DayZ’s Biggest Update of the Year Adds Contaminated Areas, PS5 60fps Cap, More

The open-world zombie game that started information technology all, DayZ, has only dropped its biggest update of the year. The patch adds a new level of claiming with Contamination Zones that require protective gear and are filled with hazmat-arrange-wearing zombies. Other tweaks and additions include hunting traps, redesigned helicopter crash sites, and, of course the usual new weapons and gear. You tin can check out a teaser trailer for the latest DayZ update, beneath.

Hither'south more than detail about Contaminated Areas and all the new content included in update i.14:

Contaminated Areas come up in two variants -- static and dynamic. Static areas are meant to lock away loftier tier loot, while dynamic areas make the world more dynamic. We've worked difficult to make your experience as immersive equally possible through diverse visual / sound furnishings. These areas will also finally brand use of already present NBC gear such equally suits and gas masks. Should anyone enter these areas unprepared, they're going to confront the deadliest illness we've always implemented.

New Content

Static and dynamically spawning contaminated areas

Contamination disease

Exhaustible gas mask filter

LE-MAS attack burglarize and magazine

NV-PVS4 Telescopic

New visual furnishings when wearing specific headgear

A xanthous variant of the NBC suit

PO-X Antidote

NBC infected

Field hospital at the Northward-East Airfield (Chernarus)

Field hospital at the Lukow Airfield (Livonia)

Craftable Tripwire

Craftable Fishnet trap

Craftable Pocket-sized fish trap

Craftable Snare trap

New animal carcasses – Hare, chicken/rooster, sardines, bitterlings.

Hare leg and pelt

New blitheness for the stealth kill when using one-handed piercing weapons

Equally a bonus for PlayStation owners, Bohemia Interactive has as well raised the performance cap on PS5 to 60fps. Of grade, the update includes the usual listing of issues fixes and balance tweaks – yous can become the full ver. i.xiv patch notes, right here.

DayZ is bachelor now on PC, Xbox Ane, and PS4, and playable via astern compatibility on Xbox Series 10/Due south and PS5.