> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# DayZ Server Hosting - Getting Started Guide

> Everything you need to know about DayZ server hosting at Wasabi Hosting - Chernarus and Livonia, Workshop mods, custom loot economy, and instant setup.

DayZ is survival at its most unforgiving: 230+ square kilometers of post-Soviet wilderness, permadeath, and other players who are rarely your friends. Running your own server turns that harsh sandbox into *your* sandbox — your rules, your loot economy, your mods, your community. This page gives you an overview of what your DayZ server at Wasabi Hosting can do and points you to the right guide for each task.

## Chernarus, Livonia, and Beyond

Every DayZ server runs one of the official terrains out of the box:

* **Chernarus** (`dayzOffline.chernarusplus`) — the iconic 230 km² map where DayZ was born.
* **Livonia** (`dayzOffline.enoch`) — a denser, greener 163 km² terrain with different survival dynamics.

Beyond the official maps, the Steam Workshop opens up community terrains like **Namalsk** (brutal cold-weather survival) and **Deer Isle**, installed as mods alongside custom content of every kind. See [Installing Mods](/games/dayz/install-mods) for the workflow.

## What a Dedicated Server Unlocks

Public official servers give you vanilla DayZ and nothing else. Your own server gives you control over everything:

|                     | Official servers           | Your Wasabi server                                     |
| ------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Loot economy**    | Fixed                      | Edit `types.xml` — spawn rates, quantities, lifetimes  |
| **Mods**            | None                       | Full Steam Workshop support (`-mod=` parameter)        |
| **Day/night cycle** | Fixed                      | Configurable time acceleration in `serverDZ.cfg`       |
| **Persistence**     | Wipes on official schedule | You decide — with one-click [backups](/server/backups) |
| **Rules & admin**   | None                       | Whitelist, admin tools, RCON, in-game moderation       |
| **Population**      | Random strangers           | Your community, optionally password-protected          |

<Tip>
  The most popular starting point for community servers: boost loot slightly, speed up the day cycle so nights aren't half the evening, and add a couple of quality-of-life mods. All of it takes under an hour with the guides below.
</Tip>

## Guides

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Join Your Server" icon="right-to-bracket" href="/games/dayz/join-server">
    Connect via the DayZ Launcher, DZSA Launcher, or direct IP.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Server Configuration" icon="gears" href="/games/dayz/server-configuration">
    Master serverDZ.cfg — player limits, time acceleration, maps, and the loot economy files.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Install Mods" icon="plug" href="/games/dayz/install-mods">
    Add Steam Workshop mods, manage load order, and handle signature keys.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Admin Tools" icon="shield-halved" href="/games/dayz/admin-tools">
    In-game admin commands, BattlEye RCON, and Community Online Tools.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Why Host DayZ at Wasabi Hosting?

DayZ is one of the most demanding survival games to host — the server simulates the entire economy, AI, and persistence for the whole map, and it loves fast single-core performance:

* **Fast hardware** — AMD Ryzen 7950X3D and 9950X CPUs with DDR5 RAM and NVMe SSDs, ideal for DayZ's CPU-heavy simulation and frequent persistence writes.
* **DDoS protection included** — GCore protection with 200+ Tbps capacity at no extra cost.
* **Three locations** — Amsterdam (NL), Frankfurt (DE), and Ashburn (US East), all on our own network (AS215370) and our own hardware.
* **Full control** — the [Wasabi Hosting Game Panel](https://panel.wasabihosting.com) gives you a live console, File Manager, startup parameters (essential for mods), one-click [backups](/server/backups), schedules for restarts, [sub-users](/server/sub-users), and SFTP access.
* **Instant setup** — your server deploys automatically about 2 minutes after payment, and upgrades keep all your files.

<Card title="Get Your DayZ Server" icon="rocket" href="https://wasabihosting.com/game-servers/dayz">
  DayZ server hosting from **€8.00/month** — online roughly 2 minutes after payment, with DDoS protection and 24/7 support included.
</Card>

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