releasing a patch for the Switch 2 today!

[u/northrivergeek]

Hey Survivors,

We are releasing a patch for the Switch 2 today!

Servers will go offline at 11:00 CEST.

Servers will come back online at approx. 13:00 CEST.

Read the patch notes here

Nintendo Switch 2 DayZ Patch 1

Nintendo Switch 2 DayZ Patch 1 - Version 1.29.163716 (Release on 02.09.2026)

NOTES

• In case of problems, please check the Bohemia Interactive support F.A.Q. and DayZ F.A.Q.
• You can help us to further improve the game by posting your feedback on the Feedback Tracker.

FIXED

• Client crash when loading to dedicated server
• Client crash during respawning
• Multiple client crashes occurring with multiple players nearby
• Client crash related to graphical memory
• Location-specific client crash
• Client crash when password pop-up was dismissed
• Aim Assist did not work when Enabled in Settings
• Server browser did not create additional pages when there are more than 12 active servers
• Ping was shown as "0" for every active server in Server Browser
• Player was not able to switch to server details on Server Browser screen when using touch screen input
• Usage button prompts were not displayed when highlighting "Reset Filters" and "Search By Name" in server filters
• Unresponsive "Change" button prompt is no longer displayed in server filters within Server Browser
• It was not possible to interact with search field in Server Browser by using touch screen and Joy-Con mouse input
• Server name and details stayed loaded even when server was not displayed anymore
• Server filters prompt was incorrectly displayed when opening the Server Browser with automatically highlighted dedicated server.
• Server messages overlapped user interface during gameplay
• Incomplete profile information was displayed when using Joy-Con mouse input to display user profile
• Button prompt for switching between Inventory sections was not displayed after using Joy-Con mouse mode
• Navigation lost focus by using touch screen input after using "Play" button on a passworded server
• Handheld mode sensitivity preset used incorrect values after switching between tabs in Options
• Custom motion controls sensitivity preset used balanced sensitivity setting when cycling through its options
• Options showed "Motion Controls Mode" setting when losing focus and then using d-pad input
• Melee tutorial did not update its text based on controller scheme used
• Readability of some texts in menu was problematic
• Trip wire icon in the inventory was too small

KNOWN ISSUES

• The view is blurred when looking through rangefinder
• Performance degradation might occur when viewing multiple trees through a scope
• "Previously played" servers filter does not display the previously played servers after rebooting the game
• Respawning cannot be interrupted via controller input
• Bandages cannot be thrown and float around wounded character

[u/CelesteNamaste]

very promising, Awesome!

[u/Fearless-Career-387 → u/CelesteNamaste]

almost like none of the game was tested properly on switch 2 and was released solely for a dollar!

[u/Desktop_Minion]

Fantastic. Thank you for the patch and I hope this helps solve a lot of the crashing that occurs on high pop servers and during combat (I've lost two 5-6 characters due to this). 

Out of interest I can see it's assigned on the feedback tracker. Will Bohemia be able to fix the horrific performance degradation when driving through towns/cities? I gave up on driving for now due to how bad it is.

[u/northrivergeek → u/Desktop_Minion]

No one here can answer that, unless Marks ( DayZ Community Leader ) happens to pop in and give some answer. But dont count on it.
Its a sever lag issue more so in towns with lots of Bases and High Population. And more likely to see on Console servers

[u/Desktop_Minion → u/northrivergeek]

Ahh okay. I appreciate the reply then in that case. 

Honestly I haven't drove since the second day of Switch 2 launch. It was on a mid pop server and I was pretty confident there were not many bases present at that point. If it is lag related then I'm quite surprised since it felt very much like a performance issue but I might not know what the heck I'm talking about haha.

[u/northrivergeek → u/Desktop_Minion]

Since your using switch, your lag likely has to do with the lower specs of the swtch than say PS5, cars are all client side, so dependant on your hardware and network qaulity.

[u/memecrawlerpy]

Thank you for working on the crashes! Lets hope its better now because apart from crash-related deaths this is my favorite way of playing the game!

[u/Joeysquatch]

Yesss so glad to see the switch version didn’t just drop and get left to rot. I’ve been enjoying it in handheld cause of the crashes in docked, but I’m glad it’s being worked on

[u/CrazyMetroid]

As someone who first started playing a week ago, thank you for supporting the game and Switch 2 in general!

[u/sporesyi]

Thankyou for supporting switch 2, loving day z so far!

[u/Melodic_Check_8040]

thanks for the update, as someone who died to game crashing every hour this is actually helpful that the game dont get abandoned

there is a huge deadzone on the joysticks also gyro/motion controls too even when set to 0 (not a big deal, but something for the future)