If you want to build your base and make useful furniture in DayZ, nails are a crucial resource and we'll tell you where you can find the nails & what all you can use them for.
Nails are scattered in different areas of the game world, but you will find them especially often in the following locations (In the Loot Guide 2024, you can learn even more):
According to our research, nails are most often found in outhouses and on scaffolding. However, you should visit all other locations. You can find all locations with nails using the interactive map of DayZ -- or marked below.
Nails are a versatile resource that is essential for building bases and furniture. You can use nails to build your base. Among other things, you need them for the construction of:
You can also use nails in DayZ to pierce baseball bats with nails. This makes the melee weapon much stronger. If you need these nails again afterward, you can remove a small part of the originally installed nails from the baseball bat. This right of return also applies to base structures.
To use nails for building your base or upgrading weapons, you must first free them from their packaging. It works like this:
How many nails are in a package? In each package, you will find 70 nails. However, you can increase this stack up to 99 nails to save space in storage.
Nails are a precious resource in DayZ that many players are on the lookout for. Search for nails in industrial areas, garden sheds, workshops, scaffolding, and outhouses to build and strengthen your base. Remember to free the nails from their packaging before using them in your construction projects or weapons.
Now you know everything there is to know about nails in DayZ, where to find them and how to use them. We wrote this article fresh for the launch of Update 1.22 in August 2023!
