Surviving Day 1 in DayZ

[tamashii 10]

oh and there's no such town kambiwobo! It's kamyshovo, those are cyrillic letters!

Noooo, does that mean theres no such place as Bepechenko too?? :)

[Zombly 0]

And there IS an ingame map, but it's tricky. The map is split into 4 quadrants. You might loot one of the quadrants (NE, SE, NW, SW) or a half a map (N, S, E, W). The parts can be combined to make a whole map. You access the map by putting it in your toolbar then hitting the corresponding button. Unfortunately it doesn't give you an icon or "You Are Here", but it will center on your general area. That is ONLY IF you are in the section of the map that you have in your inventory.

 

TBH, I never use it. After playing a few hundred hours you'll know the map by heart, and can use the Dayzdb or iZurvive map to guide you in less familiar areas.

 

Hope that's helpful.

 

Yes, I found a few of those maps, thanks.  And realised that each was incomplete.  You're right though - the DayZdb and iZurvive maps are more accessible. 

[dayy 173]

Practice makes perfect, dont worry bout dying it will happen a lot :P

 

For advice, I say try finding a group of people to play with. For myself, having a clan of like minded individuals has made surviving much easier, and DayZ much more fun :D

[Etherimp 1323]

The best way to get healthy is to find a bag of rice, "eat all", then drink until hydrated and/or full.. Rice and maybe a few small food stuffs should get you well into "energized" territory, but as stated above, it dehydrates you, so it's always better to eat first, then drink, so you avoid becoming too "full" off of water, and unable to eat to the point you need to be.

 

If you can't find rice, Dried milk is the next best.. Followed by Cereal. Dried milk is great once you get energized because it only takes up 1 inventory spot and it's the biggest bang for your buck. Also, canned foods such as beans and sardines are a good balance of energy/hydration. Beans being the better of the canned variety. Fruits and vegetables are okay to hold yourself over but it would be very difficult to live on them alone.

 

Your first aim should be to get Energized/Hydrated, and once "full", do not carry food in your inventory except for maybe 1-4 canned foods for backup, along with a canteen. Always keep at least 1 full canteen, because you dehydrate faster than you go hungry.

 

 

As far as finding your location, and dealing with Zeds..

 

1. Zeds can be dealt with easily with any melee weapon including fists.. Simply side strafe to the right and swing at head level to the left.. The zombies cannot hit you as long as you are side-strafing.

 

2. Do not engage zombies inside of buildings. Do not begin using an "action" or distract yourself with looting while there are active zombies about. 

 

3. There are landmarks which can tell you your general location/area on the map. For example.. 

 

Berezino = Large, spread out, has a long dock area, police station, apartments, and it's the only place on the map with 2 grocery stores.

Solnichny = Has a quarry in the western hillside, and a factory to the north.

Elektro = Has 2 firestations, 1 which is at a powerplant.

Cherno = Has a large industrial area, a powerplant on the west side of town and a construction area on the east..

Stary Sobor = Has a large red industrial barn on the southish side of town by some barns, and has a sister city "Novy Sobor" which is slightly smaller, has a church, and a large grouping of industrial buildings.

Rify = The ship.

Svetlojorsk = The new town in the far north, built on the coast and somewhat of a mountain town.. North of Rify, East of North East Airfield.

 

Just a few off the top of my head.. Study the online map thoroughly and you will begin to get an idea of what things look like. You can pull it up by pressing Shift+tab in game, then typing "www.dayzdb.com" in the browser.. Some people may consider this "cheap" or "meta", and if wish to explore and learn on your own that is your choice, but if you ever get lost and are frustrated, you may want to use it as a last resort.

 

Compass and map combined can be used to great effect by a clever person.

[Zombly 0]

Practice makes perfect, dont worry bout dying it will happen a lot :P

 

For advice, I say try finding a group of people to play with. For myself, having a clan of like minded individuals has made surviving much easier, and DayZ much more fun :D

 

Yeah, my thoughts exactly.  The problem I have now is that I suck so bad that I'm sticking to noob friendly servers.  And, in the hope that there might be something left to scavenge, I'm also sticking to low pop servers.  With the result that I hardly ever bump into other players.  And when I do, they get startled and shoot at me.  Badly!  :lol:

 

I'm trying to build up some reasonable gear so that I'm not cannon fodder for the KOS asswipes.  And I really don't want to join with a group of guys who're doing well, so that I can hide behind their competence.  Jesus, who wants that?  :blush:

 

Nah, I'll just have to quit whinin,' man up and grab this game by the balls.  Or die trying.  :rolleyes:

 

Thanks man.  Appreciate the advice.  :)

[Zombly 0]

 

The best way to get healthy is to find a bag of rice, "eat all", then drink until hydrated and/or full.. Rice and maybe a few small food stuffs should get you well into "energized" territory, but as stated above, it dehydrates you, so it's always better to eat first, then drink, so you avoid becoming too "full" off of water, and unable to eat to the point you need to be.

 

If you can't find rice, Dried milk is the next best.. Followed by Cereal. Dried milk is great once you get energized because it only takes up 1 inventory spot and it's the biggest bang for your buck. Also, canned foods such as beans and sardines are a good balance of energy/hydration. Beans being the better of the canned variety. Fruits and vegetables are okay to hold yourself over but it would be very difficult to live on them alone.

 

Your first aim should be to get Energized/Hydrated, and once "full", do not carry food in your inventory except for maybe 1-4 canned foods for backup, along with a canteen. Always keep at least 1 full canteen, because you dehydrate faster than you go hungry.

 

 

As far as finding your location, and dealing with Zeds..

 

1. Zeds can be dealt with easily with any melee weapon including fists.. Simply side strafe to the right and swing at head level to the left.. The zombies cannot hit you as long as you are side-strafing.

 

2. Do not engage zombies inside of buildings. Do not begin using an "action" or distract yourself with looting while there are active zombies about. 

 

3. There are landmarks which can tell you your general location/area on the map. For example.. 

 

Berezino = Large, spread out, has a long dock area, police station, apartments, and it's the only place on the map with 2 grocery stores.

Solnichny = Has a quarry in the western hillside, and a factory to the north.

Elektro = Has 2 firestations, 1 which is at a powerplant.

Cherno = Has a large industrial area, a powerplant on the west side of town and a construction area on the east..

Stary Sobor = Has a large red industrial barn on the southish side of town by some barns, and has a sister city "Novy Sobor" which is slightly smaller, has a church, and a large grouping of industrial buildings.

Rify = The ship.

Svetlojorsk = The new town in the far north, built on the coast and somewhat of a mountain town.. North of Rify, East of North East Airfield.

 

Just a few off the top of my head.. Study the online map thoroughly and you will begin to get an idea of what things look like. You can pull it up by pressing Shift+tab in game, then typing "www.dayzdb.com" in the browser.. Some people may consider this "cheap" or "meta", and if wish to explore and learn on your own that is your choice, but if you ever get lost and are frustrated, you may want to use it as a last resort.

 

Compass and map combined can be used to great effect by a clever person.

The best way to get healthy is to find a bag of rice, "eat all", then drink until hydrated and/or full.. Rice and maybe a few small food stuffs should get you well into "energized" territory, but as stated above, it dehydrates you, so it's always better to eat first, then drink, so you avoid becoming too "full" off of water, and unable to eat to the point you need to be.

 

If you can't find rice, Dried milk is the next best.. Followed by Cereal. Dried milk is great once you get energized because it only takes up 1 inventory spot and it's the biggest bang for your buck. Also, canned foods such as beans and sardines are a good balance of energy/hydration. Beans being the better of the canned variety. Fruits and vegetables are okay to hold yourself over but it would be very difficult to live on them alone.

 

Your first aim should be to get Energized/Hydrated, and once "full", do not carry food in your inventory except for maybe 1-4 canned foods for backup, along with a canteen. Always keep at least 1 full canteen, because you dehydrate faster than you go hungry.

 

 

As far as finding your location, and dealing with Zeds..

 

1. Zeds can be dealt with easily with any melee weapon including fists.. Simply side strafe to the right and swing at head level to the left.. The zombies cannot hit you as long as you are side-strafing.

 

2. Do not engage zombies inside of buildings. Do not begin using an "action" or distract yourself with looting while there are active zombies about. 

 

3. There are landmarks which can tell you your general location/area on the map. For example.. 

 

Berezino = Large, spread out, has a long dock area, police station, apartments, and it's the only place on the map with 2 grocery stores.

Solnichny = Has a quarry in the western hillside, and a factory to the north.

Elektro = Has 2 firestations, 1 which is at a powerplant.

Cherno = Has a large industrial area, a powerplant on the west side of town and a construction area on the east..

Stary Sobor = Has a large red industrial barn on the southish side of town by some barns, and has a sister city "Novy Sobor" which is slightly smaller, has a church, and a large grouping of industrial buildings.

Rify = The ship.

Svetlojorsk = The new town in the far north, built on the coast and somewhat of a mountain town.. North of Rify, East of North East Airfield.

 

Just a few off the top of my head.. Study the online map thoroughly and you will begin to get an idea of what things look like. You can pull it up by pressing Shift+tab in game, then typing "www.dayzdb.com" in the browser.. Some people may consider this "cheap" or "meta", and if wish to explore and learn on your own that is your choice, but if you ever get lost and are frustrated, you may want to use it as a last resort.

 

Compass and map combined can be used to great effect by a clever person.

 

 

Wow man!  Just wow!  Now that's good stuff right there.  :)   I checked out some of your vids: Episode 1: V for Vigilantes and Episode 2: Balota Revengence.  Loved both and subbed.   Exactly how I had anticipated playing when I bought the game!  Exactly!  :D  

 

I guess what I'm finding frustrating now is getting there.  previous coop games I've played, you're geared and ready to go from the get go.  It's just a matter of upgrading.  With DayZ, it seems that the lack of dedicated servers and imperfect game engine, conspire to make pvp the most likely option for coop, 'cos there aren't enough zoms (okay then - zeds  ;) ) to makes it interesting.  The downside to this is that players get used to killing other players by default and some players are happy to camp noob spawning areas for fun.  Ah well - it takes all sorts, I suppose.  I like your response to campers though.  :D 

 

You've given me something to aspire to.  Thanks for that.  You've got a good crew there.  I hope to be part of a similar screw some day.  :D

[Etherimp 1323]

 

 

Wow man!  Just wow!  Now that's good stuff right there.  :)   I checked out some of your vids: Episode 1: V for Vigilantes and Episode 2: Balota Revengence.  Loved both and subbed.   Exactly how I had anticipated playing when I bought the game!  Exactly!  :D  

 

I guess what I'm finding frustrating now is getting there.  previous coop games I've played, you're geared and ready to go from the get go.  It's just a matter of upgrading.  With DayZ, it seems that the lack of dedicated servers and imperfect game engine, conspire to make pvp the most likely option for coop, 'cos there aren't enough zoms (okay then - zeds  ;) ) to makes it interesting.  The downside to this is that players get used to killing other players by default and some players are happy to camp noob spawning areas for fun.  Ah well - it takes all sorts, I suppose.  I like your response to campers though.  :D 

 

You've given me something to aspire to.  Thanks for that.  You've got a good crew there.  I hope to be part of a similar screw some day.  :D

 

 

Awesome man! Glad to hear you enjoyed the videos.. Some of the later ones are much better than the first few as I improved on my editing a lot. Check out some of the later ones, or even some of the DayZ mod ones if you're interested. I've been playing with Kossuth and Hoff Suppressant for over a year now, and we're a pretty solid crew in DayZ Vanilla. Right now the PVP is the main focus of most people in DayZ SA because there's no vehicles and the zeds aren't nearly as scary as they were in the mod.. Plus in the mod, there's a lot of other things to worry about like infection and such.. Those types of medical conditions/debuffs really force cooperation. Not saying the mod is "better", because I'm sure all of that stuff is coming to DayZ SA in the near future; but it definitely foreshadows what SA will become eventually. 

[Yuval 221]

Eh ..... Bal'shoye spaseeba ........... Ya nee paneemayoo!  :blush:

 

 

Will do,  Thank you.  :)

 

 

Haha I'm not russian, gotcha! :D

[outlaw1198 34]

dude if you want a map the head over to: (http://dayzdb.com/map) it is a map with the lootspawns mapped on it plus the town names