Welcome to DayZ, Here's what you need to know!

[majin 4]

Seems a lot of People just don't seem to understand this game.

Well lets first start out by explaining that its a Free Alpha MOD for one of the most difficult FPS games ever made. "ArmA2".

If you are ever played ArmA you will know it's the highest class of FPS out there. Not because its a great game over all, it has lots of flaws (GFX, SOUND, INTERFACE...), but because it's the most realistic shooter you'll ever play. Bullet drop, line of sight, the way helicopters fly, cover, camo, map size, all these are things that make it what it is. If you love COD, or counter strike, just go away now, this game will make you hate life. It's for people who are more mature, want a different style of FPS and have patients. DAYZ wouldn't work on any other game if you ask me, ArmA2 is the perfect base for this game.

Now that you understand what DAYZ is based on we can get to starting out.

THE GOAL OF DAYZ IS TO SURVIVE!

So when you spawn the first thing you will notice are the icons on the right side of the screen.

EAR = how much sound you make

EYE = how visible you are

THERMOMETER = your body temp (42c is normal)

CANTEEN = how thirsty you are

DROPLET = how much blood you have (12000 is normal)

FORK and KNIFE = how hungry you are

The ear and eye are used to determine how likely you are of alerting zombies. The others all impact how well your character is able to perform. When you are healthy, you can Sprint longer, aim better, see better and catch your breath sooner. But as you do things such as get hurt, run, get cold from swimming or rain, your icons will turn from green to red, when you are in desperate need they will flash red.

You will realize that you have no weapon and only some bandages, painkillers, a flashlight, and a small backpack. Not having a gun makes the first part of this game a learning to search tutorial. Soon after you start to venture out you will come a cross a zombie or two; here's hoping you watched a few youtube videos first so you will know they move fast once you are in their line of sight. But here is the good news, zombies need 3 sight bars to see you and 4 sound bars to hear you when you are in their area, so stay low and walk slowly and you will get away.

More then likely you will have a zombie or 4 chasing you rather soon, here's some good news, they can't catch you when you are running... Not ever. So as long as you are running you wont die, they wont give up the chase, but they wont get ya, so keep running. There are 3 ways to get rid of zombies:

1) Kill them with a weapon

2) Lead them into an enter-able house/ building. This forces them to slowly stumble towards you and you can often move around them or go out the other side, zombie free

3) Kyte them around obstacles till LOS is lost. If you run around a building and other obstacles, you can cause them to get stuck behind something and get away.

If you are bleeding, you need to use the bandage

If you are shaking, you need to use the painkillers

Next thing you need to know is that Zombies are not the only thing trying to kill you. Lots of people like to kill other players on sight or even hunt them down. Don't worry not everyone you meet will try to kill you, there are friendly people out there who will work with you, help you and even defend you. But sadly you need to worry about other humans who will kill you. But don't get upset when someone does kill you, you'll learn from every death and before you know it, you will have all the best gear too.

Were can I find gear? At the start stay away from the big cities, its far too dangerous, you need to find a small village, look for a barn, stable, warehouse, red brick building. You'll figure out which buildings are enter-able after some trial and error (Patients is needed). You can often find good starting weapons like M1911 hand gun, Winchester 1866 shotgun, Lee Enfield rifles. These guns are in fact far more powerful then some of the elite guns like the G17 or the MP5, and the ammo is much easier to find. Now that you have a gun, you need to find food and water.

Look at the ocean, now turn around and run inland; until you get better there's no need to try to venture into the dangerous big cities when there is 255km² for you to explore. you will find small villages, deer stands, barns, gas stations and all kinds of other things in the world and each location has the chance that you will find gear. But at some point you are gonna need to go into a bigger city to find supplies such as, watches, maps, morphine, baked beans (baby), tools and weapons, ect. Learn to survive the zombies in the smaller villages first before you head to Electro, trust me, you learn from every death.

OMG YOU DIED!

"I lost all my stuff... WTF, this f#%ing game sucks!" "That Player Killed me.. SO BS!" "it's unfair"

Realize that this is what DayZ is about, it's about surviving and you are gonna die a lot at the start. Once you get familiar where gear can be found you'll get better at finding it and you'll get braver, so don't get attached to your gear. Just start over and go get it again, try a different tactic this time.

Some other things to know.

Morphine is used to fix broken bones

Tool boxes are used to take down barbed wire and tank traps set up by players

Hunting Knife is a tool, not a weapon, its used to gut animals you kill.

You need matches and a wood pile to make a fire

You make a fire to cook raw meet that you gutted from the animal you killed

The Hatchet is a weapon and a tool, its used to harvest wood piles

You need to place your items in a new pack (or drop them) before you drop your coyote pack or you'll lose your stuff.

Flares create a lot more light then chem lights, but give away your position for kilometers

You need 2 ppl to use Blood packs

Cooked Meat will give you back 800 blood, but all food gives you some blood back.

This game is an ALPHA and ARMA is naturally glitchy, so just accept it and learn to get past the bugs.

Hackers are real and they are lame, but there's no point in posting about it, don't feed the trolls.

Check this link for more info and watch youtube videos to learn.

http://www.tacticalgamer.com/dayz/186808-dayz-map-loot-information.html

I hope you will learn that this game is amazing, and even with hackers and lame player killers, it can give you an experience that no other game ever will.

Good luck

Majin

[himmu03212 31]

42 c is normal. That is true, for day z. But is with C Celsius meant? Normal body temperature should be then 37-38 but above 40 is high fever and 42 is already deadly.

[puppetmaster11 229]

:beans:

[4L4N 276]

Very nice post Majin !

Should help alot of new players ( Hopefully ) ;)