Weapons, damage and armor

Updated for DayZ 1.12.

Basic key points

Weapons

• Recoil can change with switching firing modes and between only prone and stand stances.
• Sway change with switching between all stances.

Armor

• Armor items apply their effects on the whole body parts and don’t have their own hitboxes.
• Clothing equipment can randomly select items from its inventory, to apply incoming damage to them, and lower the hit effects based on the items’ health/properties^[specify].

Damage

• Player’s character has 100 shock health points, after this number goes below 26, the character becomes unconscious until the value regenerates to above 50.
• Damage is based on the velocity of the bullet at the time it impacts an entity.
• Bullets will slow down when penetrating material, imparting correspondingly less damage if it hits an entity after.
• Hitting different body parts will differ the damage values to apply, the HP damage is applied even if no organ hitboxes are hit.
• Penetrating hitboxes of a character may cause additional effects.

Contact weapons / Ammunition

Ammo name	Ammo classname	Damage	Shock	Armor/Penetration	Projectile speed	Air friction	Ammo weight	Projectile classname
12x70 Slug / 12ga Slug	Ammo_12gaSlug	110, 100	100	0, 1, 0	420	-0.00600	0.28	Bullet_12GaugeSlug
.380	Ammo_380	21, 100	33	0, 0.8, 30	290	-0.0016	0.17	Bullet_380
9x19	Ammo_9x19	26, 100	33	0, 0.9, 30	360	-0.003	0.24	Bullet_9x19
.45	Ammo_45ACP	34, 100	33	0, 0.9, 30	260	-0.00145	0.48	Bullet_45ACP
.357	Ammo_357	105, 100	66	0, 0.9, 30	383	-0.0014	0.4	Bullet_357
5.45x39	Ammo_545x39	55, 100	66	0, 0.9, 10	880	-0.00027	0.2	Bullet_545x39
5.56x45	Ammo_556x45	55, 100	66	0, 0.9, 10	1000	-0.00105	0.2	Bullet_556x45
7.62x39	Ammo_762x39	55, 100	66	0, 0.9, 10	740	-0.00143	0.4	Bullet_762x39
9x39	Ammo_9x39	95, 100	66	0, 0.9, 20	320	-0.00055	0.5	Bullet_9x39
9x39 AP	Ammo_9x39AP	95, 100	66	3, 1, 15	320	-0.00055	0.5	Bullet_9x39AP
7.62x51 or .308	Ammo_308Win	110, 100	100	0, 1, 10	740	-0.00085	0.5	Bullet_308Win
7.62x54	Ammo_762x54	110, 100	100	0, 1, 10	790	-0.00080	0.45	Bullet_762x54

Description, and CfgAmmo and CfgMagazines configs

Damage^[i] =

1. [CfgAmmo \ [projectile classname] \ DamageApplied \ Health \ damage] of HP .
2. [CfgAmmo \ [projectile classname] \ DamageApplied \ Blood \ damage] of Blood .^{[expansion needed]}

Impact^[i] = [CfgAmmo \ [projectile classname] \ DamageApplied \ Shock \ damage] of Shock .

Armor/Penetration^[i] =

1. [CfgAmmo \ [projectile classname] \ DamageApplied \ Health \ armorDamage] value of ignoring armor items’ effect of HP protection .^{[not confirmed][expansion needed]}
2. [CfgAmmo \ [projectile classname] \ caliber] penetration effect value .^{[detail needed]}
3. [CfgAmmo \ [projectile classname] \ deflecting] degree ricochet angle .

Projectile speed = [CfgAmmo \ [projectile classname] \ initSpeed] .^{[detail needed]}

Air friction = [CfgAmmo \ [projectile classname] \ airFriction] .

Ammo weight^[i] = [CfgMagazines \ [ammo classname] \ weight / count]g .

Launchers / Ranged weapons

Name	Classname	Ammo affection	RPM: FA, SA/S;	Dispersion	Reload	Sound power	Reliability	Weight	Ammo
Saiga-12 / “Vaiga”	Saiga	-	48, 48	0.0015, 1.5, 0.01	2, [_]	[_]	250	3.6	12x70
Škorpion vz. 83 .380 / “CR-61”	CZ61	-	895.5, 480	0.003, -, -	3, [_]	[_]	200	1.28	.380
MP5K / “SG5-K”	MP5K	-	895.5, 480	0.003, -, -	5, [_]	[_]	200	1.84	9x19
UMP .45 / “USG-45”	UMP45	-	600, 480	0.003, -, -	4.5, [_]	[_]	250	2.2	.45
AKS-74U / “KAS-74U”	AKS74U	-	600, 600	0.003, -, -	2, [_]	[_]	250	1.99	5.45x39
AK-74 / “KA-74”	AK74	-	600, 600	0.002, -, -	2, [_]	[_]	250	1.99	5.45x39
AK-101 / “KA-101”	AK101	-	600, 600	0.0015, -, -	2, [_]	[_]	300	3.077	5.56x45
M4A1 / “M4-A1”	M4A1	-	800, 480	0.00125, -, -	5, [_]	[_]	200	1.746	5.56x45
SKS / “SK 59/66”	SKS	-	-, 480	0.0015, -, -	-, [_]	[_]	300	3.85	7.62x39
AKM / “KA-M”	AKM	-	600, 450	0.0015, -, -	2, [_]	[_]	300	2.14	7.62x39
VSS / “VSS”	VSS	-	800, 480	0.002, -, -	3.8, [_]	[_]	250	1.99	9x39
FAL / “LAR”	FAL	-	705.9, 480	0.001, -, -	4.5, [_]	[_]	300	3.7	7.62x51
Winchester 70 / “M70 Tundra”	Winchester70	-	-, 60	0.00075, -, -	-, [_]	[_]	200	2.721	7.62x51
SVD / “VSD”	SVD	-	-, 480	0.00075, -, -	2.5, [_]	[_]	250	3.7	7.62x54

Description, and CfgWeapons config

Ammo affection = any effects applied to the CfgAmmo entity’s properties .^[i]

Rounds Per Minute = [modes >-> [type of fire] \ 1 / reloadTime * 60] .

Dispersion =

1. [modes >-> [type of fire] \ dispersion] .
2. [modes >-> [type of fire] \ firespreadangle] pellets spread .
3. [modes >-> Single \ dispersion] .

Reload =

1. [magazineSwitchTime * 10]s .
2. ^{[expansion needed]} .

Sound power = ^{[expansion needed]} decibels .

Reliability = [DamageSystem \ GlobalHealth \ Health \ hitpoints] shots .^{[detail needed]}

Weight = [weight / 1000]kg without any attachments, mags and ammo .

^{[expansion needed]}

Armor

Name	Classname	Armor	Impact suppression	Weight
Armor-Plate Carrier	PlateCarrierVest	50%, 50%, 75%, 75%, 100	74%, 74%, 75%, 75%	12
Ssh-68 / "Combat Helmet"	Ssh68Helmet	50%, 50%, 50%, 50%, 27	50%, 50%, 50%, 50%	1.5
[_]/"Ballistic Helmet"	BallisticHelmet_ColorBase	50%, 50%, 75%, 75%, 50	74%, 74%, 75%, 75%	1
[_]/"Assault Helmet"	GorkaHelmet	50%, 50%, 75%, 75%, 50	74%, 74%, 75%, 75%	1.1
MICH 2001 / "Tactical Helmet"	Mich2001Helmet	50%, 50%, 75%, 75%, 50	74%, 74%, 75%, 75%	1.2

Description, and [CfgVehicles \ ["Clothing" type entities]] config

Armor =

1. [DamageSystem \ GlobalArmor \ Projectile \ 100 - Health * 100] % of HP damage reduction .
2. [DamageSystem \ GlobalArmor \ FragGrenade \ 100 - Health * 100] % of HP damage reduction .
3. [DamageSystem \ GlobalArmor \ Melee \ 100 - Health * 100] % of HP damage reduction .
4. [DamageSystem \ GlobalArmor \ Infected \ 100 - Health * 100] % of HP damage reduction .

• [DamageSystem \ GlobalHealth \ Health \ hitpoints] armor health, the maximum amount of blocked character HP damage (in the best condition) .

Impact suppression =

1. [DamageSystem \ GlobalArmor \ Projectile \ 100 - Shock * 100] % of Shock damage reduction .
2. [DamageSystem \ GlobalArmor \ FragGrenade \ 100 - Shock * 100] % of Shock damage reduction .
3. [DamageSystem \ GlobalArmor \ Melee \ 100 - Shock * 100] % of Shock damage reduction .
4. [DamageSystem \ GlobalArmor \ Infected \ 100 - Shock * 100] % of Shock damage reduction .

Weight = [weight / 1000]kg without any attachments and cargo .

^{[detail needed]}

See also

• Character Status
• Weapons
• Clothing

Notes

[CfgAmmo \ .. \ hit] : has no effect on character damage, either penetration ;

[CfgAmmo \ .. \ weight] : defines size of visual impact effects, has no effect on ballistics ;

The testing was limited, so the info is not guaranteed completely corrects, but more likely are.

Sources

• DayZ 1.07 configs.
  

• Modding DayZ 1.07 ^{[small preset]}, and testing it with DayZ Community Offline Mode .
  

• https://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/dfhjkw/armour_hit_box_testing/

Outdated

• https://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/drifei/dayztips_57_no_armor_against_fate_updated/fn5lpba?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x
  

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suym-_-sAQQ
  

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8r0siV1JMA
  

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pz9pCAf96c