A Complete Beginners Guide to DayZ in 2023... (PC/PS5/Xbox)

DayZ can be a complex game for new players. This complete beginners guide should tell you all you need to know when getting started - but be prepared to die a lot...

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Extra tips:
- Off-road hiking trails (marked with sign-posts) will lead you if you get lost.
- Cut up t-shirts and other clothing items with a sharp object for extra rags!
- You can combine two stacks of 6 rags to craft a rope! You can also use a knife on some guts.
- Combine two rags to craft improvised gloves, offering you easy hand protection.
- Combine two bones with each-other to craft an improvised knife.
- Train-tracks & hiking trails can spawn rocks on the ground. Combine two with each-other for an improvised knife.
- You can throw objects to distract and lead zombies away from you.
- Hold your fists up and move backwards to block enemy melee attacks!

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[JM..]

0:20 HUD
0:50 Inventory & Options
1:05 Basic Looting
1:30 Traveling Tips
2:17 Basic Looting Tips
2:35 Watch Out, Zombies!
3:01 Infection Sickness & Medical Items
3:48 Drinkable Water
4:20 Food
5:00 Bloody Hands
5:18 Fishing
6:30 House Stove
7:08 Campfire
7:36 Temperature
8:11 Inland
8:27 (A tip I didn't know so might as well include it) Hunting Stands
8:39 Navigation
9:00 Clothing Repair
9:30 Medical Items & Descriptions
11:21 Gas Zones & NBC Clothing
12:35 Ending


Took me a while but its worth it, hopefully this will help someone.

[Mellojack]

found a friend instantly walked with him for 3 hours. found other survivors and had a fish party. people in full tact gear found us and executed everyone 😭🙏🏻 10/10 game

[hollywood]

Just got the game yesterday, so far I’ve broken my leg which led me to crawl back into the ocean to drown myself and start a new game. It’s only up from here 😂

[TitanTacGaming]

I just got DayZ today and i spent 15 minutes panicking trying to find someone and figure out why I couldn't drink my bottle of water just to realize I had accidentally equipped a game

[brandongibson]

Something I found is, start out in high loot servers, it’s a lot easier to get ahold of the concept of the game when resources aren’t so scarce

[trevor]

The amount of detail in this game is insane. Definitely has a steep learning curve. Just started playing today. Managed to starve to death. Couldn't find any food other than chicken and wasn't able to light a fire.

[deadmanbardii]

Bought dayZ for myself as a Christmas present. Jumped in on a quite noob friendly Swedish server with a friend of mine and we played for 16 hours straight. Going from poor to rich with a ok base and 2 cars. It was super fun

[ScarryHarry]

I was unlucky enough in my first playthrough to cut my hands not once, but twice on bushes back-to-back. Overtime I wasn't sure what the cell-like icon was until I looked it up and figured it was an infected wound. As my health drained while in a dense apartment complex area, I climbed the high stories of a building and used most of my .22 ammo to kill zeds nearby to aid other nearby players as much as possible. I then took the pistol I found with a single bullet and no mag, and knelt down to decide for myself the time of my demise, free of more pain.

7/10 I'll probably play again

[gameby]

My first experience was interesting, i was learning the controls without any help and i learned the controls pretty quickly, i was using a apartment roof to scout for places to loot, until i heard footsteps, i called out and it turns out it was a nervous women named carla, i headed down and we talked, we decided to survive together since we didnt were pretty new to dayz, we been to many places until we met oscar who was also a fresh spawn, we all joined force and me, carla and oscar were a mini team and survived for a while, we fpund food, water, and a few guns, until carla had to leave and it was just me and oscar, we survived for a little more until it got dark and we got killed by a fully geared player.

[ibarro]

-Start on PVE or Empty/Low pop. servers to get familiar with the map

-Join heavy PVP servers to get used to the gun play of the game

- Pick a server you want to play for a long time and stick to it.

[doctajonz]

Great overview. Something I didn’t know when I first started playing was to look for fallen fruit under fruit trees. That has saved me countless times from starving.

[Purrre]

Great video. I just started playing DayZ, got under 100 hours played and most of the stuff you didnt cover in this video is so fun to try and learn by yourself. Hope you make more videos in the future :)

[zeckor.]

I just fell in love with this game. It’s the ultimate apocalypse survival game!

[Gottaculat]

A few little tips for new players:

Make sure you have a mic. No mic, no life. Back to the coast you go.

Two rags can be used to make improvised gloves. This is extremely handy (so to speak) as you will want hand protection right away.

If you need food and water, venture into some woods, and stay put for a few minutes. The game will spawn mushrooms, fruit, and even small stones (if trails, boulders, or railroad tracks are nearby). As log as the mushrooms aren't rotten, they are safe to eat, and provide a ton of hydration.

Small stones can be combined with each other or if you have only one, can be used on a boulder to create a stone knife. You will always want to have a knife on you, no matter what.

A screwdriver can be used like a knife in many cases, and can also be used to mine small stone from boulders, disarm landmines, and some other stuff, so if you find a screwdriver, it's worth holding onto.

You can use a bone on a boulder to create a knife. So if you kill a chicken and get the 2 bones, you can turn one bone into a bone knife, and then use the bone knife to craft a bone hook. You can also use the bone knife to dig up worms. This is a great way to preserve your primary knife or screwdriver, which you used to process the chicken. I typically carry a hunting knife for my main knife, and use this bone method to put all the wear and tear on a disposable blade. This will also let your whetstone (for sharpening/repairing knives) last longer, too.

Another tip is to combine two stacks of rags (12 rags total) to craft a rope, or use a knife on guts (guts can be obtained from larger animals, skinned players, and even as loot on some zombies). Rope is very useful. You want to carry some rope at all times. Rope can be combined with a burlap sack to make a courier bag, and a courier bag can be combined with 3 short sticks to make an improvised backpack.

Finally, if you find a cooking pot, it's gonna become your best friend. Once you have a cooking pot, you will rarely ever need to go into towns and cities. A cooking pot can be used to boil water (purifies the water after a few minutes), and boiling raw foods will make them more nutritious. If you have fat on hand, but no water, you can put the fat in the pot along with raw meat, mushrooms, and/or fruit to bake them. You can use the pot with a campfire using a cooking tripod, or you can fashion a cooking stand using 2 short sticks and one long stick. Just remember that your cooking pot will degrade over time, but it takes a while. I don't recall if the cooking pot can be repaired yet. I actually haven't had to repair one yet. If it can be repaired, I'd guess epoxy is what you need. Maybe the blowtorch? They're always changing/adding stuff in this game. Regardless, a cooking pot and knife are gonna be your two best friends for surviving DayZ.


Learning how to survive in the woods is a great way to survive. Cities are very dangerous, and you will likely need to venture into them from time to time for specific items, but if you can ensure your food and water comes from the woods, then you can avoid the cities, only entering because you want to, not because you need to.

[tueton.]

Top video, very helpful for an old player coming back to the game - feels different to the days of SKS vs M4 battles!

[naidrebel]

Just played it for the first time and I'm overwhelmed af right now😭, I'll play it again after some hours

[max_well]

After my time with game, a must for new players is get a mic so you can talk to other players. A good amount of players that would normally be friendly will kill you once it becomes clear your not talking.

[calebleeson]

My first run on this game I ended up having to eat cat food to fight starvation, my character did throw up but I thought it was because of an upset stomach. In my defense after playing through a couple more times anybody could’ve made this mistake😅

Edit: I can’t tell you how many times I had canned food and starved to death because I didn’t know how to open it, I’ve still never found a can opener

[clintlewis]

Rules of Dayz to extend your life.

1. Trust no one. Especially if they say "I'm friendly".

2. When encountering players, always say "I'm friendly". Especially if you plan to kill them.

3. Never sort inventory in the open or in a building or public areas (towns and military areas). Always wait until you are in the woods to sort.

4. Avoid traveling on roads, railroad tracks, trails or along powerlines. Instead, follow treelines.

5. A crowbar is golden when starting out. It's a good melee weapon, can opener, and good for processing animals.

6. One power hit from a shovel causes unconsciousness. If you see someone with a shovel in their hands, run away or shoot them.

Many more, but those will help.

[theartfulrogers]

I’d love to see a modernised version of this game. I love the concept and how in depth it is. I can just imagine playing online with a group of friends, all working together and contributing to the camp to survive. Each person takes on a role and learns new skills over time (mechanics, carpentry etc). Collected resources allows you to make a custom built base using each persons skills. Maybe you could have children, which act as an extra life if a player dies. The end goal? I don’t know, maybe to survive for 1000 days or to kill all of the infected zombies.