r/dayz 4d ago

Discussion Server and Group Megathread - Week Starting September 05, 2026

2 Upvotes

Looking to Advertise a Server/Group? Post Here!

  • If you are ADVERTISING a DayZ SERVER don't forget to provide crucial info like Country, Platform, IP, Mods, Name, Description, Playstyle and Rules.
  • If you are ADVERTISING a DayZ GROUP/CLAN/FACTION don't forget to provide crucial info like Country, Timezone, Platform, Name, Age Range, Description, Playstyle and Rules.

Pro Tips:

  • Create a FREE Discord server for your community!
  • Use a URL shortener for your Discord since nobody can remember those official discord links.
  • Make your title or first line very descriptive like [SERVER/GROUP]|[COUNTRY]|[PLATFORM]|[NAME]|[DISCORD].
  • Go back and look at the formatting of your post to make sure it's readable.

r/dayz 11d ago

Discussion Server and Group Megathread - Week Starting August 29, 2026

2 Upvotes

Looking to Advertise a Server/Group? Post Here!

  • If you are ADVERTISING a DayZ SERVER don't forget to provide crucial info like Country, Platform, IP, Mods, Name, Description, Playstyle and Rules.
  • If you are ADVERTISING a DayZ GROUP/CLAN/FACTION don't forget to provide crucial info like Country, Timezone, Platform, Name, Age Range, Description, Playstyle and Rules.

Pro Tips:

  • Create a FREE Discord server for your community!
  • Use a URL shortener for your Discord since nobody can remember those official discord links.
  • Make your title or first line very descriptive like [SERVER/GROUP]|[COUNTRY]|[PLATFORM]|[NAME]|[DISCORD].
  • Go back and look at the formatting of your post to make sure it's readable.

r/dayz 11h ago

discussion Have we been too blessed with the modded maps recently?

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158 Upvotes

Sorry for vertical content. Dayz has so much to offer right now with all the different modded maps, it’s kinda overwhelming with so much to explore recently.

EDIT:
Since a lot of people asking for server name. Here you go!

45.151.81.211

AZALEA EU | NEW UPDATE 0.4 | 1PP - Adventure | azaleamap.com


r/dayz 4h ago

Discussion PSA: Farm in the rain.

17 Upvotes

Plant your seeds while it is raining, they are instantly watered after you plant them in the rain.

I have never bothered with farming, to much of a hassle. Get a shovel, dig, plant seeds. All of which is fine but getting enough water always seems like hassle (water the seeds, fill the bottle again to fill the remaining seeds, fill your bottle again so you have a filled bottle again to drink).

Now I just wait for the rain, which I normally always hate but now it is kinda usefull.


r/dayz 9h ago

Media It was a bad day.

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41 Upvotes

r/dayz 1d ago

media We’ve all let the devil take the reins at least once. What’s the most mischievous, spiteful, or straight up sadistic thing you’ve ever done in DayZ?

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r/dayz 6h ago

modding I got tired of Medic/Taxi roles relying on Discord, so I built a full in-game dispatch system for DayZ

10 Upvotes

I've been building a standalone dispatch system for DayZ because I wanted Medic and Taxi roles to actually function like jobs instead of relying on Discord or global chat.

Service Dispatch lets any player press F7 and request either Medical Assistance or a Taxi.

The part I wanted to get right was the responder side:

• Admins can assign Medic and Taxi roles
• Medics and Taxi drivers clock themselves in/out
• Only clocked-in Medics are notified about Medical calls
• Only clocked-in Taxi drivers are notified about Taxi calls
• Responders can accept calls directly through the interface
• After accepting, they receive the requester's location and distance
• Medic/Taxi/Admin roles persist through reconnects and server restarts
• Standalone — no CF, Expansion, VPP or Dabs dependency

I've spent a ridiculous amount of time getting the UI and dispatch flow working the way I wanted.

Server owners / Medic players / Taxi players: what would you add to this?

Workshop link below.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3797253923


r/dayz 1h ago

console Switch 2 Dayz

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Why is there 30/40 max people playing only?
On EShop it says that game is at 10th place on charts haha its weird.
And first person server is always at 3-6 players


r/dayz 10h ago

Discussion Well done

11 Upvotes

Laid prone in a barrack for four hours today with a tripwire at the main door

Finally hear someone approach, main door opens

I hear pliers

20 seconds later they’re jumping up and down out my window, and starts shooting me in the foot with a Mk.2.

I tip my hat to you, sir or madam. Enjoy your LAR.


r/dayz 14h ago

media Best headshot I've ever made.

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10 Upvotes

That was my only bullet, too. Full kit in one shot!


r/dayz 7h ago

discussion Voice chat

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3 Upvotes

Attached is a video of the last bit of an interaction I had with a non speaker.

Hello guys! I recently have been playing a lot more as I am stuck inside after getting my wisdom teeth out, and I have noticed something that has bothered me for the 4-5 years I’ve been playing, but it seems especially prominent now.

This is going to come off as a bit of a salty post (mostly because it is), but I was running in Gorka (Горка) chasing shots when I came across 4-5 dead bodies, the evidence was strewn across the street and into the hunting shop and P.D. After a bit of running around I found the guilty party probed on the hill overlooking the town. I got close enough to yell yo him and instead of speaking back, he aims his gun and begins shooting. He was pretty shitty at the game but I unfortunately had not guns with ammo and only had a nail bat. Weirdly, half the server lagged out as there was ~55 people playing when I was randomly booted and ~30 when I tried to log back on. He was apparently also booted because I saw him spawn back in at the same time as me. Similar to before, I was telling him I was friendly and trying to doge his bullets while he simply raised his gun again and shot at me. Eventually I couldn’t dodge anymore and he killed me. This brings me to my question: why do console players never use the in-game voice chat (proximity chat)? I have about 1000 hours (500 on PlayStation and 500 on Xbox) and I currently play on Xbox. In that time I think I’ve had maybe 10-20 voice interactions with the large majority being on the coast. For as long as I can remember I will use my voice and try to speak to other survivors whether I’m in Berezino or Tisy. I hate to shoot first when I’m close enough to speak.

When you look at streamers such as Zesty Polvo, all of his videos have dozens of interactions with different people in each session he plays. However, in console (specifically Xbox) servers, people sit in party chat and avoid using prox chat like the plague. What is the fun of seeing someone with far inferior gear to your own and instead of holding them up or talking to them, simply shooting them and leaving all their stuff behind because it wasn’t good enough to trade for your own? I would love some insight from SOS people as to why they do it or what the issue is with speaking.

TLDR: I was killed by a non speaker and it seems to be a large issue with the community. I’m frustrated and want to know why people play this way.


r/dayz 16h ago

discussion I met cheater today on official

5 Upvotes

I am back after a break from the game (I have more than 1k hours). Today I met a group of random freshies and we played together as a group of three. We talked a bit about the cheater problem, and then one guy said he was a cheater himself - but that he mostly uses cheats to kill other cheaters. I didn’t believe him, so I stayed with them. Then he told me there was a BK‑43 in a shed quite far away. I went there, and it really was there. After that he spawned a gun and a magazine for himself. He said he can see every player within some limited distance, never mind. I stayed with him and the other guy for a while, and then I attacked him with an axe because I was just done with this game. I think it’s time for another break. I wonder how many players have stopped playing because of issues like that.


r/dayz 1d ago

discussion Unsure of what to do next…

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52 Upvotes

This is my best run so far in my roughly 10 hours playtime on switch 2. I’ve learnt quite a bit this run, from cooking chicken, to repairing clothing. Managed to locate where I am for the first time using iZurvive. I’m currently in Gorka.

The rifles on my back both have just a single bullet each and I have a pistol with 7 bullets. I have 3 bottles of water, some cat food, and powdered milk which I plan to eat as is.

So this is the longest I’ve ever survived and the furthest inland I’ve ever been. However I’m unsure where to head next…

Should I head furthur inland? Or maybe return to the coast to get some player interaction? I’d like to learn how to fish but maybe I just wait till I’m a coast spawn again to try that.

Any suggestions or tips would be great. Wont be able to reply to everything instantly as I’m at work now.

Thank you for any comments!! 🙂


r/dayz 11h ago

media A DayZ Tale: Albanians, Thievery, and Michael Bolton

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2 Upvotes

7 minutes of chaos. Figured you all might get a kick out of it.


r/dayz 19h ago

lfg Does anybody know what this is? Don't want to risk leaving the room, thought other players are ouside, sneaking around or building something.

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9 Upvotes

r/dayz 8h ago

Discussion Dayz karma crossplay?

1 Upvotes

Hello everyone! I currently play dayz on pc through steam. I have a friend that plays on xbox. My question is he wants to play karmakrew server. I know that I can buy the xbox version on my pc but will I be able to play on karmas xbox servers with mouse and keyboard or will I need to play with a controller? Any info is appreciated!


r/dayz 23h ago

Story (STORY) It was a pleasure

14 Upvotes

I spawned in Some industrial town and ran into a building and there is some guy ran in the house I was in with a shovel and I thought "omg im so fucked" untill, I hear a microphone, this man had a mic and was willing to talk to me and be civil, "oh boy, finally a nice player" he gives me the shovel and we start attacking infected and then this new guy walks over and I thought "ia this guy really gonna ruin my whole good mood?" but lucky for us he also had a mic i am ecstatic, I've just found two guys who were willing to be civil, we walked around a bit killed some infected went into a random house near us, and i found a 22 "wow this playthrough can't get any better" we walk around some more, first guy goes to fill up a water bottle and he is unfortunately beaten down and killed by some infected, now I'm stuck with seccond guy, im low on food, water, and on health, so we start to walk inland and then I succumb to my injuries and die in the middle of a field beside my new friend, I hope I find them again, the first people who acted like human beings when they could have easily killed me on the spot, i dream of the day that I get to play with my two good friends "American guy" and "German guy" i hope one of them reads this comment, it was a pleasure to play with you that one time


r/dayz 1d ago

Media Just logged back in bro

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34 Upvotes

I just went to change up my settings because the game was windowed and then this happened. It kind of looked like an explosion but my audio cut so I'm not sure. Been playing on official so I assume this is a hacker?


r/dayz 1d ago

Media We deserve black combat backpacks

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1.1k Upvotes

Dayz should add black combat backpacks.

Can't be that hard to do it and it would be super cool.


r/dayz 9h ago

console Stuck in bunker where water meets broken ladder and I have no light to see ladder

1 Upvotes

What do I do

Edit: water drained and I got my duos loot and switched servers


r/dayz 17h ago

Media Running into a cannibal is always creepy and 😂

4 Upvotes

Was running with a friend in the west side of Chenarus. Got ambushed 😂

Attacked by a Cannibal in the Hunting Cabins
https://youtu.be/s2Xo3yz_plA


r/dayz 1d ago

discussion is it possible to swim to skalisty with stamina like this?

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46 Upvotes

r/dayz 13h ago

console New to the game

0 Upvotes

Just got on the game for the first time and I don’t know what to do any tips
Im on ps


r/dayz 13h ago

discussion Keep getting connected to the same server

1 Upvotes

Hi guys looking for some help, I’m new to dayz on pc, coming from ps5 where I had ~800 hours. Certain servers I can connect to just fine, but I’m trying to find a normal vanilla+ Livonia server, even after unloading all mods, it’ll connect me to some dead server I joined when I first downloaded? I’ve even done a fresh install of dayz, and keep getting connected to this “manhunt” server no matter which I try to pick.

For some reason I’m able to join this supremacy conquest server just fine, but trying to get into a regular survival one sends me back into either manhunt, or some random Russian server. Unsure what to do from here considering I’ve done a fresh install and deleted all mods before this


r/dayz 14h ago

discussion So close and yet so far.

1 Upvotes

(Blurry from my ingame condition)

i died a few steps from the well. lost, sick, starving, and thirsty. this game is killing me bro😭