Just bought the game!

[A-Herring-Gull]

I have a play last night but there doesnt seem to be an in game tutorial or anything. Do you just learn by running around and interacting and hoping for the best?

[Thai Ming]

I added you if you wanna play together if you are from EU region

[adamschristopher62]

yes run around then ask questions on here lol

[A-Herring-Gull]

Thanks guys, Ill add and go to the server when I get a chance.

[-Freeeedy-]

dayz is not peaceful

[Derleth]

Originally posted by A-Herring-Gull:

I have a play last night but there doesnt seem to be an in game tutorial or anything. Do you just learn by running around and interacting and hoping for the best?

Pretty much, yes. A word of advice though - avoid modded servers while learning the game, if you play modded you will get a skewed impression of the game mechanics and basic game loop. It is always best to start out 100% vanilla - not necessarily on official servers, there are good vanilla community servers with active admins (officials are completely unmoderated and therefore sometimes plagued by cheaters). Then once you feel like you have a basic grip of how the game works and basic survival, building and fighting - you may explore the vast universe of modded community servers.

[Denz Digital]

Correct, Dayz doesn't hold your hand or really give any tips. It is a figure it out as you die experience which can be frustrating. We have ALL been extremely frustrated with Dayz, but if you get past that, then you will fall in love. It's that simple. Enjoy... See you at the beach.

[_KC76_]

Originally posted by A-Herring-Gull:

I have a play last night but there doesnt seem to be an in game tutorial or anything. Do you just learn by running around and interacting and hoping for the best?

Search YouTube .. literally hundreds of Tips and Tricks videos. This is just a few:
- ScaleSpeeder Gaming = mostly Server Tutorial, but does do some "beginner" game play tips.
- FreshSpawns = Some "info" shorts, but mostly just entertaining game-play
-WOBO = more Technical info than Tutorials, but it really helps to understand "how" the game works

[Envy The Dead]

Originally posted by A-Herring-Gull:

I have a play last night but there doesnt seem to be an in game tutorial or anything. Do you just learn by running around and interacting and hoping for the best?

Watch tutorial videos on YouTube it will save you a lot of time and frustration

[baddoggs]

All well and good, but, U tube videos can be staged and mis leading..
Most are made on "community" servers as well, they do not play the same as vanilla
as the spawn rates are pretty much always "tweaked".
Not saying they are all bad, just make sure they are ACTUAL "tips & Tricks"
Vids made on a vanilla server...
For example, watching "babynades" or "soursweet" vids CAN be entertaining,but,
they are VERY staged and edited making them pretty useless for "learning" the
actual game.

[Sebi1106]

My Beginner tip is to get you a friend to teach you the game.
No matter what people say.... no matter how many videos you watch....

It is insanely hard to get the hang of DayZ unless someone holds your hand for the first 10 Hours. Its possible... but a friend guiding you will make the learning process alot faster.

You need to know how to navigate. You need to know which towns to skip. You need to know how to fight zombies. You need to know how to approach cartain dangerzones. You need to know what to carry. You need to know what to avoid to not get sick.

There is just SOOO many things that you can do wrong and every single mistake will lead to a death.

If you dont have a friend that can play with you, my best advice would be to stay close to the coast and find someone. Talk to them. Just roll with them. (expect to be shot tho)
Eventually youll find someone that lets you follow them on their journey. Watch what they do. move with them. Talk to them.

DayZ is VERY VERY VERY difficult if your trying to learn it. Especially when your solo.

Id suggest avoiding PvE servers tho.... it teaches you a false sense of security. That will get you killed over and over and over again when you transition to a "real" server.
Also avoid official servers. They are FLOODED with cheaters.

[Rick Sanchez]

it's pretty much trial and error. I dont recommend official servers due to the hacker epidemic that's never been fixed, but others swear they've never seen or had hacker deaths before so idk.. as a beginner, my best pittance of advice would be to trust no one. its hard to make friends in the game, since everyone seems to want to either achievement farm you, trick you into turning you into a blood mule, or just general torturous activity.. cuz.. why not?

it's not SO bad as a solo, but I would definitely do some light reading on the wiki dedicated to dayz. it'll give you a general idea of how best to approach this game, an if you dig a little, you'll find some nifty crafting recipes to remember when you're out wandering the wilds.

the wiki i first used and continue to refer back to for reference on crafting/building is here:
https://dayz.fandom.com/wiki/DayZ_Wiki

Good luck, survivor
o7

[Idaho]

Originally posted by Sebi1106:

My Beginner tip is to get you a friend to teach you the game.
No matter what people say.... no matter how many videos you watch....

It is insanely hard to get the hang of DayZ unless someone holds your hand for the first 10 Hours. Its possible... but a friend guiding you will make the learning process alot faster.

You need to know how to navigate. You need to know which towns to skip. You need to know how to fight zombies. You need to know how to approach cartain dangerzones. You need to know what to carry. You need to know what to avoid to not get sick.

There is just SOOO many things that you can do wrong and every single mistake will lead to a death.

If you dont have a friend that can play with you, my best advice would be to stay close to the coast and find someone. Talk to them. Just roll with them. (expect to be shot tho)
Eventually youll find someone that lets you follow them on their journey. Watch what they do. move with them. Talk to them.

DayZ is VERY VERY VERY difficult if your trying to learn it. Especially when your solo.

Id suggest avoiding PvE servers tho.... it teaches you a false sense of security. That will get you killed over and over and over again when you transition to a "real" server.
Also avoid official servers. They are FLOODED with cheaters.

I wouldn't do any of this. Weird advice. Skipping towns? Worrying about dying? this is almost all wrong-headed.

And dayz is not *that* difficult.

[Sebi1106]

Originally posted by Idaho:

Originally posted by Sebi1106:

My Beginner tip is to get you a friend to teach you the game.
No matter what people say.... no matter how many videos you watch....

It is insanely hard to get the hang of DayZ unless someone holds your hand for the first 10 Hours. Its possible... but a friend guiding you will make the learning process alot faster.

You need to know how to navigate. You need to know which towns to skip. You need to know how to fight zombies. You need to know how to approach cartain dangerzones. You need to know what to carry. You need to know what to avoid to not get sick.

There is just SOOO many things that you can do wrong and every single mistake will lead to a death.

If you dont have a friend that can play with you, my best advice would be to stay close to the coast and find someone. Talk to them. Just roll with them. (expect to be shot tho)
Eventually youll find someone that lets you follow them on their journey. Watch what they do. move with them. Talk to them.

DayZ is VERY VERY VERY difficult if your trying to learn it. Especially when your solo.

Id suggest avoiding PvE servers tho.... it teaches you a false sense of security. That will get you killed over and over and over again when you transition to a "real" server.
Also avoid official servers. They are FLOODED with cheaters.

I wouldn't do any of this. Weird advice. Skipping towns? Worrying about dying? this is almost all wrong-headed.

And dayz is not *that* difficult.

okey mister "PvE server admin".

most of the time its not worth it to grind thru all of cherno for example. Your better off sprinting to mogilevka and start looting there... Because, contradictionary to whats happening on your 4 player PvE server.... most of the spawncitys will be empty af on servers that are populated with 100+ people. You are basically just wasting 25 minutes to get a chambered amphibia, a axe and a sewingkit.... Hooray....

but what do i know... i only have 20k hours, and you obviously know bettter, from all your experience on your pve server with a peak of 4 people on it.

DayZ sure is easy when there are no other players around that take loot or try to kill you....

But please keep in mind that some of us actually play the game, instead of a "PvE carebear spinoff".

Have a good one.

[Tnargav]

Depending if you prefer spending a lot of time learning on your own or just research whatever you need at the time.

[RoY]

You tube tutorials are helpful to get the basics down.