DayZ 1.26 Update 4 Update Patch Notes

Tuna Han

January 4, 2025

DayZ has been around for several years, and it seems like it received quite good reviews from the gaming committee. The developer and publisher Bohemia Interactive keeps the game alive thanks to regular patches. A while ago a new version kicked out and does the same thing as previous ones. Check out DayZ 1.26 Update 4 update patch notes down below.

DayZ 1.26 Update 4 Update Patch Notes

Console Stable 1.26 Update 4 – Version 1.26.159040 (Release on 19.11.2024)

GAME

FIXED

• If a user had not updated their server browser filters since February, they could have had an issue with server display since 1.26
• Mitigation of duplication issues (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T183978 – private) 
• Cargo content would disappear from a fireplace when de-crafting it
• Fixed a firearm glitch resulting in unlimited ammunition supply (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T183869 – private)
• Boats are now playing correct sound when fuel is low
• Fixed an exploit to look through walls (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T183462 – private)
• Shrimps would clip with the player character’s hand when held
• Fixed a glitch resulting in unintended fast shooting (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T183179 – private)
• Fixed an unintended exploit to enter the prone position instantaneously (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T184056 – private)
• The Portable Map was not properly translated on Sakhal
• Individual items were clipping with cooking stoves when put on them
• The fur of foxes was shining in the shadows in some cases
• Some trees/bushes could ricochet bullets to a certain degree (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T182521, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T181857, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T183772, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T186041)
• When driving a boat fast, the sound of the airflow was audible to nearby players (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T184129, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T185662)
• Fire station doors had incorrect collisions with bullets (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T180018)
• The sherpa hat could clip with the hair of some characters
• Switching seats with another player at the same time in a boat could result in desync
• When standing on top of an upside-down boat, controls of the character would sometimes be inverted
• Textures of certain radio towers were misaligned
• KA-M shot sound tail would end abruptly

CHANGED

• Reduced the drying speed when placing an item basically into a heat source (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T184058)
• Changed thawing time for frozen items in cookware 
• Tweaked temperature calculation while near a heat source
• Tweaked the group spawn points behavior (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T183842)
• Adjusted the lifetime of snow stashes (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T185609)
• Changed fuel consumption formula on boats
• Adjusted the maximum value of the deadzone settings
• Increased the fireplace burning rate

DAYZ FROSTLINE

• Added: Peninsula on the southeast of the main island
• Added: Military check point in the south
• Added: Field hospital at the power plant
• Fixed: A ladder of the airport hangar was not functional
• Fixed: Black boats are no longer spawning on the main island
• Fixed: Removed problematic boat spawns under or closed-in by ice sheets
• Fixed: Goats could spawn inside a rock
• Fixed: Spawned military containers would in some cases clip with rocks
• Fixed: The dead scientist event would appear to be floating in some locations
• Fixed: Adjusted a dynamic car spawn clipping with road barriers
• Fixed: It was not possible to climb a specific ledge on the roof of the power plant
• Fixed: The portable map was missing its cover on Sakhal
• Fixed: Indoor fire barrels would not behave completely like proper fire places
• Fixed: Excessive collisions of some lava rocks
• Changed: Placement of the sea ice at the mouth of the rocket bay
• Changed: Increased loot volume in several large structures
• Changed: Adjusted offroad hatchback spawnpoints to make them more evenly distributed
• Changed: Performance optimizations in the powerplant area
• Changed: Stopped the tan tactical shirt from spawning
• Changed: Repositioned player spawnpoints
• Changed: Airfield and Nogovo will now spawn better items
• Changed: Problematic spawnpoints were removed from various buildings (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T185360)
• Changed: VSS will now spawn on the military peninsula
• Changed: Adjusted spawnpoints for all dynamic events
• Changed: Tweaked spawnpoints and item conditions to make elevated places like industrial cranes or towers worth looting (especially on the coast)

DayZ is available on Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4.