DayZ Update 1.21: Traveling Back to the Middle Ages

Survivors, we are excited to announce the start of the experimental period for game update 1.21! This time around, we’re taking a trip back to the Middle Ages with a medieval theme. One of the new additions is the crossbow, DayZ’s first-ever spring-powered weapon. It can load a variety of bolts and be fitted with a number of sights and scopes. The ballistic properties of projectiles, along with their recoverability, are the most complex parts of the crossbow, and we are interested to see how they behave on public servers.

While the crossbow itself may not be strictly medieval, we have incorporated medieval themed replicas of various items and clothing throughout the world. Experimental update 1.21 also comes with rebalanced quick slots, fall damage, and the ability to adjust the brightness of the in-game UI. We also made a few fixes regarding thrown items falling through the ground.

One more thing we’re introducing is the ability to spawn bushes, trees, and rocks through the server-side object spawner (and script). Last, but certainly not least, we are in the final stages of testing our Linux server distribution. We encourage anyone on Steam who wants to play experimental update 1.21 to try and do so on the Linux server, as we are monitoring it closely for any issues.

A full list of changes can be found on our official forums. We hope to see you in the public playtests and look forward to hearing your feedback!

On behalf of the DayZ team,

Adam

Enjoy and we look forward to your feedback.

Source: DayZ Forums