Short answer
Nothing you can buy on Is Dead gives you gear, loot, currency, XP or protection. Supporters get cosmetics, a few community perks and one convenience: priority queue, which only matters when a server is full. Everything below follows Bohemia Interactive's server monetization rules.
Is Dead is free to play and always will be. Running three modded servers costs real money, so we take support through Patreon, one-time donations, the shop and custom commissions. Here's every single thing that support gets you, and the much longer list of things it never will.
What supporters get
| Perk | What it is | From | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supporter ribbon | A thank-you ribbon on your survivor card | Any support | Cosmetic |
| Supporter role | The Supporter role and its name color in Discord | Any support | Community |
| Tier tag | Your Patreon tier next to your name in the kill feed and in chat, like [Legend] [BALD] Bennis | $5 | Cosmetic |
| Spawn clothing color | Your spawn clothing skinned in your tier's color. Same clothes, different look | $5 | Cosmetic |
| Supporter chat and early news | A private Discord channel and early looks at new gear, changes and mods | $5 | Community |
| Billboard of Fame | Your name on a billboard at the trader | $10 | Cosmetic |
| Priority queue | Get in faster when a server is full | $10 | Convenience |
| Custom base flag | A flag designed with Zeb. It's also sold at the trader for everyone | $10 | Cosmetic |
| Bold kill feed name | Your name in a bold custom color in the kill feed. A plain name color is also $5 in the shop | $20 | Cosmetic |
| Custom clothing skins | Skin sets designed with Zeb. Like commissions, they go into the loot pool for anyone to find | $20 | Cosmetic |
| Join message | A server message when you log in | $20 | Cosmetic |
| Clan billboard | Your clan logo or a "Sponsored by" image on an in-game billboard | $30 | Cosmetic |
| Helicopter paint job | A custom paint job for a helicopter you bought in game | $30 | Cosmetic |
"From" is the cheapest Patreon tier that includes it. Each tier includes everything in the ones below it.
Priority queue is the one perk that isn't purely cosmetic, so here's exactly what it does: when a server is full and there's a queue, you get in sooner. That's it. Once you're on the server you play by the same rules, with the same loot, as everyone else. Bohemia's rules allow reserved and priority slots, and they're common across DayZ community servers.
The shop
The Is Dead shop sells a few one-off cosmetics: a custom flag for your base, a custom BBP wallpaper, a color for your name in the kill feed and a color for your group's chat tag (or all four as the Full Set). They change how your base and your name look, nothing else, and they carry over every wipe. You can also support any amount from $5 without buying anything.
Custom commissions
Zeb makes custom content to order: weapon skins, armor and clothing, vehicle and helicopter retextures, rechambered weapons and other visual projects. Commissioned items go into the loot pool for everyone. The person who paid doesn't get them handed over; they find them in the world like any other player. Commissions also follow our custom content agreement on the support page.
What we will never sell
- Weapons, ammo, attachments or gear of any kind
- Vehicles, helicopters or vehicle parts
- Loot, crates, keys or endgame tickets
- In-game money, trader discounts or bank balance
- XP, progression, quest skips or better rarity rolls
- Base protection, raid immunity or extra base slots
- Anything else that makes you stronger than a player who never paid
The best gear on our servers is earned out in the world: from AI, quests, heli crashes, endgame zones and crafting. Even our traders mostly buy rather than sell, so nobody can shortcut the progression with in-game money either.
Bohemia's rules
DayZ community servers that take money have to follow Bohemia Interactive's server monetization rules. Those rules allow cosmetic items and paid or reserved access, and they don't allow selling gameplay advantages like weapons, vehicles or in-game money. Every perk on this page sits inside those rules, and we'd rather stay well inside them than test the edges.
One-time support
Want to chip in once instead of monthly? Support any amount from $5. It's a gift that helps cover hosting, licensing, premium mods and development, and you get the Supporter role and ribbon. Sign in with Discord and they're added right away; pay as a guest and staff add them by hand. If you'd like something for it, the shop and Patreon are the way to go.
Questions about an order, a commission or your Patreon perks? Ask in your private thread in our Discord. Anything else, open a ticket.