In hardcore survival games like DayZ, AI players exhibit sophisticated tactical behaviors including strategic positioning, group coordination, and adaptive hunting tactics that simulate real player decision-making, requiring players to maintain constant vigilance and employ strategic awareness to survive.
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The DayZ Server Where AI Players HUNT You Down...Added:
Welcome to the first real hardcore survival simulator. No zombies, no fiction here. Forget vanilla knowledge.
There are no fixed loot spots. This is for a small ultra hardcore niche. If you don't enjoy struggle, this isn't for you. You don't have quests or missions.
Your only mission is to survive.
Progress is permanent. Wipes are nonsense in a survival game. That's the message you get when you join this server. Let's check it out. You spawn with a loadout and but you also spawn in the middle of nowhere. Literally, you could spawn anywhere in Chernarus. So, it's going to be slightly harder to even work out where I am. But I do have a gun, which means everyone has a gun. And this time, I think we're going to have a lot more issues.
A lot more issues.
And I'm also freezing cold already.
First one with a lighter. I do. Okay.
First things first, let's just have a fire with a view. This That's all there is to do, really. Short sticks.
Right, time to get warm.
Chuck that there. Eat my food. I'm flashing temperature. That is brutal.
That is brutal. But we're in the right place. We're in the right place.
Okay. Nice. Let's take a seat for a second and uh get warm or get heat buffed at least.
>> [snorts] >> Oh my god. Oh, NO. WHO'S THAT?
OW!
OW!
WOAH! AN AI JUST KILLED ME.
I'VE just been blasted by an AI in the face.
So, I died to AI within 5 minutes. Now, this is the server where AI hunt you down, but now it's my mission to hunt them down. This video will not end until I get my revenge on the AI.
So, let's go do it.
I nearly died of cold and then an AI has just shot me point-blank in the face.
That was kind of terrifying, actually.
Right.
That was stressful.
Now, we we thought we might see some more AI and we did. Let's just get a fire in a house this time.
Pop this in there. Feel like I didn't have I I didn't even do anything wrong there. The only thing I did wrong, I will admit, is I sat in the sitting animation which which I had it like an extra second. I had to get up, which almost got me.
AI's one, George nil. We'll give him that. We will give him that.
Now, I'm going to watch the windows and the door and get warm.
So, while we're sitting by the fire, let's have a quick read.
Uh from Escape to Freedom. It began as an escape from the city, a short adventure, a breath of freedom. With a rifle, lighter, canned food, and basic gear, you set off for Chenarus. Life seemed perfect. A tent by a frozen stream, hunting, boiling snow, and living off the land in silence and cold air. For a moment, you felt truly free.
But then, everything changed. For unknown reasons, maybe political, empty towns, no fuel, sealed checkpoints, and minefields on the borders.
Chenarus was cut off. You were truly lost in the wild. Then winter came. The snow buried the roads, the cold killed the weak, and the problems arrived fast.
Food rotted, fires burned out quickly, and every mistake cost blood. Survival was no longer a choice, it was a fight against the season itself.
Soon you realized you weren't alone.
Gunshots echoed, fires burned, and bandits prowled the land. Groups were merciless, while lone bandits could panic and flee.
But a squad would trap you without hesitation. What began as a peaceful escape became a nightmare of survival in a land abandoned by the world. No monsters, no zombies, only cold brutal reality. In this cage of ice and silence, you must endure or find someone who can help you escape.
There you go. AIs, I want to learn about them. AI bandits are not mindless bots.
They behave with logic and tactics closer to real players. If they spot you through a window, they may hold position and wait outside rather than rushing blindly. Before leaving any house or cover, always scan the surroundings carefully. Survival depends on awareness.
The land is never empty. Armed AI bandits roam in search of loot and easy prey. Bandits' AI assess the situation.
A lone bandit may choose to retreat.
Uh but in a group, their courage rises.
Never remain in the same spot for too long. Once bandits have your position, they adapt and surround.
You're not forced to fight every battle.
If you encounter large groups of bandits, escape is the best survival strategy.
Well, I might be sitting still for too long here. So, if I'm heat buffed, let's go. They've got me paranoid about AI now.
As if players aren't enough to worry about.
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Hang on, what's that?
There's an animal here. Going to go for that.
There it is.
In the middle of an open field. Good shot, bad place. I don't like how it run from the right as if it got spooked from something over that way. Just going to do it quickly and hope that I'm wrong.
That was pretty good going. I need to stop and cook in the next town.
What's the safest building to cook in on this game?
The stash always feels like the classic option, but it's actually not that good cuz it's got the lower windows.
It's also really weird about zombies cuz if you see anything, see any movement down there, it's a player or an AI.
I don't mind the black cabins, like that one. I'll go for that one.
Okay.
Put that there.
Going to have to use that rag because I didn't get any bark.
Okay.
Let's have a read of some of these sections that we've not read yet. Uh tiredness and sleeping, managing fatigue and sleep. White equals sprint, yellow equals fatigue, blue equals sleep. So, for example, my fatigue's back up cuz I've just had a general rest. Light darkness, AI and players using torches are visible, but see better. Trust no one.
Dynamic weather, writing notes.
There's an XP system.
Okay, so the sun is setting. I don't know how dark it gets and how long it gets dark for. It's not too bad.
I like this ambient lighting.
Lamp posts actually have lights. I don't know what we're about to do at night, though.
What's the play for night? Just run through the dark or to like hunker down somewhere. It's about to turn into a horror movie if I have to run around with a flashlight in the woods.
We're about to get Blair Witch Project.
We're just going to follow this trail in the night.
Wandering into the pitch black with a flashlight.
I actually don't know, right? We played a lot of horror servers on DayZ before.
Like out and out horror servers. But for some reason, this one is up there, even though it's not meant to be a horror server.
Sounded like a zombie.
What was that?
I think we're fine.
Oh, it's just an animal.
Which hang on.
Hang on.
Oh, is that just a lamp post?
That's a lamp post.
I thought that was an inside fire.
Sun's rising. Lovely. Right, the lights are going away.
Cat food's coming out.
I'm testing a theory. I want to know why I got jumped earlier. But last time he killed me because I was sit sitting. I'm not going to be sitting this time. I'm going to be waiting.
Is that good enough?
Well, I mean, it's not really, but might be.
Here I I.
Come on, bots.
I am I might be going to lie. Like I'm weirdly nervous.
I don't want to die, but I do want to learn and I do want to experience AI.
I don't know why, but I'm imagining like a Metal Gear Solid enemy walking up to the fire going Huh.
Okay, so I must have got super super unlucky earlier.
Cuz it's not as simple as put a fire outside and they they're like they appear. They're more complicated than that.
My plan is to head down to Electro and then head along the coast to the what is apparently a safe zone. I don't know much about it, but we can find out together.
Outpost Hope is in Cherno inside the destroyed International Hotel. Here you can optionally claim XP-based rewards linked to survival milestones.
Oh, hometown of Electro.
Oh, bingo.
That's a find. That's a lovely find.
It's a player.
HELLO. HELLO. HELLO. HELLO.
HELLO. HEY.
HELLO. I'm not an AI.
Hello.
>> Hello.
>> Yeah, hello. Look, we need to stay stick together.
I'm a human.
>> Okay, I thought you were an AI. I'm so sorry.
>> That's okay. Are you alone?
>> You were You were You were dressed in all black.
>> Yeah, I do Yeah, you're right. I do look a bit dodgy.
What's your name?
>> Sorry, mate. Sorry. Sorry, my name is Riggs. What's your name?
>> Riggs, I've seen you in the kill feed, Riggs.
>> Yeah, I keep getting clapped, mate, by people. It's not very good.
>> Right, okay.
>> Please don't clap me. I'm going to put my gun away.
>> No, I'm not going to clap you.
Right, okay. You remember that don't kill me because it's it's us versus the AI.
>> Yeah, of course. Hello. Hello.
>> Hello, Riggs. Hello.
>> Hello. Do you need any stuff? I don't have much.
>> Come out of here quickly.
>> Do you know any bases around here? I found this thing.
>> What? No. I mean, I've only seen shells of empty bases so far.
You're not You're not You're quite good.
>> I'm going to trust you cuz my headphones have died. I'm just going to stand in this toilet. Don't Don't kill me. Give me one moment.
>> I'm trusting you with my life to defend me from the AI.
>> I can do that.
I can defend him.
I can defend him.
It's us versus me and Riggs versus is the AI.
It's like I Am Legend, but I'm the dog and he's Will Smith mixed with I, Robot.
Who's that?
There's a player up there.
Oh my god.
I'm What am I doing?
He's waving.
Hello?
Hello?
Hello?
Shout on three volume.
>> I'm allowed to shout on three volume, lad.
>> So, say again.
>> I'm allowed to shout.
>> Hello.
I'm friendly.
What's going on? I'm scared.
I'm really scared.
Daco, you can hear me, right?
>> Yeah, I can hear you. Yo.
>> Hello.
Sorry, what?
What? Different voice.
Different voice. You friendly, yeah?
Dakota.
>> Friendly?
>> Can you hear Okay, you can hear me.
Yeah, I'm friendly.
>> Yeah.
>> We're having a very disjointed conversation.
>> Yeah, sorry. I'm new at PC gaming. I'm still trying to get used to the controls, lad.
>> That's all right.
I see I had three different voices.
Oh, nice. Uh you want to team up?
>> I sure.
>> Where are you Yeah, come in. Where are you from?
>> I'm in uh Scotland.
>> Lovely, lovely place.
>> All right.
>> There's a man in here.
>> anything?
>> There was a man in this toilet, but he said he was going to fix his mic and then he's disappeared and I think he's logged out the server.
>> Lod, you in there?
>> You have a lock pick, do you?
>> Uh no, sadly.
>> Did you have a different voice when you first spoke? I got Do you have a voice changer or something?
>> Yeah, uh yeah, my I had a voice changer. It just turns on automatically when I turn on my PC.
>> Right, okay. Now, I got I thought there was two people, but I got confused.
Okay, cool. This I'm glad I got the real you.
>> Yeah, yeah.
Hate the fact all the like half the doors are just locked for no reason.
>> Do you know why that is? Riggs has just joined the server.
Hang on, Riggs is the guy who was in here.
Riggs!
Riggs!
>> Yo!
>> Hello.
>> What happened?
>> Yeah, so my game crashed and I had to sit in a queue for like 50 minutes. Not ideal.
>> Oh, I was convinced that you were a runner.
>> It didn't give me a chance to take a [ __ ] though. So, that was pretty good.
>> This is Dakota. This is Riggs.
>> by.
Nice to meet you, Riggs.
>> Yeah, good to meet you.
>> Uh what condition is your boots, Lod?
>> Uh damaged.
>> Look at me with my fancy boots.
>> but I'll pack them if you want them.
>> No, no, it's all right. You keep your boots.
I like these boots.
They've got cat food inside.
Ah.
>> Oh, lads, there's a guy down there.
Fire.
>> Hang on.
Oh, yeah.
We I mean >> Now, I'm not saying we're bandits, but I think I think four's a crowd, personally.
>> Yeah.
>> So, I'm not saying we should shoot him.
However, we should probably shoot him.
>> Oh, yeah. I'm reading between the lines.
I'm reading between the lines.
>> I'll I'll negotiate with him and you guys come up behind him and yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Listen, listen, listen.
Hello.
We're not AI. I swear.
I have my weapon away. Just three non-AI guys approaching your building.
Do you mind if we come in and share your fire?
>> He's not He's not there. He uh blue uh van thing to your left.
>> Oh, yeah. I see him.
>> Oh, yeah?
>> Hello.
>> Crazy we can see his name from here.
>> Hello.
>> Hello. We're not AI. I swear.
>> I just talked to me. Jesus Christ.
>> No, we're Oh, no. It's nice to meet you.
>> You guys seem pretty good.
>> Yeah, we're ready to kill. There's going to be a crime.
>> dirt.
>> I don't want to watch.
>> Oh, nice. Where are you coming from?
>> Uh electric.
>> Uh up on the hill.
Yeah. So, we're not AI. We swear.
Do you mind if we uh could I have your crowbar?
That'd be really nice.
>> For sure. Well, I can't I can't really say much.
>> Thank you. AI would not ask you for that. AI would have just shot you. You know, we're not AI.
>> And then and then tie you up and leave you in the middle of nowhere to die by a bear.
>> Dennis, have you met any AI yet other than us?
>> No. No, I just spawned. I just spawned.
>> He's got more stuff than me and I've been playing for 3 hours. All right.
Well, we're heading to Cherno to go to the outpost.
>> Oh, nice. Uh should I tag along and be the bullet catcher for you guys?
>> Sure. Why not?
>> Okay.
>> AI but I Yeah, sorry. Normal humans are happy to have normal humans.
Come on.
>> Where are you from?
>> I'm from Germany.
>> Oh, nice.
Okay.
That was you that made the fire, right?
>> Yeah. Yeah, that was me.
>> In some ways, I preferred being alone because if you're alone, the only person in the world I can trust is me.
>> Maybe we should How many How many bullets do you guys have? Maybe if we walk AND >> I'M GETTING SHOT AT.
>> IS THAT FROM IN FRONT or behind? Where was that from?
>> Behind Behind Behind.
>> What's the plan? There's four of us.
There's one of him.
>> Yeah. Well, I think what I I have no idea where he is, so I'll give you guys >> Any ammo in your V? You don't have any VSD ammo, right?
>> No, I don't. Does anybody have some 62?
You do? Don't give it to me. Give it to somebody else.
>> I just wanted to drop you some ammo.
>> I I >> I wouldn't stand still. I wouldn't stand still in the open, lads.
>> I think we just rush this guy.
>> Yeah, we can rush him.
>> It could be >> He might be He's at the window. He's at the window. Orange roof.
>> Push up. Push up.
>> I can't even see him.
He's going to the dock. He's going to the dock.
I'll be going to the dock in a minute when I'm finished with him.
>> Should we just leave him get the terminal or >> I think I think we should take his shoes, really.
>> That's the sensible option, but I think he might just run now. He knows there's four of us.
I think he's probably fleeing down the coast away from us.
What confused me is when one of us shot, something came up on the kill feed, but none of the names were any of our names.
>> Maybe he thinks we're AI, which we're definitely not.
>> BT bomber.
>> Oh, this feels like action is going to bring action here.
If we don't find him in the next couple minutes, we'll double back to go to Cherno.
Could be anywhere. Could be literally anywhere by now.
>> Going to take a mid combat cat food.
All right.
No luck.
>> No, he's just gone.
>> Let's continue onwards. He might hunt us, in which case we'll get him down the road.
Or he's If he's gone, he's gone.
Tell you what, I should call this server not not alone, but together.
Someone just jumped off the crane ahead of us.
>> What?
>> There he is. There he is. He's behind the military container in the middle of the dock.
>> Oh, yeah. I see him.
>> Yellow backpack.
>> Yeah.
>> Wait, take his shoes.
>> Where is he? Did you get him?
>> I'm taking his stuff.
>> No, blue blue blue container next next to the military base.
>> On the blue container?
Where now?
>> Going straight down behind the military crates.
>> He's talking.
>> Going left to right.
Hello, we're friendly.
>> Not at all.
>> Oh dear, this could be bad.
>> Help.
>> Can people vanish here on this server?
>> Uh we can just head out of town. It seems to be there's a couple of them now, and I feel like we'll get one of us will get shot if we linger too much.
>> Yeah, it's not ideal. We've got the dream dream team, I think.
You know, we're four of us fighting one guy, and none of us hit. We're we're all pretty good.
>> I didn't even fire a single round, so.
>> I I fired three rounds and missed every single shot.
>> Oh, behind.
>> He's following.
>> Okay.
>> I've got binos, somebody just quickly scan behind us.
>> Okay, rest in peace.
I would have If I was like in charge of the team, which I'm not sure I am, I would bring us all the way back here, and then I'd use this massive clearing to out the guy.
If we all hide down this divot and count to like 30, and then pop back up, he's going to be stuck in a clearing.
>> Either that or he's going to he will take the uh coastal route given him cover with the uh rocks.
>> Yeah.
Do you think if we wait here, do you reckon he'll become easy to shoot? He's definitely following, isn't he?
>> He was just at the fence at the last house on the right.
>> There he is. He's on the beach.
>> He's on the right side on the right hand side on the beach.
>> Come across here. Cut him off. Come cut him off.
No poking, no talking. Just sit and wait, and we'll definitely get him.
Where's Riggs? He's going to have a head. I bet he's poking and talking.
Oh, Riggs. Riggs is all over the place.
>> Riggs doing?
>> I don't know.
There he is.
He's on the coast rocks.
>> Just shot at Riggs.
>> Is he still behind that rock?
>> Yeah, the big orange tree.
>> He's moving. He's just moved. He's just moved.
This is one slippery guy.
Feel like he's going to go all the way down the coast.
There he is, miles away.
Behind the tree.
Yeah, he's long gone. He's going to do it again. He's going to get away.
He would just try to jump in a tree, I'm pretty sure.
Yes. Yes, he got him.
>> He's got like nothing on him.
The armor's ruined that's on him. That survival right here just cut through all his clothes.
>> He's still his backpack, that's all right.
>> Yep.
>> All right. Onwards to Cherno.
Talk to NPC name. That's a lovely name.
>> So, we need more XP, basically.
Oh, okay. So, you get rewards for leveling up.
>> Inside the destroyed industrial hotel here, you can optionally claim XP base rewards linked to survival masteries.
Participation is optional, does not affect all survival progression.
Reward scale with progression.
Uh 770 XP offers basic survival support.
100 XP improves tools, medical supplies.
So, I've got three XP. You telling me I need 70 to get the first reward?
>> I'm guessing so.
>> I think you only get XP by killing people or animals or AI.
>> Okay, in which case, do you want to try and uh tempt some AI?
>> Maybe.
>> I've heard if you shoot and then make a fire, that more likely to come, but that could be terrible.
>> test it. I've heard similar stuff.
We'll make a fire, we'll sit still for a bit, we'll shoot, we'll do everything we can to try and get some AI.
>> You got a player will come along and then just molest them. It looks like a bear or something.
>> That's Hey.
That be down, huh?
>> Oh, there's a snake in here.
>> Do you want to loot some of this stuff as well? All the doors are shut.
>> Yeah.
>> There's a well.
>> Oh, yeah, there is a well.
>> Well, well, well, how did you Hey, George, I don't think I think you could [music] put this over your arm.
>> Oh, yeah. Thank you.
>> Looking nice.
>> Okay.
>> we should pick somewhere where we can see all around.
>> Yeah, do you see that red house there? I mean, it depends how far inland you want to go again to try the test. I don't like the sea.
>> I think yeah.
I think they could be anywhere.
I think.
>> Uh I just found with the an item I've never seen before.
>> Surgical kit. I'm pretty sure if you get a bullet stuck in you from getting shot, you can use that to get the bullet out.
>> you're going to be our medic then.
>> Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm good at that.
Sometimes.
Right, this could be our AI bait house.
Someone got the axe?
Um what's his name? Riggs has got the axe.
>> I've got an axe.
>> All right, let's get a fire going in here.
>> Yep, yep.
>> You make a fire inside. I'm going to make a fire on the doorstep, just cuz I feel could be extra bait.
>> All right.
>> You know what we could do? We could set the claymore off and then see if that attracts them, cuz it says when you're raiding bases, the explosions attract AI.
>> Yeah, I like it.
>> I like it.
>> You guys can do that if you want to.
>> [laughter] >> I just lay the claim over here.
Good luck.
I want to touch this.
>> Oh yeah.
Oh yeah.
Don't worry. I'm an explosives expert.
>> All right.
>> I just don't want to explode when I deploy it.
>> Oh jeez. Just look away.
>> You got that tonight, too.
>> Oh, it's starting to get night, too.
>> Do you want to Do you want to do the honors, or should I?
>> Which I do is it worth the public?
>> You can move away.
>> All right. Yeah, I'll move away. You know, you click it.
>> Okay, go ahead and >> Fire in the hole!
Nice.
>> But if we fire a couple of shots, we could measure.
They'll be here in no time.
>> There's a guy over there with a massive bag.
>> We should We should probably murder him, really.
>> Okay, well, he's down the road. Just down a couple houses down the street.
There he is. He's coming. He's coming to us.
>> I'll bait him in with a friendly wave.
I'll wave.
But then, who wants the XP?
>> Hello.
>> Hello.
>> Hello.
>> Oh dear.
>> You okay?
Okay?
>> Oh!
>> Oh, it's Flockey.
>> What was that noise?
>> That was him dying.
>> That was his death noise.
>> Yeah, HE WENT LIKE >> OH!
>> OH.
>> OH DEAR.
>> OH, HE'S GOT AN AKM.
>> Oh [ __ ] Get inside.
Where is he? Across the water?
>> Somewhere there.
Maybe in the greenhouse.
>> This is bad. Dakota's dead.
>> I swear we're friendly.
>> Well, we got to avenge Dakota. I just don't know where he shot from. Where Where do you think he is?
>> I think across the water, towards the church.
>> Yeah.
>> All right. He's across there. I think he's getting the tap by air, I don't know. Is that him?
>> I can't see him. He's on the street, near the church.
>> All right. Let's see if he's coming.
>> He's coming.
>> There's two of them, I think.
>> How did we not get that kill?
Oh, food's Food's burning. As if it goes from bad to worse.
Rescue the fats.
>> It's going to get really dark in a second. Everyone's all camping.
>> I think we're We asked for this.
>> Um >> Nice. Hang on.
Dakota is back and he's killed Calmas.
And exploded him.
>> Dakota, is that you?
>> Dakota.
>> Blue blue blue.
>> Where? What did you say? He exploded him.
>> What an entrance.
>> Where did you kill him?
>> A guy just tried grenading us from over here.
>> Oh my god, did you >> Save her, Ace.
>> But wasn't there two of them? Be careful.
>> I think I don't know.
>> I nailed him. Oh, look at him.
>> Oh, yes. Take what you need. You do have that.
>> I'm taking Zek here.
>> He's very good.
>> Actually, no. One of you guys could take a Zek out, but one is a killer.
>> I'll take it.
>> I just want to go and see if I can get my body back.
>> Look at me. Look at me.
I've conquered it. I'm not alone anymore. I'm not scared of the AIs. I've got friends. You can be friends.
>> Oh, no. He's back. He's back.
Calmas is back.
>> I can't see a bloody thing.
>> He's inside. He's coming inside.
It's me. It's me. It's me.
>> Cal Briggs got him.
>> Got him. I got him.
>> It's me. It's me. I'm here. We're all good.
Dakota killed Dakota again.
>> Why are they spawning so close? I don't understand. How how Dakota, how how are they When I spawned, I was way up north.
>> I think it's random, isn't it?
>> That's very lucky randomness from those two.
>> Yeah.
>> Right.
Unfortunately, I've got to leave you guys here. Oh, by the way, I was AI the whole time.
>> That's the twist.
>> Yeah, I can see that now.
>> You were with AI the whole time.
Right. So, I'm going to go meet up with Nireena. See you.
>> All right. Bye.
>> All right. See you.
>> Yeah, I feel like on this server, it's more fun to not be in a big group.
Because when you're in a big group, you can walk all over everyone you meet, including AI, not that we met any.
>> [groaning] >> Oh, I just head shot an AI in the face. Yes, finally got my revenge on an AI. I was fumbling around for a second there, but what a shot. I only had one shot in this block as well. Lovely jubberly. Take that, AI. Take that.
So, we finally got our revenge on AI. If you want to play this server, it's really really cool. Go check it out. All the information is in the link down below, but before you leave, please drop a like, comment some nice stuff down below, and subscribe. We'll see you next time. Goodbye.
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