An indepth guide for beginners Dayz'ers alike

[twingunz 308]

This guide is based off of the knowledge I have accumulated in my first few days of playing this will contain a short overview then a detailed breakdown of what you should do, what to look for and what to avoid.

1. What to do? (a short overview)

2. Water

3. Food

4. Guns

5. Zombies

6. What next?

1. What to do? (Overview)

First thing you should be doing when you spawn in is be looking for water as your guy before the game has even loaded will all ready be nagging you, you will spawn on the beach generally near a town that may or may not contain a water fountain, you can however also drink from lakes / rivers (but i believe you may get sick from that maybe someone can update me on this) if there is a road nearby follow it till you find some form of civilization as you have nothing to lose; except your pants and a torch.

If you're unable to locate water MOVE ON i can not stress this enough you need to move away from the shore and head deeper inland that is if you value your life, pressing into the smaller towns is where you will find a goldmine of items whereas wasting your breath digging through homes that have already been ransacked is just a waste of time. That said it is important to note keep moving BUT take your time as running burns up your food and water faster, walk from house to house, walk while searching and when it's time to be moving on then run your lil heart out but make sure to catch your breath every once in a while ;)

Once you've been through a few houses and sheds you should of found some food, water and some kind of melee weapon (best are axes but the fireman's axe reigns supreme they can generally found in sheds construction sites) if not refer to the tip before MOVE ON! someone is always behind you waiting to catch you standing about, wondering if you should or shouldn't eat that rotten kiwi.

Now that you've got a few supplies it's time to move deeper and head for a military base to really gear up these you need to hit hard and fast they are frequented often and comparing M4A1s as exciting as they are will get you shot / stabbed in the back and you can watch them loot you as it all fades to black.

Now that you're fully geared up go and live with the best survival chances you can have... i guess.

2. Water

 

With water i find it best to only carry 1 water bottle, in dayz mod i always tended to hoard food and water however this is a lot less of an issue as hoarding is now not needed if you drink whenever you find water and if its a tap spam it till your index finger is a bloody knob! you will know when you are full because your avatar will say 'i am full' (opposed to when you're full from eating they say 'my stomach is full', i believe that is the way to differentiate correct me if i am wrong) NOT 'i am satisfied' KEEP SPAMMING don't listen to the lies that's not even close to full (approx 50%) if you stop there you will get the 'i'm thirsty' within a few minutes so don't be afraid to spam it, you can over drink a little so don't be frightened, watch for the messages so just keep pressing that middle mouse button.

It is important you are full all the time and drink often as possible try not to use your bottle unless you start receiving messages you're bottle is your emergency, i have my current character about 8 hours alive and he has never needed to eat or drink from my personal supplies as i always drink when i see water.

IMPORTANT: If you have your one water bottle full and you come across another water bottle DO NOT leave it pick it up and drink that bitch, then throw away the empty trash all like fuck yo litter laws!

 

3. Food 

 

Is essentially the same as water, however drink all the soda cans you see and eat all fresh fruit you find ON THE SPOT! don't fill your bag full of fresh fruit and soda cans unless you're an idiot, you are just wasting precious bag space on a one use item i have two cans of food on me at all times (4 uses each =8 total uses for emergencies) they are the first two cans i ever found and i've never had to touch them.

When you find food stop and eat it again ON THE SPOT! why leave it there to rot, eat all food you find on the spot and you'll maintain a full stomach! (again same as water 'i am satisfied' IS NOT a full stomach) but if your stomach is full then leave it there for your fellow survivors, i do and 'm sure because i do they'll eventually catch up to me, kill me, rape me, then eat my sweet sweet flesh, cock n balls first; yummy.

4. Guns

Not much to be said here they are guns they shoot things and those said things die, that said guns aren't ideal for zombies they make noise thus attract more zombies and give off your location to near by players especially if you're just standing around wasting ammo on zombies, No, Stop, Bad.

 

Guns i find are better as a deterrent for other players so ALWAYS walk with your gun out as when a zombie comes at you, you normally have time to swap to your melee and if not it's easy enough to run around a little to create some space then swap to your trusty axe, it takes all but 3 seconds of your time, where as a player with a gun who spots you won't be as easy to avoid while you clumsily try and change from your axe to a gun all the while hoping you don't accidently cancel your action while you're in a panic; always be prepared.
 

5. Zombies

 

Zombies are easy to exploit due to their 'position based, locational attack dooba' (official name blame rocket... *dodgy eyes*) what do i mean by that well! they chase you by updating your last known location this updates every second or so, SO because of this just run in a circle and they can NEVER keep up with you as your position is always changing so you'll be slapping dey ass while they're still chasing your location from moments ago in an endless, hopeless loop of butt spankin' doom.

6. Whats Next

 

Well this part i don't know as this is where i am currently stuck at the moment, I've got my character to survive for almost 24 hours (real time) probably 8+ hours actual game time, he's decked out got SO many meds and SO much ammo and i'm always moving so food and water is never an issue so what do i do from here i guess.... write a forum post about what you found! 

Notes:

Be friendly most often other players are just like you and are like spiders 'as scared of you as you are of them' press f1 and hope you don't die or just be a pompous ass and shoot everyone on site while making them hate you just as much as the rest of the world does :)

 

I have only died twice by players in my first few days and encountered dozens of other players but i play lone wolf style but I will stop to help a player in need but i tend to stay outside of populated areas and have grown rich doing so!

I hope this is helpful to someone thought i might share some of what i've learnt and hope it keeps you alive!

Edited December 20, 2013 by twingunz

[Heshelope 4]

this guide is so much more helpful than the one that is pinned, thanks man

[twingunz 308]

No thank you for the compliment and your time, I hope it helped!

[twingunz 308]

here's a jerkish bump as i think this is helpful, so sue me!