I thought it was strange that tac vests offered protection. Ha! Good info :)

When do you foresee a new video? I'm happy to help test too ☺️ Thanks and happy new year!

thanks for the update note!

@@ruthlessasmr6662 No prob!

Is this info still current

Yes! I felt the same way after doing all the testing. I am glad I could help!

Just the opposite for me.

As is tradition

That is a great idea!

would be a good idea but I would have to say in that case they need to make the heavier armors ACTUALLY give more protection instead of just like 1 more round of low caliber ammo protection. Armor is in a pathetic state in dayz.

map really not made for slower walking, being louder aswell would too much

So kind of like a bombsquad armor or something? That would be dope. Really good for basedefending

That's not a bad idea at all, like leather Armor you could craft yourself that offer protection and maybe Kevlar as a new item to reinforce Armor and repair them, giving Armor a new sort of modified durability and survivability, and maybe a Full Body Ceramic Kevlar Armor, that be lit

Thanks for checking it out!

Thanks Silverritter! Yes even making this video kind of clarified things for myself too.

@@Nitno I wonder, is the tanker's helmet viable?

@@Silverritter From my understanding it does not provide protection.

@@Nitno ah alright, thanks :)

@@Nitno what about assault vest?

You are very welcome, thanks for the great comment Chance! I'll keep on making videos!

I carry the .22 pistol on my plate carrier and the deagle on my hip! One for zombies and one for players! ✌🏻

@Dennis Crane .22 pistol is almost like having a silenced pistol as far as the noise is. I agree. Finding alot .22 for zombies to avoided melee attacks since zombie scratches tear up your clothing and backpack over time lol!

Thank you Reznov :)

@@Nitno Благодарность from Russia, safe travels fellow comrade

Helmets give a full face protection, basically a helmet makes a bubble around your whole head.

@@Nitno that’s what I thought till I got shot in the face and my helmet was fine but my tac goggles were ruined, lol. Can you see if you can replicate this for confirmation?

You are very welcome! Glad I could help! Yep during my testing I actually learned some things I didn't realize as well.

Recently they did change a bit, for instance bullet damage takes into account how far away you are, so you actually take a little less damage the further you are away (bullet velocity slows). The assault helmet both with and without the visor protects your whole head AND face. So they visor is just cosmetic at the moment.

@@Nitno hey, thanks for confirming the cosmetic aspect. Me and my buddies still are debating this though 😓

Tactical Helmet and Assault Helmet provide same amount of protection, right? And ghillie hood still provides more protection than both still?

Yes for real! if you get hit with every pellet you are pretty much dead!

@@Nitnoif I hit someone with buck shots and he is not one shot does that mean he was to far away or I didn't hit him with every bullet?

Shotguns are so underestimated and often underpowered in most games. They laughed at me back in A2 mod when i preferred the shotgun with pellets and slugs then stopped laughing when they saw how effective it was.

@@damndanieI That's most likely the case. You were not in effective range anymore. 25m is the maximum effective range for the gun with pellets. 50m for slugs. You can still engage targets beyond that range but with severely reduced effectiveness. I hit a guy who was stalking me with pellets from 20m and he immediately fell.

@@Enforcer_WJDE Yep especially the double shotty destroys in close/medium range.

Agreed!

Ahh interesting

Trueee

Happy to help! I usually run solo and just meet people organically in game.

Thanks Matheus, much appreciated!

Update is in the works! Thanks for the comment, I will be working on it this week I believe.

Thank you Shouts!

It's the same a normal helmet, but can be used as a melee weapon. More a fun lore related item.

I do have this video on how to find your friends: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/psqbacR9rp20kZs.html But I could make one going deeper into how to use Izurvive, I've got a list of videos to make and I'll add that to the list! Good idea.

@@Nitno yes, this is how I found the map, but still have no idea what any of it means and how to use it.

I agree! I actually learned a lot making this video and putting it all together. When I finally put it into graphics it started to be easier to understand.

My understanding when I looked at the in-game files, Both the Stab Vest and Press Vest offer the same exact protection, but the Press Vest just has inventory space.

Correct, it excels at it's large storage space.

Can you link a picture of it? I didn't include items that offer no protection, such as the Assault vest. Also I did not include Modded items, just vanilla DayZ items. dayz.gamepedia.com/Assault_Vest

@@Nitno then it's probably modded

Btw great video, keep it up !

Hello Luca, sorry I did not include the Smersh Vest because it actually has NO damage reduction. (Crazy right?).

Thanks Luca!

According to the wiki it states that it does offer some extra protection with the extra mods. Sorry did not test it here though. If I where to guess, it'd be the best of the skate/biker helmets, but not as good as a mili helmet.

I agree! DayZ has been on a roll with new content coming out every week. I'll be updating this asap though.

I have not tested it, but think the number you are looking at on wiki is actually flipped from what you are thinking. So if it says .25 for combat helmet, and if you see .75 for welding mask helmet, that's actually less damage taken for combat helmet.

No protection. All helmets cover the entire face-hitbox.

Do they still cover the entire face -hitbox?

I have been hearing that too. When I was testing on a character at full health and pristine Plate Carrier, it was 2 shots = ruined Plate Carrier and the player was still alive but heavily injured. My results might not be what you get though. Big thing is though, the new update coming out is going to change a LOT of damage values and penetration effects. It's likely I'll have to remake this video soon. I'll release a new one in 1.12.

Not yet, but that is a great idea!

@@Nitno looking forward to that video.

Haha sounds like an interesting story.

It's about the same protection as a hockey helmet.

Agreed! I do think AP does more damage, but it's not a huge difference.

@@Nitno It is! "The SP-6 (СП-6) has a hardened metal armor-piercing core. It can penetrate 2 mm (0.079 in) of steel at 500 meters or 6 mm (0.24 in) of steel, 2.8 mm (0.11 in) of titanium or 30 layers of Kevlar at 200 meters. At 100 meters it can penetrate 8 mm (0.31 in) of steel or GOST 3 body armor, while retaining enough power to inflict damage to a soft target behind it. Maybe the developers should try it out in practice? Just to fine-tune the stats 😱 I'm pretty shure it is a serious punch to the chest, even with military grade protection. Anyway thanlks for the effort you put in that vids!👍

Agreed, something is off about it.

You will need to go deeper into the map, higher tiers of loot spawn deeper in

very possible. If anyone sees this comment, it can be 2 - 3. Although in my testing I found 3, it can easily be 2 depending on a number of factors. The nature of DayZ.

I do not have one made.

It does not offer ballistic protection

Not sure the exact stats, likely on par with a firefighter helmet, maybe more melee protection, doubtful on any extra ballistic protection.

This just covers bullet damage from other players. Infected damage is a bit different, but you could say the "tiers" are similar, better bullet damage armor is also better against infected.

On Brand 😂 my b

Good question. In my experience, yes, they do matter. A plate carrier can save your life big time. The helmet's hitbox actually covers your entire head including your face, so it is actually really helpful. That said though, a high caliber round is going to do damage to ya no mater what you wear.

@@Nitno anyway it seems a bit random. One time I had ballistic helmet and it saved me from three hits with a pickaxe. Other time I had plate carrier and the helmet and I died literally first shot.

@@kanki1174 I have found this too. It's really hit or miss.

I feel ya on that

Understandable, I thought about that while making the video, not many better ways to present the data then to read the numbers. I made sure chapters function was enabled so you can easily skip around.

@@Nitno

@@NiNjaTurtLe697 You are very welcome friend!

Knowledge is Power

Agreed! By the way, some of the values are little off in this video since the new patch. I'll have a new one coming soon. It seems like the devs aren't done with value changes as a new nerf to plate carriers was teased recently in a tweet.

@@Nitno ahh ok sound great👍🏻 more nerf😫

it gets complicated, and I am not 100% an expert on that, but yes some fire bullets at a different speed, and also there is damage drop off the further away a player is.

@@Nitno Cheers mate, c u round.