"Hunting"

[tally2425 2]

Can you hunt animals on this game to gather food? 

 

 

Also i chopped down a tree last night and got some wood to make a fire and i had a matchbox but it didn't seem to want to work how do you make a fire?

 

I assume you need a fire to cook meat on when you kill animals(if you can)

[zanbato 48]

You'll need to combine a rag and a stick to create a fireplace kit. Place that on the floor and add a log, then use the matches to ignite it. When it comes to animals you need to kill them and then skin and quarter them using a knife to get meat. Place the meat on the fire until cooked.

Edited October 6, 2014 by zanbato

[tally2425 2]

You'll need to combine a rag and a stick to create a fireplace kit. Place that on the floor and add a log, then use the matches to ignite it. When it comes to animals you need to kill them and then skin and quarter them using a knife to get meat. Place the meat on the fire until cooked.

Thanks for the detailed reply, will help me on the hunt! i have come across some rags but not many are they a looted item or can you make them out of other items?

[BeaverProductions 441]

You can also use bandages/books/paper to combine with kindling to make a fireplace kit.  This is what you add the firewood to then light the fire with matches.  You can actually take the fireplace kit with you in your backpack, but I find it easier to just carry some sticks and always have some rags/bandages on me anyway.

 

You can make extra rags by right clicking on a t-shirt/bandanna/hoodies.

 

Kindling - Chop down a bush with an axe or chop down a larger tree and split the firewood into kindling or search the grass in first person to find some if you dont have an axe.

 

Once you kill your animal, skin and gut it with a knife/machete.  The better quality the knife, the better yield of meat you will receive.  

 

If you kill a deer you can make the hide that into a leather sack (20 slot).

 

Cook the meat in the fire slots - usually takes about 5 minutes but you have to watch it carefully as it will turn from cooked to burned very quickly.

 

Kill a pig and you can use the hide along  with rope and sticks to make a 25 slot backpack.

[Evil Minion 943]

You cannot really hunt because animals right now are dumb and easily killed. However, you can slaughter them if you have a gun (they will run away if you move too close - but not very far) and a knife to harvest meat from the corpse which you can cook on a fire. Careful though fires seem magically superpowered and will cook meat very fast. About three minutes and if you aren't careful you will have burned meat instead.

[tally2425 2]

Thanks guys, will be trying alot of things out tonight!

[Kirov (DayZ) 585]

Some more minor info:

 

1) add more firewood or stones (minable with pickaxes) for faster cooking;

 

2) stones can also improve axes from 'badly damaged' to 'damaged';

 

2) cooking time varies even with the same amount of wood/stones; I got results from 3 to 11 minutes, so you need to watch it as said above;

 

3) cooked steaks get burned in ca 10 seconds;

 

4) try to go for pristine or worn knives/machetes (bayonets won't work); worse condition yields little food;

 

5) the percentage yield decreases with every skinning/preparing, even if your knife stays at the same condition; for this reason, you may want to replace your pristine knife with a newly found pristine one;

 

6) meat seems very nutritious, taking little stomach volume for a great amount of energy and considerable hydration;

 

7) campfires don't warm you up indoors as of now

[tally2425 2]

Some more minor info:

 

1) add more firewood or stones (minable with pickaxes) for faster cooking;

 

2) stones can also improve axes from 'badly damaged' to 'damaged';

 

2) cooking time varies even with the same amount of wood/stones; I got results from 3 to 11 minutes, so you need to watch it as said above;

 

3) cooked steaks get burned in ca 10 seconds;

 

4) try to go for pristine or worn knives/machetes (bayonets won't work); worse condition yields little food;

 

5) the percentage yield decreases with every skinning/preparing, even if your knife stays at the same condition; for this reason, you may want to replace your pristine knife with a newly found pristine one;

 

6) meat seems very nutritious, taking little stomach volume for a great amount of energy and considerable hydration;

 

7) campfires don't warm you up indoors as of now

 

That's strange i was in a house last night and set up a fire and it warmed me up! thanks for the other pointers too :)

[DocWolf 146]

That's strange i was in a house last night and set up a fire and it warmed me up! thanks for the other pointers too :)

 

Some players report that fires in buildings are ok if they're on ground level, but from the first floor upwards they're bugged and produce no heat. AFAIK fires inside garages and/or barns produce heat: but I'm not sure they're treated as "buildings" by the game engine, and I never tried lighting a fire above ground level.

[Heeeere's johnny! 69]

Fireplaces, as a lot of other things (except for buildings, units and some invisible engine stuff), are treaded as "vehicles" by the game engine, if they "just lay there". They're not actually vehicles as cars or bikes, but they are handled the same way.

Edited October 7, 2014 by Heeeere's Johnny

[Calixus 48]

Sat around a fire on ground level in a house yesterday and it warmed me.

Went closer: my face was melting.

Went closer: I was burning. Ouch.

 

 

Btw. hunting: Killed a cow for the meat.

 

Am I right about that it is not possible to craft a backpack from cowhide as of yet?

And ... how long will raw meat in your backpack stay edible?

[BeaverProductions 441]

I think only deer and pig can be used to make a backpack

Edited October 8, 2014 by Beav

[barnabus 1708]

No one mentioned it so far but keep a very close eye on what you are cooking, as soon as it goes from raw to cooked get it out of the fire otherwise it will burn, as in not well done, as in it will, at least right now, make your ass sick.

[Jonah_Hobbes 171]

You'll need to combine a rag and a stick to create a fireplace kit. Place that on the floor and add a log, then use the matches to ignite it. When it comes to animals you need to kill them and then skin and quarter them using a knife to get meat. Place the meat on the fire until cooked.

 

I always understood a rag and stick was used by very overweight people to clean their nether regions. Hardly realistic DayZ that you can make a fire place out of it.

[ChainReactor 922]

Some players report that fires in buildings are ok if they're on ground level, but from the first floor upwards they're bugged and produce no heat.

 

Minor correction: They do produce heat, but on the ground level beneath the fireplace ( the server "drops" the heat through the floor just like it sometimes drops characters and breaks our legs, thankfully, fireplaces have no legs, but logs :) ) Tested this out by myself in a piano house ( fire on 1st floor, me warming up on ground level beneath it ).

Edited October 8, 2014 by ChainReactor

[sachad 1016]

I always understood a rag and stick was used by very overweight people to clean their nether regions. 

Bravo, sir!

 

On the subject of hunting: Is it at all possible to kill a boar or deer with a melee weapon? Me and a friend spent 30 minutes chasing after the same boar and never caught it, even when trying to corner it.

Edited October 8, 2014 by Sacha

[BeaverProductions 441]

Its tough, but if you get the right server with a little bit of lag, you can axe them to death :)

 

Killed a few pigs that way

[Mookie (original) 799]

I tend to run after deer because I find them sexually compelling. Not managed to hang on to one yet though.

 

Easier just to shoot them and then have your wicked way IME.

[lrp1984 199]

I tend to run after deer because I find them sexually compelling. Not managed to hang on to one yet though.

 

Easier just to shoot them and then have your wicked way IME.

 

Yeah, the Welsh and New Zealand players keep campaigning for Sheep to be added to the game..

[sachad 1016]

Maybe they only spawn on Welsh/NZ servers?

[Mookie (original) 799]

You're thinking of sheep.

 

I often think of sheep. Hang on, aren't there goats in DayZ?

[lrp1984 199]

You're thinking of sheep.

 

I often think of sheep. Hang on, aren't there goats in DayZ?

Yeah, and I always KOS any goat I see wearing a clown mask.

[Kirov (DayZ) 585]

And ... how long will raw meat in your backpack stay edible?

 

I'm not 100% sure, but I was carrying around raw steaks for a long time and they stayed ok, so I believe you don't need to worry. Also, there is no item like 'rotten meat'.

 

Interesting stuff about those campfires, thanks guys for the info.

[BeaverProductions 441]

Check out my video here at 3:30 to see how BOSS goats can be :)