Food....where the hell is it?

[TheReignMan]

I understand I just started the game....but how the hell are you supposed to survive in any way if you can never find food. I literally cannot find any food no matter what tips I try that I've come across online or on YouTube saying do this or do that.

[Idaho]

Fruit trees not in orchards
mushrooms around hay bales
get a rock or two (on train tracks), smash them together to make a knife. kill a chicken, cook it and eat it. you can even just punch the chicken twice to kill it.
find some seeds in a greenhouse get a hoe/shovel/pickaxe, dig garden plots plant seeds

There's so much food on official servers it's ridiculously easy to not die.

[RoY]

Head north away from the starter area and you'll have lots of food. Other then that its under trees, in houses and fish and 4 legged animals. And sometimes the zombies carry food so be sure to check them after you kill.

[TheReignMan]

Appreciate the tips....was finally able to find some fruit magically. I have all but 10 hours in the game 5 of which came back in 2015 when this game was something else that I don't remember.

[Ranceed]

Starvation is a new player problem and once you know what you are doing it will fade away.

Fruit trees spawn fruit a few mins after passing them (if they are already on the ground its a sign another player passed that way. Cook fruit and mushrooms for 3x nutrition.

Hunt by sound. Listen for animals. All farm animals can be killed by melee if you don't have a gun.

Bottles can make fishing traps. Wire can make snares. Seeds can be planted.

Bones can be carved into a fishing hook. Rags combined into a rope which can be used to make a fishing rod. Bones you get from animals and other players.

[h0m3br3w55]

No food? Frankly since I started playing DayZ I've gained weight.

[Vince ✟]

Kill chickens by walking (not running).
Cut up chicken.
Wash hands!
Gather 2 long sticks.
Gather bark on tree with knife.
Break 1 long stick into small sticks.
Take small sticks + Bark = Hand Drill Kit
Take small sticks + Bark = Fireplace
Sharpen long stick with knife.
Place chicken on stick
Roast over fireplace.
Enjoy chicken.

Alternatively you can take human guts and a knife and make a rope.
Take the bones and a knife to make a hook.
Use the knife on the ground to gather worms for hook.
Take the rope and a long stick to make a fishing pole.
Fish + Cook as above.

You can kill animals and do this. You can cook vegetables over fires to make them healthier and carry more nutrition as well.

You can gather berries from bushes on the coast. Fruit from orchards.

when playing with bushes, wear gloves or get cut.

[Idaho]

Originally posted by Noirat:

Wash hands!

skip this step by crafting improvised gloves, also adds a tiny bit of warmth. any hand covering makes it so you don't need to wash your hands, ever.

[BO BO The Monkey]

Try community servers, they have higher loot spawns that dont make anything too op

[negligentWarren]

live off the land u arent suppose to live off canned food. hunt chickens as a start and eventually u will find seeds and as u go in land u will find better animals like doe to get venison which is very good food. Its not hard to get food you just have to learn.

[WumboWise]

Fishing is the best most consistent food source for starting out. Salt water mackerel will fill you up in no time.

[Ranceed]

Originally posted by Idaho Farmer:

Originally posted by Noirat:

Wash hands!

skip this step by crafting improvised gloves, also adds a tiny bit of warmth. any hand covering makes it so you don't need to wash your hands, ever.

Except that on certain Z+ servers having dirty hands makes it harder for the Z's to detect you.

[0.01 KD]

all written above is trash talking. Because such situations happens only in 5% of your tries.

TheReignMan you will not find chicken, also you will find 1-2 apples for 1 your lifecycle until hunger will kill you completelly.

then you will restart and will die from hunger again (1 apple will only increase your agony for +5 min). This is main reason why 95% of community left this game.

Sometimes you are lucky (with chicked or with food from zombies) but.. you life will be longer for 20-30 min and then again - you will die from hunger.

and then again and again.. people here, very rare find anything from food and usual lifecycle for 1 match is 40 min.

P.S.; i have tested personally how trees spawn apples.

I was near 20 apple trees 10 min, and was spawned only 2 apples

next 10 min - zero apples

next 10 min - 2 apples

and then - i died from hunger )

so 20 apple trees spawn 4 apples for 30 min, it's all what you must to know about this game)

[Ranceed]

Originally posted by 0.01 KD:

all written above is trash talking. Because such situations happens only in 5% of your tries.

TheReignMan you will not find chicken, also you will find 1-2 apples for 1 your lifecycle until hunger will kill you completelly.

then you will restart and will die from hunger again (1 apple will only increase your agony for +5 min). This is main reason why 95% of community left this game.

Sometimes you are lucky (with chicked or with food from zombies) but.. you life will be longer for 20-30 min and then again - you will die from hunger.

and then again and again.. people here, very rare find anything from food and usual lifecycle for 1 match is 40 min.

P.S.; i have tested personally how trees spawn apples.

I was near 20 apple trees 10 min, and was spawned only 2 apples

next 10 min - zero apples

next 10 min - 2 apples

and then - i died from hunger )

so 20 apple trees spawn 4 apples for 30 min, it's all what you must to know about this game)

That is a new player problem. Once you have learnt to find food, living becomes easy. :)

[LastMedjai]

Originally posted by TheReignMan:

I understand I just started the game....but how the hell are you supposed to survive in any way if you can never find food. I literally cannot find any food no matter what tips I try that I've come across online or on YouTube saying do this or do that.

First step is learning how to recognize an apple tree and pear tree, they have a different wood colour, and unique model, once you learn that you have food all around the map even in woods.

But the best way is
Step 1. find anything sharp
Step 2. find any starting gun.
Step 3. Listen to the sound in your headset as soon as you hear a deer - run towards the sound, kill the deer, skin it - cook it in the next house.

Done, you are now well fed for a 4 hour ingame run.

[baddoggs]

Originally posted by Valor:

Originally posted by TheReignMan:

I understand I just started the game....but how the hell are you supposed to survive in any way if you can never find food. I literally cannot find any food no matter what tips I try that I've come across online or on YouTube saying do this or do that.

First step is learning how to recognize an apple tree and pear tree, they have a different wood colour, and unique model, once you learn that you have food all around the map even in woods.

But the best way is
Step 1. find anything sharp
Step 2. find any starting gun.
Step 3. Listen to the sound in your headset as soon as you hear a deer - run towards the sound, kill the deer, skin it - cook it in the next house.

Done, you are now well fed for a 4 hour ingame run.

Don't forget to wash your hands or wear gloves... Or hunger
will be the least of your problems.