My early survival tip is: Find (or craft) a knife, a rope, get some bones (may be human, the less food in the spawn location, the more dead bodies are there), make a fishing hook and you have an infinite source of food with high energy level. And for the bonus - you can ALWAYS wash your hands right where you caught the fish :)
@@thebathroombandit Well, if you ask nicely, I'm ready to share. But don't try to piss me off, I'm that lady who uses human body parts to catch a fish :D
When you combine bark and a stick, the option that appears is to craft a fireplace. You have to use the scroll wheel to switch to the option to make a hand drill kit instead.
Haha my pleasure. Same goes with getting bark from a tree with an axe or a hatchet. The option you're presented with is to get logs or firewood. You have to scroll to get the option to get bark with these. Didn't figure that one out for a long time.@@jaxhayes4372
• storing hot pans, pots or food will keep your temperature up. • always have a decent melee weapon • avoid using guns at all costs as zombies and players are attracted • you can melee zombies from within greenhouses • avoid lights • do not carry too much to maintain stamina • create crates to store goods so you dont lose everything • nuckle dusters are great • search outdoor toilets for sharpening stones • repair kits are essential • if you fire weapons without silencers, move from that position asap • be very diligent and meticulous when looting and gathering
Never gather more than you need. Fringe philosophy....but I have survived a month with out a rifle or a plate. Ultimately, you just want to murder people....Surviving is easy....being a Murderer is not.
All you need is 1 chicken, and something to cut it up. Even a tire iron or screw driver does the job. - Make a knife from the bones. - Make 2 fish hooks from the leftover bones. Find worms with knives. Make rope from 12 rags and take a longstick. Get 4 or more mackerels and you can reach tisy without looting for food.
wow, thanks so much man. I got the game a couple days ago and just kept dying, I learned so much from this and enjoy the game much more. keep up the good videos. i hope you see this!
This game is for the more serious player that likes the challenge of survival. It is frustrating at first. But STILL fun! The fun outweighs the frustration. That's how you know it's a good game.
Honestly, this is my favorite part of the game. Getting the first bit of gear, and kibble while avoiding both Zs and other players is a lot of fun. Once I'm geared up I tend to get a bit bored and start doing stupid things that end up getting myself killed. New game: get fully geared up, head back to the spawning ground and give my stuff away to a fresh so I can start over without having to die. Part of the challenge is keeping the freshy from killing you after you've given them weapons.
I'm in a similar position! It gives our characters depth lol, like a backstory Got in a knife fight with someone fresh outta spawning, instantly took me down to red health & blood, dmg-ed clothes & 3 cuts. slowly waddled all the way to the nearest town to make fire, ate some food, and logged out when my health got upto yellow :) very excited to continue this journey
Great video mate! I enjoy playing (badly) and making content on dayz and it's refreshing to see someone put their own spin on it. Keep up the good work 👏
played since beta but stopped playing a while ago due to pvp asshats. but did the mod to solo play so play on my own local server now. if you get overwhelmed by zombies, jump up on a car roof or something elevated. the zombies cant reach you but you can stil hit them. watch the blood symbol and health cross things go downhill if they arent monitored. the firemans axe used to be my favourite melee but they seem rare now. keep an eye out for mushrooms as they are quite nourishing and spawn near haystacks as well as in the forest. if you get a compass it helps as well, to maintain bearings. the hunting towers usually have something good in them as well. shotguns can be cut down with a hacksaw and concealed in your pack (a nasty surprise if someone tries to cuff you). grab any/all duct tape/sewing kits/leather crafting kits/weapon cleaning kits as theyll all be good for repairing stuff. put loose ammo in magazines to save inventory space
I'll add two.. 1) Don't worry about looting every building, and picking up everything you find. Keep it simple and focused as mentioned in the vighajo, especially as a newb. 2) If you see them, run through a dense area of fruit trees early on, pick up any you find. Go loot, craft, get fish or chicken, and then in 10-20min before you leave the spawn town, run back through the trees. Good chance you can pick up another couple pieces of fruit that spawned while you were looting. They are low caloric value but basically free.
@@Nitno For sure! Many new players don't know that fruit spawns 10-20min after running through the trees... which can be used for grabbing some quick fruit, but also as an indicator if somebody has been through recently. I also recently learned that the 1.22 or 1.23 patch made it so the caloric value of fruit triples if it is baked.. so unless you're red, don't eat until you have a chance to build a fire and bake your fruit. I haven't checked if keeping baked fruit in your clothing provides warmth the same way cooked meat does.
I like to head to the nearest hunting or military camp right away. Don't spend much time on coast unless i spawn near the prison island. Prison island has decent gear for getting started.
It's funny, that improvised pack? I learned how to make that in real life about 20 someone years ago. Long story short, I was a nomad for about 30 years. And unlike a lot of my peers who are getting high and doing stupid crap, I was learning what I called old tech. Actual Flint and steel for campfires, making a rucksack out of three sticks and some rope and whatever the hell else I felt like, which eventually segued into learning, how to make my own shoes, etc Got to admit, it's the large part of the reason why I was inspired to play this game in the first place. Ironically, I have yet to actually experience those skills in the game but..
Another thing a beginner can do is set up their own server, put the SlowZombie mod on it, and then have a little bit easier time of getting around and figuring things out. Another tip, too, is to collect a whole bunch of pears and apples. Orchards are found almost everywhere.
To get the fruit to spawn you need to WALK around in the Orchard for a while first. I've lived on this fruit many times even though it is low grade food. Cooking before eating gives it more calories. Watch the cooking process and don't let your food burn.
The amount of “beginner tutorials” I’ve seen and this is the first one I’ve seen that mentioned the makeshift backpack and chickens 🤦🏻 thanks for finally something helpful
If in a major town, especially where a port is located get a fishing rod, go to train tracks for rocks to make knife then go for a chicken for bones. Fish and eat chicken after cooking. Clothing, you should always aim for a pea coat, denim jacket and jeans. If you find a firearm early that's good but don't take time doing it and get some melee weapons then head on inland.
A mistake new players make is definitely trying to loot everything in the spawn zone. I must have spent countless hours wondering around Electro going building to building finding scraps of food and by the time I’m finished my food is back in the red again 😂 Having a plan always helps so I now speed run through some sheds and aim to reach a smaller inland village with a water pump and hopefully pick up a couple of cool things along the way. Usually between spawn zone and the nearest village there will have been opportunities to get chicken steaks or kill a cow/pig/deer if you’re lucky enough to have a weapon.
I first played months ago and this was how i would start all the time. Look for food, finally find it, barely get out of the red and by the time i start looking moving toward my goal, i'm starving again. Probably the biggest impact on how long i live/how far inland i get is based on taking the risk of moving inland even without food. Chances are like you said you'll find an animal and if not the higher loot tier will make food more easy to find.
It's a common thing to do, there is literally no sense of exploration since there is nothing to gather in these houses, you enter a damn house and expect to have some food but on the kitchen plate there are some pants, nothing or other trash instead. I literally created my own server to see if there is something wrong on a one that i was in, and if everything is just looted and no it's still the same. People say, create a knife from stones, so i go outside, and find no damn rocks or stones on a fucking dirtroad. Saw a bush, it says take the stick, bam bloodloss. Realistic as fuck, you can't gather rocks from the ground, your character has anorexia after ten minutes ingame and you get bloodloss because you break a stick. Im surprised my character managed to make it to the adulthood if he dies from every gust of wind. On top of that, as a freshie you spawned with a short pants and it's constantly cold so you lose everything even faster, it takes time and loosing metabolism before you find any decent clothes. Played countless hours DayZ Arma mod, and it was way better, i bought this game like a year ago and played it only a couple hours after i just got frustrated and uninstalled it, came back seeing if anythings changed but there seem to be even more Z's in the city which results in problem of getting into the water source, there is always 3 or 4 zombies surrounding the water hose, aside from that it's still the same frustrating experience.
Nice video. I have a video idea after watching your channel and a bit of your stream : a video on protocols on interacting with other players. Topics can include; how to befriend other players, staying organized in groups, helping each other with food/water, engaging other players as a group, etc
Thanks for the fantastic and very educational video. As I said to a commenter below that rage quit...I think of DayZ as a game that does not cater to the entitled player. They have to learn to play it the hard way just like the unentitled. HOW TO videos, available to those who wish to learn from experienced players, can be counted as blessings.
@@Nitno perhaps an Introductory level to play when you first start playing may help them, becoz you do get thrown in at the deep end 😄, 1.21 update may help them a little more🤞.
How many times should we die before we give up and play a better designed game? Seriously, a little hand holding is necessary in the beginning of any game. I want to like this game but so far all it does is cause me to rage quit.
@@opossumgrylls3275 I think of it as a game that does not cater to entitled folks. They have to learn it the hard way, just like the unentitled. HOW TO videos, available for those who wish to learn from experienced players, can be counted as blessings.
Do you have any tips on avoiding the infected early game? *All* of my looting runs have been cut short before they even start because I'd either get spotted or would be unable to get closer to any buildings in an attempt to avoid the aforementioned...
Sneaking helps, you make less sound crouch walking. Try to create situations where you can single out one infected at a time. Also you can go inside, close the door behind you, and punch zeds through a window if you really need to.
Always crouch. Without crouching your like a beacon of sound to zombies. Have something sharp, like a knife, and if you sneak up behind them you can swing and you’ll do a stealth kill, which is both silent and an insta kill. Fun fact: Sprint crouching is just as loud as normal crouching, so utilize it. Crouching without sprinting is mad slow and you can easily clear out areas of zeds by just sprint crouching.
I remember the early playthroughs of me getting into an area and swiftly dying before I could even eat the starting food lol Nowadays I can make a character last far longer. Longest I’ve had a character was about a week. But usually what gets me is when the game bugs/lags causing something stupid to happen…which far more deadly than the infected and the Chad Chaddingtons lol
A knife is all you need. Cut the rags. Make rag gloves and mask. Kill chicken. Cut chicken. Make fire. Make fire starter. Make pointy stick!. Cook chicken. All with one knife.
@Nitno I don't even mess with chickens, too much work for hardly any food lol. Loot loot loot kill zombies loot. So easy to find food if you just look
I have learned that a police station is bound to have a bk 133 or a mlock19 as the mlock19 is rare and the bk 133 is mostly found on the first floor opposite the cell
Thank you for the content you share, it is very helpful, I play on regular NY servers and one thing that can be very frustrating, is to be a couple days going and get 15 minutes into a game and have a good start and the server restart and when one NY seever restarts it seems like the other NY severs follows, is this something that all servers do is restart after so many hours or is there different ones that dont?
Yep most server's restart on a set timer. I think the way DayZ Server's work, is that they will start to lag if they are not restarted every once and a while. I am not sure how often official dayz servers restart, but that's the reason they do. Most community servers will have a discord with the reset timers posted in their discord.
Finding food and whatnot used to be frustrating, now its just having gear and being a target thats frustrating. I used to try and talk, but now if i see another player i just run away or start shooting if they're too close to run
Try playing on a lower population community server. That's what I do. Very rarely do I encounter other players. When I feel like PVP I get on high pop official server. I also only play on vanilla based servers.
I almost solely play on official, I did find one in community called "1000x" that's fun, and a few friends of mine just got their own server. But official servers, and the stress that goes with them, are still the most fun for me
My dayz experience so far: spawned, met some guy, gave him an apple(in hopes to team up), he started fighting the infected and got killed. I followed the traintracks for a bit, killed an infected. Than I got shot when I entered a shop. Next one, I teamed up with someone, he felt and broke a leg, I gathered the sticks and rags to fix the guy. Than we found a police station and started shooting and setting off smoke gernades. Walked a bit futher, got ambushed and killed by a group of assholes with guns :( Died alot by either the infected or cold or starving. I suck at this game lol
Just purchased a physical copy with map been playing Arma reforger but there’s a lot of idiots getting on there now just building an armoury on the base nothing else no radio tower raiding supplies on load out sic of doing supply runs for nothing bring on day z can’t wait cheers for tips
I’ve subscribe cause your steps have just made me survive a whole day thank you I’ve seen many vids on here but yours is so well put together, hopefully one day I’ll be a good survivor just like you. 😃🙏
@2:29, what exactly are the button presses to stab a zombie from behind? I always end up just slashing them! Can you please explain this in detail Nitno? Thanks in advance man!
Sure so from crouch walk, Stand up by releasing keys, Hold Right Click to Raise Hands, The Left Click. The key is that the zombies cannot be in a state of awareness... if you hear them sort of "grunt" and search around, it will not work. You have to be quick with it.
Honestly don’t know where I’ve been for the last 10 years.. but recently all I’ve been doing is watching DayZ videos… this game is just simply incredible…I’m gonna try the vanilla version first on console to get the hang of the servers & the game.. however from lots & lots of research I can safely say that the modded servers on PC are FAR better than vanilla dayZ… I didn’t understand a lot of how it differs between PC & console at first but on console there is no black market trader / market trader unless a player decides to manually turn a building into a trader base..& the base building tools on console are extremely limited in comparison to the PC servers.. you can’t build tree house bases etc on console.. only PC.. I’m writing all this because I found this info very hard to extract from the internet.. so to all new players like me that wasn’t or still is not sure what platform to go with or you’re under the assumption it’s all the same.. hopefully I’ve cleared some things up for you. Can’t wait to start my dayZ adventure. No seriously. 😂
Good luck out there! When you get on PC I'd recommend getting there basics down on official and vanilla servers. Heavily modded trader servers can be fun, but it's a very different vibe from vanilla days. I'd recommend Day one or Zero for no trader no bases. I'd recommend KarmaKrew and Northmen for bases servers.
Why gear up? Why leave the coast? I have made a nice little life here....and do not worry about being Murdered....by the gear heads. The Ocean provides...leave it....and die. Most people run inland...I run to the coast....the literal waves breaking coast. The only headache is running into town for clothes. The trees give me warmth, the stone knives, the Sea food....Water...yeah, that comes with clothing runs....but honestly, you can travel the length of the DayZ coast comfortably....and learn a thing or two.
This one comment utterly changed my game play. Was already inland, but as a noob, was struggling. Went back out to the coast, near Komarova - everything is central there, water, police station, an industrial area. Never saw a single player, and once I had a chest full of tools and gear, I found my way to the island Storozh - there are plank supplies on the far side, and away from all prying eyes on the mainland, and you have zombies up on the ridges above and behind you to alert you. Thank you!!! Fishing, cooking, exploring the island.
as a nolife fatass with 3k hours on this game i personally quit and uninstalled dayz 12 times before getting the hang of it. Don't give up if you're new i wanna see more people on dayz luv ya
Genuinely, if they just gave you a map the game would be so much better. It’s ridiculous that using an outside app is the standard if you want to know where the hell to go. Besides, it’s not like the in game map trivialises navigation lol
I'm a new player ( about 15 new spawns in). Very helpfull guide. But like in real life the biggest problem I face it's other peoples. I have spawned the most near Berezino?? The Police station there is a death trap,always locked down by some one with a gun,also people will kill you for nothing; second problem I face it's finding a bladed weapon/tool and the water pumps. Also knucle dusters are awesome.
Easy solution. Go to the community tab and find a lower population community server. That's the best way to get in and learn the game without having to worry so much about griefers.
Some will say it is cheating, but you can use iZurvive interactive map to identify where everything is and get familiar with the locations of key points like PDs, Medical, and wells. If you want to be more purist, don't use it while in-game. There are fairly well establish "loot routes" that you can either look up or develop on your own depending on where you start. Once you have two or three in your hip pocket (hell even write them down on a sheet of paper like a script you can follow), getting from fresh spawn to squared away and ready to adventure becomes much easier. Also, pick empty or low-population servers. Fewer campers and freshie snipers, and more loot available.
Are wooden fishing hooks new or is there a super con to using them? I have been using them because they are a little easier to find but i do notice the fish i catch arent as high quality as when i fish with a lure. Dunno if that is why or what
it took me about 200 hours to learn how to play. still in the starter zone. want to improve that. i spend too much time looking for canned food and forget about hunting. punching chickens is best and quickest.
I tried crafting the burlap courier bag after the new update, but I think they removed that recipe because I couldn't combine the 3 sticks with the bag😢😢
My tip. Do jot join a vanilla server. It does not matter if the server just went through a wipe. You will play for 3-4 hours and find maybe 2-3 items. Vanilla servers are TRASH unless you are a streamer getting paid to “magically come across a tundra” lol
Watched so many tutorials and still can't even come close to getting out of the spawn town. starve to death, freeze to death, bleed to death, get sick, get killed by zombies, over and over and over. No food no weapons no water no clothes, cant find a damn thing😂
@@Nitno A quirk that I "suffer" from is seeing faces in shapes. It's called Pareidolia. I wasn't looking for the "face", just saw it. As soon as you click on the timestamp, look directly right of the blue shirt, you will see it.
As always, Top Level guide/assistance video! My ONLY issue (and this is just the jerk grammarian in me, lol) is when you pronounce 'especially' as 'ekspecially' or something similar. Drives me nuts!😉😛) Keep up the fantastic work!
It is MUCH easier to get the hang of the game on low pop servers, 0-15 players. Much more loot, less players to dome you the moment you leave a spawn town etc.
Every guide i see says sth like "yeah just go look around for a bit, find some cans or fruit, get a knife and a screwdriver" like bro, all 3 cities near every spawn are completely dry. And i cant search the 4th city, because ill be dead before i get there.
Literally never goes this way!! Every house is looted already Spawn in the middle of nowhere like the woods during a rainstorm 8/10 times but thanks tho
Getting food and insulated clothing will help you to not get sick. If you're spawning in at night, or when it's raining.. just exit and join another server where it is daytime and clear. Sounds dumb but make it easy on yourself while learning the mechanics.
Not hating but thumbnail looks like freshie to freshie with a underwear gun lol. Thank you for all your videos even with 8000k hours I watch religiously.
@@Nitno been playing all morning and still haven't found any winning combinations. I pretty much just hold out until sickness or starvation ends me. Is that the whole point of the game? To live about 1 hour?
thanks for the video it helpt very much thanks , iam going to try to make dayz content on my channel do you have some dayz content tips? (sry for bad english)
My early survival tip is: Find (or craft) a knife, a rope, get some bones (may be human, the less food in the spawn location, the more dead bodies are there), make a fishing hook and you have an infinite source of food with high energy level. And for the bonus - you can ALWAYS wash your hands right where you caught the fish :)
Fishing is also a very very solid way to start! It's crazy how long you'll be in the white on food and water after slamming a couple fish.
Good thing theres people like you with plenty of food for me
@@thebathroombandit There ya go!
@@Nitno ❤
@@thebathroombandit Well, if you ask nicely, I'm ready to share. But don't try to piss me off, I'm that lady who uses human body parts to catch a fish :D
When you combine bark and a stick, the option that appears is to craft a fireplace. You have to use the scroll wheel to switch to the option to make a hand drill kit instead.
Good tip! I've totally mad a fireplace on accident many times haha.
Haha my pleasure. Same goes with getting bark from a tree with an axe or a hatchet. The option you're presented with is to get logs or firewood. You have to scroll to get the option to get bark with these. Didn't figure that one out for a long time.@@jaxhayes4372
i need to figure out what the hell the console version of that is
@@fentgawdkinda late but down on the d-pad.
@@teldrynsero6791thx
• storing hot pans, pots or food will keep your temperature up.
• always have a decent melee weapon
• avoid using guns at all costs as zombies and players are attracted
• you can melee zombies from within greenhouses
• avoid lights
• do not carry too much to maintain stamina
• create crates to store goods so you dont lose everything
• nuckle dusters are great
• search outdoor toilets for sharpening stones
• repair kits are essential
• if you fire weapons without silencers, move from that position asap
• be very diligent and meticulous when looting and gathering
Great list of tips! Thanks!
@@Nitno all your tips are also fantastic.
Bro would survive DayZ, The Road and Last of Us no doubt
Never gather more than you need. Fringe philosophy....but I have survived a month with out a rifle or a plate. Ultimately, you just want to murder people....Surviving is easy....being a Murderer is not.
All you need is 1 chicken, and something to cut it up. Even a tire iron or screw driver does the job.
- Make a knife from the bones.
- Make 2 fish hooks from the leftover bones.
Find worms with knives.
Make rope from 12 rags and take a longstick.
Get 4 or more mackerels and you can reach tisy without looting for food.
Excellent write up!
I'm totally new to the game.. whatttt you can make hooks from leftover bones!
wow, thanks so much man. I got the game a couple days ago and just kept dying, I learned so much from this and enjoy the game much more. keep up the good videos. i hope you see this!
Awesome to hear, glad I could help! Good luck out there! I've got more guides to scroll through.
I didn't know about the bone and/or stone sharpening on a boulder! That's a great tip great video as always Captain!
Thanks Squigley!
This game is for the more serious player that likes the challenge of survival. It is frustrating at first. But STILL fun! The fun outweighs the frustration. That's how you know it's a good game.
I am right there with ya!
When I bought it I almost refunded it. I have 2500 hrs now after I found out how the game works, it's still such a great game.
@@KiesStaminhoi played it on PS4 initially, deleted it and came back a year later on my PS5… NIGHT/DAY difference🤘 700 hours in now and I love it.
The amount of thing i learn every time i die is astonishing considering i'm 12 hours deep... This game is hard bro
I completely agree with you
Honestly, this is my favorite part of the game. Getting the first bit of gear, and kibble while avoiding both Zs and other players is a lot of fun. Once I'm geared up I tend to get a bit bored and start doing stupid things that end up getting myself killed.
New game: get fully geared up, head back to the spawning ground and give my stuff away to a fresh so I can start over without having to die. Part of the challenge is keeping the freshy from killing you after you've given them weapons.
Yesss, that's how I feel as well most times.
real
similar here, i like to get sick and then try to cure myself... i almost always die doing it
I'm in a similar position!
It gives our characters depth lol, like a backstory
Got in a knife fight with someone fresh outta spawning, instantly took me down to red health & blood, dmg-ed clothes & 3 cuts. slowly waddled all the way to the nearest town to make fire, ate some food, and logged out when my health got upto yellow :) very excited to continue this journey
If you can get a freshy to talk just dump stuff on the ground and say "This is for you." Then run away.
Bonus tip: Always keep izurvive Map handy on your phone, so you know where the next source of food/water is.
Great idea especially for newer players.
That’s cheating
@@longjohnlongdong4692ok? and new players are supposed to know the entire map?
Yeh if you want to set it to easy mode and don't like playing the game as intended
@@teighandoughty1573literally no one gives two shits whether or not someone plays the game “the right way”
Great video mate! I enjoy playing (badly) and making content on dayz and it's refreshing to see someone put their own spin on it. Keep up the good work 👏
Much appreciated! Good luck out there!
@Nitno you too brother! 👊
New sub here im on console but your intro videos are a great help and im getting better at finding food and protection keep up the good work!!!
Excellent to hear! It really does get a bit easier the more hours you put into it! Always could be someone where ya least expect it though!
played since beta but stopped playing a while ago due to pvp asshats. but did the mod to solo play so play on my own local server now. if you get overwhelmed by zombies, jump up on a car roof or something elevated. the zombies cant reach you but you can stil hit them. watch the blood symbol and health cross things go downhill if they arent monitored. the firemans axe used to be my favourite melee but they seem rare now. keep an eye out for mushrooms as they are quite nourishing and spawn near haystacks as well as in the forest. if you get a compass it helps as well, to maintain bearings. the hunting towers usually have something good in them as well. shotguns can be cut down with a hacksaw and concealed in your pack (a nasty surprise if someone tries to cuff you). grab any/all duct tape/sewing kits/leather crafting kits/weapon cleaning kits as theyll all be good for repairing stuff. put loose ammo in magazines to save inventory space
All good tips! Thanks!
Aye Nitno back at it again with another banger, good shit man love your work keep up the grind man you've got this. Thanks for the tips.
Thanks man!
I'll add two..
1) Don't worry about looting every building, and picking up everything you find. Keep it simple and focused as mentioned in the vighajo, especially as a newb.
2) If you see them, run through a dense area of fruit trees early on, pick up any you find. Go loot, craft, get fish or chicken, and then in 10-20min before you leave the spawn town, run back through the trees. Good chance you can pick up another couple pieces of fruit that spawned while you were looting. They are low caloric value but basically free.
Good ideas, thanks!
@@Nitno For sure! Many new players don't know that fruit spawns 10-20min after running through the trees... which can be used for grabbing some quick fruit, but also as an indicator if somebody has been through recently. I also recently learned that the 1.22 or 1.23 patch made it so the caloric value of fruit triples if it is baked.. so unless you're red, don't eat until you have a chance to build a fire and bake your fruit. I haven't checked if keeping baked fruit in your clothing provides warmth the same way cooked meat does.
@@silvermediastudio oh nice, I didn't realize that about baked fruit!
I like to head to the nearest hunting or military camp right away. Don't spend much time on coast unless i spawn near the prison island. Prison island has decent gear for getting started.
Good thinking!
It's funny, that improvised pack? I learned how to make that in real life about 20 someone years ago.
Long story short, I was a nomad for about 30 years. And unlike a lot of my peers who are getting high and doing stupid crap, I was learning what I called old tech. Actual Flint and steel for campfires, making a rucksack out of three sticks and some rope and whatever the hell else I felt like, which eventually segued into learning, how to make my own shoes, etc
Got to admit, it's the large part of the reason why I was inspired to play this game in the first place. Ironically, I have yet to actually experience those skills in the game but..
Thanks for the story! Good luck out there in DayZ!
Another thing a beginner can do is set up their own server, put the SlowZombie mod on it, and then have a little bit easier time of getting around and figuring things out.
Another tip, too, is to collect a whole bunch of pears and apples. Orchards are found almost everywhere.
Good ideas for sure!
To get the fruit to spawn you need to WALK around in the Orchard for a while first. I've lived on this fruit many times even though it is low grade food. Cooking before eating gives it more calories. Watch the cooking process and don't let your food burn.
@@edmartin875 I'm going to try that, I've yet to kill or cook anything, and haven't fished at all.
another tip for disinfecting rags is that you can use disinfecting spray to, most commonly found in houses and sheds.
Good tip as well!
Finally, looks like I’ve come to the right place. Best guide ever, thank you. Subbed🙃
Thanks for checking it out! Welcome Survivor!
Man I’m new to this game and this video is exactly what I needed thanks!!
Awesome to hear! Yeah check out some of my other guides!
This is verry helpfull for a friend. Its hard to explain all this without a video, thank you.
Anytime! Glad I could help!!!
The amount of “beginner tutorials” I’ve seen and this is the first one I’ve seen that mentioned the makeshift backpack and chickens 🤦🏻 thanks for finally something helpful
Anytime!
The first lesson in DayZ is not gathering Loot...it is surviving by crafting your own loot.
If in a major town, especially where a port is located get a fishing rod, go to train tracks for rocks to make knife then go for a chicken for bones. Fish and eat chicken after cooking.
Clothing, you should always aim for a pea coat, denim jacket and jeans.
If you find a firearm early that's good but don't take time doing it and get some melee weapons then head on inland.
All great tips as well!
Your my favorite Chanel that covers this game so far! Thank you 🙏 ❤
Thanks I appreciate that!
A mistake new players make is definitely trying to loot everything in the spawn zone. I must have spent countless hours wondering around Electro going building to building finding scraps of food and by the time I’m finished my food is back in the red again 😂 Having a plan always helps so I now speed run through some sheds and aim to reach a smaller inland village with a water pump and hopefully pick up a couple of cool things along the way.
Usually between spawn zone and the nearest village there will have been opportunities to get chicken steaks or kill a cow/pig/deer if you’re lucky enough to have a weapon.
Exactly! Well said!
I first played months ago and this was how i would start all the time. Look for food, finally find it, barely get out of the red and by the time i start looking moving toward my goal, i'm starving again. Probably the biggest impact on how long i live/how far inland i get is based on taking the risk of moving inland even without food. Chances are like you said you'll find an animal and if not the higher loot tier will make food more easy to find.
It's a common thing to do, there is literally no sense of exploration since there is nothing to gather in these houses, you enter a damn house and expect to have some food but on the kitchen plate there are some pants, nothing or other trash instead. I literally created my own server to see if there is something wrong on a one that i was in, and if everything is just looted and no it's still the same.
People say, create a knife from stones, so i go outside, and find no damn rocks or stones on a fucking dirtroad. Saw a bush, it says take the stick, bam bloodloss.
Realistic as fuck, you can't gather rocks from the ground, your character has anorexia after ten minutes ingame and you get bloodloss because you break a stick. Im surprised my character managed to make it to the adulthood if he dies from every gust of wind.
On top of that, as a freshie you spawned with a short pants and it's constantly cold so you lose everything even faster, it takes time and loosing metabolism before you find any decent clothes.
Played countless hours DayZ Arma mod, and it was way better, i bought this game like a year ago and played it only a couple hours after i just got frustrated and uninstalled it, came back seeing if anythings changed but there seem to be even more Z's in the city which results in problem of getting into the water source, there is always 3 or 4 zombies surrounding the water hose, aside from that it's still the same frustrating experience.
Just go around the orchards and trees beside buildings. You'll stack up fruit pretty quickly.
Yooooo, another epic gamer video by Nitno!
Boo!! What up! Thanks!
Great video Thankyou! 4th day playing today
Anytime!
Nice video. I have a video idea after watching your channel and a bit of your stream : a video on protocols on interacting with other players. Topics can include; how to befriend other players, staying organized in groups, helping each other with food/water, engaging other players as a group, etc
Great idea actually! I'll add it to my list of videos to make. Although I often struggle to keep track of my friends and not lose them
Very helpful, thank you
Anytime!
Thanks for the fantastic and very educational video.
As I said to a commenter below that rage quit...I think of DayZ as a game that does not cater to the entitled player. They have to learn to play it the hard way just like the unentitled. HOW TO videos, available to those who wish to learn from experienced players, can be counted as blessings.
It's a tough game to get into, after enough hours it gets more manageable
Best tip anyone could implement: dont fear failure
Solid advice!
Thank you 🙏🏾
Hey hey
This is an excellent video for new players, well done sir ❤
Thanks Rob!
@@Nitno I've a couple of friends wanting to start playing and this video is definately being shared with them so thank-you!
I love the delivery...very to the point
Thanks! I try to keep it simple!
Simple is good for old fools like me.@@Nitno
Very handy advice, it is a loss to the community when people try and give up a little to soon. 👍
Totally agree! I try to help any new players I run across in game.
@@Nitno perhaps an Introductory level to play when you first start playing may help them, becoz you do get thrown in at the deep end 😄, 1.21 update may help them a little more🤞.
@@cosmo9882 I often thought that would be a good idea too!
How many times should we die before we give up and play a better designed game? Seriously, a little hand holding is necessary in the beginning of any game. I want to like this game but so far all it does is cause me to rage quit.
@@opossumgrylls3275 I think of it as a game that does not cater to entitled folks. They have to learn it the hard way, just like the unentitled. HOW TO videos, available for those who wish to learn from experienced players, can be counted as blessings.
great video as always nitno.
Thanks Jeff!
Do you have any tips on avoiding the infected early game? *All* of my looting runs have been cut short before they even start because I'd either get spotted or would be unable to get closer to any buildings in an attempt to avoid the aforementioned...
Sneaking helps, you make less sound crouch walking. Try to create situations where you can single out one infected at a time. Also you can go inside, close the door behind you, and punch zeds through a window if you really need to.
Always crouch. Without crouching your like a beacon of sound to zombies. Have something sharp, like a knife, and if you sneak up behind them you can swing and you’ll do a stealth kill, which is both silent and an insta kill.
Fun fact: Sprint crouching is just as loud as normal crouching, so utilize it. Crouching without sprinting is mad slow and you can easily clear out areas of zeds by just sprint crouching.
Really useful video :)
Thanks for checking it out!
You can also clean your hands on ponds or rivers. Nice list of tips!
Good tip!
Great video. Thanks
Anytime!
This was very helpful!
Thank you!!
Anytime!
I remember the early playthroughs of me getting into an area and swiftly dying before I could even eat the starting food lol Nowadays I can make a character last far longer. Longest I’ve had a character was about a week. But usually what gets me is when the game bugs/lags causing something stupid to happen…which far more deadly than the infected and the Chad Chaddingtons lol
Haha yep DayZ can be like that. Good luck out there Survivor!
For sure get chicken, cook chicken, eat chicken and WASH YOUR HANDS!!!! After that - everything else is gravy.
A knife is all you need. Cut the rags. Make rag gloves and mask. Kill chicken. Cut chicken. Make fire. Make fire starter. Make pointy stick!. Cook chicken. All with one knife.
Chicken is life!
@Nitno I don't even mess with chickens, too much work for hardly any food lol. Loot loot loot kill zombies loot. So easy to find food if you just look
@@williamwoodard6682😂😂😂 lies where I always die if I dont eat a chicken
I have learned that a police station is bound to have a bk 133 or a mlock19 as the mlock19 is rare and the bk 133 is mostly found on the first floor opposite the cell
Yep good call!
coming back to the game and totally forgot about everything, thanks
No problem! Enjoy the game!
Thank you for the content you share, it is very helpful, I play on regular NY servers and one thing that can be very frustrating, is to be a couple days going and get 15 minutes into a game and have a good start and the server restart and when one NY seever restarts it seems like the other NY severs follows, is this something that all servers do is restart after so many hours or is there different ones that dont?
Yep most server's restart on a set timer. I think the way DayZ Server's work, is that they will start to lag if they are not restarted every once and a while.
I am not sure how often official dayz servers restart, but that's the reason they do.
Most community servers will have a discord with the reset timers posted in their discord.
Finding food and whatnot used to be frustrating, now its just having gear and being a target thats frustrating. I used to try and talk, but now if i see another player i just run away or start shooting if they're too close to run
understandable
Try playing on a lower population community server. That's what I do. Very rarely do I encounter other players. When I feel like PVP I get on high pop official server. I also only play on vanilla based servers.
I almost solely play on official, I did find one in community called "1000x" that's fun, and a few friends of mine just got their own server. But official servers, and the stress that goes with them, are still the most fun for me
My dayz experience so far: spawned, met some guy, gave him an apple(in hopes to team up), he started fighting the infected and got killed. I followed the traintracks for a bit, killed an infected. Than I got shot when I entered a shop.
Next one, I teamed up with someone, he felt and broke a leg, I gathered the sticks and rags to fix the guy. Than we found a police station and started shooting and setting off smoke gernades. Walked a bit futher, got ambushed and killed by a group of assholes with guns :(
Died alot by either the infected or cold or starving. I suck at this game lol
@@OldCarsAreFun honestly that sounds kind of fun 😅 keep playing, every life is different.
Can you drink from the water bottle if you dump it out and get it from the well? Or do you have to disinfect the water bottle first?
Yes it's safe if you just dump the water out, then fill it up with clean water from a well. Good question 👍
Well water is always clean
Just purchased a physical copy with map been playing Arma reforger but there’s a lot of idiots getting on there now just building an armoury on the base nothing else no radio tower raiding supplies on load out sic of doing supply runs for nothing bring on day z can’t wait cheers for tips
Enjoy DayZ! It can be frustrating, but you learn something every life. No other game like it!
I’ve subscribe cause your steps have just made me survive a whole day thank you I’ve seen many vids on here but yours is so well put together, hopefully one day I’ll be a good survivor just like you. 😃🙏
Thanks Hawkeye!
@2:29, what exactly are the button presses to stab a zombie from behind? I always end up just slashing them! Can you please explain this in detail Nitno? Thanks in advance man!
Sure so from crouch walk, Stand up by releasing keys, Hold Right Click to Raise Hands, The Left Click.
The key is that the zombies cannot be in a state of awareness... if you hear them sort of "grunt" and search around, it will not work. You have to be quick with it.
@@Nitno THANK YOU @Nitno! ...I'm going to practice this ALL night now! Cheers man!
Honestly don’t know where I’ve been for the last 10 years.. but recently all I’ve been doing is watching DayZ videos… this game is just simply incredible…I’m gonna try the vanilla version first on console to get the hang of the servers & the game.. however from lots & lots of research I can safely say that the modded servers on PC are FAR better than vanilla dayZ… I didn’t understand a lot of how it differs between PC & console at first but on console there is no black market trader / market trader unless a player decides to manually turn a building into a trader base..& the base building tools on console are extremely limited in comparison to the PC servers.. you can’t build tree house bases etc on console.. only PC.. I’m writing all this because I found this info very hard to extract from the internet.. so to all new players like me that wasn’t or still is not sure what platform to go with or you’re under the assumption it’s all the same.. hopefully I’ve cleared some things up for you. Can’t wait to start my dayZ adventure. No seriously. 😂
Good luck out there! When you get on PC I'd recommend getting there basics down on official and vanilla servers. Heavily modded trader servers can be fun, but it's a very different vibe from vanilla days. I'd recommend Day one or Zero for no trader no bases. I'd recommend KarmaKrew and Northmen for bases servers.
@@Nitno Thankyou so much!
Anytime! @@viiviqa
GG's Bro.
Thanks bro!
Why gear up? Why leave the coast? I have made a nice little life here....and do not worry about being Murdered....by the gear heads. The Ocean provides...leave it....and die. Most people run inland...I run to the coast....the literal waves breaking coast. The only headache is running into town for clothes. The trees give me warmth, the stone knives, the Sea food....Water...yeah, that comes with clothing runs....but honestly, you can travel the length of the DayZ coast comfortably....and learn a thing or two.
enlightening!
This one comment utterly changed my game play. Was already inland, but as a noob, was struggling. Went back out to the coast, near Komarova - everything is central there, water, police station, an industrial area. Never saw a single player, and once I had a chest full of tools and gear, I found my way to the island Storozh - there are plank supplies on the far side, and away from all prying eyes on the mainland, and you have zombies up on the ridges above and behind you to alert you. Thank you!!! Fishing, cooking, exploring the island.
first part real as hell lol
haha :)
Really good video. but i have one question howdo you know how to craft things. is there like a crafting book
Here is a crafting guide, there is no in-game crafting book: ua-cam.com/video/9GXUYDG6avM/v-deo.html
Very good and helpful video for me, thanks.
Great to hear! Good luck out there!
The most frustrating but fun game I've ever played. Bless for the tips
Yep it's got its highs and lows! Anytime!
as a nolife fatass with 3k hours on this game i personally quit and uninstalled dayz 12 times before getting the hang of it. Don't give up if you're new i wanna see more people on dayz luv ya
Well said! Glad to hear you stuck with it. It's one of those types of games!
Genuinely, if they just gave you a map the game would be so much better. It’s ridiculous that using an outside app is the standard if you want to know where the hell to go. Besides, it’s not like the in game map trivialises navigation lol
I do think a map and compass would be a nice thing to spawn with on official. You can find them, but it's hit or miss.
5:45 no real need for a hand drill kit - you got matches in your inventory there ;-)
Got me! 😂
Thank you for the help😊
Anytime! Good luck out there.
Great video
Thank you for checking it out! 👊
Great guide ❤
Thank you!
Gloves gloves gloves. Improvised hand wraps are the first thing i build. #2 Iodine and Tincture. #3 Dry warm and fed. #3 tetra and vitamins.
Good tips for sure!
I died with a can of peaches in my hand🫨😢😭🤣😂🤣😂🥰🥰🥰
Oh no! RIP
I'm a new player ( about 15 new spawns in). Very helpfull guide. But like in real life the biggest problem I face it's other peoples. I have spawned the most near Berezino?? The Police station there is a death trap,always locked down by some one with a gun,also people will kill you for nothing; second problem I face it's finding a bladed weapon/tool and the water pumps. Also knucle dusters are awesome.
Agreed...it is a mixed bag of people you run into.
Easy solution. Go to the community tab and find a lower population community server. That's the best way to get in and learn the game without having to worry so much about griefers.
Some will say it is cheating, but you can use iZurvive interactive map to identify where everything is and get familiar with the locations of key points like PDs, Medical, and wells. If you want to be more purist, don't use it while in-game. There are fairly well establish "loot routes" that you can either look up or develop on your own depending on where you start. Once you have two or three in your hip pocket (hell even write them down on a sheet of paper like a script you can follow), getting from fresh spawn to squared away and ready to adventure becomes much easier. Also, pick empty or low-population servers. Fewer campers and freshie snipers, and more loot available.
Are wooden fishing hooks new or is there a super con to using them? I have been using them because they are a little easier to find but i do notice the fish i catch arent as high quality as when i fish with a lure. Dunno if that is why or what
They are a brand new item this patch. Use them for sure before you find a proper hook.
@@Nitno Got you appreciate the response. Other than not having to use a worm does the lure also bring in higher quality fish?
Also rope belt to have free knife storage.
Good idea!
it took me about 200 hours to learn how to play. still in the starter zone. want to improve that. i spend too much time looking for canned food and forget about hunting. punching chickens is best and quickest.
Agreed, yep I feel ya. Chickens really are a great way to get started. Bones and Food!
Can you drink or eat with the gloves on ? Even if they badly damaged and probably with blood ?
Yep gloves are fine to eat with.
First bit was me fr
haha :) we've all been there!
I have been searching for a cooking pot for 2 weeks now and these streamers get them right at spawn somehow??
Random can be so random! Another method is fishing without worms, decent chance to fish up a cooking pot!
Looove your videos and your voice.
Thanks Dom C! Good luck on wipe day!
Awesome guide.
Thanks! Good luck out there.
I tried crafting the burlap courier bag after the new update, but I think they removed that recipe because I couldn't combine the 3 sticks with the bag😢😢
That is odd, was the bag empty? could there have been a bugged item in the bag. Should work. First you need Bag + Rope, then that bag + 3 rags
My tip. Do jot join a vanilla server. It does not matter if the server just went through a wipe. You will play for 3-4 hours and find maybe 2-3 items. Vanilla servers are TRASH unless you are a streamer getting paid to “magically come across a tundra” lol
Interesting
2:30 pls answer how did u do the throat cut!?
Open the emote radio dial and it's on there
@@Nitno oh when I tried it I just did normal melee behind a zombie
@@helpimstuckupsidedown oh your talking about stealth attack. Yeah crouch walk behind a Zed, must be a knife, then attack. Zed can't be aggroed at all
Yeah
Once I did throat slit and face palm with a knife in my hand, wasn’t seeing too well that day
Excellent
Thanks for watching! 🫡
Watched so many tutorials and still can't even come close to getting out of the spawn town. starve to death, freeze to death, bleed to death, get sick, get killed by zombies, over and over and over. No food no weapons no water no clothes, cant find a damn thing😂
It's not easy! But I will say the more you play the easier it gets. Just got to stick with it!
5:05 there is a face on the well right beside the character's blue shirt :/
face?
@@Nitno A quirk that I "suffer" from is seeing faces in shapes. It's called Pareidolia. I wasn't looking for the "face", just saw it. As soon as you click on the timestamp, look directly right of the blue shirt, you will see it.
@@atlantic_love Ah okay! Thanks for explaining.
As always, Top Level guide/assistance video!
My ONLY issue (and this is just the jerk grammarian in me, lol) is when you pronounce 'especially' as 'ekspecially' or something similar. Drives me nuts!😉😛)
Keep up the fantastic work!
Thanks bud!
Nice vid but for drying your clothes, you don't have to drag them, wasting time, control + left click drops them immediately.
There ya go!
Survive is easy. The hard stuff in dayz is to make friends.
That can be hard sometimes!
why the fuck would I need friends.
As a gamer that has no ego if i want to get geared im gonna eventually even if its gonna take mea week
You've got this! Stick with it. It really gets easier after 50ish hours
Wait how to do stealth kill a zombie on Xbox?
Any xbox people that can chime in? I'd think it's just standing up, raising hands, and normal attack button.
It is MUCH easier to get the hang of the game on low pop servers, 0-15 players. Much more loot, less players to dome you the moment you leave a spawn town etc.
Agreed!
the logic dayz is a realistic game but when u wash your bloody hand in the water pump and u drink it did u get then an infection
Clean hands should not infect
YOU CAN TAKE DOWN ZOMBIES!?!?! ist that real was that clip on a custom server
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from being dropped with one shot to being dropped with one shot?
Hmm?
Every guide i see says sth like "yeah just go look around for a bit, find some cans or fruit, get a knife and a screwdriver" like bro, all 3 cities near every spawn are completely dry. And i cant search the 4th city, because ill be dead before i get there.
One word: Fishing
How to stealth kill a Zombie in PC ? Wich buttons should i press ???
Hold right click to raise weapon then left click. If it doesn't work, then the zombie was aggro. It can be real delicate.
@@Nitno Thanks !
The idea of the game is nice but the servers are too empty and the commands is not clear for new players.
@@viniciuszamith It has a steep learning curve. When it clicks it is really good!
Literally never goes this way!! Every house is looted already
Spawn in the middle of nowhere like the woods during a rainstorm 8/10 times but thanks tho
Random be random!
My problem right now as a new player is i get sick or something all the time and slowly die
That's not good. Stuck in what way? like a glitch?
@@Nitno i really dont know i randomly get something idk what and my health starts slowly chipping away
Getting food and insulated clothing will help you to not get sick.
If you're spawning in at night, or when it's raining.. just exit and join another server where it is daytime and clear. Sounds dumb but make it easy on yourself while learning the mechanics.
@@silvermediastudio good tips!
Not hating but thumbnail looks like freshie to freshie with a underwear gun lol. Thank you for all your videos even with 8000k hours I watch religiously.
Has to be dark bark and not light bark for the bow kit
bow kit?
I havent even seen a chicken or pump in 6 hours of gameplay
Dang! They are around, on Chernarus and Livonia. Sakhal doesn't have chickens they have hares, also pumpes look different.
@@Nitno been playing all morning and still haven't found any winning combinations. I pretty much just hold out until sickness or starvation ends me. Is that the whole point of the game? To live about 1 hour?
thanks for the video it helpt very much thanks , iam going to try to make dayz content on my channel do you have some dayz content tips? (sry for bad english)
Biggest tip is to just keep at it, don't give up. Be stubborn and just keep making videos.
how did you kill the zombie like that at min. 2: 40=
You can stealth attack with sharp objects like knives, have to crouch walk and the zombie cannot be aggrod. Walk up behind and attack.