Surviving Dayz 101

[Dazenil 0]

Last edit 26\6\2012

This thread will take only a few moment to read and will save you lots of hours in game. hope you like it , and here we go:

A) 1.When you start near the beach, check for Zeds, if clear Run for the woods.

2. If you start on a beach in a city\village, check for zeds, hide or run(crawl if zeds are around) for woods if possible.

B) 1. look around you, look for landmarks and land formation.

2. open www.dayzmap.info

3. find your location on the map

C) 1.your priority now is to find a weapon.

2. you have 2 options:

2.1 if you are far from a city , find the closest "deer stand" on the map and run for it, there will be 3\4 zeds guarding it. crawl to the tower and check it for weapons. if you find good if not, do 2.1 again.

2.2 if you are near a city (not a village) you can try to find a weapon there. there are certain building that have no Zeds in them. crawl through the city and try to find a weapon.

2.3 many players state that the best way in the beginning is to run to cherno \ electro and find all the equipment you need. It is risky but can be very rewarding. if hordes of zeds are on you just run into a building and exit from the other side.

D) 1. now that you have a weapon (and a weapon does not make it a lot easier) its time to find some very needed equipment:

2. hunting knife, matches, hatchet, compass\watch(if its day you can use the sun as compass). some food and water (preferably a Canteen or 2) just to survive.

E) 1.now that you have the basic equipment you can survive in the wilderness hunting and cooking meat. (dont forget its a good way to heal because every cooked meat restores 800 blood). water is not a problem because you can refill the canteen. only problem is ammo\bandages and most importantly those broken legs.

2. do not go into farms and garages , they are full of zeds mostly. loot deer stands\supermarkets in small towns\gas stations and so on. stay away from the big cities.

F)(extra bit) Crawl, Crawl, Crawl! so you conserve ammo and don't get engaged by mobs of zeds or show your position to bandits.

In the woods Run.

If zeds engage you while you Crawl get up and run into a building, and shoot in the head one by one.

don't reload untill the magazine is empty or you will be stuck with almost empty mags taking space in your inventory.

Good luck out there.

Will add more as it goes, will add other players Tips if needed.

for extra information check www.dayzwiki.com

hope you like it :angel: yours Dazenil

[clodan 0]

why would you crawl away from zombies if u are just starting and have nothing to loose??

Just run everywhere and loot cities... if u get better gear, then start getting worried about being killed...

[MikeRWO 0]

Thanks for the tips about the magazines! It definetely sets the game apart from run and gun games since your clips don't magically fill up :)

[jaginun 87]

why would you crawl away from zombies if u are just starting and have nothing to loose??

Just run everywhere and loot cities... if u get better gear' date=' then start getting worried about being killed...

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Yeah , for a newbie at the moment this is the best tactic. You will easily outrun and hide from zombies , an no one can get a shot at you because of how fast you are running.

[Dazenil 0]

i don't agree about running into a city like crazy and grabbing a weapon.

for a example:

you'v run into cherno or electro got into a building and found a weapon.

30 zeds on your rear entering the building and a bandit with a sniper rifle knows you are there and just wishes for another frag...

Idk... take it slow, you will survive longer.

[clodan 0]

i don't agree about running into a city like crazy and grabbing a weapon.

for a example:

you'v run into cherno or electro got into a building and found a weapon.

30 zeds on your rear entering the building and a bandit with a sniper rifle knows you are there and just wishes for another frag...

Idk... take it slow' date=' you will survive longer.

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man.. ive been alive for over a week... i have a group which i play with, and 30 zeds chasing you is not the end of the world... you can simply enter a house and exit through the back door, leaving all them behind...

not that hard :/

If u are still having doubts about my personal tactic to get in and out of a city, just check this post i recently made on another thread: http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=16292&pid=183484#pid183484

Thats the loot i got on 1 quick run to cherno :/

[Dazenil 0]

i don't agree about running into a city like crazy and grabbing a weapon.

for a example:

you'v run into cherno or electro got into a building and found a weapon.

30 zeds on your rear entering the building and a bandit with a sniper rifle knows you are there and just wishes for another frag...

Idk... take it slow' date=' you will survive longer.

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man.. ive been alive for over a week... i have a group which i play with, and 30 zeds chasing you is not the end of the world... you can simply enter a house and exit through the back door, leaving all them behind...

not that hard :/

If u are still having doubts about my personal tactic to get in and out of a city, just check this post i recently made on another thread: http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=16292&pid=183484#pid183484

Thats the loot i got on 1 quick run to cherno :/

ok - you can also do it won a server with 0 people. less zeds no bandits and all the loot.

but sometimes you spawn far from the main towns. what then an hour of running just to die.

and on decent servers with good numbers cherno and electro are empty of loot and full of bandits, zeds and other newly started.

[djkling 5]

The best weapon in my opinion is now the hatchet. I try and never engage zeds anyhow, so its good if one aggroes on me without having to aggro the rest with all the facking noise.

WHy should you sneak around early? 2 reasons

1) It gets you used to the mechanic and ready them for the future towns they need to enter

2) Its a simulator of sorts. Pretend its you life. Its much more intense.

[Dazenil 0]

The best weapon in my opinion is now the hatchet. I try and never engage zeds anyhow' date=' so its good if one aggroes on me without having to aggro the rest with all the facking noise.

WHy should you sneak around early? 2 reasons

1) It gets you used to the mechanic and ready them for the future towns they need to enter

2) Its a simulator of sorts. Pretend its you life. Its much more intense.

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I like your way of thinking =)

[Dazenil 0]

bump =P

[Phantomsmedia (DayZ) 1]

For one, when spawning, I immediately run for cherno. I don't run for the hills, as the time it would take to gather all the materials you mentioned would probably take 2hrs (If you are in the woods). If you go to cherno, you can just get everything in 20-30 minutes. If you die? So what, do it again. Play careful, and you won't need to try again, I've been through cherno tons of times. If you have 30 zombies after you, sprint to the nearest building and just walk out the other side.

I really suggest NOT running into the closest woods with nothing ( I might have in previous versions, where we had guns/supplies), as it simply takes longer. Plus, I think everyone can enjoy sprinting through cherno, screaming, "FRIENDLY IN CHERNO! YEEHAW!"

I used this city blitz tactic on my current character, and survived. I'm about 20 hours in with him, and not anywhere near dead. (Thx NVGs)

[Dazenil 0]

I have read the comments and will add the run into a big city.

thanx for the comments. =)

[Dazenil 0]

bump...

[Überlebender 0]

The first time I spawned after the "no starter weapon" update, i decided to apply the tactic of simply running into elektro and getting rid of Zs by entering a building and sneak away through the second entrance.

Well...I died miserably trying to leap over the barbed wire that was blocking the backdoor. I´ve gone back to avoiding Zs at all costs =)

[Dazenil 0]

The first time I spawned after the "no starter weapon" update' date=' i decided to apply the tactic of simply running into elektro and getting rid of Zs by entering a building and sneak away through the second entrance.

Well...I died miserably trying to leap over the barbed wire that was blocking the backdoor. I´ve gone back to avoiding Zs at all costs =)

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those barbed wires...

some ppl block key locations - so to enter them - you need to change server, enter it on that server. then go back to the first one. and presto you are in a blocked location. that probebly wasnt looted.