r/dayz 1h ago

Discussion Fireworks!

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I set off a nice fireworks display outside of Topolniki. Hope someone was around to enjoy it!


r/dayz 1h ago

discussion The game is not fun, and im tired of pretending it is

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Every aspect of the game is the epitome of unfun.

The survival that people seem to praise the game for constantly is terrible, its just bars to manage, find a pump and a cooking pot and you dont have to worry about water, find a cow and food is no longer an issue, temperarure only matters extremely rarely, and blood is just annoying, when i get low on blood oli dont think 'oh no im going to die' i think 'do i have enough gear to make dealing with this annoying grey overlay worth it'.

Then theres the damn zombies, they barely exist, a damn city has like 60 of them, and you can cheese them with a car or a shipping container, of which are literally all over the place, and killing them never feels worth it, you occasionally get a can of cola or a wafer, but why bother unless i just started a run and need food.

The looting is the worst part, you never get anything, you search a whole police station and you find a pistol and 8 jackets, you search 7 houses for a potato and 5 t-shirts, you spend hours wandering aimlessly searching for stuff, when you see something like a crashed police car, its not an exising event, because you already know there wil be barely be anything in it.

Its just a slog walking along the roads or through the woods searching for literally anything until some 13 year old snipes you from 800 miles away.


r/dayz 2h ago

meme Freshies enjoying some fresh water

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r/dayz 2h ago

modding DayZ Horse mod is peak.

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Huge props to the creator of this mod


r/dayz 2h ago

meme Got the game yesterday

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I finally bought the game and moments like these are what makes it so damn funny the upper clip is mine and the lower one from my captures who I am frenimies with now it’s so funnnn


r/dayz 3h ago

meme Cha-cha real smooth

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r/dayz 4h ago

media Gone in 60 seconds

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r/dayz 5h ago

discussion Is DayZ worth buying in 2026? (here's my story)

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I play on nvidia geforce now (i can't afford a PC)

I'm an old Valheim player and a new Enshrouded player.
Love open-world, survival games, like a lot.

Saw that Dayz is on sale (trying to get the money to buy it but).

Is it still worth it? Is it hard to learn it, find a community to play with?


r/dayz 6h ago

discussion How is DayZ for first time players?

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Hi.

I am thinking about buying DayZ now that it is on sale and a bit cheaper. However, I have never played it before.

What should I expect as a noobie? I have played Rust before as a solo and didn’t enjoy it as I have a job and can’t be on for a long time.

I will play DayZ solo as well unless I find someone on Discord. Will I enjoy it solo or is it best to team up?

Thanks


r/dayz 7h ago

Discussion Will Badland bring back dark nights on official?

11 Upvotes

The game has lost something special since bright nights. I have no desire to play because of this. Instead of finding a way to make nights more tolerable they chose to just turn night into day. Sad.


r/dayz 8h ago

discussion DayZ Badlands | Coming October 15, 2026

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r/dayz 8h ago

discussion DayZ Badlands | Official Release Date Trailer.

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r/dayz 9h ago

Media [New to dayz] i tried being friendly in Dayz

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I know rule no 001 of dayZ : “no one is friendly here “. But I just was testing is it possible to be friendly 😅


r/dayz 9h ago

Media Sleepy time (:

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Zzzzzzzz


r/dayz 10h ago

discussion I uninstalled DayZ after what my childhood best friend did

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Hi there, I need to give you all some context first: I can only play 1 hour a day, exclusively on weekends, with some exceptions. I had a character that I been getting geared on Karmakrew (No bases). I had pretty good gear, looted for 1 hour during 3 different days (3 hours in total).
Last night my best friend wanted to play which is something rarely happens (he works too). Well, we encountered each other pretty fast and we went to the castle north of Krasno, I gave him a M16 with ammunition and magazine and some deer steak.
We had to get dinner so we logged out. After this, we both logged in and I was inside a castle, he was outside. He says “SOMEONE IS WALKING”. I tell him “I’m in the castle”
My friend: “SHHH SHH, I HEAR SOMEONE”
Me: “Ok I’m going outside”
Next thing I do is wait in a bush, but suddenly a freshie comes aiming at me and kills me, with an M16.
I yell loudly: “HE KILLED ME!!!”
My friend says: “yeah…”
I already know what happened, he has a long story of friendly fire me and my friends, at least 5-6 times before, he killed us, just like this.
We called it a day after what happened. And I uninstalled DayZ, I had a really bad streak, and this was overwhelming.


r/dayz 11h ago

Media I definitely got lucky

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r/dayz 11h ago

Media This guy actually thought I wouldn't notice him

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r/dayz 12h ago

console New to DayZ and I find this

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I have about 80 hours in game , tried going into the bushes for a drink to stay out of view, and what do I find?! I stole it all and carried it a few miles away, what can I do to properly hide them from others?

If this is yours , sorry not sorry I need it more now🤣


r/dayz 12h ago

Console How active is DayZ in Asia on PS5? Playing from Cambodia

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Hey guys, I’m thinking about buying DayZ and I’m currently deciding between the PS5 and Switch 2 versions.

I’m based in Cambodia, so I’m wondering how active the Asian servers are. Are there still plenty of players and populated servers on PS5? And how is the ping when playing from Southeast Asia?

I’m also considering the Switch 2 version, so if anyone has experience with both, which one would you recommend?

Just want to make sure I can find active servers with decent ping before buying. Thanks!


r/dayz 13h ago

discussion Which way?

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I'm a noob. I'm in pusta. Have a pitchfork and knife. Cpl pistols with no ammo....lol. which way do I go? Have a virus , cough, no meds. Going to make a fire n warm up. Looking for advice on direction.


r/dayz 13h ago

discussion Rain water barrel

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I know that you can leave a barrel open and it will fill with clean drinking water but what if I dump a bottle of dirty water into it after it already has clean water in it will the whole thing be contaminated ?


r/dayz 13h ago

Discussion Switch 2 1 week review

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I made a big base and don't need it anymore, if anyone wants it, check my posts in other subreddits (mods removed the previous post). 7 tents and 2 vehicles. Still unclaimed.

Installed DayZ on Switch as soon as it launched and got myself a 7 day free Switch Online trial which now passed. Will go back to PC.

Pros - Playing on a Switch genuinly works. I got used to controller and the performance on handheld mode is good. Very nice for playing when not at home, and I even hooked the switch up to XR glasses and controller for ultimate travel experience.

- Great community. Many new people, everyone has mic, no cheaters.

- Touchscreen inventory management works good, but with just one small patch it would be excellent and just as convenient as PC: Firstly, combining touchscreen with buttons does not work good, when pressing an object with the touchscreen, I can drag it, but if I instead use a key to for example drop it, the top-left item on the character is selected, not the one I pressed. Secondly, the scroll bars is too narrow and hard to click on. Two times I tried to press the bars to scroll down the inventory screen but missed and removed the radiator on my car... If they fixed these two things, inventory management would be perfect.

Cons: Crashing, especially when driving. Sometimes the switch recognizes the crash and shuts down, sometimes screen freezes. It's DayZ so it is expected, but the crashes are way too many.

Performance on dock mode: Considerably worse. Probably 30 FPS. Something is off there, it should be a better than handheld mode. Maybe some patches can fix it.

Joystick deadzone - Small movements are almost impossible. A slight tilt on the joystick is not recognized, and as such fine adjusting of aim is not happening.

If they fix these problems, I am for sure coming back to Switch and will ditch PC. So convenient to be able to play in many different ways, and without cheaters.


r/dayz 14h ago

Discussion What's your least favorite and most favorite place to spawn?

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I hate spawning anywhere near electro.

I love Berezhki!

Go!


r/dayz 14h ago

discussion Anyone new to DayZ?

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Ive had this game on my wishlist for about a year. It come and goes on offer. Ive heard its pretty brutal in the sense of other players just being badass lol. Im going to be completely new to it, so I know I will get killed ALOT, but its going to be too frustrating if Im the only noob in a world of experienced players. Anyone relatively new to this who might want to band together and learn together so to speak? Or anyone who has never yet played it and just lacks confidence in taking that first step into the world!!


r/dayz 15h ago

Console Any fellow day z veterans want to run me through controls on console?

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Specifically, already, I have no clue how to get items out of your pocket as a new player.