• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 22:12
CEST 04:12
KST 11:12
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Code S RO8 Preview: herO, Zoun, Bunny, Classic7Code S RO8 Preview: Rogue, GuMiho, Solar, Maru3BGE Stara Zagora 2025: Info & Preview27Code S RO12 Preview: GuMiho, Bunny, SHIN, ByuN3The Memories We Share - Facing the Final(?) GSL47
Community News
Code S RO8 Results + RO4 Bracket (2025 Season 2)2BGE Stara Zagora 2025 - Replay Pack2Weekly Cups (June 2-8): herO doubles down1[BSL20] ProLeague: Bracket Stage & Dates9GSL Ro4 and Finals moved to Sunday June 15th13
StarCraft 2
General
flash bitcoin software Jim claims he and Firefly were involved in match-fixing Code S RO8 Results + RO4 Bracket (2025 Season 2) The SCII GOAT: A statistical Evaluation Code S RO8 Preview: herO, Zoun, Bunny, Classic
Tourneys
[GSL 2025] Code S: Season 2 - Ro8 - Group A [GSL 2025] Code S: Season 2 - Ro8 - Group B RSL: Revival, a new crowdfunded tournament series SOOPer7s Showmatches 2025 Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament
Strategy
[G] Darkgrid Layout Simple Questions Simple Answers [G] PvT Cheese: 13 Gate Proxy Robo
Custom Maps
[UMS] Zillion Zerglings
External Content
Mutation # 477 Slow and Steady Mutation # 476 Charnel House Mutation # 475 Hard Target Mutation # 474 Futile Resistance
Brood War
General
BW General Discussion BGH auto balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ FlaSh Witnesses SCV Pull Off the Impossible vs Shu StarCraft & BroodWar Campaign Speedrun Quest Will foreigners ever be able to challenge Koreans?
Tourneys
[BSL20] ProLeague Bracket Stage - Day 4 [BSL20] ProLeague Bracket Stage - Day 3 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL19] Grand Finals
Strategy
I am doing this better than progamers do. [G] How to get started on ladder as a new Z player
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Path of Exile Nintendo Switch Thread Beyond All Reason What do you want from future RTS games?
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Who’s Getting the Effortless-Chic Look Just Right?
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine US Politics Mega-thread UK Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Vape Nation Thread
Fan Clubs
Maru Fan Club Serral Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Korean Music Discussion [Manga] One Piece
Sports
TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 2024 - 2025 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion NHL Playoffs 2024
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
A Better Routine For Progame…
TrAiDoS
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Heero Yuy & the Tax…
KrillinFromwales
I was completely wrong ab…
jameswatts
Need Your Help/Advice
Glider
Trip to the Zoo
micronesia
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 17623 users

DayZ WR - Hour 44

Blogs > Chriscras
Post a Reply
Chriscras
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Korea (South)2812 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-05 07:55:33
August 03 2012 18:28 GMT
#1
I just loaded my 44 hour old toon and all of my revolver ammo has disappeared. It's official, I now need to learn to hunt with only a hatchet...

[image loading]

So I am live recording my attempt at securing the DayZ world record for hours lived by a single character, and I thought I could maybe blog a little bit about it as well.

This entry will be about my strategies so far, the near death experiences I have encountered, and the reasons I have chosen to play the game in a way that is most likely to achieve the WR.


[Hour 0]

This is my third attempt to live for 200+ hours in DayZ. The first attempt I was just starting to learn the game mechanics and how the loot spawns worked. I ran up and down the coast finding only industrial loot but figured if I stayed at the ocean I would be relatively safe from pros with big guns.

At first I planned on hiding at the top of a lighthouse but realized it would make me an easy target for stream assassins. Thus, after collecting a small backpack full of soda and canned food, I set up camp inside a generic warehouse cordoned off from the inside out with barbed wire and tank traps (high spawn rates in ind. loot). 11 hours passed and I thought I was cleverly safe from any intruders knowing I could log off before they made it through my barbed wire. 20 minutes later someone spawned in behind me and capped me with a pistol.


[Hour 1]

Since then I have learned, that the best spawns are inside supermarkets and residential housing. Once I find an alice pack and basic camping supplies (matches, hunting knife, hatchet) I also try and stop at a hospital to secure two to three morphine packs. It is also extremely important to secure as many canteen water bottles as possible! You want minimize the need to refill at ponds in order to minimize the chances of randomly encountering a bandit. These are all the supplies I will require, all of my food comes from hunting and cooking wildlife.


[Hour 10]

My original plan was to stick to the west and north land boarders of the map and only go inland for water, but you would not believe the tent cities people stick in the middle of nowhere. I liked to steal cars full of gas and cruise to the ponds to fill up my water bottles.

However! After almost being sniped to death a few hours later, I have since decide it is more important to stay silent and conserve energy in places where I am least likely to be targeted. I have spent the last 30+ hours hiding under rocks and living off the land.


[Hour 44]

As the opening line of this blog describes, I am now out of all ammo and will not risk a bandit encounter in order to secure more. I have not yet hunted with only a hatchet, but the next patch is going to fix the infinite ammo bug anyways, so it is high time I learn.


---


Here is my Twitch VOD archive if you want to see the recordings of my progress. I will provide further updates when appropriate.

http://www.twitch.tv/chriscras/videos


EDIT: I should add that this is the website I am basing my "best guess" at the current World Record:

http://www.tacticaladvance.co.uk/dayz-leaderboard-190612/


[image loading]


The DayZ leaderboards crashed due to overloads of user records, but I believe they are still tracking in-game hours and would be able to confirm my character's "/played" if I hit a high enough playtime


"En taro adun, Executor."
unkkz
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Norway2196 Posts
August 03 2012 18:47 GMT
#2
I understand the record attempt but, you're playing Day Z like you're madagascar, isn´t it kinda... boring running around hiding behind rocks all the time?
Leeoku
Profile Joined May 2010
1617 Posts
August 03 2012 19:03 GMT
#3
it's not a world record unless you have most kills too
MisterD
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Germany1338 Posts
August 03 2012 19:32 GMT
#4
if you want to live for 200 hours, does that mean actually playing 200 hours real time or does offline time count or does time run at a different speed ingame?
Gold isn't everything in life... you need wood, too!
sc4k
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United Kingdom5454 Posts
August 03 2012 19:33 GMT
#5
the guy holding the WR is probably a hacker or runs a server...
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
OSC
00:00
OSC Elite Rising Star #15
Mixu vs MojaLIVE!
ArT vs INexorable
HiGhDrA vs Shameless
TBD vs ArT
xJustxJordanx4
Liquipedia
Replay Cast
00:00
uThermal 2v2 Circuit: May
CranKy Ducklings83
Liquipedia
OSC
21:00
Mid Season Playoffs
ArT vs ReBellioN
HonMonO vs Ziomek
Shameless vs LunaSea
MilkiCow vs GgMaChine
Moja vs HiGhDrA
Jumy vs TBD
Demi vs NightPhoenix
Solar vs Cham
SteadfastSC136
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
PiGStarcraft396
RuFF_SC2 153
SteadfastSC136
Nina 90
Ketroc 6
StarCraft: Brood War
Artosis 795
Sharp 116
Icarus 12
Dota 2
monkeys_forever455
LuMiX1
Counter-Strike
Stewie2K1075
taco 496
Other Games
summit1g11903
C9.Mang02046
shahzam1210
ViBE255
ToD130
UpATreeSC63
Organizations
Dota 2
PGL Dota 2 - Secondary Stream611
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 17 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Berry_CruncH266
• Hupsaiya 62
• HeavenSC 34
• practicex 14
• IndyKCrew
• sooper7s
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• RayReign 11
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
League of Legends
• Doublelift6611
Other Games
• Scarra1171
Upcoming Events
WardiTV Invitational
8h 48m
HiGhDrA vs Nicoract
MaNa vs HiGhDrA
HiGhDrA vs Reynor
Nicoract vs Reynor
MaNa vs Nicoract
MaNa vs Reynor
MaxPax vs Spirit
Krystianer vs Spirit
OSC
10h 48m
BSL 2v2 ProLeague S3
16h 48m
Korean StarCraft League
1d
SOOP
1d 6h
sOs vs Percival
CranKy Ducklings
1d 7h
WardiTV Invitational
1d 8h
Cheesadelphia
1d 12h
CSO Cup
1d 14h
BSL: ProLeague
1d 15h
Hawk vs UltrA
Sziky vs spx
TerrOr vs JDConan
[ Show More ]
GSL Code S
2 days
Rogue vs herO
Classic vs GuMiho
Sparkling Tuna Cup
2 days
BSL: ProLeague
2 days
Bonyth vs Dewalt
Cross vs Doodle
MadiNho vs Dragon
Replay Cast
2 days
Wardi Open
3 days
Replay Cast
3 days
Replay Cast
4 days
RSL Revival
4 days
Cure vs Percival
ByuN vs Spirit
RSL Revival
5 days
herO vs sOs
Zoun vs Clem
Replay Cast
5 days
The PondCast
6 days
RSL Revival
6 days
Serral vs SHIN
Solar vs Cham
Replay Cast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

CSL Season 17: Qualifier 2
BGE Stara Zagora 2025
Heroes 10 EU

Ongoing

JPL Season 2
BSL 2v2 Season 3
BSL Season 20
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 2
NPSL S3
Rose Open S1
CSL 17: 2025 SUMMER
2025 GSL S2
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 7
IEM Dallas 2025
PGL Astana 2025
Asian Champions League '25
BLAST Rivals Spring 2025
MESA Nomadic Masters
CCT Season 2 Global Finals
IEM Melbourne 2025
YaLLa Compass Qatar 2025
PGL Bucharest 2025

Upcoming

Copa Latinoamericana 4
CSLPRO Last Chance 2025
CSLPRO Chat StarLAN 3
K-Championship
SEL Season 2 Championship
Esports World Cup 2025
HSC XXVII
Championship of Russia 2025
Murky Cup #2
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.