10 Tips: How Not To Get Shot As A Fresh Spawn

[StayAlive (DayZ) 169]

1. Don't run in an open field. Seriously, even a non bandit might shoot you because of your stupidness. Hopefully in the future, hordes of zombies will spawn and kill you or an attack heli. Maybe both at the same time. Yes, you CAN run in an open field if you take the chance and don't complain about it on a forum post, saying how bandits killed you on sight.

2. Use the vegetation for you advantage when travelling between populated areas.  You are harder to spot if well hidden.

3. Before entering villages/cities, what do you see? Any sniper's nest, any person hiding, sneaking around or doors open, but looked in the distance?

4. In a populated area, don't run in the middle of the road. It's kind of like you running in an open field, Hug the bloody walls and vegetation and use lean left/right to look inside and around buildings. 

5. Don't use any color on your body that is easily seen from a mile away. This means especially the yellow raincoat;)

6. Don't run all the time, try making less sound.

7. If someone shoots at you, try figure out where the sound comes from and circle around/sidestep from the sound.

8. Try looking for voices that sound like it might come from someone eating/drinking/walking or just talking gibberish.

9. You can't be killed if you can't bee seen.

10. Don't do 1-9 , but run like an idiot, pick up stuff or die trying. Basically the two ways you can survive as a spawn: Russian roulette or taking your time making sure you are safe all the time.

Edited January 28, 2014 by StayAlive

[Monkfish (DayZ) 339]

The above is excellent advice if you've already got some gear, but as a newspawn? Just get off the coast as fast as possible. A lot of bandits are shit shots (probably why they pick on defenceless Bambis) so you're better off standing up, raising your fists and legging it as fast as you can in land. If there are bandits in a spawn area, there's a good chance they will shoot you regardless of how you're moving if you're spotted, so you're better off moving as fast as possible. And besides, as a newspawn, you have literally nothing to lose so that's the best time to throw caution to the wind.

 

One thing that you did miss, however, is to visit the nearest well and fill up on water before moving off to find some gear otherwise you probably won't make it to your destination.

[JSparks (DayZ) 109]

stupidness

Hmmmm.

[StayAlive (DayZ) 169]

The above is excellent advice if you've already got some gear, but as a newspawn? Just get off the coast as fast as possible. A lot of bandits are shit shots (probably why they pick on defenceless Bambis) so you're better off standing up, raising your fists and legging it as fast as you can in land. If there are bandits in a spawn area, there's a good chance they will shoot you regardless of how you're moving if you're spotted, so you're better off moving as fast as possible. And besides, as a newspawn, you have literally nothing to lose so that's the best time to throw caution to the wind.

 

One thing that you did miss, however, is to visit the nearest well and fill up on water before moving off to find some gear otherwise you probably won't make it to your destination.

 

Nah, you will be fine if you follow at least some of the tips. I used to got north, but then i got tired of it and wanted to meet other spawns and bandits. Right now, i think it's actually quite hard to get killed if you just pay attention to what is around you. Btw: I did not mention the water, because water don't get you shot. Also: You can run without water/food for a riducosuly looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time;)

Edited January 29, 2014 by StayAlive

[DoxHoliday 51]

Good list.

 

Just a couple off the top of my head:

 

• After you loot a good haul of food,  sneak out of town to the woods (or at least a good distance away) to eat/drink. Do it at a crouch and look around, as it makes a lot of noise (way too much).
• Don't run along the tops of hills. This silhouettes your profile against the sky, making you easy to see at a distance.
• When covering a large distance while sprinting, stop, crouch, and look around 360, make sure you don't have a tail.

 

I like your #3 a lot - definitely good to watch a town first, see what's going on, zoom look and scan rooftops and towers for snipers, etc.

[Ozelot (DayZ) 394]

How not to get shot as a fresh spawn: Don't spawn in the coastal village I'm sniping in.

[Old_Crow_Whiskey 119]

 ...Just get off the coast as fast as possible...

This is like 75% of surviving the first 10 minutes^