The Ultimate Beginners Guide to DayZ for 2025 (PC/XBOX/PS5)

[@DatGuySyl]

Welcome to all the new players in DayZ! Hopefully this guide will provide you with some basic information on how to get started. Don’t forget to leave a like 👍🏻 and consider subscribing for more DayZ content! I stream here on KZbin and Twitch Mon - Friday. Have a wonderful day

[@jdmcbride6107]

Tf is that cursed emoji lmao

[@kriswinklmann6401]

My first run was by far the best but shortest. I ran into another "fellow" player who acknowledge that I was right there, then she turned her back then I proceeded follower not too close while looking for loop I end up going to a small cabin while she what's behind me then she shut the door and somehow barricaded it then look through the window at me and just flick me off for 5 minutes turn up bleeding really bad but managed to get the door open. Haven't had a clear objective. Revenge. I tracked her down by following the dead zombies until I found her. I snuck as close as possible with my stick in hand and began our battle. I was losing badly but the noise attracted a zombie that she aggro and she finally started getting visibly damaged. As she fled I flicked her off as she was looking at me then she just fell. I was super slow and everything was grey. I tried looking for anything to heal me but fell over a minute later. I had my revenge then died with a smile

[@ZeWAMBO27]

yap

[@Godofslikks]

Great story

[@CallistoRex]

You sound like a psychopath

[@3rdperson1990]

@@ZeWAMBO27I’d knock you out

[@jaydennewman6631]

amazing dayz life bro

[@JoeyCordell-b9p]

Nothing like getting home after a long 11 hour shift to watch syl

[@damionhale7226]

Agreed my friend agreed

[@musicfan111]

I’m here too my friend

[@Titokilla936]

Literally me today😢🫡

[@bencross5332]

Nothing like finishing a 11 hr day to get slaughtered on DayZ as soon as u finally get a gun and some food lol

[@Breezeturbo62]

10 hour school for me lol

[@EmilyTheQueen01]

You really do seem like such a friendly and in general just a delightful person to be around! you seem very Jolly and that just makes me happy to see people being passionate about the things they love, keep up the good work my good man! o7

[@DatGuySyl]

Ahw thanks for the Kind words Emily :) Wish you a great day!

[@crappieking5592]

Played this game around 8 years ago when you needed aram to play. Just got a new pc and I'm loving it. So much smoother

[@ededdneddyyy]

Are you me?

[@emillarsson9350]

Just returning for first time in 9 years here :)

[@goldennoble2]

same, i remember playing it around launch. look how far we’ve come

[@Ep0xy]

Looking to buy this game. Any good discord out there. I feel like this game would be fun to team up.

[@ededdneddyyy]

@@Ep0xy it's really hard to team up in this game it's meant to be solo

[@robertcalver4524]

Best Dayz intro ive ever seen

[@DatGuySyl]

Silly but funny 😂

[@Exhoust911]

Nice man, I don't usually press like on the videos neither dislike. But this guide was what I needed and also the energy shown on the video were impressive. I personally I found this video helpful, you got a like form me

[@ClulessTarte]

my dad just sent me a gift for the game and since i saw him play it a lot of times i thought it'd be fun . I died A LOT so once i found this i finally survived for a hour lol

[@miscalt]

subscribed for the goldshire inn theme song

[@Barrythebarnabas]

Why are you so friendly? This positive energy seems infectious. I’m subscribing

[@FoxTrotDayZ]

Blue clues vibes in that intro 😂 ahah love it buddy !

[@DatGuySyl]

Hahahahahahahahahaha now that I think about it 😂😂😂😂

[@callumhay7958]

I literally thought the same thing! I would have bet money i was the only one🤣

[@NEGAN_x75]

I just sub to your channel a couple days ago and I’ve been watching not stop,I really like this video because I do want to get into playing this game but I have not idea where to start so this definitely cleared a lot questions for me I can’t wait to start and hopefully some day meet you in the game brother,thank you and I hope you having a great Sunday!

[@DatGuySyl]

That’s really great to hear Negan! Welcome to the wasteland. Appreciate the comment. Have a lovely Sunday yourself

[@_.Leo_.]

My Negan

[@TheRealJohnMadden]

Awesome video! I'm coming back to DayZ after being away for a really long time and I needed to brush up on how to get started and learning the mechanics again. To put it into perspective on how long it's been, this was DayZ mod where you needed to buy the Arma 2 bundle with Operation Arrowhead before you could play. Nothing like good ole nostalgia.

[@DatGuySyl]

Welcome back! DayZ is in a really good spot right now, I'm sure you'll have a good time

[@voiceoversmiff]

Great video mate! I enjoy playing (badly) and making content on dayz and it's refreshing to see someone put their own spin on it. Keep up the good work 👏

[@rykerstewart7676]

Thanks so much for this video! DayZ just came to game pass on Xbox, and I can't wait to play.

[@ToastedMallow420]

im actually hopping on for the first time and i appreciate you and your energy man. super helpful video

[@Mrs.J87]

I think you've just saved my life for the foreseeable future 😅. Been playing on a community server and really don't have 2 cents to rub together in terms of DZ knowledge 😅 My crew and I are learning...thankfully it's on a PvE server

[@BalticVendetta]

I believe you can also heal a cold just by keeping your vitals full white and giving it some time.

[@BeanzYT]

Lmao the intro! Keep up the awesome content Syl

[@DatGuySyl]

Hehehe thank you Beanz! 🙌🏻

[@traskular]

Love the WoW music

[@artizolum]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one, it's so nostalgic

[@Omeprazolycka]

I recently started playing the game. Thank you for this guide! Its a challenging but good game. I like it.

[@jonathansullivan2048]

Thank you very much for the video. It helped a bunch. Also, your cat is very cool.

[@VetvsWorld]

Great video bro. I bought this like ten years ago in beta I believe. Because of this, I’m going hop on and scope things out. ✊🏻🖤

[@woebegoner]

A huge amount of Warcraft music used here. I love it

[@zadeofazeroth]

I love the World of Warcraft music in the back ground! +1

[@DatGuySyl]

Hehehe played for 11 years my friend 😉

[@ticotechllc9766]

Caught that too its great lol

[@SomethingScotty]

A lot of dayZ servers run contaminated mods that's why I'll only ever play on vanilla. I tried playing on custom servers a few times over the years and each time I went into it not having a virus and came out with at least 2 trojans. To me it's just not worth it. And before anyone reads this and says "Nuh-uh! Th-there are no viruses in the mods for servers!" Yes, yes there are and I'd appreciate it if you didn't try talking to me.

[@The_Kyote]

While there are bad community servers, there are good ones. Many people in community can steer you to the good ones.

[@sirkronix5274]

Is there a crafting guide. Thats alot to remember

[@SheffBundy]

Xbox console here no one ever talks about the real first thing and that’s servers how do you pick ?!

[@treethompson]

Right?! I just picked up Dayz yesterday on ps5 and the server selection isn’t the simplest thing to do. I assumed the first set of servers that pop up would be the best so I chose one with a decent amount of players but the lag was insane and I had the bad connection icon the whole time. Once I got killed I browsed the servers and realized I was in a EU server then chose a US server and it was much better. They need to show the ping next to the servers for console players

[@Ep0xy]

Thinking of buying the game. Much appreciated!

[@DaDerp]

On my 1st run, got mauled instantly, bled to death. Second run, lost a lot of blood, got beat up by zombies, and then someone saved me, i proceeded to pass out 11 times before respawning since I didn't know how to use a bandage since i hadn't watched a guide for controller

[@shycult]

Great one!!

[@DatGuySyl]

Thank you sir :)

[@JediRich3]

great video! super helpful. liked and subbed!

[@benjaminnewbrooks1450]

Good clear information video. Thank you

[@The_Real_bubbazaneti]

ThanX Syl! Great intro for noobs! 👍🏻

[@dylanwalston5644]

I’ve always wanted to play this game finally bought it today

[@mechanicalmusket976]

Same, I got it last night on psn sale. Half price. Did you get it for playstation too

[@dylanwalston5644]

@ yeah I wanted to get it when I first got my ps5 but I just didn’t wanna pay full price lol game is unforgiving fr

[@mechanicalmusket976]

@@dylanwalston5644 same lol. Good luck out there bud & have fun. Me & the Mrs are going to try it tomorrow, was playing 7 Days to die all day.

[@ericlosey998]

Thanks bought it today lol big help

[@tyblu7667]

haha that intro was cheesy as hell but I chuckled

[@gazzovich42]

I need to help a beginner friend but I'm super impatient. Will send them this video thanks!

[@DatGuySyl]

Good luck you two!

[@gazzovich42]

@@DatGuySyl ❤️

[@STREETWIZEplayz]

I keep watching all these tutorials but somehow everytime i play i just wind up walking until i starve to death or i get shot 😅

[@SlabbyMess]

I can never make it past the first areas

[@lukedanyi]

I was gonna play this game, but this video convinced me that would be a terrible idea. thx.

[@mechanicalmusket976]

Why lol? I got it for me n the Mrs last night since it was half price on playstation. Been waiting ages to play.

[@RipDippler]

My 4th run was last night. Met a guy.. which turned into meeting 5 guys. Which turned into 5 insane weirdos running around screaming wearing armbands and discussing whether or not it was a good idea to mass cook human steaks and all get Kuru, before running into a solo player. After interacting with him for about 30 seconds he laughed and half the team rushed him to kill him... None of us survived Kuru Man. Don't fuck with Kuru Man.

[@a.blahajfemboy]

just got dayz and have been wondering why people kept killing me, guess i gotta get a mic. besides that, amazing video!

[@shizothereal]

Ahahahahahah that Intro

[@newjersey973]

Aren't improvised foot wraps more quite than the shoes you spawn with?? And unless things changed since this video was put out, you can absolutely put gloves over bloody hands to negates the sickness from eating

[@crepes6233]

Any building and crafting guides

[@patricioolivero5032]

Need

[@oliverm303]

I am trying out the game several times, but still dying without seeing even onne player, but from either having a cold or no food. I can't find anything to eat, even in bigger cities :(

[@DatGuySyl]

@@oliverm303 if you’re on pc join modded servers, try to download dzsa launcher and get a better feel of the game that way.

[@youraveragegamer8855]

Just starting dayz and god damn I'm amazed at how much minor detail they have and its only a ps4 gen game

[@OfficialDJBrG]

I'm on PS5 and run smoothly so I will say since you're new on PS4 don't give up on the game, I've heard the PS4 version is all glitchy and lags. It's still worth it though and works it's self out. The game 🎯 a definitely hands on experience, the tutorial is a joke but once you learn the basics you'll have a blast and get better every hour you log into the game.

[@TheSixStringGuy]

​@@OfficialDJBrGI was worried about this because I literally just bought a PS5 a week ago and after playing pubg on PS5 vs PS4 I'm Blown Away with how crappy the PS4 version is with the frame rate and locked 30 frames per second it's horrible I feel so bad for anyone still playing on Old generation consoles I was wondering if this game was better on PS5 I think I'm going to get it now from this comment thank you

[@joebonga6516]

Went to the hunting stand..all I got was a flashlight 😞

[@tylerharms5699]

Small stones and food are so hard for me to find 😢

[@KirillsStuff]

I joined an official server and spawned on a beach with other 10 friendly players.

[@Acecom85]

playing that world of warcraft music, im surprised this video is still up.

[@EP1C_76]

Could you play DayZ without seeing other players? Could you play on a solo server?

[@Sly_Knight]

Why is killing no mics a rule? I'm playing on a server with two other and we use xbox party chat. But using party chat makes it so other players can't hear us so they immediately just want to fight.

[@dagolf06]

You just can't trust no mics.

[@OfficialDJBrG]

Right but you aren't in game chatting when others are talking to you. That annoys everyone. Plus like dago said you can't trust people with out a mic. Plus if you whisper in game to someone everyone else has to be with in 2m of you to hear you.

[@IIViKzYII]

Genuine question, what is the purpose of DayZ? Just to survive as long as possible?

[@DatGuySyl]

Well there isn’t a complete end goal. Your end goal can be building a base and stash your loot there, or you can PvP, find other survivors to team up with or start fresh. It’s quite up to you really how you decide your adventure. One thing for sure is, you never know what you can expect. You’ll have an insane adventure one time and the other times it’s a struggle

[@Barrythebarnabas]

Sometimes it’s less about a specific goal or purpose and more about an overall experience.

[@w.d.g.]

great video. 😀

[@r1pst3r]

I need a beginner guide for how to get on a server....constantly saying there is an unexpected database response

[@Idkwhtpsipto]

It is 2 different games: one on official. One on community pvp focused. I love both.

[@ace_sweethell292]

Loved the video! I would really appreciate a follow up video or comment here about servers! I know there is an external launcher for mods and such, but what are the types of server out there? I don't get all the terms i see T.T, and i don't think role-plays are what i'm looking for if i have to fill a lot of papers to fake being a cop, i'd appreciate more of a Rust approch to the game!

[@businessofrhythm2315]

Then buy rust??

[@dustycrawdad307]

Im new to this channel. And all I have to say is wth was that intro? Anyways, it was a wonderful video 😁

[@stormbunnie6966]

Wait so you can spawn close to friends, but I can't figure out how to add my friend to the friends list on dayz. We just use that dang map and run forever and try to find each other before we die. Sending each other pics of the road signs. I would love to figure it out

[@madkootaz9598]

WHATS THE MUSIC THAT STARTS PLAYING AT 0:46 ??

[@curcuru11]

How do you join with a friend on PC???

[@handzdirty]

Where the best place to get the med for a common cold....I be like 3 hours in than I get sick out of nowhere

[@Barnaby_bo]

That intro woke me up

[@nerd_in_norway]

"No mic, no life." A real asshole rule against new players, since it seems difficult to figure out in the beginning whether the mic is even working. DayZ is frustratingly quirky in some areas, that includes the way to set up audio and "check" to find out whether it actually works. I was hoping DayZ had a stronger sense of community against newer players, but I guess not...?

[@rabbell505]

I love DayZ

[@markbates6610]

Do you know any servers that would allow me to coop with my son without having to run for ever to find each other?

[@davebull6007]

got 3000. hrs in the game but evry time i not played a bit and think ill play day zzzzz it always seems to have a problem that normally takes hours to sort out

[@Mordaxe]

genius intro lol

[@JavierSprague]

wow that was slick

[@R6Seagull]

7 mins in and im still confused with how much information id given to me

[@tsengelb1624]

❤official or community servers?

[@tpkidlfk4778]

I can not play this to difficult I'm in between 2 mountains at a base I can't find no water or food only chocolate witch don't last

[@adammurnin9284]

Is it worth getting into now or is it dead ?

[@DatGuySyl]

100% still worth getting, a new DLC will be released tomrrow 15th of October, which will be Frostline, released to all platforms. You could also wait and add it to your wishlist whenever its on discount get it then.

[@rileylabski]

It's on sale on Steam right now

[@crowgod4833]

So what if I want to join a community server but the DZSAlauncher refuses to work no matter what fix I find online

[@Bosspinata]

Are there chickens on console I can’t find any

[@Diamondcancer]

Yes

[@WisperHall]

water wells always make me sick

[@gothicvillasgaming]

Playing since day 1 and im still terrible at shooting 😂

[@malcolmgardner6530]

Try techs modded server 3 low pop but lots of trap bases an pvp nwaf free traders

[@christophermirenda-powell875]

Played for an hour first tiem today, No loot anywhwre

[@emilmoe92]

did he say "rehh naym" when saying "rename"? xD 1:44

[@Murlocos_tacos]

FOR THE ALLIANCE

[@ЛёваСкрипник]

like for the cat;)

[@Gandalfthewhit]

perfect!!!!!!! 👉♥😎

[@classic_peanuts6322]

Omg new player and wtf can't figure out how to use items in inventory like food and other items and I can't find any info any where explaining how to use inventory

[@wolfe1970]

Dam shame this isnt single player mode, i love the survival side of it, but hate the PVP side of it

[@jonathanschadenfreude9603]

Just downloaded the game off steam, first before i ask my question ...thx for the guide....your really wearing a da z hat my dude lol?

[@survivalbert7017]

~min 6 ... and the meat tenderizer ;-)

[@carnageix8845]

why is everything so tedious to do,

[@malcolmgardner6530]

Xbox server called techs modded server 3 has free traders at the spawn points pvp full map live stream techs modded server 3

[@Hitmanzero47]

Dude. You skipped from customization to dropped on a beach. I cant ever start . No idea how to pick a server.

[@ThingsWithAli]

0:12 bro why you violating me like this huh? you think thats funny?

[@DatGuySyl]

caught in 4k buddy

[@irong14nt61]

Bro we all been there for are first game some were in this game so stop talking a asshole to ppl bro you're just toxic for video games and new people that's all

[@Cxx.67]

Im aboit to buy this Game But im Not sure

[@pandakat915]

I got the game today and I’m so confused

[@cjgroves4429]

The first 10 or 20 hours is going to be an annoying struggle. When you've got no brose with you to teach you what to do. Focus on just trying to figure one thing out at a time. Since the realism is much more than other games, try to think about where you'd find the loot you need. Making a campfire just needs some bark and small sticks, search police stations for early weapons and be careful when you see another player. Good luck, and GG.

[@Gingerbozz420]

​@@cjgroves4429howndobservers work though? Does the loot refresh and spawn again? It seems looted everywhere, do I have to join a server can I not just quick play into a random online game? So many questions

[@totem916]

The world of Warcraft music takes me out

[@Fortnitetryhard-z3d]

On ps4?

[@excadusTV]

I cant talk no one hears me ingame

[@SpaceNerd-YT]

im watching this with 2,345 hours on DayZ 💀

[@kloneboii6391]

Ibalways spawn in towns

[@KeithSam-m2p]

Okay i wanna uninstall this because all i find is empty houses looted and only get sticks because i collect them, this is annoying the fuck out me.