Dayz: How to make a Fire
The Fireplace is a craftable equipment item. Once lit, it can be used to cook food and provide warmth and light to any nearby survivors.
How it Works
To construct and light a basic Fireplace, you’ll need:
- Kindling (1x of any): Light Bark / Oak Bark / Paper / Rag or a Bandage.
- Fuel (1x of any): Short Sticks or Firewood to create the initial Fireplace and for additional fuel afterward.
- Ignition: Matches, a Road Flare, a Lighter or a Hand Drill Kit.
- To create the Fireplace Kit: combine 1x Kindling with 1x Fuel and craft the kit. Once crafted: it may be deployed almost anywhere on the ground or placed inside of a static Fireplace inside of a house. Note: The static Fireplaces in buildings accept the fuel directly from your hands and do not need to be crafted into a Fireplace Kit first.
- After creating and/or deploying the Fireplace Kit: place additional fuel in the form of Short Sticks or Firewood through the inventory screen by placing it into the respective attachment area. Fuel can be added at any time as a single stack, individually or cumulatively which will burn 1x piece at a time until they are all consumed. WARNING: Any items added to the 10+ slot cargo area will be DESTROYED over time when left for too long!
- Ignite the fireplace by holding and using Matches, a Road Flare, a Lighter or a Hand Drill Kit. How easy it is to start a fire depends on weather conditions such as wind strength and rain. Note: Starting a fire in wind and/or rain will result in added difficulty in doing so successfully and may also cause your fire to stop burning quickly.
- If all of the fuel for a fireplace has been consumed or weather results in the fire going out: it can be reignited by looking at the still-glowing fireplace while it remains warm and blowing air into via scrolling through to the appropriate option with ‘F‘. Note: This will only work so long as there is some sort of fuel in the fireplace. If it has all been consumed: more fuel and fresh kindling will need to be added before reigniting is possible.