The hatchet

[Ramblin Hans 118]

I have a question regarding the use / storage of the hatchet. Pretty much the first thing one gets, it seems so far to me to continue to have a use even after you find a gun. Its ability to kill without attracting attention, effectively unlimited uses, and it doesn't run out of ammo when you're cornered ;)

I understand how to take it off the tool belt and use it in my main slot etc. My issue is when I find a rifle, I put it on the belt and take the rifle. But now I can't use it anymore. That might be ok if I also find ammo for the rifle, but even so it seems one would want to swap out in certain scenarios. Is this possible? I lost two nice AR's last night trying to find a way to put the gun in my pack and use the slot for my hatchet. The gun seemed to disappear when I tried to move it to my pack. I took to just leaving a couple AK's on the ground...it did me no good to be defenseless if I couldn't find any clips first.

Is there a way to store you main slot weapon while you take you hatchet for some choppy-choppy?

[felix_kruettner@web.de 5]

You can store your weapon BUT be aware that it will take 10 slots in your backpack and if the required 10 slots are not available some random stuff will be deleted. oh and the ammunition will automatically be put in your backpack as well

[SnakeEyes (DayZ) 4]

primary weapons such as the AR's you lost require 10 backpack slots. if you don't have them available the weapon "disappears" for good when you try and place it in the pack. once you find a bigger pack you can keep 10 slots free in order to store your primary and use the hatchet. i've started only carrying a pistol so i can use the hatchet as a primary until i'm able to find a better pack. i can take out an entire town of zeds quietly with the hatchet. after a few shots from most of the in game guns you will start to get overrun and in trouble. not to mention other players hear the gunfire and come running...

[Bludy 324]

all the thing is a little bugged/glitched..so if you put a primary from slot to pack it may disappear, and the same if you put it down on the floor..it could actually go underground and unreachable, you can try before placing something else on the floor and see what happens. it's also common that if you take one of your primaies in the backpack it can be disappeared once you re-log in. and pay attention to the number of slots in your back pack and in inventory for ammo clips. a primary weapon takes ten slots and if you try to put it where tere isn't room, it could dissappear. so axe is a real choice if you want to continue with it

[SnakeEyes (DayZ) 4]

IMO the hatchet is the best PvE weapon in the game...

[Ramblin Hans 118]

Ah excellent, thanks guys. So the newb coyote pack is only 8 slots if I recall, hence why I had an issue. good to know it is at least possible.

i've started only carrying a pistol so i can use the hatchet as a primary until i'm able to find a better pack. i can take out an entire town of zeds quietly with the hatchet. after a few shots from most of the in game guns you will start to get overrun and in trouble. not to mention other players hear the gunfire and come running...

Exactly, I can actually clear zombies to scavenge with it rather than belly crawl around for a half hour to just find empty tin cans in the shed. And the few pistols I've found don't seem to have the stopping power + limited ammo to get me out of jams the way the axe does.

[SnakeEyes (DayZ) 4]

Ah excellent, thanks guys. So the newb coyote pack is only 8 slots if I recall, hence why I had an issue. good to know it is at least possible.

Exactly, I can actually clear zombies to scavenge with it rather than belly crawl around for a half hour to just find empty tin cans in the shed. And the few pistols I've found don't seem to have the stopping power + limited ammo to get me out of jams the way the axe does.

when i first started playing i would spend the better part of an hour trying to sneak around all of the zeds to loot a few houses. now i find the house i want and just sprint there. i then setup with the hatchet and take out the Z's as they come in.

as for pistols, the revolver and 1911 were solid until this last patch. it seems they are no better than the markov now. i put five .45 rounds from a 1911 in a Z last night testing this out. previously it took 2 at most and usually just 1 shot. if this isn't fixed, you will be better off using the 9mm pistols for their higher magazine capacity.

[MrBrown (DayZ) 26]

Does anybody know if Rocket would like to make it possible to just put your shotgun/assault rifle on your back - like your character already does when you switch from the gun to the flashlight for example? Or to phrase the question differently: Is the current limitation a technical or an intentional one? I hope it's just a technical one which could possibly be resolved. I see no reason to handle the hatchet differently than the flashlight.

[Bobcomss 189]

HATCHET is epic!

But yeah it's bugged >.<

[electro.pedros@gmail.com 2]

I LOVE HATCHET!!!!

Once you've figured out how to use it properly you are going to become invincible in PvE

I was able to take out an horde of about 20 zombies running after me

-without going inside a building

-barelly moving (quick hint moving make your aiming much harder :P and if you dont kill on the first blow you are going to get a lots of damage

Second hint, there is a pattern on how every actions a zombie must follow before being able to try landing the first blow. It is about 1 sec and this is during that particular timing that you could clear any horde of zombie without taking much more then 1 or 2 punches

Hatchet Brother & Sister are going to get some bicycle and go help any noob trying to get away from the largest group of zombie!

[Element47 2480]

yay, another opportunity to further my agenda and advocate more melee weapons in the game! :)

the hatchet is awesome - imagine if we had lumberjacks axes, cleavers and fence poles.. *sigh*

[electro.pedros@gmail.com 2]

Lets schedule some hatchet fight club tournament!!!

Free zombies to do practice!!

Free hatchet since no one else Ive met seems to care about it!!!

[BryceAroni 2]

everytime I try and use the hatchet against zombies they always end up swiping me more than a couple times. A lot of the time when they catch up to me, they are within swiping distance and Im not within hacking distance. Perhaps Im using it wrong`.

[electro.pedros@gmail.com 2]

If you wanna hit where you are aiming you must be standing still for at least a second

Pay attention to the two circle that are moving while you move

And there is something REALLY big that you are missing right now :P

Keep testing it

Next time you'll re spawn and you end up with only an hatchet try to lure one or two zombie in a warehouse and test it

Im telling you, what you are missing is so big

It is really rare any zombies are able to hit me

I'm pretty sure you are doing the exact same thing others people does

Little hint to you, I'm pretty sure even if you see it from your eyes, due to the distance which is too close your hatchet is going through the other side of the zombies....

The animation is not the deadly part of your hatchet it is the exact timing where it is reaching is max distance

[HMS 115]

Pedro, I was just about to post about this.

I was having a lot of hatchet problems last night. It was my first time with the hatchet. Playing with a buddy who had it, it seemed foolproof. But, I got killed EASILY by 2 walkers and I couldn't take them out for some reason.

Then I respawned and managed to find one quickly, and since it was night time, I hacked about 30 of them to bits because I could sneak up on them.

But if I mistakenly aggravated one or two, they would still get several swipes in before I landed my hits.

I think there was some lag between my +attack and the actual swing, but even then... something was wrong.

If you can offer any other tips, I'd appreciate it.

[electro.pedros@gmail.com 2]

you wanna know my opinion about that?

Its might look like a bug but... seriously in real life you have an axe trying to kill someone who is able to feel your breath in his neck

What is he going to do?

He is going to prevent you from swinging the axe

Every melee weapon in life got a certain amount of range where they are effective

An axe got a range that,

like in all zombies movies, the kick ass melee character will keep his distance to 1. not getting biten and 2. be able to swing his axe at will.....

First thing Ive done before actually trying to kill a real zombie is to find a dead one then try to hit the body from the longest distance possible

Once I've found that I know my timing is at X distance

Pass that distance you are dead meat

If you hit too soon you are so because they are going to rush at you right after

I wont reveal the patern zombies are using before attacking when they go from sprinting to melee because once you were able to figure that out you are basically zombies proof :P

The only hint I'm going to give you about that pattern is that its doing the exact same thing to you if you try to sprint to a zombie and try to attack it

[HMS 115]

Thanks - yes I've seen that. My mistakes early on were 1) Swinging from too far away and 2) In a panic, not realizing that you can't sprint and swing... sounds obvious but under adrenaline, things happen.

I know the exact behavior you mention. You would think if you rushed at them, surprising THEM, they would just attack right then and there. I am sure that will be refined down the road.

Good times.

[SnakeEyes (DayZ) 4]

while we're on the topic of hatcheting... lol

from a few minutes ago

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/1153171701750671756/65A0FE6F6F8869873D5CD7B96F69D47171ED0287/

[HMS 115]

while we're on the topic of hatcheting... lol

from a few minutes ago

http://cloud.steampo...69D47171ED0287/

Nice job SnakeEyes.

Looks like you cleaned that town up.