Then get everyone to locate the nearest town to where they spawned and find out its name. First, set up a voice call with Skype, or use a program like TeamSpeak or Ventrilo, to talk to the player(s) youвЂ™re trying to meet up with. Instead, youвЂ™re going to have to do some orienteering. The problem is, thereвЂ™s no in-game contacts list or ability to teleport to another player. You can play DayZ as a lone wolf, but itвЂ™s a totally different вЂ“ and in many ways better вЂ“ experience with a group of friends. Finding your friendsДiscovering where friends have spawned will be frustrating at first, but as you become more familiar with the map it gets much easier Photograph: Bohemia Interactive With a backpack containing something to eat and drink and an axe, youвЂ™re ready to head inland. If youвЂ™re lucky, the server youвЂ™re on will have recently reset, which refreshes all the loot drops on the map. If thereвЂ™s nothing to be found, try the next town.

If a veteran player comes through town theyвЂ™ll leave a lot of items that are useless to them, but valuable to you at this early stage.

If you enter a town and all the doors are open, chances are the place has already been cleaned out by other survivors. TheyвЂ™ll both take a zombie down with one clean swing to the head and deal significant damage to another player if youвЂ™re forced to defend yourself. Find an axe вЂ“ either a red firefighter axe, or a wood-handled splitting axe. Forget about crowbars, fire extinguishers, and other blunt weapons, as they do very little damage. When you get there you need to prioritise food, drink, a backpack, and a melee weapon. ThereвЂ™s always one nearby just follow the nearest road or railway. Your first port of call should be a town. All you have to survive is a flashlight and a battery. When you start a new life, you spawn randomly along the coast of Chernarus. Get out of there fast Photograph: Bohemia Interactive The coast is the most populated and therefore the most dangerous part of the map вЂ“ especially for new players.

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