Food

[SickMassacre 1]

Anyone have luck finding food? I've been playing with a group of friends and none of us have been successful at finding food for a solid four hours now, no food or water.

[Statik (DayZ) 2695]

That's how it's suppose to be.

 

Look carefully, and thoroughly.

[Serpentice 0]

ive found tons of food but very little drinks. look in places that are not popular among other players.

[herrjon 478]

I'd recommend getting off the coast if you can.  I got up to Zelenogorsk I found loads of great loot.  You can try switching to a different server as well.

[Xandariel 14]

Try to find a can opener at any cost. That will make getting food alot easier. Also, try to get a water bottle or canteen(even if empty). You can refill them at wells in towns and cities and at some ponds. Its always better to have those things you can refill. Not only can you drink out of them many times and save much inventory space, you can also refill them which makes the overall process of finding drinks alot easier.

 

Also, try to go further inland. Since the server only spawns loot when it starts and not during the game anymore, coastal areas are bound to be empty very shortly after a server restart. Try finding small places with a few houses that arent marked as towns on the map. In my experience you got the best chance to find stuff there because most ppl wont head there or ignore them.

 

The overall shortage of food and drink is good. Makes you focus alot more on survival instead of "Oh I got an Axe now, lets kill noobs at the coast". BUT due to the short time it takes atm to get hungry and thirsty the food drops, especially at the shore, might need some tweaking. Cause otherwise therell be no chance for new spawning ppl to find something before they die. In my experience you got about 15-20min before you fall unconscious after you spawned. At some point all of the things you can reach within that time after you spawned are looted. So yeah, give us more time to be thirsty and hungry or make food and drink around the coast more common, devs.

[King of kong 1117]

Love the rare loot :). Any, like everyone else said. Get off the coast