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Bilingual DayZ survival guides covering the first spawn, food and water, field skills and medical care.
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Bilingual DayZ survival guides covering the first spawn, food and water, field skills and medical care.
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Treatment-first companion to the DayZ diagnosis guide, re-verified 2 November 2026 for current 1.30: every classic disease with its cure and its classic error, plus heatstroke, silicosis and irritated eyes from the published 1.30 scripts, and the no-cure list.
In Nasdara, radio broadcasts spell out a bunker location in Morse code. With a personal radio, charged battery, and the radio switched on, you can decode a bunker's coordinates and access code, travel to the grid, and enter an officially urban bunker. This guide explains the setup and entry, and states plainly that interior loot, frequencies, count, and rotation timer are unpublished.
Update 1.30 and the Badlands DLC let players restore ruined Nasdara houses into bases. Bohemia puts the count at over 5,000 rebuildable houses, and wells and irrigation tunnels are rebuildable too. This guide explains how to spot a rebuildable ruin, why mud vs stone is cosmetic, how trowel, brick, and mortar work with mixed materials, and why partial repair beats restoring a whole house at once.
Update 1.30 adds two motorbikes to DayZ on every map: the Jana 50 moped at around 70 km/h and the Bitrak 682 enduro at around 130 km/h. They use a new two-wheel physics model with ragdoll crashes, carry no inventory, seat one rider only, and need fuel. This guide compares the two bikes, explains handling and maintenance, and notes what is still unconfirmed.
Nasdara changes DayZ survival: very little standing water, a midday sun threat, sandstorms, and three new diseases. This guide explains wells and irrigation tunnels, heat and sandstorm prevention, the kit to carry, and states plainly that disease cures and further shelter mechanics are unconfirmed.
Update 1.30 launched on October 15, 2026, free for all DayZ owners, alongside the paid Badlands DLC and its new 267 km² desert map, Nasdara. This guide separates what every player gets from what only Badlands owners get, covers motorbikes, infected changes, the full wipe, and Hotfix 1, and states plainly what is still unconfirmed.
In current vanilla DayZ, Common Cold is Stage 1 of a respiratory progression, Influenza is Stage 2, and Pneumonia is the final dangerous stage. The progression is driven by low Heat Comfort. A survivor who stays warm can stop the chain from advancing and can recover from the earlier stages; a survivor who remains cold gives the disease time to escalate.
The most useful clue is what happened before the sickness icon. Ordinary raw or rotten meat, fat and guts can transmit Salmonellosis. Eating or drinking with bloody bare hands can also cause it, as can shared contaminated food/water or infected blood. Current vanilla references also keep an important predator exception: cooked Wolf Steak and Bear Steak can still carry Salmonellosis risk.
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