A 225 km2 open world post-soviet state and one of the areas hit by a new and presently unknown infection which has wiped out most of the world's population.
You are one of the few who have survived and now you must search this new wasteland in order to fight for your life against what is left of the indigenous population, now infected with the disease.
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Gameplay Features
Realistic "Zombies" with custom animations - These once human creatures will act and behave as if they have a heightened sense of hearing and smell but less sight, on top of that they use motion captured animations such as walking and eating from your unconscious body. If you look into any built up area you'll see them walking around waiting for their next victim who dares to venture in.
Blood
Blood basically represents the health of the player. Blood begins at 12,000 for a freshly spawned player. If the player's blood count reaches 0, they will die.
Status Effects
Status Efects are different types of ailments that you encounter in DayZ or different type of condtions that your player might feel while playing. Status Efects include the following:
- — Bleeding
- — Shock
- — Pain
- — Broken Bones
- — Unconciousness
- — Infection
- — Cold
Humanity
Humanity is an in-game statistic that is used to decide whether a player is a survivor, a bandit, or a hero, as well as being a general indicator of how a player interacts with other people in the game.
Characters
There are basically four character types in DayZ. These four types are not classes with different gameplay style etc. found in other games but categories that players fall into because of their actions. The four characters are:
Survival Measures
One great feature of DayZ is the option to choose any strategy for survival and players are free to do anything they wish.
Vehicles
Dayz features vehicles for land, air and sea. There are 15 land vehicles, 1 air vehicle and 3 sea vehicles. Vehicles are either rare, uncommon or common depending on the number of vehicles of that type are available on the map.
Weapons
Many different weapons are available in the game ranging from handguns to shotguns, machine guns and more.
Consumables
Consumables are items that are good for one use only. And as the name suggests, once you consume it, it disappears from your inventory.
- — Food
- — Drinks
- — Medical Supplies
- — Strategic Supplies
Equipment
The Equipment section lists all other items that to be found in DayZ which can help you survival a bit easier.
- — Tools
- — Vision
- — Construction
- — Vehicle Components
Locations
DayZ takes place on the ARMA II map Chernarus which is further divided into the follwoing towns and cities:
Download Info
Since DayZ is a mod for ArmA II: Combined Operations, you will need the following to play the game:
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Overview
Gameplay Features
Blood
Status Effects
Bleeding Shock Pain Broken Bones Unconciousness Infection Cold
Humanity
Characters
Survivors Bandits Zombies Heroes
Survival Measures
Hiding in the Forest Sneak & Search Sprint & Grab Direct Assault Banditry Losing Zombies Interacting with Players
Vehicles
Weapons
Handguns Shotguns Sub-Machine Guns Assault Rifles Light Machine Guns Sniper Rifles Other Weapons
Consumables
Food Drinks Medical Supplies Strategic Supplies
Equipment
Tools Vision Construction Vehicle Components
