How To Be A Pro @ DayZ Standalone

[BennyDawg 10]

 First off, let's get started by what you spawn with.. Instert that battery into that flashlight, and take your shirt and tear it into rags in case you get hit by a zombie or some bandit ( & somehow survive ) . 

Food & Drinks : The next thing you will need to do is look for food and weapons. Food is your first priority because wether at idle or moving your character will use up energy. Bananas are the most effective, but are the rarest type of food to find at the moment. Canned Tuna is in almost every unlooted building, and it's the easiest can to open, since it does have a pull-back tab. Any sharp weapon will open any type of can, but the deadlier the weapon, the more the food will be depleted. Soda/Pop cans can be found just about anywhere and are the easiest way to get liquids you need to survive. Around the map you can find Canteens and Water Bottles that can be reused after drinking if filled up at a water source. 

Weapons : In most cases you aren't going to be lucky enough to spawn by Belota Air Field or Electro, so here's what you'll need to do to find good weapons. Check a Factory, Supermarket, Warehouse, Hospital, or anything that is not your ordinary house. The best Melee weapon in the game at this point is the Firehouse Axe ( Red, Black, and Yellow Axe ), great for taking out zombies silently and taking out unsuspecting foes with their gaurd down. Build your way up in weapons, don't try to go straght for a gun unless you're on a low populated server. Weapons don't spawn with clips or ammo, so you'll have to scavenge for that. 

Weapon & Ammo Spawns : Any of the 3 Military & Air Bases will have at least one M4, FNX, and Magnum. For the map click on the link : http://dayzdb.com/map#2.106.037 
All types of ammo will spawn in the Military and Air Bases. For the M4 and FNX you will have to find clips, but at the bases they are easy to find. The Magnum doesn't need a clip, just 6 bullets to be completely full. At the bases, there are Hangars, Guard Towers, and Tech Centers. All 3 of these facilities will have anyting you need to supply your frenzy for your killing sprees. Barracks are also located in Belota and the " Hidden " Base on the map. The Barracks can hold from Military Grade clothing to M4s and Ammo. 
The top room of the hospitals in any city that has a hospital will either spawn a Mosein or M4. You will not find M4 clips, but you can find Mosein ammo in 20 round packages that can be emptied. For your weapons you can have Scopes, Supressors, Bipods, Bayonets, Handguards, Buttstocks, and even different sized clips to fill your needs. Extra ammo you have can be stored in 300 round boxes round around the map so you can have more slots for other items needed. 

Surviving : You can't survive in DayZ for long and also have the full experience of the game if you run by yourself, get a group of friends or other players in the DayZ forums and team up to make a squad. You can hold people up for their items, kill randoms for fun, or just mess around. Whatever way you pick will be a good choice and make the game a whole lot more fun and exciting to play for you and your squad members 

Navigation : Check out www.DayZdb.com to find maps and other strategic ways to play the game 

Please Check out my YouTube Channel ( Benny Dawg ) http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9xf2G5_MhEhqijwiRSXJtw 

[Space Milk 195]

Although I already know most of this stuff (the hard way) I think this would be helpful for new players.

Nice job.

[Baarn 53]

 Bananas are the most effective

 

wat? :O

[Phantasm (DayZ) 57]

Regurgetating information that is either very common knowledge or has been stated in the basics of every other 'guide' doesn't make this a guide, just a repost and contributes nothing of value, unfortunately.

 

Ultimately, it seems to me at least, you post this simply as a lead up to advertise your YouTube channel.  I hate when people do that, personally.  I gave you some free downvotes for the trouble though.

[DevilDog (DayZ) 455]

Guess I am a 'pro' :|

[Guest]

 First off, let's get started by what you spawn with.. Instert that battery into that flashlight, and...

...THROW IT AWAY!

 

 

 

i appreciate every communitywork. but iam sorry to say, apart of that the most was posted in several others guides in this forum u published lotta flawed/partial informations

Edited January 12, 2014 by Guest

[djporternz 644]

...THROW IT AWAY!

 

i appreciate every communitywork. but iam sorry to say, apart of that the most was posted in several others guides in this forum u published lotta flawed/partial informations

No, no, no. Throw away the flashlight, but keep the battery. You'll need it for the scope you're going to put on that weapon when you find it. Think, people, think. Batteries don't grow on trees, you know!

 

And they make your tongue tingle when you lick them!

 

And to the OP: Very derivative post. Everything in it has been posted before. Except for the YouTube link. TBH, a simple post with that in the Gallery section would have sufficed.

 

Oh, and another thing, currently I've survived 28 days solo. But that's why they call me Dave No Friends!*

* Not really, I just work crap hours and the servers with acceptable ping are empty when I can play.

Edited January 12, 2014 by DJPorterNZ

[Korsbaek 1778]

M4 and FNX uses mags, not clips!

 

It really can't be that hard to understand!

[scull 11]

Regurgetating information that is either very common knowledge or has been stated in the basics of every other 'guide' doesn't make this a guide, just a repost and contributes nothing of value, unfortunately.

Ultimately, it seems to me at least, you post this simply as a lead up to advertise your YouTube channel. I hate when people do that, personally. I gave you some free downvotes for the trouble though.

I thought dayz was just zombies guess I was wrong there's trolls too.

Great post Benny will help loads .

ignore the troll.

Edited January 12, 2014 by Scull

[RestlessLegs 15]

hard to read when highlighted so didn't bother, thanks for wasting 15secs of my life to tell you this.

[BennyDawg 10]

I thought dayz was just zombies guess I was wrong there's trolls too.

Great post Benny will help loads .

ignore the troll.

Thanks I took my time and wrote it by myself & it means a lot

[BennyDawg 10]

Although I already know most of this stuff (the hard way) I think this would be helpful for new players.

Nice job.

Thanks a lot I appreciate it