What To Do First When You Spawn – DayZ Beginner Guide (2025)

New to DayZ and wondering what to do first when you spawn? This beginner guide walks you through the essentials: how to find your bearings, get food and water, craft basic tools, and survive your first hour.

The focus is on gameplay itself, set on the most played DayZ map: Chernarus. I’ve skipped some details to keep the video from being too long, and also because I believe some things are best experienced for the first time yourself ;]

I hope you enjoy the video. Either way, let me know in the comments, and if you’d like to see more, a like or subscribe would help me a lot. I’m already working on a new DayZ Journeys series, so make sure you don’t miss it!

Resources mentioned in the video:
iZurvive: https://www.izurvive.com/

Other useful resources:
DayZ Wobo Tools: https://wobo.tools/dayz/
DayZ Crafting+Other Infograghics: https://wobo.tools/asmondians-dayz-in...
DayZ Wiki: https://dayz.fandom.com/wiki/DayZ_Wiki
DayZ Official website: https://dayz.com

00:00 - Starting Out
01:03 - Survival Basics
12:47 - Gearing Up
17:45 - Thriving in DayZ

Correction
19:01 For fishing you actually only need to release LMB on the bite! No need to press it again, that's an extra step I'm doing out of the habit – the catch is automatic.

Thanks for watching!

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