6. Firearms DayZ Guide

This chapter contains the detailed description of all firearms in DayZ Standalone. Besides the detailed description of rifles, pistols and shotguns, you'll learn about ammo and modifications.

player firing from M4A1

Short weapon

Short weapon, pistols mainly, ale used often to eliminate zombies and other players. They take 4 slots in your equipment. You can find them mostly in: shed, police station and military facilities. Each of them has proper ammo, so before using a particular one, try to get at least 2 clips of ammo.

Icon	Name	Type of ammo	Description	Clips
	1911.	.45 ACP	Semi-automatic pistol with medium damage and short range. You can add a torchlight and silencer.	Clip contains 7 .45ACP bullets
	Magnum	.357	Revolver with huge damage and short range.	It contains 6 .357 bullets.
	Amphibia S	.22	Semi-automatic pistol with small damage and short range. It has built-in silencer.	Clip contains 10 .22 bullets
	FNX45	.45 ACP	Semi-automatic pistol with small damage and short range. You can add a torchlight and silencer and laser collimator.	Clip contains 15 .45ACP bullets
	CR75	9mm	Semi-automatic pistol with small damage and short range. You can add a silencer and torchlight.	Clip contains 15 9mm bullets

After examining this table, you can say that balance of short weapon in DayZ: Standalone is good. If so, the choice of the best one isn't obvious. A player who needs pistol with big clip and not too high damage, should choose FNX45, as you can find it in various places. But sometimes you want to not make a fire noise. In such a case, it's best to choose Amphibia S with silencer. It's worth noticing that clips to this pistol are rarely found, so you'll have to spend some time searching them. Some players may prefer Magnum revolver, which deals huge damage at a short range. In such a case, remember to have 3-4 sets of bullets, as each contains 6 bullets.

Adding a torchlight is a personal preference. As it doesn't take any additional slots in the equipment, it's worth considering. You never know when you may need it.

Main weapons

Finding a proper main weapon is a crucial part of DayZ: Standalone. Each of it has characteristic features, pros and cons. When you find one of them, collect also a proper amount of bullets and clips. You can carry only one main weapon, so think it through.

Icon	Name	Type of ammo	Clips
	M4A1	5.56 mm	STANAG and CMAG clips
	Blaze 95	7.62x51 mm	Loader contains 2 bullets 7.62x51mm or built-in clip with 2 bullets 7.62x51mm.
	Mosin 9130	7.62x51 mm	Built-in clip with 5 7.62x51 mm bullets.
	SKS	7.62x39 mm	Clip with 10 7.62x39mm bullets.
	Sporter 22	.22	Clip with 10 or 30 .22 bullets.
	IZH-43	Brenneke bullets	Loader or clip with Brenneke bullets.

M4A1 as a universal assault rifle

This weapon is easily found at airports and military bases. It's harder to find its ammo. M4A1 is an automatic rifle, good for attack and defense. Many add-ons and several sights help you kill other players and zombies. It's best to have BUIS and ACOG sights. Recoil control of this rifle isn't that simple. While fighting at short range, fire series of 2 bullets and avoid full-automatic fire. What is more, it's good to carry CMAG and STANAG clips.

Mosin for the marksman

The second best weapon is Mosin 9130. You can find it in almost every city. It doesn't require any additional clip, but you should get a bipod and compensator. But one of the most valuable in-game items is sniper scope which isn't easy to find (you should look in barracks and tents on the airports). It provides zoom to kill enemies from a distance. Of course, you can use other scope, but it has smaller zoom. The only con of this weapon is small capacity of the built-in clip, what forces you to reload a lot. It shouldn't be a problem though, as one hit in the chest usually kills.

Remaining weapons

If you can't find any of those two weapons, consider remaining rifles. SKS is a semi-automatic rifle with high accuracy. Finding ammo and add-ons shouldn't be problematic. Blaze 95 is a double barrelled rifle with small clip but high accuracy. Fact that it uses 7.62x51 mm ammo, makes it a good alternative. You can also choose Sporter 22, which shots are almost inaudible. Something totally different is IZH-43 shotgun, which main advantage is that you can shorten it by sawing the barrel. Thanks to that you can keep it in backpack, what gives you additional place for another weapon. One will be used for medium and long range while IZH-43 is dedicated for a short range.