§ 03Core Gameplay
The World: Weather, Wildlife & Your Body
What Chernarus is like on this server: the weather, the dark nights, the animals and what Jaeger pays for them, the infected, and how stamina and shock work.
Weather#
It never rains here and there are no storms. The weather drifts between four states, and each change eases in over a few minutes:
| Weather | Chance each change | Lasts |
|---|---|---|
| Clear | 50% | 1 h to 2 h |
| Haze | 12% | 20 min to 40 min |
| Overcast | 25% | 30 min to 1 h |
| Breezy | 12% | 15 min to 25 min |
Staying dry matters more than it sounds. The server's temperatures are set on the assumption that nobody gets soaked, so as long as you are dressed, the cold is rarely what kills you.
Day and night#
Time runs faster than real time, and nights pass quicker than days. The nights are properly dark and there is no glow around your character, so a light earns its slot: a headtorch, a weapon light, or night vision if you can get it.
Animals and hunting#
Wildlife roams the map again, and hares and foxes are new:
- Brown bears
- Chickens
- Cows
- Foxes
- Goats
- Hares
- Pigs
- Red deer
- Roe deer
- Sheep
- Wild boar
- Wolves
Wolves and bears will come for you; the rest run. Skin a kill with a knife for its pelt and meat. Jaeger buys both on his Hunting tab, and only buys: he doesn't sell them. What he pays for each, at full condition:
| Jaeger buys | He pays |
|---|---|
| Bear pelt | 77,500 ₽ |
| Wolf pelt | 9,920 ₽ |
| Deer pelt | 7,750 ₽ |
| Wildboar pelt | 6,820 ₽ |
| Cow pelt | 3,100 ₽ |
| Fox pelt | 3,100 ₽ |
| Goat pelt | 2,480 ₽ |
| Sheep pelt | 2,480 ₽ |
| Pig pelt | 2,480 ₽ |
| Rabbit pelt | 1,240 ₽ |
| Bear steak meat | 1,085 ₽ |
| Deer steak meat | 620 ₽ |
| Boar steak meat | 620 ₽ |
| Wolf steak meat | 620 ₽ |
| Fox steak meat | 465 ₽ |
| Rabbit leg meat | 465 ₽ |
| Cow steak meat | 310 ₽ |
| Goat steak meat | 310 ₽ |
| Sheep steak meat | 310 ₽ |
| Pig steak meat | 310 ₽ |
| Chicken breast meat | 310 ₽ |
Meat pays only while it is raw and fresh; rotten or burned meat is worth nothing. Jaeger also has a hunting line, Game Warden, that opens after his first task: deer, boar and wolf hunts, rabbit and fox pelts, and a brown bear to finish it. Task Board.
The infected#
The infected are DayZ's, with Tarkov's loot in their pockets. They are where a lot of keys come from: military keys off soldiers and NBC infected, the police key off police, town and dorm keys off anyone, and any of them can drop a loot-chest key. Medics carry medical supplies. Keys & keycards.
Your body#
- Weight doesn't cost stamina. A heavy load doesn't shrink your stamina bar, so carry what you can fit.
- Sprinting costs 75% of vanilla DayZ's stamina. Stims can take it further. Medical.
- Hunger and thirst work as in DayZ. Several stims drain food and water when they wear off, and the safezone drains them if you camp in it. The safezone.
- Shock refills at 5 a second while you're conscious and 1 a second while you're out. Getting knocked out.