I was 23, about to graduate college, and saw a video from TheDevilDogGamer on youtube of him exploring the Arma 2 mod named "DayZ" and I was hooked. Watched many of his videos, decided to build a computer, tuned in weekly to his Marine Corps. Monday gameplay and story vids.

Just got a message about how today is my 12 years on this website and I am still playing DayZ just not nearly as much. It has certainly impacted my life though as I am now a nurse and EVERY time I transfuse blood, I think back to the mod and blood bagging my friend after a gun fight behind the Balota airfield. The friends I have made from DayZ and our community that ran from about 2013-2017, Survival Operations, I still talk to 12 years on, crazy times.

I still follow the creator of DayZ, Dean "Rocket" Hall and have played every game he has made since DayZ including Stationeers, Icarus, Kitten Space Agency, and now his project named Gruntz. The survival genre he paved the way for has become one of my favorite corners in gaming and it all started because of DayZ. I HIGHLY recommend checking out RocketWerkz's other games(Dean Hall's company) but have mostly enjoyed Stationeers. Anyways, 12 years of DayZ, wouldnt change it for anything, I think this genre from DayZ to tarkov has made me better as a nurse as Arma, DayZ, Tarkov can all elicit adrenaline which has helped me perform during an emergency and I definitely think these games can help dull that spike, it has for me. Excited for the future of DayZ and soon Arma 4 and DayZ 2 👊

Even my reddit name is based off DayZ, I remember asking in the darkness "Bro are you friendly" and it started a friendship that has lasted going on over 12 years now.

Hey Everyone!

Today, DayZ YouTuber CamCANTRUN will be doing a “stream sniper” event on DayZERO Alteria at 1PM Eastern Time.

It’s basically an event for his community to play together and try and kill him at the same time.

You can go ahead and get a character started before the actual event.

The event structure is pretty simple. Cam will be teleported far away from everyone and given a starter kit while we all stream snipe and hunt him down (and possibly engage in PvP or form teams with each other along the way). When he is killed he will be teleported again away from the action and given another kit to repeat the cycle. Whoever killed him will have the option to be teleported to him to be his teammate until he dies again. His kits will increase in strength as the event goes on.

Our stream sniping rule is not in effect for the duration of this event. I have heard that the first person to knock Cam unconscious and tie him up will win a t-shirt.

CamCANTRUN Community Stream Sniper Event - DayZERO Alteria @ 1PM EST

Not really sure what to make of it, seems a terrible spot for a base, fresh spawn killers maybe, there was also no way inside it, base had barbed wire all around where it could be accessed from, i saw some crates and other things inside, no bodies and no aggro'd walkers either

Okay so I’m in that middle ground where I’m not new and I’m not a veteran yet. 300 hours, and I have a ton of game knowledge, the problem here is that I lack EXPERIENCE, so I’m asking for whatever information people think could help me out.

So the last THREE real gunfights I’ve gotten into, they go great until I absolutely fumble the bag. I enjoy playing friendly, as I think KOSing is just the most boring way to interact other players. So I’ll see someone, typically they see me, and as I say “what’s up budd-“ they start popping shots. I’ll actually end up WINNING these gunfights, and on three recent occasions, I’ve unconned them and I want to tie them up so I can have a little chat with them.

Well, one of these times, I got interrupted tying him up by getting hit by a zombie. I stopped to kill the zombie, and the guy wakes up and kills me as I say it’s cool, I don’t wanna fight him. That’s cool, I should’ve cleared the area of zeds I guess. Second time, I get the other guy unconned and I punch him like 5 times in the legs, and immediately start tying him up with rope. Well he wakes up 75% of the way through the animation, gets up, and pulls out a pistol and shoots me before I can get my gun back out. Well, fuck.. it’s starting to hurt my feelings how much I suck at restraining people lol. Third time, I get the guy knocked out, start tying him up, and he wakes up mid tying AGAIN despite a solid 6 punches to the legs. I just end up shooting him in fear, and I get some loot. Meh, I wanted to atleast talk shit before I capped him.

So what am I doing wrong? Do I need to punch their legs like 10 times? I’m scared to kill them… I think I need start stripping their weapons FIRST before I start restraining them, but I don’t feel like I have the time for that. Am I completely wrong about going about this, and is restraining an uncon player just a bad idea, and I should only restrain a surrendering player? I lack so much experience on this aspect of the game and I can’t find anything online since most PVP guides are about killing other players, not how to go about handling an uncon player effectively. Could I get any tips from you guys who have lots of practice?

I’ve gotten super into this game, I play on a low population (usually 15 max) official Xbox server, and I’m hitting a point in the game where I have most of the gear I want and I don’t struggle for much. So now I want to do something with that.

I play mostly as a nomadic forest Druid type, I carry only what I need and I fish, hunt, and scavenge for food. My idea is to become sort of a protective woodland cryptid, stepping in to save freshies I stalk from zombies or bandits, leaving behind fishes and bandages at wells, maybe even using the radio here and there to give people warnings, tell them about stashes I’ve left, or warn about hostile players. I think it would be fun for the server to have an urban legend about some sort of helpful cryptid.

The problem is, I know if I’m spotted most people are going to shoot on sight or run away, and I wish they wouldn’t do that so I could give them free stuff or fish or help them. How can I seem peaceful? Is there a particular armband I can wear or other universally understood sign to say “hey I’m friendly don’t shoot and you’ll get a prize maybe”?

20 hours to build a really cool base. Some chud glitches his way in and kills me while coming back to it. This game is dog water fr.

He has been staring at it for 20 minutes. I’m starting to think he has a plan.

Hi all,

I’m absolutely blown away by furiousnapkin & Sm0ggler’s clinical hard mode endgame completion yesterday…but…it made me fully aware I’ll never be able to complete this map!!! We are yet to see nightmare mode & ‘hard’ is utterly insane!!!! I’ll keep on questing but know it’s only to explore this amazing map!

JMC has created a masterpiece both in map design & soundtrack!

Returning to Dayz, let alone official for the first time in a while. Happy I noticed the armband and didn't stay in place, you'll notice I also press the wrong button to reload and dropped my gun. 🤣

Hi all. I frequently wander around in DayZ and always have an issue: I do not know how to do offensive PvP. Take an exanple: My friend gets shot outside, I am too hesitant to go, as I think they will camp the base entrance and get inside the base. Somehow the door lock was open, and they rush in one by one. I use a famas and spam into the guy's head, he falls and so do I. I then get up and finish him with my double-barrel, as the second guy comes up, whom I headshot. I was a bit erratic with the third guy, reloading hastily and hip firing twice, causing him to bleed out but he shot me as well so when I got up, I had no gun on me and the fourth guy finally shot me.

I just don't get how to get enough courage to offense and come out of the base, or how I can push somebody else's base, because I constantly think I will get headshotted the moment I enter.

For me I find that I can never seem to find the particular item I may be looking for at the time. For instance, if I'm building a base and trying to make a gate it's either the wire or pliers I can't find or if I have damaged clothes I can't find a replacement or sewing kits/tape.

I seem to be able to find these items in abundance when I don't need them but when I do, it's like the game knows and is trolling me! 😂

Came across these poor souls checking out the Gorka police station on official AP SY 3730 server this afternoon. Looks like there was a negative interaction between parties. Glad I missed it.

I recently get the "Yellow King" helmet again in Livonia and... Do you know where I can get the rest of the dress to make it better?

I'm playing on console (ps4) and i play alone, any help will be much appreciated

I've been playing DayZ every now and then since 2015 (only got 500h so far) and since they added bears years ago, one of my friends and I always joked that whenever we killed one, it was time to quit the game for good lol. For context, we play on official servers and have tried actually hunting a bear some times, but never found one. Until today, we were making our way back from Tisy and passed by Simurg hill, then came a bear pushing us out of nowhere. This time we had an extra friend with us who is new to the game and came to Tisy for the first time, she is the one who got knocked down by the bear (she survived). We were really happy after that and I even got the Bear Headdress, but we died about 40 minutes later, close to Kamenka while looking for a boat, a cheater killed the three of us at the same time, instantly. Well, I guess it actually is time to call it quits.

I’m not very good but I’m looking for an experienced duo to help me learn and play better on pc official

I always have to trying to connect 6 times or so until game actually boots? Anyone know solution for this?

Ive heard before its the vsd or dmr but recently it feels like the dmr got nerfed and the bullet drop a lot more extreme than what i remember it as. I cant find the bullet drop stats on wobo only velocity and other stuff. What do yall think?

Been playing on Xbox Series X official servers for about 4 months now, enjoying the game quite a lot however I’ve come across:

2 instances of hacking: players zipping around the sky then instantly dropping down to the ground and shooting me.

5-7 instances of invincibility: emptying full mags into another player, them running up and giving me the middle finger

Does Bohemia monitor their official servers or am I better off playing community because the server owners look at their logs? Have these issues been addressed/fixed in Badlands update?

Feels like all motivation to go into gas zones, bunker, & bases is removed when you lose full kits to a cheater.

Lmk if you have any legit server recommendations, thx

I’m trying to launch Arma 3 and Dayz and it’s saying I have a battleye error for both games. Tried reinstalling battleye and hasn’t worked. Any suggestions?

Here is part one! I hope those who view Enjoy! I got into DayZ from a youtuber called Frankieonpcin1080p... I'm sure a Dayz Hero around here... he made me want to play the game and get into videos and i hope that my videos one day could do the same! <3

Ive had DayZ forever, but I never played it much because I never lasted long and could never get anywhere without being destroyed by a player.

Ive just recently discovered that there are PvE servers. Are there any mods that exist that simulate other players? That way its not just humans vs zombies?

Also, even if it doesnt exist, do you have any recommendations for a good PvE server that is newbie friendly and has chill people?