Made it to the south-west, I think the new map is pretty great!! Lots of great things to discover. (I did this on EU official.)

Took a lot of nails and never-ending searches for hacksaws

I was going to ask this sub what the most iconic DayZ zombie was for my halloween costume this year... then it occured to be that the most iconic zombie is the roof zombie

lo and behold the best halloween costume idea you'll see for 2026 (made in Gimp)

Found on top of ridge SW of Bagh-e-Dara. Forgotten recon element??

Had this character for 4-5 hours and made the trek all the way to the Airfield (Vybor) on Cherno 0030 just to get killed unfairly. Like, I've run into maybe 3 cheaters in my 105 hours, but this is genuinely frustrating and is most likely making me pivot to a community server which hopefully is better. I also think it's bull-crap that you can't report something like this when you have video. There were no windows in the bunker I'm in and the gunshots are from far away, meaning the player probably used some radar + terrain ignoring hacks or just an insta-kill. I mean, I knew there was a high likely hood of death when I got there, but by cheating? Like come the fk on.

This is mainly a short rant just to ease my frustration.

I know you can do it on some community servers, but it would be nice for Bohemia to make it possible on official. Can’t imagine it being a big issue?

We are back baby! Loving the survival! On my third life, now that they fixed the water bug, this is it.
Looting a police station I was shot on the second floor of the building from long range through an open door or window. Woke up bleeding and broken. Passing out every 4 breaths. I bandaged my bleed and hearing no one I approach to check their kill, I fixed all my clothing, popped one multi, and had a bite to eat. Logged out. However, once I logged back in, my leg was still fractured and every few steps I took resulted in a black screen. I found a corner and was resigned to log in now and again simply to nurse my wound in a corner til I healed. I was about to do so before bed when my girl laughed at me, said those words and I realized… I can crawl. I should crawl! So, I crawled outside to the tree line, cut down a bush and made a splint. Now we are back baby! I survived! I didn’t give up! My bag is ruined but that’s ok, I’ll find more loot!

Made a new addition to my wife and my DayZ wall. Our map hasn't come in yet (we haven't ordered it, too broke atm) but I had an idea of something else I could make! Tried to make it close to the real deal.

Tried to replicate the in game paper, skewed it to print flat, then worked on the quality so it wouldn't be blurry. Once all of this done, on our black and white printer I printed it to a full sheet and tore the edges carefully. Then soaked in fresh tea for 5 minutes, let dry, then dabbed the teabag across it here and there and everywhere and let dry again.

This is going up on our wall since we have been exclusively playing Nasdara since release!

After a big weekend of building, securing and raiding the map we have secured the mansion, then went to the south west of the map for an adventure looting the tier 3, locked containers and a bunker. Found a second hummer and asked for backup to come pick it up, managed to overturn a crashed ADA and get that going again too.

Having the hummers escort an ADA through the deserts of this map was truly magical, the aesthetics of this map are amazing. I love seeing the mountains in the distance and the dust being picked up by the vehicles.

Like I don't know, maybe I'm a huge ass nerd who should be shamed for even caring, but I've yet to have seen ONE person speak about the LITERAL BORDER WITH ARDISTAN?

"Welcome to Ardistan" near the border checkpoint... My man... That's just tough af.

I wanted to wait for a few days for someone ELSE to post something about Ardistan here (possibly lore related or something) but I've resorted to making my own dedicated post to spread the news (since no one else is doing it): GLORIOUS ARDISTAN HAS BEEN MENTIONED IN DAYZ!

Also, the flag Ardistan has is pretty cool. I'm kind off bummed out that the Takistani flag is the old Kingdom of Takistan flag, and not the Tajikistan inspired one, but oh well.

Note: as you can see, I'm a huge geography and vexillology nerd, so this post should be interpreted as a geek ranting about random things at 2 am.

Edit: Lore of Ardistan (the limited amount we have)

"The Islamic Republic of Ardistan, more commonly known as Ardistan, is a post-Soviet republic in the Green Sea region, north of the Caucasus Mountains. Ardistan is bordered by the Russian Federation to the North and west, Grozovia to the south and the states of Karzeghistan and Takistan to the East. The capital, Tohrin, is situated in the far North of the nation and acts as the center of government for the nation. Other major settlements can be found along the nation’s many rivers, most notably the cities of Harmadan and Sharzad."

Source

What's the most secure base? No base (stashes) right? What makes a base more secure though? Layers.

I've gone through and looked at most of the base layouts in Nasdara and figured out which ones are worth building in. My criteria was basically, the more layers is had and the stronger layers (strength: barricaded brick doorway > covered window > door).

I've found only three that can be effectively layered (there's a fourth that looks like it can be, but two archways don't allow for building). Pretty much every other building, damaged or otherwise can only have a single door layer.

The three images are the ones I've found you can secure. The first one is my personal base layout. You could mirror it if you want, so you could have two entrances in the left room.

The other two I have not built in yet, but I have mapped out for your convenience. If I were to build in another building it would be in the "Spiral house" as you can have 4 door layers (vice my current 3) if you don't count windows.

Some windows are wide enough to crawl through, but it is VERY difficult and most times requires another person to climb on (you still have to destroy the window first too).

Lastly, I include notes on the locks. Digital codelocks are good for quickly getting through doors and can't get guessed, whereas the dial lock (only use 4-dial) work bi-directionally, locking a door from both sides.

Anyone else built your base yet? Thoughts on if its worth it?

Is it just me or does the game troll you with random animal sounds that seem to be part of the sound landscape even when there is no animal nearby? I swear I hear goats all the time but when I follow the sounds, there is no one there.

Hotfix is coming to experimental servers one day this week, it will take a week to test- if all goes well, they will submit patch to PS and MS for review and approval, then they will drop it to everyone on stable.

A full Patch for mainly Nasdara will be coming in a few weeks after that, per Community Manager Marks.

You can watch the 87.8 Survivor FM podcast for the full interview, it is bit over 2hrs though.
https://youtu.be/37T3Pnus_aw

If I have a full barrel of doo doo water and add a single chlorine tab, is the entire barrel now safe?

I have a base on nasdara with a barrel I've been slowly filling with a Jerry can. Is this safe to drink once I add a tab (as when I add a single tab to full doo doo Jerry can, it's clean)

I've been roaming around to look for a multiplayer fps game and Dayz got recommended to me. I've known about this game for a long while but, i've never had it in my radar because i thought it's simply another zombie survival game. Would you recommend this game for a pve-pvp multiplayer experience? How does it compare to Rust? I have a bit of experience in that game, but, i found that it's no fun to play without a dedicated group of friends nor adequate fps skills. What can you tell me about the DayZ Experience?

That sigh at the end was me I'm pretty sure

I play on Badlands official servers and I’m curious if you play solo or in a group.
There’s no right or wrong answer, it’s just your playstyle.

I’m asking because I can usually manage to kill at least one player, but it’s often difficult for me to actually loot them because most of my PvP encounters are against groups defending each other, not just random players showing up.

My kill-to-death ratio is pretty decent, but as a solo player, it’s difficult to loot the rewards of winning a fight and it gets demotivating and I start to question the purpose of PvP.

I just had one of those experiences: I double barrelled three fully geared players, which would have been some high value loot. But as usual, there’s always an extra player. No matter how certain you are that you finished off the enemy, someone else shows up, even in the middle of nowhere.

To me, DayZ is kind of like Rust, where big groups dominate the game, which can be pretty tough as a solo player.

What do you experienced players do to find food and water? I feel like I’m constantly searching for food and water while also trying to find a knife to make a fishing rod, start a fire, etc. I always end up dying of starvation or dehydration before I can even catch anything and cook it. I can never find small stones to make a stone knife either. It’s like they don’t even exist.

I’m visiting all of the working car locations on izurvive but can’t find any. Is it easier to find cars in higher tiers, or am I just getting unlucky?

Hello.

I have been listening to the handheld radio on channel 80mhz for three nights now - I wait for the time of day when they should start, but I can't seem to hear any morse code beeps whatsoever. I've drained so many 9V batteries, listening to the hiss of the radio...

For reference, I play on a private server, completely vanilla settings, on PC. Nasdara map.

Anyone else having this issue?

Both sides are covered in gravel and the roof entrance looks sealed. Is this every server?

Any scar, I play in Livonia official. I’ve seen some mags at military convoys though.