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Pripyat Nomads

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MapPripyatGamma
ModePvP + safe zones
CameraFirst-person
Slots20
LocationMiami · US East
RestartsEvery 6 hours

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    01The Zone

    Twenty kilometers of the Chernobyl exclusion zone: Pripyat, the power plant, Duga, the Red Forest. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. atmosphere without the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. gear. Patience, exploration and planning get rewarded. Most infected and wildlife stay at vanilla difficulty. There are no hostile AI, no traders, and no radiation mods. The danger comes from the Zone and from other survivors.

    Survivor camps

    Three safe zones where players can’t hurt each other. Catch your breath, meet people, and leave things for others in the shared safezone storage.

    In-game map

    A full map of the Zone. The survivor camps are outlined on it, your last death is marked, and you can place your own markers.

    Emissions

    The Zone releases EVR storms. When the sky turns, get indoors. Anyone caught outside is knocked out or killed.

    Gas zones

    Permanent contaminated areas at the Red Forest base and Duga, plus zones that appear and fade. Bring a gas mask and NBC gear.

    Psi threats

    Some things in the Zone attack your mind first. If your vision warps, run away or come prepared.

    Radio-only global chat

    Global text chat only works with a powered handheld radio in your inventory. Find one, put in a battery, reach out.

    Player-driven trade

    No traders and no NPCs. Everything you get, you find, build, or barter for with other players.

    Civilian gear that matters

    Hundreds of civilian clothing options and a separate coat slot. Military gear isn’t the only way to get space and warmth.

    Apocalypse vehicles

    Armored pickups, SUVs and Humvees join the beat-up civilian cars. The tougher rides wait deeper in the Zone. Third-person inside vehicles only.

    Grounded bases

    Barricade real doors and board up windows, add codelocks and lockable storage. No floating fortresses.

    Less busywork

    Unlimited stamina, auto-run, smaller items, bigger ammo stacks. Spend your time surviving, not managing.

    Leave a note

    Find paper and a pen to write notes and leave them for whoever comes next. Every fresh spawn gets one.

    02Survivor camps

    PvP is on everywhere except inside three 300 m safe zones. They’re outlined on the in-game map, and you get a notice when you enter or leave one. Kill a player inside and you’re marked a lawbreaker, announced server-wide and shown on the map. Each camp has shared safezone storage for leaving things to others.

    Southern 100 Rads Bar 15162 / 2660 Sidorovich’s Village 8753 / 2977 Bohdany 8425 / 9420

    Lawbreakers

    Becoming a lawbreaker

    • Kill a player who is protected by a camp (safe zone).
    • Shooting into a camp and killing someone inside makes you a lawbreaker.
    • Kills outside the camps never count. Out there it’s regular PvP.

    Damage is reflected

    • Attacking a player who is protected by a camp deals damage to you instead.
    • The same goes for attacking someone outside from inside a camp.

    What happens

    • The whole server is told who you killed and how.
    • You lose camp protection. Anyone can attack you anywhere.
    • You still can’t hurt players who are protected by a camp.
    • Your name shows on everyone’s map.
    • Anyone who kills you, gets a reward - unless they’re a lawbreaker too.

    How long it lasts

    • Until a lawful survivor kills the lawbreaker, or until an admin clears it.
    • Dying doesn’t clear it.

    03Rules

    Interpret these as best you can. The general idea: be respectful of other survivors. Questions go to the Discord.

    1. No harassment

      No griefing, and no bigoted or hateful speech in voice or text chat.

    2. Roleplay is optional

      Roleplay is encouraged, never required. You can kill on sight and be killed on sight, so stay sharp and don’t complain when it happens.

    3. No-build zones

      No building within 100 m of the outer fences or walls of military bases and areas, airfields, labs, X12, static gas zones, Duga, the whole Chernobyl plant area, the Brain Scorcher and the Refugee Camp. Admins remove bases built there.

    04How to join

    1. Grab the mods

      Subscribe to the Pripyat Nomads Workshop collection. The map alone is about 6 GB, so start the download early.

    2. Find the server

      Search Pripyat Nomads in the DayZ launcher or DZSA Launcher, or connect directly:

    3. Say hello

      Join the Discord for news, wipes and the rest of the Nomads. In game, press Pause/Break for the info panel.

    Restarts every 6 hours: 12 AM, 6 AM, 12 PM and 6 PM Eastern, one hour earlier from November to March. You get warnings in chat from 30 minutes out.