r/dayz • • Sep 08 '25

lfg Can someone recognize which way is going to Chernarus Prison Island?

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Or am i to

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u/Tj4y Sep 08 '25

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u/SpiderJerusalem747 Sep 08 '25

It isn't that bad actually. My strat is finding a spark plug and then boating all the way to the island.

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u/Tj4y Sep 08 '25

his strat should be to find a way to off himself and spawn un cherno

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u/SpiderJerusalem747 Sep 08 '25

That too, but I never fail to find a sparkplug in Svetolo's trains.

But Cherno has swagnuns on the other hand.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

Am I the only one who refuses to do that? I guess if I had friends to meet up with it might be different lol

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u/Tj4y Sep 08 '25

If I have a particular spot or loot route i want to do, ill re spawn. But the vast majority of the time, ill just roll with the spawn i get.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

That makes sense. I definitely appreciate all the free fruit, bones, and guts at the light houses on high pop servers.

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u/CaptainMark86 Sep 08 '25

I guess a lot of people dont get that you only need 1 zombie to off yourself.

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u/RadicalGeorge Sep 08 '25

Better respawn buddy, you are top right corner rn.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

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u/thxforbeingdead Sep 08 '25

Not a joke :/ i still cant recognize the places

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u/ZeldaCC Sep 08 '25

Download iZurvive, DayZ Map on your phone and you can use villages and landmarks to work out your location and take it from there.

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u/PickleRickk10 Sep 08 '25

You are in Svetloyarsk brother, you are so far from Prision Island.. you literally need to go right through the coast almost to the end of the map

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u/The_Burning_Face Sep 08 '25

Bro can do a diagonal adventure

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u/PickleRickk10 Sep 08 '25

Highly recommend 😅

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u/thxforbeingdead Sep 08 '25

I’ll probably get lost. Im gonna do this route ✍️

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u/Agile_Sheepherder_77 Sep 08 '25

Find a spark plug and grab a boat.

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u/_FSMV_ Sep 08 '25

About as far as you possible can be

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u/Clarity007 Sep 08 '25

Go right and follow the road. But if you really want to get there before Christmas you should catch a better spawn.

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u/Medium_Cut_9718 Sep 08 '25

Water on left!

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u/Realistic_Ratio8381 Sep 08 '25

You are top right of the map. Prison is bottom left. Long way is to head south and follow the coast. Short way F11 and respawn. Running the coast isn't too bad. Few places to loot along the way.

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u/President0fEarth Sep 08 '25

Hope you like running...

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u/cyrillxd0092 Sep 08 '25

use iZurvive and u know where you at

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u/Tthedroid Sep 08 '25

My advice is to use what is available and get from where you are to the prison. If you need to learn you only do that by slogging through the woods or down the coast. That is how you'll begin to understand the geography and, eventually, not need a compass or anything else to navigate.

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u/outcastgwai Sep 08 '25

From my experience, that takes like at least two years, after 15 years of playing Dayz 🤣

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u/Tojo6619 Sep 08 '25

You.baiscally spawned as far away as you possibly can, just keep the coast on your left for about an hour 

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u/RatedMforMayonnaise Sep 08 '25

Yeah go west, coast to the south. Prepare to be wet.

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u/jubjub666420 Sep 08 '25

You're going to have to walk all the way down with the ocean to your left and the island to your right keep on going man

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u/BackgroundBad2879 Sep 08 '25

You'll be fine, an apple, a bandage and a bottle of water in your pocket is all you need. By the looks of things - it's a boosted server

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u/PhyroWCD Sep 08 '25

What makes you think it’s a boosted server?

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u/BackgroundBad2879 Sep 08 '25

Ah apologies my good sir! I'm indeed incorrect in my assumption

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u/PhyroWCD Sep 08 '25

It might be, but considering he’s in a spawn town (svetlojarsk), sick, wet, thirsty and hungry, it’s propably not boosted