Tactical Ballistics & Survival Trivia

Chernogorsk, or Cherno, is the big port city in the south.

Elektrozavodsk sits on the coast east of Cherno.

The North West Airfield lies just north of Vybor.

Balota airstrip sits between Komarovo and Cherno.

The North East Airfield is just east of Krasnostav.

The map is 15.36 km on each side, so 225 km2 in all.

Green Mountain and its tower are visible from much of the west.

Tisy military base is the big northern military zone.

The Rify wreck lies off the coast north of Berezino.

Skalisty is the rocky island south-east of Kamyshovo.

Prison Island sits in the sea west of Kamenka.

Novodmitrovsk is the big northern city.

Stary is old, Novy is new.

Zub castle stands on a hill in the central south, one of three castles with Rog and Devils Castle.

Svetlojarsk is the north-eastern port town.

The south coast runs along the bottom edge of the map.

Berezino is the long town on the east coast.

Kumyrna is the abandoned village of ruined houses in the central east.

The Zelenogorsk base sits at the edge of town.

The Myshkino tents are a well known western military spot.

Pavlovo military base is in the south-west.

Kamenka is the first town on the south coast from the west.

Coordinates count east and north from the bottom-left corner.

The Solnichniy factory is a landmark on the east coast.

Kamyshovo is the south-east coastal town.

Severograd is a northern city; sever means north.

Devils Castle, or Chyortov Zamok, stands north of Grishino.

Chernarus was invented by Bohemia for Arma 2 and reused for DayZ.

Bohemia Interactive is based in Prague.

Dean Hall released the DayZ mod for Arma 2 in 2012.

Dean Rocket Hall made the mod while working at Bohemia.

Early access opened in December 2013.

Version 1.0 shipped in December 2018.

Enfusion started in DayZ and now powers Arma Reforger.

Enforce Script is the language of the Enfusion engine.

Bohemia is a Czech studio.

Livonia is the forest map east of Chernarus.

Sakhal is a cold volcanic island chain.

The PS4 version arrived in May 2019, after the Xbox One release.

This is your story has been the DayZ line since early access.

They are living people with a virus, so the game says infected.

Livonia is 12.8 km on each side.

Nitrado is the console server partner.

The Mosin and the SVD share 7.62x54mmR.

The M4-A1, KA-101 and LE-MAS all use 5.56.

The AKM and SKS share 7.62x39mm.

The KA-74 is the AK-74 and uses the smaller 5.45 round.

The VSS Vintorez is built around the subsonic 9x39.

The LAR is the FAL and takes 7.62x51 NATO.

The Blaze is a double-barrel .308 hunting rifle.

The Tundra is the CZ 550 hunting rifle in .308.

BK-43 is the side-by-side 12 gauge.

The IJ-70 Makarov and the CR-61 Skorpion share .380.

FX-45, Kolt 1911 and USG-45 all use .45 ACP.

The Deagle shares .357 with the Repeater carbine.

The Mlock-91 and CR-75 are the 9mm pistols.

The Sporter 22 is the small .22 rifle.

The RGD-5 and the M67 are the two frag grenades.

It fires a red flare high into the sky.

Both fire 7.62x54mmR.

The USG-45 is the UMP45 submachine gun.

NV goggles, flashlights and the rangefinder run on 9V batteries.

Holding the attack winds up the heavy swing.

The cleaning kit repairs firearms; the stone is for blades.

The SVD is the semi-auto 7.62x54 marksman rifle.

Low blood desaturates the screen; very low blood turns it grey.

A, B, AB and O, each positive or negative.

O negative can be given to anyone.

AB positive is the universal recipient.

Use it on yourself or another player to read the type.

Falls and fights break legs; a splint or morphine fixes them.

Morphine heals the fracture; a splint also works.

Combine the sticks with any wrap to make the splint.

Tetracycline is the antibiotic for cholera and wound infection.

Charcoal clears food poisoning and chemical poisoning.

Purify pond water with tablets or boil it. Wells are safe.

Wash your hands or wear gloves after skinning.

Kuru makes you shake and laugh, and it never goes away.

Disinfect rags with alcohol tincture or disinfectant spray first.

An epi-pen brings a player round at once.

Saline refills blood fast; needs an IV start kit on yourself.

Charcoal tablets cure it.

Shock recovers on its own if you survive the hit.

Rotten food brings food poisoning. Charcoal helps.

Dry off at a fire and layer up.

Vitamins help you fight off a disease you already have.

Always test before a transfusion unless the donor is O negative.

Any knife tears clothes into rags.

Six rags combine into one rope.

Add bark or paper as kindling, then light it.

It lights a fire without matches.

Add a hook and bait to fish.

Burlap and rope make the sack pack.

Combine two small stones to knap a knife.

Any knife combines with a long stick.

Pelts plus garden lime in a barrel make leather.

The bottle suppressor fits pistols and fails fast.

Add gasoline or lard to make it burn longer.

Can opener loses nothing; knives and screwdrivers spill.

Blades dull with use; the stone brings them back.

Dig in soft ground to find worms.

Sewing kit for cloth; leather sewing kit for leather; duct tape also works.

Burlap strips plus netting, then dye with berries if you like.

Bambi is the community word for a fresh spawn.

Only a GPS receiver gives you coordinates.

Infected will not swim. Doors slow them but they get through.

A heavy pack shortens the stamina bar.

Caps Lock is the default voice key.

V vaults, Tab opens inventory, R reloads.

Private hive servers keep their own characters.

Lower it and raise it again to refresh the timer.

Filters wear out; carry spares.

Crash sites move around the map.

Log out somewhere safe. Combat logging leaves a body to loot.

Up arrows mean the stat is improving.

Pumpkin, tomato, pepper and zucchini grow from seeds.

Fires dry you and warm you.

Boiling in a pot also works.

Chemlights glow for a long time in several colours.

Wolves attack in packs and circle you.

A bear takes many shots and kills fast.

Feathers fletch bolts; bones make hooks.

Any knife or edged tool skins and quarters.

Hares were added alongside hunting updates.

Battery, spark plug, radiator with water, wheels and fuel.

The Ada is the Lada Niva.

An empty radiator overheats the engine.

Fill the jerrycan at a gas station pump.

The M3S is the big military truck.

Place the kit, then add logs, planks and nails.

Pliers attach barbed wire; the hammer builds.

Dig in soft ground. Buried stashes are hard to find.

A crate stores items and can be buried.

The fence kit uses two sticks; the tower uses four.

Then saw the logs into planks with a hacksaw or hand saw.