The story in DayZ continues to expand, and the Yellow King responsible for it leaves his traces everywhere. These traces usually point to new content! Now, too, the king is hinting at supposed new content: DayZ might get underground bunkers and mine shafts -- We reveal how we come up with that.
What's going on? With the DayZ Update 1.18 we got a lot of new content for our favorite survival game. But it doesn't stop there, as hidden new features have also appeared on the Chernarus and Livonia maps. At certain locations in the game world, the mysterious Yellow King has left his mark. The last time this happened, we got a new castle! Now bunkers and caves could follow.
This is what the latest map changes did: With the current DayZ Patch 1.18, the developers have made some adjustments to the vanilla maps Chernarus and Livonia. At the entrances to mine shafts, which are located in the north of Chernarus and at some factories on Livonia, there are mysterious signs. The symbol of the Yellow King is sprayed on all entrances. You can't enter the mines, though -- not yet. A fan theory now assumes that this is a teaser for upcoming accessible mines, caves and bunkers.
What are the hints? There has already been a similar teaser for the community for update 1.14. Back then, the developers shared a video on Twitter where the two maps mentioned above were spread out on a table. There was scribbling all over the maps:
Today we know that most of the text refers to the toxic zones. But the most important marker here is the scribbled yellow crown with King's signature. Exactly at the place where this crown is drawn on the map, update 1.16 brought a new castle -- before there were only trees here. And only in this castle you can find the helmet of the Yellow King.
Another plus to the theory of walkable mine shafts and bunkers in DayZ is developer Sumrak. Adam "Sumrak" Francu is a modder and responsible for the map Namalsk. This map transports you to the Arctic Circle and bombards you with mystery & sci-fi elements like EMP storms, portals to other dimensions and underground bases, bunkers and labs. Sumrak is not only a modder, but also an official developer in Bohemia Interactive's DayZ team. Here he takes on tasks that revolve around environmental design. He makes decisions about adjustments to the game world together with the team.
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As mentioned earlier, the first Yellow King location holds the King's Helmet. We therefore suspect that the mines will be another location where you will find an item that contributes to Hannah's lore. However, we don't know more details. Also, whether underground bunkers will really appear in DayZ with one of the next updates is pure speculation. But feel free to share your opinion with us. What do you think about mine shafts and bunkers in DayZ?
