Item list for items with limited to no use + Tips and Rumors

[IIvIIozzie 31]

No purpose:

 

Firewood

Rocks

Cooking pot

Shotgun or Magnum Shells/Slugs

Rope

Matchbox

Paper - Was once able to be combined to pens to create notes but has since been disabled.

Gun Silencer Attachment - can still be attached but after several tests does not lessen sound or lower zombie attraction. Previously worked but has since been disabled.

Portable Gas Stove

Burlap Sack

Duct Tape

Charcoal Tabs

Disinfectant Spray

Walkie Talkie

 

 

Limited Purpose:

 

Bayonet: One type of bayonet(M4) can be used to open cans; cannot melee with either when equipped onto a gun

 

Tools: Most tools can only be used as melee weapons currently. The following tools can only be used for melee: Pliers, Crowbar, Fire Extinguisher, Hammer, Shovel, Pen, Pipe Wrench and Wrench.

Firefighter Axes, Splitting Axes, and Screwdrivers can be used as melee and also for opening cans of food.

 

 

 

The following items serve their purpose but may be difficult to activate:

 

-BUIS M4 Ironsight attachment: This backup iron sight does work for the M4 but in order to use it you must remove the guns current ironsight. If you attempt to drag the BUIS over the current ironsight it will not allow you to exchange it as it would with any other ironsight attachment.

 

-Weapon Flashlight: Can only be equipped to an M4 and not without RIS Handguard (Credit to :Retro19)

 

-Books:These can only be activated if you drag them down to your hotkey bar. After selecting the appropriate hotkey number for the book you can go through the pages using either the left or right arrow on your keyboard and pressing the enter key. When finished reading the book press the esc key.

 

Crafting:

 

-Splints: Can be used to mend broken legs. 3 slots horizontal. Ingredients: Wooden stick + Rags or Bandages (Credit#: Devildog, Sandy and Touffe)

Glitch: Splints can be used regardless of any damage to character and an unlimited amount of splints can be created if rags or bandages are ruined.

 

-Portable Gas lamp can be combined with any size gas cylinder to provide light. Note: This can be an excellent distraction tool for activating on the ground and waiting for prey to come close to investigate. 

 

-Portable Gas Stove can be combined with any size gas cylinder. Once combined, drop item onto floor to turn on. Cooking pot can be combined with item once on ground and would need to be removed and the stove turned off to be put back into inventory. As mentioned above, this currently has no function as items can not yet be put into the cooking pot.

 

 

Storage:

 

Wearable:

-Shirts: 0-6 slots

-Vests*: 8 slots (*Chest Holster can only carry a sidearm)

-Pants: 4-6 slots

 

Backpacks:

-Taloon Backpack: 25 slots

-Hunting Backback 30 slots

-Mountain Backpack 35 Slots

 

Inventory Boxes:

-First aid Kits: 6 slots. Can only store medical items.Takes 4 slots in inventory

-300 Round Boxes: 10 Slots. Can only store ammo. Takes 4 slots in inventory

-Storage Protector Case: 6 slots. Takes 4 slots in inventory.

 

Storage Info:

-All storage items can still be used without penalty after being ruined.

-Tents can be found at NW airport, but are only used as decoration. There are no options for the tent; such as to loot or to pickup.

-300 Round Boxes can be used to store up to 600 5.56mm rounds if you fill a 30Rnd STANAG (coupled) and empty the ammo out of it. This will create stacks of 60  5.56mm rounds. (Credit: Etherimp)

- Some storage items take up less space in your backpack then what you can store in them. For example, six-slotted pants only take up four slots. There is a glitch currently where you can add these full storage items into your backpack or other storage, creating what appears to be bottomless storage. One major drawback to this is it's very inconvenient to get to items and very difficult to organize your storage, as the items do not move freely in your inventory.

 

Rumors:

I have either not tried or have been unsuccessful in getting the following to work:

 

-Pen and Paper can be used to write notes. I have tried testing these every way imaginable: dropping pen and paper down to hotbar, equipping the pen, combining and choose "write note".... nothing works for me. It has been suggested that these worked in a previous patch but the most recent one broke these items for most players. Note creation/reading has been disabled.

-Duct tape can be used to double up 30Rnd Stanags and used to create a splint with wood stick.  These two have been tested and do not work.

- Burlap sack and rope can be used together in conjunction with wooden stick to create a hobo storage backpack.

- Portable gas stove can be used with multiple items once dropped to ground in order to make food. Items cannot be put into the cooking pot at any time, therefore no cooking can be done.

- Saline bag IV can be self administered. False

-Mosin Bayonet can also open cans of food.

 

 

Tips:

 

 

-When fresh spawning into the game try to find a water pump ASAP. Most towns have pumps close by. Select drink water from the options menu repeatedly until you see white text on the bottom left of the screen notifying you that you are full. This will allow you to go a long time without becoming thirsty or dehydrating.

-Use http://dayzdb.com/map#2.044.074 for a map of the game. This is ideal if you have multiple monitors. Some players make this their default webpage through steam for easy use.

-Ignore Balota airfield unless you are already fully geared and looking to PvP. Instead, head to the military base north of Kamenka or Southeast of Vybor to safely loot.

- Eating rotten fruit has a very high % change of making the player sick. Never eat it.

- Antibiotics, Pain Reliever and Charcoal Tabs can make the player sick after consumption.

- The m4 bayonet is an excellent choice in absence of a can opener to open your food. The bayonet will spare between 85%-95% of your food from hitting the floor. Using the bayonet to open cans will make it ruined very quickly but it will continue to work after the ruined condition as long as it isn't removed from your inventory.

- Axes are the best melee in the game regardless of condition. Axes can take a zombie down in 1-2 hits regardless of landing strike.

-Dropping items on the ground may cause them to disappear. It can take up to a minute but they will respawn eventually in the place that you dropped it... with one exception. DO NOT DROP ITEMS IN A MULTI-STORIED BUILDING! This can cause serious issues with being able to pick the gear back up. Often times if you drop something on a certain floor it will place the item on the lowest level.

 

 

I'd appreciate any help given by readers for improving this list. If you can think of any more please do so.

Edited December 30, 2013 by IIvIIozzie

[Tonybalony 1]

Be good if u could actualy bayonet things with your gun lol anyone found out how to yet?

[beardedcap 22]

if you did 5 minutes of searching and reading the stickies I'm pretty sure you would be able to answer all of these questions without the useless thread.

Edited December 21, 2013 by beardedcap

[IIvIIozzie 31]

if you did 5 minutes of searching and reading the stickies I'm pretty sure you would be able to answer all of these questions without the useless thread.

I've checked stickies and did not find this info. If you have more knowledge of where to go for a definite list I would appreciate it. Sorry you found my thread useless.

[smoq2 221]

Weapon flashlights actually attach to the m4 but you need a RIS handguard installed on the gun.

Also, 300 ammo box have 8 or 10 slots.

[MLG420blazeit 62]

You can write notes. Seen at least a dozen of them.

You can attach a flashlight to the M4 providing you have the quadrail.

Currently there is a bayonet animation in-game (managed to get it to work when I had empty hands, yes it does damage ) but it doesn't work with a gun.

Ducktaping STANAGs doesn't work.

Amoboxes carry 300 rounds of ammo and can't carry anything else.

Not sure the point of OP tbh

[Jozinh0 0]

Rope, Gun silencer & Weapon flashlight are all good to use..

Rope is like handcuffs, only not as secure.

Gun silencer wont attract zombies when you fire.

Weapon flashlight attaches to the M4 if you got rails on it.

[Etherimp 1323]

No purpose:

 

Firewood

Sticks

Rocks

Cooking pot

Any type of Shotgun Shells/Slugs

Rope

Matchbox

Paper- Cannot combine with pen. Option to read or write notes does not function

Pens

Gun Silencer Attachment

Portable Gas Stove

Weapon Flashlight (Does not equip to any current gun)

Any type of book

Burlap Sack

 

Limited Purpose:

Axes -used as melee but cannot chop wood with either variation

Bayonet. One type of bayonet(M4) can be used to open cans; cannot melee with either when equipped onto a gun

Duct tape- Rumor you can double up Stanags with this. Can anyone confirm?

 

Storage:

 

Wearable:

Shirts: 0-6 slots

Vests*: 8 slots (*Chest Holster can only carry a sidearm)

Pants: 4-6 slots

 

Backpacks:

Taloon Backpack: 25 slots

Hunting Backback 30 slots

Mountain Backpack 35 Slots

 

Inventory Boxes:

First aid Kits: 6 slots. Takes 4 slots in inventory

300 Round Boxes: Unlimited slots up to 300 rounds? Can only store ammo. Takes 4 slots in inventory

Storage Proitector Case: 6 slots. Takes 4 slots in inventory.

 

Tents can be found at NW airport by only as decoration. They cannot be picked up or used at this time.

 

 

 

I'd appreciate any help given by readers for improving this list. If you can think of any more please do so.

 

Paper can be written on.

 

Pens can write. 

 

Books can be read.

 

Weapon Flashlight can be attached to the M4 with an RIS foregrip.

 

I BELIEVE (have not proven) that you can use Wood + Matches to make a fire pit.. Have not confirmed this yet.

 

300 round boxes have 10 slots and can only carry ammo.. You can fit 600 ammo in them by loading your ammo into a 30 round (Coupled) Mag, then unloading them. They come out in stacks of 60..Then load them into the box.

[Etherimp 1323]

Rope, Gun silencer & Weapon flashlight are all good to use..

Rope is like handcuffs, only not as secure.

Gun silencer wont attract zombies when you fire.

Weapon flashlight attaches to the M4 if you got rails on it.

 

Gun w/ Silencer DOES attract zombies. I know this for a fact.

 

Also, show me a video of someone using Rope or Duct tape as handcuffs.

[MLG420blazeit 62]

Ducktape and rope both don't work as handcuffs.

M4 silencer also does nothing

[Avengerki 20]

So sticks can be used with rags to splint broken legs.

 

Portable Gas Stove combined with butane gas tank and then placed on ground and ignited with matches. Place cooking pot on portable gas stove and then heat cans of food in pot or add water and rice. Although we have yet to find a cooking pot when we have the stove to try it out.

 

Fire Axe can also be used to open cans of food(but messy), have not tried with other axe's.

 

Books are for reading but I have been unable to get past the first set of pages yet.

[Arthur Dubrovka 376]

In adittion you can find different scopes wich will fit on m4a1 or Mosin. I've found a long range scope, but i had no mosin to try it out.

[Frostbyte_ 44]

Matches aren´t needed to ignite gas stove, just drop it on ground, hover over it and there´s option to turn on. Can´t cook anything on it though, or atleast i haven´t heard anyone has managed to cook anything, somebodygot as far as adding a pot on the stove though i think.

 

I heard rope. stick and burlap sack make a makesift backpack, haven´t tried it out though, burlap sack can be used to blinfold people in the future though.

 

Personaly i haven´t been able to read/write notes, but pens can be used as melee weapon.

 

Rocks, wood, (sticks), (paper), (matches) supposedly make fireplace, though i haven´t heard anyone having been able to craft this.

[bad_mojo (DayZ) 1204]

Pretty sure the ammo boxes are only 10 slots. Which makes sense if the 5.56 groups into 30round groups.

 

I've had a full one before and I couldn't add any more, wasn't at 300 rounds either because had some pistol rounds that were less than 30.

Edited December 26, 2013 by bad_mojo

[Konna 149]

Ducktaping STANAGs doesn't work.

 

 

Certain stanag's work. might be the plate looking clips.

 

And if i recall, sticks + ducktape can fix a broken leg. (?)

 

And if i remember right, ammo box had 6 slots, just like the medical bag. Takes 4, gives 2 extra.

[bad_mojo (DayZ) 1204]

And if i remember right, ammo box had 6 slots, just like the medical bag. Takes 4, gives 2 extra.

 

You remember wrong, it holds 10.

[Pain0815 (DayZ) 23]

you cant tape mags. you can onIy find them (avaiabIe sizes: 10/20/30/40/60 Iast one is the doubIe 30 mag)
 

cooking and making a fire is not impIemented now

 

ammo box has 10 sIots

 

siIencer is just cosmetic atm and got no advantage or disatvantage

 

pen & paper to write notes

 

books you can read (quickbar seIect them)

Edited December 26, 2013 by Pain0815

[Etherimp 1323]

you cant tape mags. you can onIy find them (avaiabIe sizes: 10/20/30/40/60 Iast one is the doubIe 30 mag)

 

cooking and making a fire is not impIemented now

 

ammo box has 10 sIots

 

siIencer is just cosmetic atm and got no advantage or disatvantage

 

pen & paper to write notes

 

books you can read (quickbar seIect them)

 

 

This guy has it right.

[Dmize 3]

Pro Tip of the day.

 

You can stack 5.56 in 60 round stacks. Load it into a 60 round mag then unload it. They stay as 60 round groups.

 

(found by Redsaw66) :)

[IIvIIozzie 31]

Thanks guys, I'm not sure why I can't ever get pen+ paper to work. Can you explain how you get it to do so? I've tried every method I can think of but even though I have the option to write it doesn't work.

[IIvIIozzie 31]

bump

[Lemonater47 11]

When I got a chest holster I could put anything it in. Not just a pistol.

Though that was day one release. I didn't see any patch notes changing it though.

[BL1P 252]

Charcoal is used to counter the effects of drinking things like disinfectant.

 

Alcohol is used to clean wounds. right click. (it will make the sick tab appear in your inventory but will go once you get the green "wounds clean" message).

 

Saline bags have 2 types 1 is a single slot and has 0.9 in its description the other is 2 slots and is a full working bag. With the 1 slot saline you use the IV starter Kit and the saline together to create a 2 slot working bag.

You can only use the saline iv on someone else it cannot be self administered. 

 

You can disinfect all items in your inventory using the disinfectant spray. (no idea if this actually does anything yet).

 

You can store items in tkso shirts then use them as containers inside your backpack giving you 8 slots for 4 slots used. (better than protective cases and medkits.)

 

Antibiotics seem to help remove the sick tab in inventory (same as cleaning wounds).

 

Using the bipod seems to reduce the amount of off center aim needed on a mosin (tested a bit and seems to reduce the off center by about 50% for me).

 

All i can think of for now. :)

[How Do I Quickscope? 4]

Charcoal Tabs can be used to circumvent the negative effects of eating rotten fruit I believe, which is nice :D 

Could be wrong but that is what I've heard. I keep some on me in case I ever get held up and force fed rotten fruit like many stories I've seen. 

[IIvIIozzie 31]

I believe tkso shirts are only 6 slots? I've tried putting filled pants in my backpack and it won't let me. I'll test it more vigorously but I don't think storageception works anymore.

I'll test charcoal tabs more but from my initial tests they create more of a negative effect if anything. I strongly believe disinfect sprays does not currently work in the game, aside from making players sick. I wonder if you can force feed disinfect spray?  :) . Alcohol bottle seems to work okay, ;but be wary of antibiotics. On mulitple occasions they've made my character sick when they weren't and sicker when they were.