Map Spawns

[Plasma49 7]

Any tips for common places to find maps? 

The wiki says they spawn in Residential and General military but which buildings?

Thanks 

Plasma

[nighhawk 41]

Extremely common in cars.  You can also find a full map by pressing shift+tab, then clicking web browser at the bottom left and type in dayzdb.

[Plasma49 7]

Where is the highest number of cars? (Excluding Cherno and Elektro)

[MT-Klips 12]

Gas stations and cars are where I have found the majority of maps.

[Korsbaek 1778]

Where is the highest number of cars? (Excluding Cherno and Elektro)

 

There are a lot of cars at the apartments north of Cherno.

[Plasma49 7]

There are a lot of cars at the apartments north of Cherno.

Thanks :)

Anywhere further up north?  

[InflatedLyric 39]

I find plenty of pieces, but I have never found the whole map.  I know they can be combined, but I just never had the right pieces to have the whole of the map.  I don't really feel like it is a worthwile endeavor to specifically search for the map.  Sure check the cars if you see them, but run across the map to find the 4 car spawn you were told about? Not sure it is worth that kind of effort.

 

Having said that:  There are a few cars (3 iirc) by the warehouse and train station area (parking lot is behind the school) just NW of Lopatino.  Also there are 4 vehicles parked at the train station outside Gvozdno.  I do not think anything spawns in the brown van, never found anything myself.

 

I find plenty of pieces in sheds.  Specifically in NWAF if you move from the firehouse to the northern barracks, there is a shed that you can use to cut through the fence into the warehouse area and another one on the other end to let you back out.  I seem to find pieces in the south shed almost everytime I go through it.  There is a similar shed, by the 2 northern hangars and I have found a map piece in there too.

[mrzee 8]

Random, I just picked up an item called map, had the whole map on it. Didn't have to bugger around with pieces..

[BadAsh (DayZ) 1513]

Maps are extremely common in apartment buildings, which means in the larger towns.

[nighhawk 41]

Guys there is an easy alternative to finding maps called dayzdb. Google it.

Edited January 11, 2014 by kg360

[accurize 10]

I've found them in police stations also. I showed a few my good map loot locations in my map tutorial video. The apartment buildings are a good spot also in my experience, forgot about that one.

[marsmars 155]

cars and train stations

[mrzee 8]

What is the point of the in-game map btw? it seems completely useless, can't set waypoints (at least none that show you where to go).

 

I'd rather use DayDB

[DropBearChick 1217]

Those industrial sheds