20 Tips to Improve YOUR PvP in DayZ for 2025 (PC/XBOX/PS5)

These are 20 Tips for PVP in DayZ. If you are a beginner in DayZ, PVP can get quite challenging. However, there are some tips you should know to slowly get better at the game!

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[DatGuySyl]

Hopefully some of these tips helped you out! Stay safe and good luck surviving.

[SUDOKUISTAKEN]

The last tip is honestly the best advice you can give to a newbie. People leave the game out of the frustration of being able to die in a moment's instance after looting for hours. Don't be afraid to die. Treat it like flappy bird: you know you're going to die eventually, the fun part is testing how far you can go.

[Moviescenes-se]

My heart starts beating so hard when I get into pvp

[ernesto]

I think the most important tips is really the last one.
More I play less I'm scared. I used to die of hunger at the beginning, because I was too slow to explore the places, I was scared of zombies.
Now I'm a bit better, but always loose my PVP. Next step is to be able to master the PVP or stay hidden and I should be good to survive a bit longer.

[rayfinkle]

Best tip I have for any player is get better at hip fire. The time it takes to go from hip to ads is what causes a lot of people to lose gunfights. Practice with zombies and eventually you can start tagging them from 50-75m from the hip. Works in first or third person. Also get comfortable with full auto. If you can get your hip fire spread right a quick spray from any weapon will drop any player. Regardless if the plate carrier is on or off. Don’t be scared to push a sniper or a group. Most people panic if you push. If it’s a sniper they probably suck at close range hence why they are sniping people. Groups are a different breed, but most of the time groups have terrible call outs and bad commo between themselves. Try and get in between them and let them shoot themselves. If you kill one and they have arm bands on put that shit on and go ham. People will hesitate to shoot if they see a friendly arm band. Gives you a massive advantage. To be fair most of these tips are mediocre at best for a vet but for a new player this could take months to figure this stuff out. It’s easier to loot when they are all dead.

[AndrewP]

The press vest spawns in police stations, guard shacks, and police car wrecks. They might spawn in the residential buildings surrounding police stations too, but im not sure if they spawn specifically in all residential areas.

[dad_kat]

A really good tip is with damaged round is combin them with non damaged rounds and it will change them from damaged to not damaged

[rel_]

In Hunt: Showdown there is a quote whenever you survived a raid: „you survived, to die on another day“.

I think this is the best mindset playing dayz with as well. Your goal shouldn’t be to survive forever but to get into those Adrenalin loaded situations. That’s why I still play dayz, because it never gets boring. Because you never feel completely safe. Death is always just around the corner

[cptsmoke]

Best tip was #20 Syl. And I would add one tip - sometimes is beneficial to make friends instead of engagement in pvp.

[brandontoler]

Im relatively new to dayz, but im loving it so far. One of my lessons learned is, if you can see 1 person, assume there is actually 3. If you see 3 ppl assume there are actually 5. And there will always be a third party, Always. There will always be a player more patient than you, and there will always be a more aggro player than you. If you try to give the benefit of the doubt in every encounter, you will be taken advantage of. Ive met sone awesome, nice good ppl And some real slimy lame-o's lol.

[Lucassantosolvr]

your last tip was so spot on that you earned yourself a subscriber!

[xzysyndrome]

Best Tip: PVP more. Nerves are the #1 killer.If your heart is pounding out of your chest...you will probably screw up. Problem with this game is the rampant KOS. So many heads with no interest in worthwhile interaction.

[LogicallyKnot]

Newb here, started playing a few days ago and i love it. The PvE aspects are easy for me because ive got ridiculous hours in games like The Long Dark. My problem is the PvP. The controls are so confusing and I forget inputs when I'm in a firefight. The game is also kind of janky with movement. I've played FPS for decades, but this is very different. Not sure if they done it like that for realism? Seems you shouldn't have to hit 2 buttons for ADS and a 3rd to peek. Its just alot to get used to after playing a certain way for so long. I can survive on my ability to play survival games and being a ghost. However, as soon as i see someone its like I've never played a video game in my life. Its so strange. 😂

[mightyleek]

Tip on the weight is important, stamina is key in guns fight as well.
I try avoiding picking bagpack or throw them as soon as I have the pouch for my plate carier. Alternatively dropping bagpack before engaging is also a good idea, just make sure you don’t carry key stuff in it. Carrying food is pointless, except in your stomach, unless you are happy to feed your killer ;)
Bullets, 2mags, knife and rope, cooking pot, stack of bones eventually, repair kits and sharpening stone, vitamins eventually and battery.
Playing with the space suit in namalsk teaches a great lot about key stuff in inventorying due to 35 inventory slots limit.
Also reached the conclusion that improvised rope belt is the best belt to have

[Nokatoda]

Took these tips to my heart and fought of a online raid by almost 10 guys with my 2 buddys

[fluzzles]

Would like to see a video at some point if possible of common spots where players tend to hang out whether it's for camping, scoping out a place before going in, flank routes, sightlines etc.

I bet there's a few new spots that only a handful of players know since there hasn't been any map changes for a long time. (NWAF an exception for the future lol)

[caffeinatedsloth]

Pro tip, stab vests and press/ballistic vests have the same protection against bullets, the stab however has worse melee protection.

[AhmetDursun-rq]

The best and Most useful Tip top Survive in Combat is either U Camp or hide so Patience and Patience again and again

[josephthegoat]

Me n my team usually say “he’s in that building”
Then begin to argue with each other about description while fighting someone

[hansmcfinklestein]

Your Bar for me is hotel- I call the red brick with the counter/half house that comes up on izurvive as the blue mug icon the bar. Large hotel is the big ones in cities like cherno. The two story with a counter the bed in the one room I call the pub