DayZ News

Greetings, survivors!

We are happy to announce the start of the experimental period for game update 1.21! We’ve got a really interesting theme for this update. This time around we’re getting medieval and traveling back to the Middle Ages!

One of the new additions we’re introducing is the crossbow – DayZ’s first ever spring-powered weapon. It can load a variety of bolts and be fitted with a number of sights and scopes. Legacy players may recall this model originally having a quiver, a characteristic we decided to scrap in order to focus on the behavior of bolts. Our aim is to make the projectiles recoverable, as well as animate them with every entity you hit. The ballistic properties of projectiles, along with their recoverability, are the most complex parts of the crossbow, and we are interested to see how they behave on public servers.



While the crossbow itself may not be strictly medieval, we have incorporated medieval themed replicas of various items and clothing throughout the world. Don’t worry though – we’ll let you find them on your own instead of spoiling the fun for you here.



Experimental update 1.21 also comes with rebalanced quick slots, so now you won’t have to open your inventory as often. Fall damage has been rebalanced as well and should be much more readable. Continuing with the theme of readability, you now have the option to adjust the brightness of the in-game UI. Furthermore, we adjusted the lighting of the inventory camera. These two improvements should make your inventory much more pleasant to look at. We also made a few fixes regarding thrown items falling through the ground, and we’re curious to learn how often you stumble upon this issue after this update.

One more thing we’re introducing is the ability to spawn bushes, trees, and rocks through the server-side object spawner (and script). Last, but certainly not least, we are in the final stages of testing our Linux server distribution. We encourage anyone on Steam who wants to play experimental update 1.21 to try and do so on the Linux server, as we are monitoring it closely for any issues. If you’re interested in running your own Linux server, you can already do so on the experimental branch.

A full list of changes can be found on our official forums. We hope to see you in the public playtests and look forward to hearing your feedback!

Patchnotes: https://forums.dayz.com/topic/254711-experimental-update-121-change-log/

On behalf of the DayZ team,

Adam

Enjoy and we look forward to your feedback.
https://feedback.bistudio.com/
Thank you

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Greetings, Survivors!

We have released our first update of 2023 today! Say hello to update 1.20!

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We’ve already started gearing up for a full year of DayZ support and felt it would be wise to spend a bit of time tackling various issues and addressing all the feedback we received during our very busy developmental phase last year.

You might find update 1.20 lacking in the content department, but it certainly makes up for that with a wide variety of fixes and changes. There are far too many to mention them all here, but some of our favorites include more vehicle fixes, a resolved ADS bug, connectivity indicators, and improvements to the third-person camera. If you’d like to learn more about everything update 1.20 brings to the table, head on over to our official forums and check out the change notes Here.

New assets

• Mime Masks
  
• Carnival Masks
  

Livonia POI
This new point of Interest was in connection to a community competition. The winner's art would be displayed in the game and forever be part of DayZ Livonia


While we’re very happy to kick off the year with update 1.20, we’d also like to discuss what’s in store for the rest of 2023. As we teased in a recent live stream, this year is going to be a little bit different. One thing we’d like to clarify is that we will definitely be supporting the game throughout 2023. The content of future updates, however, will be a lot more dynamic in nature, and won’t always deliver the usual template of “gun, feature, bug fix”. The reason for this is because we plan on expanding our focus regarding the possibilities of the DayZ game, brand, and team itself. We can’t offer too many details at the moment, but the following are a few of the areas we’ve begun to look into as possible additions to future updates.

Character cosmetics will play a huge role in every update this year. We’d like to grow what is already a massive collection by increasing the variety of loot to be found and offering even more amazing clothes to wear. Don’t expect us to follow other popular games with an abundant amount of pink skins. Think backpacks and survival themes and outfits that exemplify the DayZ brand.




Another element we intend to update later this year is the iconic northwest airfield (NWAF) on Chernarus. Our primary focus will be to simplify the airfield’s layout and make the runway and taxiways more authentic. Obviously a change to this location is a substantial project and will require synchronization with a total server wipe.



We also plan on focusing more on infected AI this year. We’d like to change the way they move through the environment, as well as how you battle them. There are a number of factors regarding this subject that require further investigation, so we can’t share much more info with you at present. But suffice it to say that the changes we’re considering have great potential to change the PvE aspect of the game for the better.



Following last year’s addition of Steam achievements in update 1.18, we’ve spent some time thinking about how we can expand the selection of available trophies/achievements. We’ve got a few ideas up our sleeves and will be offering additional challenges later this year for all you completists out there.

This year will be less about firearms as we feel there is generally a good variety present and we would rather invest our resources into other features. We would also like to give more attention to some quality of life changes, similar to what we did in the 1.20 update. Furthermore, we will continue the trend of offering more tools to server owners, with our primary focus oriented towards console communities and the ability to manage their server.

That’s pretty much it for now. We’re really looking forward to another year of great adventures and hope you’ll continue to enjoy them with us!

On behalf of the DayZ team,

Adam

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Chernarus
The post-soviet country of Chernarus is struck by an unknown virus, turning the majority population into frenzied infected. Fighting over resources has bred a hostile mentality among survivors, driving what’s left of humanity to collapse. You are one of the few immune to the virus - how far will you go to survive?

Livonia
Livonia is a DLC map for DayZ, allowing players to experience the hardcore survival hit in a whole new environment ranging from dangerous plains to bear infested forests. Up to 60 players on a server will be tasked with a single goal: survive this new unfamiliar land for as long as possible, by any means necessary.



May the Year of Rabbit brings you prosperity and good health.

DayZ update news
We are kicking 2023 off fast with our first experimental update of the year - EXP Update 1.20



The primary focus of this update is to provide more stability and set the foundations for future updates.
While the focus is mainly on bug fixing and stability, we were able to include some new assets to enrich cosmetic choice and playstyle.
Read more here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/221100/view/3659771788268968517?l=english

Hello Survivors, we are kicking 2023 off fast with our first experimental update of the year - EXP Update 1.20

The primary focus of this update is to provide more stability and set foundations for future updates.
While the focus is mainly on bug fixing and stability, we were able to include some new assets to enrich cosmetic choice and playstyle.



Please see all our efforts and new assets within the changelog.
Changelog here: https://forums.dayz.com/topic/254193-experimental-update-120-change-log/

Be sure to follow our socials for ongoing developments as we gear up to the Stable release of 1.20.

Enjoy and we look forward to your feedback.
https://feedback.bistudio.com/
Thank you

DayZ Dev team

Last DayZ Twitch Stream introducing exp 1.20 by our team: Devs 1.20 Patch Notes stream