How to cure heat stroke
- Wash your head or wet your clothes with water, and do it more than once. Each wash cools you down a lot. Without it, heat stroke takes about an hour to wear off.
- Cool down: take off layers, stop sprinting, get into shade.
- Drink until you're well hydrated.
Don't
- Don't keep running in heavy gear on a hot day.
Symptoms
- Temperature icon is red
- Feeling hot, wiping sweat
- Getting thirsty fast
- Blurry vision
- Stamina runs out fast
- Screen darkens, passing out
- Sick icon is showing
- Vomiting
- Health slowly dropping
Stages
- Stage 1: no signs of its own yet, just thirst from the heat.
- Stage 2: blurry vision, feeling hot, stamina drains faster.
- Stage 3: vomiting as well.
- Stage 4: losing health and passing out for a few seconds at a time.
How you catch it
Staying too hot (yellow or red temperature icon), especially while thirsty: heavy clothes, sprinting or hot weather.
How to avoid it
- Dress for the weather and keep your water up.
Questions
How do I cure heat stroke in DayZ?
Wash your head or wet your clothes with water, and do it more than once. Each wash cools you down a lot. Without it, heat stroke takes about an hour to wear off. Cool down: take off layers, stop sprinting, get into shade. Drink until you're well hydrated.
What causes heat stroke in DayZ?
Staying too hot (yellow or red temperature icon), especially while thirsty: heavy clothes, sprinting or hot weather. When it starts: it builds while you're too hot (yellow or red temperature icon) and not fully hydrated. When the icon is red, it builds even if you are.
What are the symptoms of heat stroke in DayZ?
Main signs: temperature icon is red; feeling hot, wiping sweat; getting thirsty fast.