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DayZ Original

Three servers. One persistent character. A world that finally feels alive — without ever breaking the DayZ you love.

DayZ Original is the official mod of the DayZ Original community. It carries every modification we have written, tuned and balanced for our three linked servers: Chernarus, Livonia and Sakhal. Subscribe once, launch the game, and you're ready to survive across the whole hive.

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We are not trying to turn DayZ into an arcade. No flying vehicles, no overpowered weapons, no magic loot. Every feature in this mod was designed to deepen survival, reward patience and fix the little frustrations of vanilla — while keeping the grim, gritty tone that made DayZ legendary.

If it felt like DayZ before, it still feels like DayZ after. Only sharper.

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Our vanilla servers have always run under strict anti-cheat protection. The modded hive takes it a step further.

• Reinforced anti-cheat layer built on top of BattlEye, actively monitoring for injections, memory tampering and known exploit signatures.
  
• Server-side validation of movement, positioning, item spawns and damage — anything inconsistent is flagged and reverted.
  
• Live admin oversight with logging of every suspicious event. Reports are reviewed quickly on our Discord.
  
• Zero-tolerance policy — confirmed cheaters are banned across the three servers at once. No warnings, no second chances, no migration of their data.

Your gear, your base and your time are protected. Play fair, play hard — we take care of the rest.

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Our servers run on a unified hive. Your survivor, your gear, your XP and your wounds travel with you between maps.

• Chernarus — the classic post-soviet wilderness.
  
• Livonia — deep forests and fortified towns.
  
• Sakhal — the frozen edge of the world.

Dedicated transit points let you hop from one map to another in-world. One life, three theatres.

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A survivor who grows.
Every hour spent out in the wild now counts. Chopping wood, hunting, healing, travelling — everything feeds a personal perk tree accessible in one keypress. Spend your XP on perks that reward survival habits: more logs per tree, longer warmth from a fire, animal tracking, stamina resilience. No classes, no pay-to-win, no PvP edge — just a survivor who gets better at surviving. Stay in one spot too long and XP nerfs itself: the map rewards the mobile.

A combat space with memory.
Fights leave marks. Bullets punch persistent decals into concrete, wood, glass and metal. Bleeding survivors drip a trail behind them you can follow across a forest. Passengers can draw their sidearm and fire from inside a car. Any door can be cracked open a sliver to scout the room before committing. The world reacts to violence — and so can you.

Loadouts that finally make sense.
Rifles, crossbows, axes and bats now ride on your backpack where they belong. Ghillie kits and the Smersh vest get their own dedicated slots. Your First Aid Kit clips to your belt with hotbar access to the meds inside. Repair kits stack properly. Clothing and fully-loaded backpacks can be nested inside crates and barrels — store a whole alt-loadout in a single slot. Driving? You can open the full inventory without stopping the car.

A tougher, fairer survival loop.
Vanilla clothing, tools, fences and watchtowers take 2.5× the punishment before breaking — your grind finally respects itself. The hand drill is no longer a free lighter: harder ignitions, longer times, so matches and lighters matter again. Torches light your path — and nothing else. Repairs get a 30% chance to restore an item to pristine every attempt, and even damaged improvised suppressors can be patched back to life with duct tape.

Freedom to shape the world.
Clear your own plot: chop trees, dig out bushes, remove small rocks. Draw and share markers on your paper map, patch a torn one with duct tape, bring it to your hands in one keypress. Plant sticks around an outdoor fire for extra cooking slots. Fresh spawns are no longer glued to the coast — beds across hospitals and houses are now valid starting points. And when someone else is rummaging through their inventory, you can actually see it from across the street.

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● Live across three maps

• Play one persistent character across Chernarus, Livonia and Sakhal.
  
• Use in-world transit points to travel between servers without losing gear.
  
• Re-spawn or return to a chosen home server after death (server choice).

● Grow a survivor

• Press U to open your personal perk tree.
  
• Earn XP from playing — chopping, hunting, healing, travelling.
  
• Unlock survival perks: extra logs per tree, longer heat buffs, animal tracking, stamina gains.

● Fight smarter

• Peek through any door before committing — even while lying prone.
  
• Shoot pistols and revolvers from inside vehicles as passenger or co-driver.
  
• Follow persistent blood trails left by bleeding survivors.
  
• Leave — and read — persistent bullet holes on surfaces.
  
• See other players animate while rummaging through their gear.

● Carry more, carry smarter

• Attach rifles, the crossbow, axes, swords and bats to your backpack tool slot.
  
• Equip ghillie suits and hoods in dedicated ghillie slots.
  
• Wear the Smersh vest in its own slot.
  
• Clip the First Aid Kit to your belt and keep hotbar access to the meds inside.
  
• Stack duct tape, sewing kits, epoxy, leather kits, tire kits and gun-cleaning kits.
  
• Store clothing and fully-loaded backpacks inside crates, barrels and sea chests.
  
• Open the full inventory while sitting in a vehicle.

● Repair and maintain

• 30% chance to restore an item to pristine on every repair attempt.
  
• Repair damaged improvised suppressors with duct tape.
  
• Patch damaged paper maps with duct tape.
  
• Enjoy 2.5× durability on clothing, tools, fences and watchtowers.

● Eat, drink, stay warm

• Plant up to 3 sticks around an outdoor fire for extra cooking slots.
  
• Deal with harder hand-drill ignitions — matches and lighters are valuable again.
  
• Forget torch abuse — torches now light your path only.

● Explore and settle

• Place, edit and share markers on your paper map.
  
• Bring the map to your hands in a single keypress (M).
  
• Spawn at beds inside hospitals and houses — not just the coast.
  
• Clear your building plot: chop trees, remove trunks, dig out bushes and small rocks.

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The mod will keep growing after launch. Already in our pipeline:

• Loyal companions — tameable four-legged partners with follow/patrol modes.
  
• A map that breathes — new ambient wildlife (rabbits, squirrels, ravens, snakes, rats, seagulls, otters) with their own AI and sounds.
  
• Mounted travel — rideable mounts, saddles, stables. Silent, fuel-free, far more alive than any pickup.

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• Discord: https://discord.dayzoriginal.com
  
• Servers: Chernarus / Livonia / Sakhal — in-game "DayZ Original" filter.

See you on the coast, survivor.