Hey hey, people, Reborn here. I have one question: do you like violence? Of course you do, it's a part of you. In DayZ, violence is going to be your calling card. Your only mission is to survive at all costs. Loot, kill, steal, and FEEL the anger when some neanderthal cracks your skull with a sledgehammer to take your can of beans. Spawn back in and start the cycle all over again.
DayZ is not an easy game and not for the faint of heart. The realism mechanics are against you, the community will shoot you on sight, the environment will try it's hardest to make sure you die of natural causes, the zombies want to slap you silly and the inventory system is janky at best. Not to mention the common bugs as well.
That being said though, once you overcome the learning curve of complex controls and get into the rhythm of things it's very high-risk high reward. Nothing is better than starting with just a glow stick and working your way up to military gear and a surplus of items. And, nothing is worse than losing all of that in a split second after getting ambushed by someone who's spent the last 3 hours sitting in a corner waiting for some poor unfortunate soul to wander through the door. You're going to love it and you're going to hate it.
Most of the achievements are quite easy to achieve despite what the ratios imply. The game recently came to Game Pass which has also heavily inflated the ratios. Most of these can easily be done with little supplies or effort, but there's 2-3 that will require a friend, dual box, or a grind. I'll try my best to explain all methods of achieving those.
This game doesn't have an in-game map, but there are plenty online you can use that will make getting around and finding loot/animals much easier. The most popular being the iZurvive maps which can be found online and as a downloadable app on your phone. You can even create private groups in the app so you and your friends can see each other's map markers and points of interest. I'll go more in-depth on this later.
There IS DLC for this game which is basically just another map/server to play on. Livonia. I do prefer Livonia since it's a smaller map and more abundant with loot. However, I'll treat this walkthrough as though we're just playing on the original map Chernarus.
You can choose between regular official servers which have you playing in 3rd person or 1st Person only official servers. I personally prefer the 1st Person only servers because other players often abuse 3rd person perspective to peek around walls. This leads to getting ambushed during PvP conflicts more often and it's frustrating. With 1st person, if you're in a close-quarters fight then it's safe to assume if you can't see them, they can't see you. 1st Person also makes it easier to loot items when you're inside buildings. It's up to you, but I highly suggest it.
On the topic of servers, you'll also notice that some of them are labeled with "Persistence On" this means that if another player drops something or builds a base it won't despawn when the server resets. The items will eventually disappear, but they stick around much much longer. This is helpful in two ways: 1.) It helps determine if other players are around. If you come into a building and see some floating paper or a stack of junk it's safe to assume someone was there recently. 2.) Players actually drop some useful stuff when cleaning out their inventory and since it sticks around it can be beneficial to come across it when you're a Fresh Spawn. One survivor's junk is another survivor's treasures!
On the next couple of pages, I'll do my best to explain many of the game's mechanics and realism that you'll have to manage to survive. This will include inventory management, health, and sickness, how to traverse the map, gear to look out for, how to work weapons, crafting recipes, etc.
DayZ is a game that has an astounding audio design. Being able to clearly hear footsteps, animal calls, zombies, distant gunshots, etc. is paramount to your survival. Headphones are highly recommended.
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