[Guide] Some useful info on New Players

[Eri 3]

Welcome to the land of Chenarus.

Here you will find peace and lots of friendly people.

--Sign saying after getting to Chenarus--

Welcome to DayZ

A land that contains zombies and bandits.

STARTER TIP #1:

This game is HIGHLY realistic. Not recommended for poor computers.

It is also an online game.

STARTER TIP #2:

Adjust the video settings to your liking. Turning the video settings below high will be rendered by the CPU. So if you have a good GPU/CPU,

its better to have the settings on higher settings. Even if your CPU/GPU isnt too great, its better at Graphic Rendering then a CPU anyday.

Setting stuff high is a way to get GREAT preformance boosts. Thank you Gatortribe!

STARTER TIP #3:

After you join a server, you will be asked to choose Male or Female.

Male has more "skins" then Female, as Female has one "skin".

STARTER TIP #4:

When everything is done being setup, you will spawn with the following: a Flashlight, (only used when it's on the secondary slot, works only during the night)

A bandage, (used to fix bleeding after being hit mostly once)

and Painkillers (used when the first person screen is shaking)

STARTER TIP #5:

Try to avoid the zombies until you get a gun.

Also try to avoid being shot, falling from a great distance, until you find a hospital, as since to treat Broken Bones, you need Morphine. (Hospitals can be noticed by a 2 floor building with on the glass a symbol)

STARTER TIP #6:

Hunger and thirst, an important role, When these are flashing red, just about every second you will take 20 damage.

In order to prevent that you need canned goods (Canned Beans, Frank and Beans, Sardines)

and soda or water (Soda is much better, as since getting water bottles can be hard.)

STARTER TIP #6:

Blood is also an important role, as here how it goes:

You start out with 12000 blood, which can be drained by:

Being shot

Being attacked by zombies

Falling a great distance

Bleeding

Blood can be restored in 4 ways:

Blood bags (the most efficent, restores all the way to max 12000 blood)

Cooked Meat (Restores 800 blood and all your hunger)

Canned Goods (like Canned Beans, they restore 200 blood.)

Or if you disconnect before the game saves, you can be lucky, have all your equipment and more blood then you had before. Hard to do.

STARTER TIP #7:

Status effects.

If you see like 2 plugs un-plugged (and is white)

that is Shock.

Shock doesnt do anything unless you disconnect and come back, which will give you the longest wait to wake backup.

How to lose Shock: Just wait up to 5 minutes, or 30 seconds.

Bleeding.

You can notice that your bleeding when the blood symbol has a flashing white cross on it. How to recover: Bandage

This will continue to lose blood until you bandage it.

Broken bone:

Can be seen when you see a bone split in half.

When you have a broken bone, you can only crawl. Trying to move crouching or standing up will go back to the Prone position.

How to fix it: Morphine. Only found it hospitals.

STARTER TIP #8:

Now onto the stuff on the lower right corner.

There are 4 things on there:

The knife and fork is Hunger

The drip is Blood, if you didnt have the Debug Monitor.

The jug is Thirst.

The thermometer, is Tempeture.

Hunger is so you dont die of hunger. You lose 20 blood per second if this is flashing red.

Blood--explained on Starter Tip #6

Thirst: Drains faster then hunger. You lose 20 blood per second if this is flashing red.

Tempeture: If you catch a cold, you will lose blood. Can be restored by being inside, moving, and being near a campfire.

STARTER TIP #9: Very useful stuff (Food, water/soda, weapons and ammo) can be really rare. You are more likely to find junk items

(Empty Tin Can, Empty Soda Can, Empty Whiskey Bottle) then food water/soda weapons and ammo.

STARTER TIP #10: Get used to killing other survivors, as since you cant trust them. If they have a gun, more likely there gonna blast you in the face. Don't worry, you wont get something that will tell your a "Bandit" (which kill other survivors.)

You can tell someone is a bandit/a bandit is nearby when you hear a heartbeat. If it sounds like he is having a heartattack, KILL HIM.

...Or run.

STARTER TIP #11:

Backpacks are buggy and useful. You start with a patrol pack (coyote) which will hold 8 items. You can find better backpacks, like an ALICE pack. The patrol pack is also 1 step above the Czech Vest Pouch.

STARTER TIP #12:

DayZ is in Alpha stage, so it is very buggy. And expect many bugs also.

STARTER TIP #13:

SCAVENGE

SLAY ZOMBIES AND BANDITS

SURVIVE

End of the guide. Thank you for reading 12 useful tips for new players!

Edited August 5, 2012 by Eri

[Bambi (DayZ) 6]

You missed something.

"Bleeding.

You can't really see it unless you go into thirdperson. How to recover: Bandage

This will continue to lose blood until you bandage it."

Thats not true, you get a flashing cross symbol on your blood drop icon if you are bleeding.

[Eri 3]

You missed something.

"Bleeding.

You can't really see it unless you go into thirdperson. How to recover: Bandage

This will continue to lose blood until you bandage it."

Thats not true, you get a flashing cross symbol on your blood drop icon if you are bleeding.

Alright, i'll add that in...

[gatortribe 14]

Starter tip #2 should include the fact that turning settings below high makes them rendered by the CPU. So, if people have a good GPU they should set stuff on high. Even if the GPU isn't to great, it still is better at its job (graphic rendering) than a CPU any day, and setting stuff on high can give you great performance boosts.

[Eri 3]

Starter tip #2 should include the fact that turning settings below high makes them rendered by the CPU. So, if people have a good GPU they should set stuff on high. Even if the GPU isn't to great, it still is better at its job (graphic rendering) than a CPU any day, and setting stuff on high can give you great performance boosts.

Good. I'll put that in. And i think you mean CPU when you said GPU

Edited August 5, 2012 by Eri

[gatortribe 14]

Good. I'll put that in. And i think you mean CPU when you said GPU

Nope. I meant GPU (Graphics processing unit).

[Eri 3]

Nope. I meant GPU (Graphics processing unit).

Oh.