DayZ - Debug Zone?

A lot of new players have asked about the function and reason of the debug zone. I have been there a few times (moving freely), Mostly because of a glitch or idiot hackers warping me there.

It is advised to not try and find these places as people do get kicked or banned (from the server or if reported, the entire game by battleye).


There are three debug zones in Chernarus, One is in the ocean, One is in the forest to the north and the other is to the east in the plains. All of them are outside of the map but it doesn't stop people from stumbling on it since the game has no boarders.

Unlike games like world of Warcraft, where your character is slotted to only one server in Arma 2 your character can go to server to server. When you load in the game, you can some times see an empty field, an ocean or a forrest and you may see some green triangles before spawning in your last location.

In the debug zone is where the server places you until it finds the coordinates where you originally were and the gear that you are carrying.

What you see is all players right next to each other, holding weapons and looking like a bunch of NPCs (none Playable characters) but i assure you, they are all players.

Question: Where is the debug zone spawn areas?
Answer: Sorry, I am not giving the coordinates or the map location to avoid trolls going over there, You can find it by googling it if you are that desperate.

Question: What happens if i kill those players?
Answer: You get their sweet loot but you also most likely get banned from the server or the game it self.

Question: What if i was killed while loading into the game?
Answer: Report the server, DayZ/Battleye will check the logs and ban the player. Sadly you will not get your stuff back.

Question: Can I steal stuff from their backpacks?
Answer: Sadly yes, I remember  logging in once and having my blood packs stolen. I couldn't figure it out at first until one of the admin was cussing at some kid and then banned a player for stealing in the debug spawn area.

Question: Can they see me?
Answer: Only for a split second between loading screens.

Question: Can they hear me?
Answer: Yes, They can hear your gun fire while loading in the game and they can hear you moving.

Question: In one of your other blogs, you mention about swimming in water will make you lose items.
Answer: That is true but in Debug Ocean you are not meant to lose any gear but i have heard complaints of gear vanishing when loading in.

Question: What if I am bugged and spawned at the debug spawn area.
Answer: Well if you are in the water, you are screwed. if you are in the debug forest or plains then I hope you have either a compass or a map. Debug plains (just pure grass) head west. Forest (I believe south west).

Question: What happens if I just keep going off the map.
Answer: Map just keeps generating.

Question: Apart from players, what else is there?
Answer: Birds, sky, floor and well animals.

This is the video I was looking for about going off the map.

DayZ - How To Fix Loading Screen Of Doom (Steam).

  DayZ - How To Fix Loading Screen Of Doom (For Steam users).

Tell me you have similar problem,  you picked a server to join and spent waiting over half an hour to get in but you are stuck with a full bar with the words loading. This is one of the most easy fix for DayZ for steam users with this problem.

1. Exit out of steam and DayZ completely.

2. Right click on the steam icon and run as administrator.









3. Left mouse click on Games (which is on the top left side of your steam window), then left mouse click View Games library.






4. On the left side of steam you should see your game lists, left click ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead.

5. On the right side you should see ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead with the words Play, Left click play.

6. A new Window will appear, Select Reinstall battlEye Anti-Cheat. Then Hit "Play". For me it took less than 2 seconds for it to reinstall.

7. Load up DayZ and enjoy, if you still are having difficulties then go to dayz 6 updater and update to the most recent files.

There you go.!

DayZ - How to Enable Debug menu.

DayZ - How to Enable Debug menu.

With the new update of Version 1.62.96061, The creators of DayZ had disabled our Debug menu. To enable it again just follow these simple steps.

 Note: Every time I load up my game I have to change it to debug since it is not saving the option. 

 1. Load up the game.

You should see "Main menu", like you see on the right side of the image.


Note: sometimes game crash when you attempt this while you are in a game.






2. Left Click with your mouse on Game Options.

You should now be in the Options portion and you should see the Game options box, left mouse click it.

3. Click the Arrow on the right that is next to Default.

Game options should be titled, On the Bottom there is DayZ UI: And to the right has a <  then the word in white writing should say "Default" then a arrow  >. Click the right arrow > until you see Debug.








4. Left click on the word ok and then back to the main menu and enjoy playing DayZ with debug screen.