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DayZ has gotten a major update, a new rifle, and a complete character wipe

With the release today of DayZ update 1.11, everyone is starting from the start. The OG zombie survival game's latest patch focuses mainly on under-the-hood stability improvements, but it's come with a complete server and character progression wipe, meaning it's Day Zero in DayZ once again.

Developer Bohemia Interactive says the 1.11 patch makes a raft of stability improvements to DayZ, with fixes for zombie behaviour, horticulture, sea fishing, and vehicle interactions, for starters. It also improves server stability and capacity and has fixes for damage triggers - all stuff you expect to find in a stability patch, but welcome changes for sure.

However, there's a new piece of gear you'll want to be on the lookout for now that the update is here. It's the SVAL rifle, which comes with an integrated suppressor and takes 9x39mm ammunition. You can now find the SVAL (which happens to be the Czech word for 'muscle') near helicopter crash sites near Chernarus and Livonia, along with the new 20-round magazines for the 9x39mm. Those can also be used in the VSS, by the way.

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Nominate DayZ for the Steam Awards!

Hello Survivors,

A long and challenging year is finally winding down and the 2020 Steam Awards are right around the corner. We’d like to thank all of you who voted for us last year and helped us secure the Better with Friends Award. Now we’d like to ask for your support once again.

There’s only one category for games that weren’t released this year, which puts us in the thick of some stiff competition. Clearly, we’re an underdog in this race. But we are talking about the Labor of Love Award after all, which is a fitting description for our little labor of love – DayZ. Here’s the criteria for the prestigious award:

“This game has been out for a while. The team is well past the debut of their creative baby, but being the good parents they are, these devs continue to nurture and support their creation. This game, to this day, is still getting new content after all these years.”

As many of you know, DayZ has been available on Steam for nearly seven years now, and our team here in Prague has been tirelessly working on the game in a continual effort to improve it. Some veteran players will attest that it hasn’t always been the smoothest of rides. Others might even say there were moments of pure torment. Nevertheless, we believe (and hope you agree!) that the game has gotten exponentially better over time. Not only that, but we promise to continue elevating the game to greater heights, regardless of nominations or awards. Matter of fact, in addition to our recent 1.10 Game Update, just yesterday we released a new hotfix on our Experimental branch to improve the server performance!

But this isn’t just about our development team or Bohemia Interactive as a whole. Another reason we believe DayZ deserves the Labor of Love Award is because we’ve been blessed with an amazing community of modders, server owners, and content creators who’ve invested so much of their valuable time to provide unique and memorable experiences to our loyal group of players around the globe. We’ve seen this remarkable surge of support blossom over the last two years and we can’t wait to see where it will go from here.

We’d be honored if you’d consider nominating DayZ for the Labor of Love Award, and wouldn’t ask if we didn’t feel our efforts and yours truly deserve it.

To cast your vote, please visit this year’s Steam Awards Nomination Page.

It’ll only take a minute and we’d really appreciate your support.

Thank you!

DayZ Update 1.10

Bohemia Interactive is excited to announce that Game Update 1.10 has arrived on all platforms! There are tons of substantial changes to this update, including the long-awaited return of the M3S truck. Along with a drivable variant, we’ve also added brand new static variants for partial spawning. On top of that, all vehicles now offer increased engine durability during collisions with the environment, as well as the option to repair the vehicle’s chassis with epoxy putty and the engine itself with a pipe wrench (unless your engine happens to be ruined). We also added player damage when jumping out of a car.

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New shelters have been added! They come in three variants (stick, tarp, leather) and offer basic storage capacity, as well as protection from the rain. Speaking of the elements, cold mornings and warm afternoons are more realistic now, as are local wind speeds and altitudes. Furthermore, players can temporarily contain heat from fireplaces, the user interface now contains information about the heat insulation qualities of an individual piece of clothing, and heat insulation / maximum absorption limits for all clothes have been rebalanced, offering players a variety of choices regarding protection against the rain or cold.

Leg fractures are back as well, along with improvised fixtures (splints). Legs can be broken in all kinds of situations, including combat, stepping on a bear trap, falling or jumping from a great height, and even while jumping out of a car. Keep in mind that if you don’t fix a fracture with a splint, you’ll suffer limited movement, as well as frequent shock damage, which can render you unconscious. Visualizations of current shock values have been added (i.e. how close you are to unconsciousness), as well as when the actual shock damage is dealt. Applied splints are now visible on the injured player as well.

Rounding out the update, the signal pistol has returned and can light up the night sky in four distinct colors, the longevity of items has been lowered dramatically, and locked doors stay locked during server restarts, while the rest of the doors are randomized. Localization tweaks have also been added, including the introduction of localization into Brazilian Portuguese.

Finally, DayZ and DayZ Livonia will be fully playable on both PS5 & Xbox Series via backwards compatibility! Read about it here: https://dayz.com/article/general/dayz-on-ps5-xbox-series-x-s

DayZ Update 1.09

Bohemia Interactive is happy to announce that Game Update 1.09 has arrived on all platforms (08/09/2020). It brings a lot of bug-fixes and also interesting new stuff. The long-awaited Revolver is making its return! This very cool looking gun is chambered with six rounds of the strong .357 ammo within an internal rotating cylinder. In addition to this, we’re also adding one more brand new gun to DayZ - the Deagle. This beast of a pistol is available in silver and rare gold variants, features a nine .357 round magazine and fits the re-introduced pistol scope, to engage targets over longer distances.

Developers have also been working on some balancing of the durability of individual firearms, mainly aimed at lowering the durability gap between chambered and magazine based weapons. With this, we’ve also increased the durability of suppressors and removed the ability to repair weapons with duct tape along with their attachments. Keep an eye out and hold on to those weapon repair kits!

A new structure for base builders has been added - the flagpole. It aims to make base management easier by continuously refreshing the lifetime values of items and structures around. Meaning that you will no longer need to run fence by fence to keep them alive once you build and activate a flagpole in your base. Just keep an eye on how low the flag is, because its position defines how many refresh cycles remain. There are 27 flag variants; we hope you find your personal favorite.

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Summit1g trolled with Christmas trees after DayZ rant

A few days ago Jaryd 'Summit1g' Lazar complained about the trees in DayZ, and the internet does what it does best: trolled him. Following his tree related rant, modders added an abundance of Christmas trees into the game, with the firs literally raining down on Summit1g's character while he took a mini streaming break.

Summit1g had once been a regular player on the DayZ scene, but until his very recent return, had spent several years away from the game. Upon his return, he immediately criticised the trees, tweeting "DayZ needs to remove 50% of their trees and 80% of the Christmas trees," doubling down on his criticism as people defended the forest's density and realism.

Some were unhappy that Summit1g immediately began suggesting changes in a game he had barely started playing again, especially as someone of this stature in the streaming scene is more likely to be listened to than the average schmuck.

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