how many characters

[Tomka 1]

Hi all,

I just bought the game a couple weeks ago, and what a learning curve. :)

I have a 3pp and a 1pp character on 2 "official" servers.  I would like to try out a "community" server with a fresh spawn.  Can I join another server without affecting my 2 existing characters?

Can I have 3 characters?    4?

Thanks in advance.

[TheCreeper (DayZ) 3565]

If you start on a private hive server, you're official characters do not transfer, so, in short, yes

[Tomka 1]

Thanks Creeper, I'll head over to US 3 friendly and practice killing zombies.

[odin_lowe 3686]

US-3 Colony PVE is a great way to start, but be wary that there are still some killers there. They get banned, but only through the report process.

I also have a character on 3PP public and one on 1PP public, but mostly play on private hives, and have about 10 different characters on them...  (DayZ Underground US and EU, DayZ Colony, OldSchool Hardcore, Gents of Novo, etc.)

Be sure to add the private servers you play on to your favorites (click on the star on the left of the server name) and use the browser filters to quickly access them after.

Safe travels survivor.