// Onboarding
How to Connect
Five steps. Five minutes. Then you're on the coast with the rest of us.
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Install DayZ
Buy DayZ on Steam if you haven't already. We require the base game — no DLC needed for our main servers.
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Subscribe to required mods
Open the Steam Workshop links below. Hit Subscribe on each. Steam will download them automatically.
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Open DayZ Launcher
Launch the game. The DayZ Launcher opens. Go to the Mods tab. Make sure all required mods are checked and in the correct order (Community Framework first).
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Add the server
Servers tab → Direct Connect → paste a connect string from below. Or search "OutbreakDayZ" under the Community filter.
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Connect & survive
First spawn? Read the rules at /rules. Need help? Drop a #help message in our Discord.
Connect strings
Copy and paste into DayZ Launcher → Direct Connect.
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Chernarus
OutbreakDayZ | Chernarus | Main
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Livonia
OutbreakDayZ | Livonia | PVE Survival
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Namalsk
OutbreakDayZ | Namalsk | Hardcore
Required mods quick list
Subscribe in this order. Full details at /mods.