Playing in a group, camps | PVP, interacting with other players DayZ - ArmA 2 mod Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Finding a guild or playing with your friends highly increases your chances of survival. Playing by yourself is good only to a certain point, as many bandits and players focused on PVP play in well-organized groups. At the moment, finding a friendly clan in the game is pretty much impossible, but you can find help on numerous DayZ forums, most of all the official one. There you can find numerous recruitment threads thanks to which you will be able to find friendly players more easily, regardless of whether you choose to be a hero or a bandit.

If you're among a small group of players who have chosen the "lights side of the force", it's much easier to pacify potential threats without having to kill. No one who comes across a group of armed players will decide to attack, assuming he has some senses.

Working in a group, you might consider building a "camp" with tents in which you can store loot. It's worth to make such supplies, as in case of getting killed you can return to the camp to get rearmed. The camps are best built in hardly accessible and least visited places. Empty spaces outside the map are best for that, as such camps can be only found from air. Each other place in the middle of the land can be easily found and looted by the happy discoverer. Such isolated camps also make a good hideout for vehicles.

Wire Fence Kit	Sandbags	Tank trap kit
Bear Trap	Entrenching Tool	Tent

In order to build a real camp, you will not only need tents but also items which will make it harder to access by undesirable players. In order to build fortifications, you will need the entrenching tool and wire fence kit, sandbags and trap kits. Properly placed, they can make the camp inaccessible by players who don't have a tool kit (needed to disarm fortifications). Additionally, as a security measure, you can use bear traps which break legs of unwanted guests.

Fortifications and traps can also be creatively sued during fights - for example by blocking enemies from accessing a building or placing traps on sniper hills.