Guide: How To Install A Local Server On Your PC For Single Player DayZ & Mod Testing & Experimenting

UPDATE! As of update 1.26 you MUST have the following line of code in your serverDZ.cfg otherwise IT WILL NOT START!

shardId = 111; // any number over 100

THANKYOU!

Although DayZ Offline Mode is a simpler way of getting DayZ running on a local machine, it has certain compromises such as being unable to save your progress.
If you want a true DayZ server experience - for single player fun or testing and experimentation with mods - then installing a local server on your PC or Laptop is the way to go.
Thanks, Rob.

[ScalespeederGaming]

UPDATE! As of update 1.26 you MUST have the following line of code in your serverDZ.cfg otherwise IT WILL NOT START!

shardId = 111; // any number over 100

THANKYOU!

[clarkkent]

Let me first say, I've been a sole SCUM player for years because of the offline singleplayer, let's me enjoy exploring, crafting and building without fear of a random player sniping me from a distance, suffice to say I'm not a fan of PVP. Stumbled across this video followed your instructions and now I can enjoy DayZ without being killed by anything other than the environment, zombies or my own stupidity. You are a legend, and have more than earned my subscription. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[rucifail]

If I could give you a second thumbs up for watching it again a year or so later, I would. Thanks buddy.

[FuryFightr]

A better way to access the Steam Games local files is to right click the game in your steam library ('DayZ Server' in this case) hover over 'manage' and click 'Browse Local Files' this will take you directly to where ever the specific Games/Tools Installed files.
I only suggest this because when I do any tutorial video in regards to navigating your way to the Steam Library I often get many comments saying 'Cant find steam folder', 'Can't find 'common' folder', 'Found steam folder but my game is not here'.

Great video also! I can now learn how to survive in general and understanding the game better without being shot in the back every few minutes :P

[chucks]

This still works as of 02/26/2023. I got tired of being killed on the "Official Servers". Thank you for this excellent tutorial.

[rafaeldimas]

For those who read this... I found this vid a year later, and it works just fine. You have my like and subscription.

[ddchows]

ANYONE!! who is trying to do this right now after updates you need to know that serverDZ.cfg is already downloaded with the steam server downloads just need to go in and edit it with note++ do not copy and paste the serverDZ.cfg from the web page just edit the one already on the game file!!!! if you dont you will just run into countless errors trying find dayz exe. but the rest of the video with "start.bat" is all correct fix all that awesome vid thanks alot!!!

[Osprofail]

Out on vacation and I gotta say this most certainly quenches my gaming addiction LOL. Thank you. Very informative video

[bluemoonman]

Appreciate it man. As perfect of a tutorial as it could be. I've always wanted to try days solo and you've allowed me to do so :)

[LessThanHumn]

two years later and to this date I still use this vid to remake my server every update XD

[troy]

A perfect tutorial. 100% working. Slow and clear the way I like it! Cheers.

[revtmyers]

brand new to DayZ. Thanks so much this made it extremely easy to do. Wanted to practice PVE and is hard to do when you die every time you say hi to someone.

[Rekwan]

Very informative video and very well spoken. Your video possibly saved me HOURS of troubleshooting regarding the "profiles" part of your video. I could not figure out where the profiles folder was located for a local server setup and every video or website I found didn't provide the syntax you provided. Thank you very much for this video and all your other videos that I'm sure will be just as useful. Subscribed.

[dirkgallian]

I appreciate your efforts with this video. I live in a world with very limited bandwidth and slow internet speed in general and this has allowed me to enjoy one of my most favorite games THANK YOU! I have been working on loading mods into this configuration (Zomberry specifically) and try as I might I am still flumuxed (old dude gamer) with the locations of the .json files etc. Any added instruction would be a blessing!

[bomberaustychunksbruv]

I still play my own server, learned huge amount from it, my bro pops on with me.

[suivezlemir]

You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar :) Brilliant video, much appreciated

[nnjakai]

even in 2024 on windows 11 this worked perfectly
THANK

[coralinejones]

Thank you soo much! For this video and the how to install CF & COT on local server video. I've been struggling to set this up for over 2 weeks now. Every video explains something different and this is the only video that explains step-by-step what to do.

[reigdaer]

i have been looking for days about how to add the god damn mods, and you show me how to do it in 10 seconds, i salute you sir

[KingRubyRed]

Thank you so much for such an easy and informative video! I never thought I'd be able to make my own single player server but thanks to you, now I have! yay =)