Information you probably need to know, but had no idea.

[tandwan 250]

So this is going to be a thread for stuff people need to know, but didn't, and wouldn't unless they looked here or spent the time WE did to get something working. So without further delay:

1. Cooking.

From my own personal experiences i'm going to relate the basic ways to cook food in this game. You're going to need a source of heat, be it a mini-stove, or a fireplace, or a fireplace in a house. So let's start with a mini-stove.

A. Mini-stoves can cook food if there is a pot attached to it. This can be anything from mushrooms you find on the ground to meat you may have gathered while skinning a human or an animal of some sort. There are mixed reports if you can get sick from eating raw food as some say you can, and others say you can't. For now we are going to play it safe and cook the meat or fruit/vegetable we have gathered. First you need a mini-stove, the types.xml files says Mini-stoves will spawn in Industrial spawn locations, so keep an eye out when running through those areas. Once you find a stove, you're going to need some gas to fuel your stove, these also can be found in Industrial spawn locations. Once you have both items, place the stove in your hand and then drag the gas to mini-stove in your hand. It should combine showing the canister now connected to the stove. Now let's find the third piece you will need, and that's a pot to cook your items in. Cooking pots can be found randomly in any town or village house, sometimes on the floor, or tables, or elsewhere. Once you have your pot, attach that to your stove / gas and once again you should see it connected. Now that we're sure the item isn't bugged, detach your pot by taking all the items in your hand and removing the pot back to your inventory. Place the items you want cooked into the pot and then fill the pot with water from any source that is pure. These pure sources can be from wells, or from bottles / canteen that you have found water in and purified with purification tablets. Fill the pot completely, and add the items you want cooked to the pot and finally attach it back to your stove. Place the stove on the ground and hover your crosshair over it, you should see an action that says turn-on. Once you've turned it on you should hear the sounds of boiling water and see a slight steam coming off of it. The sounds will change when the food  is cooked and the smoke slightly changes color. Once this happens, pull the pot off, check the food (it should be slightly brown and also say 'boiled') and if complete, remove the items you have boiled. Congratulations, you've safely cooked your first items with a cooking pot.

B. A Fireplace can also be used to cook items, albeit one at a time. (You can cook with a pot, however I have not tried to do so as I don't feel like carrying a tri-pod.) To make a basic fire you will need sticks, tinder,  and something to light the fire with (for simplicity sake we will assume you have matches). In order to do all this you will need a cutting tool of some sort be it an axe, knife, hatchet, or sharpened stone. Let's start with getting fuel, take your cutting tool and go to a bush, we're going to cut down the bush and gather a long stick (when you finish cutting the stick will appear on the ground). Once you have this, put it on your back, you will need this later. Now go to another bush and repeat this action until you have two long sticks. Take your cutting tool and put it in your hand once more, then grab the other long stick and drag it over the cutting tool. You will get an action that says split into thirds, do this, and you now have three short sticks and one long stick on your back. With all of this, go to a tree and with your sharp cutting tool, look at the tree until you get the action to cut off bark, do this and you will see the bark at your feet. Now, take the tree sticks and the bark and combine them, you will see the action to craft a fireplace, do this. Once this is done you should see the fireplace in your local area on the ground, go ahead and add the two other small sticks you have to this. Once done, take the matches you have in your hand and look at the fireplace until you have the option to light it. Do so. Now, take the long stick off your back and add a piece of whatever you are cooking to it. Point the stick towards the now lit fire and you should see an action to cook over fire. This will start a cycle wheel in front of you when you start the action, this indicates you are cooking the item on the stick. When this cycles once, it will signify that you have successfully cooked the one item. Doing any more cycles will burn the food, which will make you sick if you eat it.

 

C: Cooking with a house fire is done exactly as you see above except when you create the fireplace you will be pointing at a house fireplace, and it will give you the action to craft in the shelter. Once this is done, you can do as you did with the mini-stove and add a pot to it and cook your food this way. I have found cooking with a house fireplace easier as you can stay close to the fire, stay warm and see the item you are cooking in the local area so you know when it is done.

Warning : Cooking with a pot and NOT adding water to it will cause your cooking to fail every time and your food WILL burn. There's no way around it. I -think- you can use fat, but i'm not 100% sure and again we're going with what I know WORKS.

(more to come in the following posts, add more to this so others can see!)

Edited December 26, 2018 by tandwan
Added warning,

[tandwan 250]

2. Ghillie suits and you

 

Ghillie suits are a crafted item made with burlap sacks and netting. Netting can be found along the coast in industrial spawns and in the boats you find along the waters edge. Burlap sacks can be found in most industrial spawns, but I have found them in farms as well. In order to craft a Ghillie suit you will need some burlap strips and netting, let's start by making a Ghillie head cover and i'll let you figure the rest out for yourself. In order to make a ghillie head cover you will need the following items: One cutting tool, one netting, and two burlap bags. Let's take the two burlap bags one at a time and place them over your cutting tool, you should get the option to cut them into strips : Do so. Once you have cut both of your bags up, you will have two burlap strips. Take the netting you have into your hand and drag the two strips over it. You should get two options : Craft Gun Wrap, and Craft Head Cover, we're going for a head cover so let's do that. Craft the head cover and once complete it will appear in your local area, pick this up and put it on your hand. Congratulations, you've crafted your first ghillie piece!

Bonus : Take the ghillie piece off your hand and put it on the ground. Taking a low caliber weapon, shoot the ghillie head wrap. Pick the wrap up, it should be damaged. With duct tape, repair the ghillie wrap until it is worn. The item will still appear tan to you, but if you drop it on the ground the Ghillie head cover will be green. Place it on your head and it will be tan, however, everyone else will see it as green.

Edited December 26, 2018 by tandwan

[tandwan 250]

3. Improvised backpack.

 

In order to make an improved backpack we will need a couple of things:
A: A burlap sack (Found in most industrial spawns, or farms)
B: Two (2) sticks (Use a cutting tool and chop down a bush, then use the cutting tool on the long stick to create two short sticks. You can also use an Ax/Hatchet on a log, but let's assume you're a fresh spawn)
C: Rope (Rope spawns in industrial areas but you can also craft one with twelve (12) rags in two piles of six (6) by combining them together)

The first step is to create a courier bag. This is created by using your burlap sack and dragging your rope over the bag and you will get an action to craft the items together, doing so will cause it to either spawn on your back, or the ground, depending on the DayZ Gods whims.Now that we have a courier bag, let's craft a improvised backpack. Take the short sticks into your hand and drag your courier bag over them (insure the bag is empty). You will get an action to craft an improvised bag, once you do this it will either spawn on your back or the ground.

 

Improvised backpacks have a dull brown color that blends in better then Talloon backpacks and has more room to them then a school backpack. In fact, an improvised backpack has the same space as a Talloon backpack.

 

[DiddyGee 0]

Nice job taking the time to write all that mate, Thanks. 

[pharoah 6]

would be good to write up something on crafting (ie. what you can craft) and storing items eg. tents, barrels and especially burying stuff in the ground (which i only found out about yesterday lol).

[Parazight 1599]

Next week,

the fire-barrel epiphany, the journey of self discovery, zen, and the art of motorcycle repair.

[pilgrim* 3514]

On 1/31/2019 at 10:06 PM, Parazight said:

Next week,

the fire-barrel epiphany, the journey of self discovery, zen, and the art of motorcycle repair.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero's_journey