Sustainable survival just got a whole lot easier. If you’ve been looking for a reason to settle down and build a homestead in DayZ, the Farming Plus 2.0 rework is exactly what you need.
This isn’t just about growing pumpkins anymore—we’re talking full-scale animal husbandry. Here is everything you need to know about taming the wild and starting your own backyard farm.
Taming the Wild: Catching Your Livestock
Gone are the days of chasing a chicken across a field just to get a single meal. Now, you can build a future.
- The Capture: Grab a Burlap Sack and sneak up on a chicken or a pig. Once caught, you can release them in your base.
- Domestication: Once released, these animals become “tamed.” They won’t bolt when you walk near them, allowing you to live side-by-side with your livestock.
Building the Homestead
To keep your animals safe (and to make sure they don’t disappear when the server restarts), you’ll need to build them a proper home. By “attaching” an animal to the inventory slot of a coop or pen, they become persistent.
Crafting Kits
All your basic structures start with a simple recipe: 1 Log + 3 (or 5) Planks.
- Farm Fence & Gate Kits: 1 Log + 3 Planks.
- Pig Pen & Chicken Coop Kits: 1 Log + 5 Planks.
Upgrade Your Coop: Don’t leave your hens in the cold. Add 10 Nails, 5 Planks, and 1 Metal Plate to your coop and use a hammer or hatchet to beef up the structure.
The Life Cycle: Eggs & Hatching
If you’ve got a coop and some hens, you’ve got a renewable food source. Here’s how the cycle works:
- Feeding: Give your chickens 10 seeds (any type).
- Laying: About 3 to 10 minutes after feeding, your hen will lay an egg. (Note: Roosters are great for the aesthetic, but they won’t be helping with the omelets.)
- Hatching: Want to grow your flock? Place an egg inside a coop that already has a “Mother Hen” assigned to it. Ten minutes later, a new chicken will spawn.
- Cooking: Eggs can be cooked in a pot, over a fireplace, or even poked with a sharpened stick for a quick snack.
Security and Maintenance
In the wasteland, nothing is permanent. If you need to move your farm or break down an old enclosure, you’ll need the right tools. Axes, hatchets, crowbars, and sledgehammers can all be used to dismantle or destroy fences, gates, and coops.