how do you find food to eat?

[dogtree 0]

i never come across can food and i dont even know how to gather food

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

http://www.dayzwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page

There you go.

[Ovrclck 21]

i never come across can food and i dont even know how to gather food

Supermarkets. Apartments, sometimes zeds. Its really easy actually

[thecoolsideofthepillow 0]

If you have a hunting knife, you can also kill animals and butcher them for meat. But you can't eat the raw meat; you will need a fireplace to cook it. However, cooked meat heals more blood loss than any other type of food, so it's worth it to have matches, a knife and a hatchet for collecting wood.

[Gapi182 21]

really? Make sure to search every dead zombie you kill. They often carry a can of food or a soda

[decoman 45]

It is important to avoid starvation, so finding canned food and cola boxes is a quick way of feeding oneself.

In the wilderness, animals can be killed, slaughtered and the meat can then be cooked on a campfire.

Lakes or ponds offer water if there is an empty canteen in the inventory.

Canteens can also be filled in villages.

Finding a map on the internet showing where to find these locations with wells or ponds might be preferable than simply running around randomly.

The following items are necessary for surviving in the wild with respect to aquiring food: axe (chop wood off forest trees), matches (light fire), knife (slaughter animal) and a canteen to be filled with water.

Zombies sometimes have canned food on them, else the supermarkets in villages are great locations for finding canned food among other things.

Edited August 8, 2012 by Treehugger

[Ryan McDaniel 0]

Everyone is telling you to get food and water but I am going to give you some advice that'll save you're life.

DON'T GO TO CHERNO OR ELECTRO

Sure find food and water but do it in a small town or off of Zombies. Use stairs to your vantage because Zombies climb them slow and just try to stay away from other people because more than likely they'll kill you.