Some good tips for some nubs :]

[Bubbs 10]

Hey there survivor people of Chernarus, here, are some helpfull tips to start you off on the right track!

PLEASE remember this is MY way of playing, and i think it is a fair way to play, and these tips always work for me :) So please don't hate. If anything, suggest more useful tips to me and i will add them in, or if you feel one is incorrect or misleading, please approach me in a appropriate mannor :)

Thanks and i hope these help! :)

1) Don't trust nobody. Infact if they have a weapon, and you do, kill them before they kill you, but only if YOU feel like they are a threat, You should watch them a little, make sure they are not tailing you, and if they are, take them out before they take you out( Thanks Bitey! ). ( Thats how i feel and it works just fine. )

2) Choose your routes wisely, i don't suggest just wandering all around in the cities ( Elektro, Cherno ), keep to the outside looting areas ( Cherno: Apartment block, hospital, military tents, i always find an AK there, and also some of the little wooden shacks good for any civilian goods. Elektro: The 2 firehouses, excellent place to maybe find a decent fire arm early on :), the grocery store, and also little houses on the outside good for civilian loot. Some are enterbale some are not. ) These routes always start me off on a good track, if i go into the city's i'm normally killed unarmed by some asshole.

3) NEVER SWIM...Unless you REALLY have too. ( If you swim, you will loose your backpack AND your primary weapon.. )

4) Always try to find a compass or a map. I preferably like the compass alot better, because not all servers will show you were you are on the map. ( I think it should stay that way, for more realism :) )

5) Hunting: Things you will need; Hunting knife, Hatchet, Matches and a poor hopeless animal. First off you will need to execute the animal, a cow will offer around 8 Raw meat slices, a Lamb around 5, and the others i am not sure off :o. After that you will need to gut the animal with your Hunting Knife ( Right click on it inside inv and select Gut animal ). After that collect the meat slices and get to the closest tree/forest. Now you will need to right click on your hatchet next to a tree and select Harvest Wood ( You can also find wood piles from loot areas. ). Now that your wood is in your inventory, make sure the area around you is safe from players, because the fire will also acumulate some smoke. Now you want to right click on your matches in your inventory and select Make Fireplace. After the animation you will notice a small firepit on the ground, you now need to select it and click on Light Fire. Now all you have to do is select the fire and click on Cook Raw Meat. This will automatically cook all of the raw meat slices in your inventory. When you are finished put out the fireplace by selecting it and pressing Put Out Fire. Now you can either take the wood, or just leave it there. And there you go! You now know how to hunt properly in DayZ :) ( Also: Meat will also add some blood to your blood level, so if you are solo, and have some meat, just fill your face with meat, and you will be back to full blood in no time! :) )

6) Getting away from multiple zombies. I find the best way to get rid of a lot of zombies, is to run into a building that has 2 entrances, to first let them come in a little, and then just crouch out the back and away from the building. ( You should also try your best to kill zombies with something silent like a silenced weapon or a hatchet. Thanks Zack4209! ). This always works for me, but i only do it when i am low on ammo, or i just simply don't want to fire my weapon in the town/city.

7) Engaging players. If you are in the north, and i'm talking about well populated areas like the Sober's and the NWAF ( North West Airfield ). I would highly suggest taking out ANYONE you see, nobody sits behind the tents in Stary Sober to make friends, they are there to pick off helpless noobs looting the tents. I would suggest checking ALL the treelines around Stary before going for the tents. Try not to panic if you see a player, when you see a player, you will be scared and it is heart racing. But you can not just fire away at him, you need to make sure you have a good angle on him, and when you have a sure-shot location take him/her out! Also make sure you add a couple more bullets to him, just to make sure you kill him ( Because we all know there are all the faggot alt-F4ers out there who can't take a death like a man.. ). It is the same in the NWAF, make sure there is nobody around in the hangers, barracks, treelines or anywhere. The NWAF is very dangerous, and there is alot of PvP action there!

8) NEVER let your guard down. Always check your corners, and everything around you, try not to run out in open areas, stick to hidden areas like treelines and such. Use the 3RD person to your advantage to look over walls, and see around the corners of buildings, and i would suggest using first-person in combat situations so you don't have trouble aiming. You are safe no where, you don't know were anyone could be, so be careful out there.

9) Flares and Smokes. Flares will attract zombies at night, they are a good way to lead them away from the location you are trying to get to, but you also have to remember, that flare will light you the HELL up and around the place you are in, this is what bandits look for, just so they can snipe you and loot your gear. Smokes are good for daytime to attract zombies, but they are also good to get out of sticky situations, like being cornered in a hanger at the NWAF by a sniper in the treeline, you can easily throw a couple of smokes in the front and run around the back away from the snipers line of sight. Be careful with the smokes though, because they sometimes agro zeds towards you for some reason :/.

10) Crashed Heli sites. A crashed heli site is self explanatory.. but it also has some of the best and rarest gear in the game! Things like the M107, AS50, NVG, L85A2 AWS and alot more! Approaching the crash site is the hardest part, you need to make sure there is no one around or that nobody is watching you. there can also be around 10 Zombies to spawn, so make sure you get alot of headshots so you're not being chased around! ( Thanks Fraggle: Use smoke grenades to draw the zombies away from the Heli, and then you can make your move! ) Most of the time, it will be looted sadly ); But if you get lucky you might find yourself the gun of your dreams!

11) Bleeding, Shaking, Coughing, Blood bags, Epi-Pens ad morphine. When you are bleeding you need to apply a bandage ASAP, you can tell when you are beeding by either seeing a stream of blood coming out of your body or see a (+) sign on your blood metre ( The drop on the bottom right above your hunger level. ) this will stop the bleeding and you can then either receive blood transfusion from another player, or nom on some meat! Shaking, If you are in first person and notice some vigerous shaking, you need to take some painkillers, they are not hard to find and you will also spawn with one set of them! Coughing, I am not sure what coughing meens for sure, but i'm pretty sure it means you are sick, and you will need to take some Anti-Biotics otherwise you will soon slowly start to loose blood. Blood Bags, Blood bags are for giving blood transfusions to other players, or you can give them one, to transfer blood to you. This will fully restore your blood! Epi-Pens, Epi-Pens are vital in a firefight, these will need to be applied to knocked out players and it will give them the ability to get back up with out having to wait for the timer to go down.Morphine. Morphine is used to fix broken legs, to either yourself or others, make sure you have alot of these, because this game is still buggy, and leg braking can occur at the randomest times, to see if you legs broke, you will see a Snapped leg on the side of your HUD on the right. You can only crawl with a broken leg but you can crouch if you stay still.

12) Looting. Their are 4 different kinds of loot; Military, Industrial, Residential, Farm. Military are high tier areas to find good Tier 2 weapons like the M24 sniper rifle, AK/74u/74/M and various other rifles. Industrial is mainly to find parts and gasoline for vehicles, things like; Engine parts, Scrap Metal, Jerry Cans, Car wheels and more. Residential looting areas are in towns and cities, they hold all of the basic necessities like food, drinks, hunting gear, pistols ( M1911, Makarov, Revolver. ) and some rifles/shotgun ( Lee Enfield, Winchester, Double-Barrel Shotgun ). Farm areas are good to find some low tier rifles like the Lee enfield and the Winchester, but also can spawn a CZ 550 hunting sniper rifle, Jerry Cans, Crossbow and now Bear Traps. -This is also kind of related to tip N.2

This is my favourite video for a awesome loot guide for Elektro, Made by Sacriel42. Link: http://tinyurl.com/75pmmtj

Chernarus map ( DayZ ) With all loot locations! Link: http://tinyurl.com/cl8jz5e

13) Weapons; Whats good, and whats not. All weapons in DayZ are awesome, Why? Because they kill shit! But there are some things that can change in the guns that can make a big difference wether you are fightin zombies or players, things like Sound, Range, Spread, Recoil. A good example is the M107 and the AS50 both are rare and tier 3 sniper rifles, both with the same power, but I prefer the AS50 because it is so so so quiet to players, the recoil is very small, and the Zeroing is alot further. Same with the DMR and the M24, The M24 is alot more accurate and has a farther zeroing range, Yet the DMR is stationary at 400M and is better for closer range, but also has a magazine of 20 rounds, while the M24 is 5 per clip. Pistols also have a big difference, The Magnum is a 1 hit kill but same with the M1911, The M1911 has a 7 round mag, yet the magnum has a 6, and they both have reversable ammo to fit either pistol ( Right click on either M1911 Mag or .45 ACP ammo to exchange either way. ). Next is the Lee Enfield and the Winchester 1866, They are both good starter weapons, some people prefer the Enfield some people prefer the Winchester, I myself prefer the Enfield, The ammo is alot more common and it is also a one hit kill at almost any range ( Zombies are, Not too sure about players, but when i get a kill with the Enfield it is mostly one shot with it. ) The Winchester has a spread because of it's use of slugs, which makes it a low-medium range for one hit kills. And i find the ammo is alot more rare for some reason :o. Please comment if you want to know about more weapons!

14) A friend. Someone you need, someone who will be there for you, this is the best thing you can have in DayZ. Playing solo is fun and all, trying your best to rely on yourself, instead of feeling like you need someone with you to take care of yourself. But having a friend is very handy, They can spot for you, help you when you are bleeding/passed out/low on blood. I think the best part is that they can watch your back, while you take out that bandit over there.

Please comment if you found this usefull, if you think i should change soemthing, or if you think i am wrong at some parts. But please ask me nicely to change otherwise i will just ignore you.

Sorry if their are other posts like this, i just felt like helping out the DayZ community!

See you around!

Feel free to add me on steam: xjra2 (Nickname Bubbs)

Skype: xjra---

INSTALL GUIDE Also by Sacriel42: http://tinyurl.com/7935d8k

- Bubbs

Edited July 18, 2012 by Bubbs

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

I would just add that another good way to approach a heli site is to use a smoke grenade. The Zeds love em. They'll run after it giving you just enough time to loot.

[Bubbs 10]

I would just add that another good way to approach a heli site is to use a smoke grenade. The Zeds love em. They'll run after it giving you just enough time to loot.

Thanks! Added the tip :] And credited!

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

Cheers dude, I tried it the other day because I was low on ammo, it worked better than I thought it would.

[guyb790 6]

Great thread, nice nice tips. I will use some, actually. My first mistake was swimming :blush: .

I mostly known for 'not letting guard down' tip, takes me two hours to pass through Elektro because of that.

[Bubbs 10]

Great thread, nice nice tips. I will use some, actually. My first mistake was swimming :blush: .

I mostly known for 'not letting guard down' tip, takes me two hours to pass through Elektro because of that.

Haha don't worry i have made that mistake before ._.

And thanks man! :)

[Bubbs 10]

I'm deffinetly going to try my best to keep this post updated, and add more things as i go along.

[Bubbs 10]

UPDATED!

12: Looting

[Crabberson 2]

heres one that annoyed me when i started. The only houses you can go into already have their doors open

[Bubbs 10]

heres one that annoyed me when i started. The only houses you can go into already have their doors open

Yes and No, Not all of the houses are enterable but some have a Porch-like opening in the front, and have like a 1-2 spawn chance, sometimes i find an ALICE pack in those.

[Bitey 10]

If you see another player: Be careful, watch him a little. If he looks like he is hunting your or other players put a bullet in the back of his head.

[zack4209 3]

Hey Could you mind adding that the hatchet is a great way to take out zombies quietly? I had to sneak into a small town but i attracted a zombie but when i killed him with the hatchet i was safe you just risk having blood squirting from you but it is a safer way then bringing the whole horde on you.

Also a good way to kill a player from behind without attracting people using a gun. (just have to be fast enough so they dont shoot

[Bubbs 10]

If you see another player: Be careful, watch him a little. If he looks like he is hunting your or other players put a bullet in the back of his head.

Hey Could you mind adding that the hatchet is a great way to take out zombies quietly? I had to sneak into a small town but i attracted a zombie but when i killed him with the hatchet i was safe you just risk having blood squirting from you but it is a safer way then bringing the whole horde on you.

Also a good way to kill a player from behind without attracting people using a gun. (just have to be fast enough so they dont shoot

Thanks guys, added them :)

[Wambo (DayZ) 0]

Thanx for the tips, much appreciated. It is sad that people will hate and flame, hiding behind a keyboard and IP, such is the world.

If you are Bubbs in the game I will always spare your life.

[Wambo (DayZ) 0]

If you are Bubbs in the game I will always spare your life.

... that brings me to a noob question, can you see a players name in the game?

[Robert Shannon 27]

If you plan on looting Cherno, Electro, Stary or any other big traffic area, dont stay there. Get in and then get out as fast as possible.

[EnfieldSniper 4]

I would just add that another good way to approach a heli site is to use a smoke grenade. The Zeds love em. They'll run after it giving you just enough time to loot.

Great idea however if you stuff the throw up and its too close to you or some zeds pass your direction, it can backfire so your gonna have to be careful unless you have a grenade launcher

[EnfieldSniper 4]

... that brings me to a noob question, can you see a players name in the game?

On regular servers, you can see a players name when you press enter it will come up with a hand pointing down to an option normally to swap your gun

[EnfieldSniper 4]

A way to tell if a player is after you is sometimes to tell how many shots they take

If they're Aggresive they will shoot a spray of shots at you meaning they're most likely coming to kill you.

If it's a Sniper you'll hear one shot close to hitting you which means if you get behind cover you should be safe from the sniper. Thats if you weren't already sniped

Any other shooting probably is just zombies getting killed so you shouldn't worry bout them

[M O N S T E R 599]

Great guide - you should add something about what guns are preferrable over others mayhaps? I'm not actually a vet at this game or anything, but I have heard a lot about some weapons being less useful than others (Volume when shooting, ammunition per clip and how often the specific ammunition type is found).

In the end, this guide will always be useful - thanks a bunch for taking the time to throw it up. :wub:

-MONSTER

[Bubbs 10]

Great guide - you should add something about what guns are preferrable over others mayhaps? I'm not actually a vet at this game or anything, but I have heard a lot about some weapons being less useful than others (Volume when shooting, ammunition per clip and how often the specific ammunition type is found).

In the end, this guide will always be useful - thanks a bunch for taking the time to throw it up. :wub:

-MONSTER

Thank you :] And i will actually write about the gun thingy tommorow :]

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

Great idea however if you stuff the throw up and its too close to you or some zeds pass your direction, it can backfire so your gonna have to be careful unless you have a grenade launcher

Yup, it was a spur of the moment idea because of lack of ammo so I'll do some experimenting. One advantage it has is that it's quiet, but on the other hand pretty visible at range. But Heli sites usually are anyhoo.

[Bubbs 10]

13) Weapons added!

Thanks alot MONSTER! :)

[HalloweeNGT 23]

That sounds good, but honestly, dont try to do those things or you will waste so much energy/time one something that is not worth it.

3 days ago a hacker nuked the whole server, and today I logged into a server and I got the male/female popup, nice, my character was gone with apparently no reason. Not to ment the lot of times my character spawned on some random locations forcing me to suicide.

Create a character, go cherno/elektro, grab a gun and have fun, thats my tip for new players, DONT WASTE YOUR TIME, this game is extremely bugged.

Edited July 17, 2012 by HalloweeNGT

[Bubbs 10]

That sounds good, but honestly, dont try to do those things or you will waste so much energy/time one something that is not worth it.

3 days ago a hacker nuked the whole server, and today I logged into a server and I got the male/female popup, nice, my character was gone with apparently no reason. Not to ment the lot of times my character spawned on some random locations forcing me to suicide.

Create a character, go cherno/elektro, grab a gun and have fun, thats my tip for new players, DONT WASTE YOUR TIME, this game is extremely bugged.

Watein time? You're not really explaining what you mean by "Waisting time"... You're not going to get far in DayZ if you just get a gun and leave you need some minimal supplies to last.