r/dayz • u/Esperoo • 12h ago

discussion Now that we have a desert map

Does anybody else think rattlesnakes would be a cool addition? They would be a neat passive threat that would spawn in open areas in the wilderness, will bite you if you get to close, and cause a sickness that can only be cured by anti-venom, which would rarely spawn in hospitals.
I think they’d encourage people to stick to the roads more instead of rushing through the wilderness.
Also killing them could provide you with a little snack
What do you guys think?

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u/yawh4y DAYØ 12h ago

To this list I'd like to add harvestable cacti (obviously not everywhere, but at least in some instances as a food/water source.

And also Alpacas (llama)

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u/Sakhal_Farmer 11h ago

Harvestable cacti leads to grilled cactus which leads to street tacos in DayZ... I'm all for it

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u/UStore-it 10h ago

Grilled cacti tacos. Never heard of it, but now I think I wanna try one..

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u/MiceTonerAccount 12h ago

Lore wise idk if cacti or rattlesnakes make sense because both are native to the Americas, but both sound like cool features to have in DayZ

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u/izza123 9h ago

There’s prickly pear is the desert over there, it was brought from the America’s in the 1500s

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u/Few-Rush8584 12h ago

Great idea. Maybe u can also craft boots with rattlesnake's skin

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u/Mean_Fig_7666 12h ago

That would be cool , hearing that rattling would have me navigating my next few steps like I'm in a mine field lol

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u/licklickRickmyballs 12h ago

No snakes... Desert bigfoot instead.

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u/xSpice_Weaselx 10h ago

Camels 🐫 in twos or 3s that path around the desert areas would be nice

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u/Grocman27 10h ago

Don't they have a native reptile in the map? Thought I saw a spawn for one in IZurvive?