz5e 13) Weapons; Whats good, and whats not. All weapons in DayZ are awesome, Why? Because they kill shit! But there are some things that can change in the guns that can make a big difference wether you are fightin zombies or players, things like Sound, Range, Spread, Recoil. A good example is the M107 and the AS50 both are rare and tier 3 sniper rifles, both with the same power, but I prefer the AS50 because it is so so so quiet to players, the recoil is very small, and the Zeroing is alot further. Same with the DMR and the M24, The M24 is alot more accurate and has a farther zeroing range, Yet the DMR is stationary at 400M and is better for closer range, but also has a magazine of 20 rounds, while the M24 is 5 per clip. Pistols also have a big difference, The Magnum is a 1 hit kill but same with the M1911, The M1911 has a 7 round mag, yet the magnum has a 6, and they both have reversable ammo to fit either pistol ( Right click on either M1911 Mag or .45 ACP ammo to exchange either way. ). Next is the Lee Enfield and the Winchester 1866, They are both good starter weapons, some people prefer the Enfield some people prefer the Winchester, I myself prefer the Enfield, The ammo is alot more common and it is also a one hit kill at almost any range ( Zombies are, Not too sure about players, but when i get a kill with the Enfield it is mostly one shot with it. ) The Winchester has a spread because of it's use of slugs, which makes it a low-medium range for one hit kills. And i find the ammo is alot more rare for some reason :o. Please comment if you want to know about more weapons! 14) A friend. Someone you need, someone who will be there for you, this is the best thing you can have in DayZ. Playing solo is fun and all, trying your best to rely on yourself, instead of feeling like you need someone with you to take care of yourself. But having a friend is very handy, They can spot for you, help you when you are bleeding/passed out/low on blood. I think the best part is that they can watch your back, while you take out that bandit over there. Please comment if you found this usefull, if you think i should change soemthing, or if you think i am wrong at some parts. But please ask me nicely to change otherwise i will just ignore you. Sorry if their are other posts like this, i just felt like helping out the DayZ community! See you around! Feel free to add me on steam: xjra2 (Nickname Bubbs) Skype: xjra--- INSTALL GUIDE Also by Sacriel42: http://tinyurl.com/7935d8k - Bubbs

Haha no problem :). And thanks man!

Been one for a while, I'll update more soon :]

Update! 14) Friends :)

It's funny how all this happens to you, yet this have never happened to me, hackers are rare, ALT F4ers are just faggots. But you just sound like you are not enjoying yourself, a lot of people like me take this game seriously, why? because thats what makes it so fun, it's the immersion that counts, you're just bashing the mod for it's bugs and hackers, yes there is bugs, so what? It's called progress. You can't just tell people what to do, if a "Noob" wants to spend his time, he will spend his time. Don't go telling them that it is a bad idea, you are just misleading them just because of what happened to you.

Bump ;D

Watein time? You're not really explaining what you mean by "Waisting time"... You're not going to get far in DayZ if you just get a gun and leave you need some minimal supplies to last.

13) Weapons added! Thanks alot MONSTER! :)

Thank you :] And i will actually write about the gun thingy tommorow :]

Thanks guys, added them :)

Yes and No, Not all of the houses are enterable but some have a Porch-like opening in the front, and have like a 1-2 spawn chance, sometimes i find an ALICE pack in those.

I have found like 6 Heli sites 4 were looted, and the others always had a FAL with no ammo, and one with a Bizon and a MK 48 :D

Friendly = No weapons. ( Excludin things like the hatchet and such.. ) Enemy = They have a gun. Thats how i work ;D

I'd kill everyone and fuck shit up

UPDATED! 12: Looting

I'm deffinetly going to try my best to keep this post updated, and add more things as i go along.

Haha don't worry i have made that mistake before ._.And thanks man! :)

Thanks! Added the tip :] And credited!

I agree with you strongly. It seems like thee only playstyle that will actually keep you alive for a decent amount of Dayz. I was also killed by a glitch about 2 days ago ( Fell INSIDE a rock broke my legs and died instantly ._. ) I then spawned at Elektro. I decided to loot around a little, because why not? I came across a player who was killing everyone he saw, at this point i didn't even have a hatchet yet... I moved towards the School/Office building were i came across a player with no weapon but an alice pack, i greeted him in a friendly manner, but i also saw a dead body behind him, presumably i thought he looted him and found it or was about to. Turns out he didn't. I then looted the body as he went down the stairs from the top floor, the dead body had a czech backpack, matches, binocs, huntin knife, enfield with 2 clips, food and drinks. I though that guy was crazy to leave that. Then all of a sudded i froze as i heard 3 revolver shots on the floor right below me, as a player killed the guy i just met up with, after waiting around 2 minuites, they never came up, so i slowly descended the stairs and all of a sudded im at gunpoint from 2 guys with makarovs, i shouted friendly around 3 times, noticing there was no one with a revolver, i felt a little safer, so to speak anyway... Then all of a sudden the guy infront of me tried and failed to hit me with his hatchet that he switched to, so i popped him right in the forehead wit one bullet and he was dead, i ran back up stairs and waitied for his friend to come up. After 3 minuites i saw that there was only 1 bullet left in this clip so reloaded a fresh 10 round clip, as soon as i hit reload he walked out but was facing the other way, i panicked... luckily i managed to reload in time but he turned around and managed to shoot me once in the chest and then i one shotted him also, i bandaged up and was left with 7k blood. After that i took the Alice, the makarov with some mags and boat loads of food, drinks, and even some hospital supplies. From around 20 minuites in Elektro i was already set to head north. :) It just goes to show that you really can not trust anyone, yes maybe a Steam friend or someone on your Skype. But a stranger, no way, you're already dead if i see you ;]. ( Also following your terms because what is the point of killing a player with no weapon or any cause of harm? )

I think this update is very fun, i UNDERSTAND that this is a alpha mod, and we ARE testers... But 1.7.1.5 Seems not to bad for me. I just REALLY want the zombie through wall, missing items and leg braking randomly to be fixed like NAO :(