6-slot respawn care package

[Red_Ensign 990]

I've been finding yellow cases everywhere the last few days, so I've started dropping care packages for respawns at water pumps a respawn would probably pass.  right now I'm just throwing in a water bottle and 4 slots of food.  but I was thinking maybe there's something else a respawn might need more.  like maybe a storage vest and a rope and a burlap sack?  etc etc

so the question is:  if you've just respawned and you find a yellow case at a well, what would you hope would be in there?

(no, I'm not putting in 6 stacks of .308)

Edited August 20, 2016 by Red_Ensign

[-Gews- 7443]

Magnum, one box of .357 and a 2-slot checkered shirt.

[Red_Ensign 990]

1 hour ago, -Gews- said:

Magnum, one box of .357 and a 2-slot checkered shirt.

that's 7 slots. :-p  and I'm generally opposed to leaving weapons and ammo.  we don't exactly need more armed douches on the coast.

[-Gews- 7443]

47 minutes ago, Red_Ensign said:

that's 7 slots. :-p  and I'm generally opposed to leaving weapons and ammo.  we don't exactly need more armed douches on the coast.

2-slot shirt takes up only 1 slot, hehe. This bad boy:

[Tigermonk 140]

6 slot care package.
good idea!

my pick?

1 stone knife
1 bottle of water*
2 cans of food
1 burlap
1 rope**

*=the water bottle
is not really that necessary since you can run towards a pump with relative ease..
and apple trees are still around so.. hydration isn't the issue here. 

why?
6 slots of must have survival gear. the rest can be crafted with relative ease.

1 stone knife:

cuts branches for a spear/improv fishing rod or fire starting
cuts bark for firestarting (combine bark and sticks for fire plow idea)
can be attached to a long stick to make a spear (if you find some duct tape which is easy enough if you know where to look)
cuts up shirts into rags/burlap strips
skins animals
ONLY TAKES 1 SLOT 

2 cans of beans
for your energy (since peaches are no longer king :( ) (again not really necessary because apple trees are a thing) 

1 burlap sack
for obvious use (improvised backpack)

**=1 rope
again not really needed.. because if you know anything about dayz (about 100 hours playtime) you'd know how to make an improvised rope
which again can be done with some good old fashion scavenging and a stone knife..

but if I was a complete beginner at this game... and had NO clue where I was or what I was doing..
those would be the ideal things I'd like to find.
nice idea man +1

(currently going towards 600 hours myself..)

Edited August 21, 2016 by Tigermonk

[Mookie (original) 799]

12 hours ago, Red_Ensign said:

I've been finding yellow cases everywhere the last few days, so I've started dropping care packages for respawns at water pumps a respawn would probably pass.  right now I'm just throwing in a water bottle and 4 slots of food.  but I was thinking maybe there's something else a respawn might need more.  like maybe a storage vest and a rope and a burlap sack?  etc etc

so the question is:  if you've just respawned and you find a yellow case at a well, what would you hope would be in there?

(no, I'm not putting in 6 stacks of .308)

Aha! I thought that might be you - found one in the main street in Stary yesterday. I ate the powdered milk and replaced it with a silenced Glock with a mag and some rounds that I'd found in the police station...

 

[emuthreat 2837]

11 hours ago, Tigermonk said:

can be attached to a long stick to make a spear (if you find some duct tape which is easy enough if you know where to look)  I would love to see a picture of this item, the spear crafted with stone knife as the tip.

2 cans of beans  Tactical bacon has approximately 2.95 times as many calories, at around 58% of the stomach volume of baked beans; leaving room for two more drinks of  well-water to make up for the 298ml difference between the beans and bacon, and leaving the player with 1,796 more calories than two cans of beans would have given them.
for your energy (since peaches are no longer king :( ) (again not really necessary because apple trees are a thing) 

but if I was a complete beginner at this game... and had NO clue where I was or what I was doing..
those would be the ideal things I'd like to find.
nice idea man +1  That's why you leave notes with contact information.  Worst case scenario, you get taken advantage of and get a nemesis to hunt down.  Because sometimes, a nice-idea man can help you find all of those things for yourself, thus breaking the poverty cycle by ending the welfare state.

 

I would leave pot-cooked lard x2, animal guts, 10 bones, and rope.

Edited August 21, 2016 by emuthreat

[Red_Ensign 990]

1 hour ago, emuthreat said:

I would leave pot-cooked lard x2, animal guts, 10 bones, and rope.

the rope would be to hang myself after I ate guts and boiled lard. :-D

[irl-calibre 744]

1 x bottle of water

1 x cooked stake

1 x compass

1 x map

1 x can opener

 

[Tigermonk 140]

15 hours ago, emuthreat said:

I would leave pot-cooked lard x2, animal guts, 10 bones, and rope.

here you go... spear in .59 and prob. hasn't changed

[emuthreat 2837]

On 8/21/2016 at 3:00 PM, Red_Ensign said:

the rope would be to hang myself after I ate guts and boiled lard. :-D

Guts and bones are to rig up an improvised fishing pole; so you can use the rope for an improvised bag. LOL GWIZ

15 hours ago, Tigermonk said:

here you go... spear in .59 and prob. hasn't changed

That spear was crafted using bone for a tip, which I was aware of already.  You said a stone knife could be affixed to the end of a spear, which I have never seen or heard of yet.  >>"can be attached to a long stick to make a spear (if you find some duct tape which is easy enough if you know where to look)"

Nice try... : )

[Whyherro123 2283]

2 hours ago, emuthreat said:

Guts and bones are to rig up an improvised fishing pole; so you can use the rope for an improvised bag. LOL GWIZ

That spear was crafted using bone for a tip, which I was aware of already.  You said a stone knife could be affixed to the end of a spear, which I have never seen or heard of yet.  >>"can be attached to a long stick to make a spear (if you find some duct tape which is easy enough if you know where to look)"

Nice try... : )

As far as I know, the spear can only be crafted using a bit of bone and a stick. No need for cordage.

Which ...... to be entirely honest, is bumfuck stupid. If you crafted the spear with the stone knife, it would be a great "newbie" weapon, as it doesn't take any resources you can't get on your own.

With bone required, that means you need to kill an animal or a person, and have the tools needed to skin/quarter the corpse ...... which means you already have an effective melee weapon.

http://rs215.pbsrc.com/albums/cc280/bleurgh_bucket/facepalm.jpg~c200

That pic pretty much sums up with my opinion of most of the crafting design conditions Day Z has made so far.

A simple spear should be craftable with just a stick. Break off the end, or rub it on the ground, and sharpen the tip

Make an "improvised spear" with a stone knife and a stick

Make an "Improved spear" with a knife and a stick.

Of course, the spear is a particularly shitty weapon anyways, so who would bother? The stone knife it and of itself is a better weapon.

As for the "care package", throw in a burlap sack, some rope, a stone knife, and a bottle of water. That, in and of itself, will allow the freshspawn to carry and craft almost anything they need.