// dayz item
Improvised Bolt
An arrow-like projectile used by crossbows. Made out of necessity and a bit of goodwill. It won't exactly kill a bear, but it will do its job.
Classname
Ammo_ImprovisedBolt_1Damage
125
Health per hit
Velocity
85
m/s
Stack
5
Penetration
1.2
- Damage
- 125 health · 100 blood · 85 shock
- Muzzle velocity
- 85 m/s
- Penetration
- 1.19
- Ricochet below
- 35°
- Stack
- 5
Calculated from the game's muzzle velocity and air resistance: how fast the bullet still flies, how far it drops and how long it takes. Below the speed of sound the supersonic crack stops giving the shooter away.
Speed over distance (m/s)
| Distance | Speed | Drop | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | 34 m/s | 1,498 cm | 2.03 s |
| 200 m | 31 m/s | 32,091 cm | 13.25 s |
Subsonic from the muzzle · Drop with the barrel level and without zeroing.
- Category
- Ammunition
- Weight
- 35 g
- Size
- 4×1 (4 slots)
- Durability
- 65
Where to find it on Nasdara
Does not spawn on its own on Nasdara – it only comes with other items, from crafting or from admin spawns.
Values from the vanilla types.xml of each map. Community servers often change them.
| Chernarus | Livonia | Sakhal | Nasdara | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal (target on the map) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Min (respawns below this) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lifetime (untouched) | 2 h | 2 h | 2 h | 2 h |
| Restock (wait before respawn) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quantity when spawned | – | – | – | – |
| Places | – | – | – | – |
| Tiers | – | – | – | – |
| Spots | – | – | – | – |
| Counted | on the ground, crafted | on the ground, crafted | on the ground, crafted | on the ground, crafted |
Tier 1 is near the coast, Tier 4 deep inland. A nominal of 0 means the item does not spawn as loot on that map.
Used by
How to craft it
Combine one item from each side, in your hands or inventory.
Craft bolt
3 s eachgivesImprovised Bolt
Used for crafting
Recipes that take this item as one of their two ingredients.
Add feathers
3 s eachgivesImprovised Bolt
Sell it in your server's trader shop
With dzbot, players on your Nitrado DayZ server — PC, PlayStation, Xbox or Switch 2 — buy items like this one with your server currency on your server website, and the order spawns at their chosen spot after the next restart.