Nordlight
Open beta · no password · come help shape it

Nordlight

A small light, carried north.

A DayZ server on Chernarus where the nights are long, the weather has moods and your mind keeps score. Tense, not punishing: care, company and a warm fire get you further than a full rifle. You wash ashore in the south. The good stuff is up north, and so is everyone else.

Join the open betaWhat waits up north
SanityShakenSomewhere far away, someone is shooting. Probably.
Listening…
Live from Chernarus

Is the light on?

Status, survivors and the time of day on the server, updated every half minute.

Server
Listening…
Open beta · no password
Survivors
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on Chernarus right now
Chernarus time
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A day passes every 2 hours
Next restart
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every 4 h
What Nordlight is

Not hardcore. Just honest.

Your light. A lot of dark. Someone out there who saw it.

01

Tense, not punishing

Death still costs you, but you rarely die to something you could not read. The danger comes with warnings: weather building, birds going quiet, a light in the trees.

02

Atmosphere first

First person only. Real darkness at night. Weather with moods. The server is built to make you lean closer to the screen.

03

Better together

Solo is possible. With people you trust it is warmer, saner and a lot more fun. Nordlight rewards groups that look after each other.

What waits up north

Vanilla DayZ, with a pulse

Everything here is built for Nordlight. We tell you what is out there, not how it works. Some of it you will only figure out on the ground.

The land

Chernarus has moods

  • Weather that movesSqualls, fronts and fog banks build up, peak and clear. Read the sky and use it, or get caught in it.
  • A living forestBirds and wildlife react to whoever walks the treeline. Listen and the forest tells you things.
  • Crash sitesA helicopter comes down now and then. What it carried is worth the risk. Others will think so too.
The mind

Your head keeps score

  • SanityLong nights, cold, hunger and being alone wear you down. Company, light and a full belly bring you back. Let it slip and you may stop trusting what you hear.
  • Books worth readingSome books in old houses teach you things that last a lifetime. One lifetime.
  • The dead hit harderInfected take more to put down. Pick your fights, or pick a different road.
Your ground

Raise a flag, make it home

  • TerritoriesA raised flag claims the land around it for you and your people. Build inside your claim; keep the flag up and the base stays.
  • Build togetherAdd members to your territory and share the work, the walls and the worry.
  • Comforts of homeWith the right tools, an old kitchen can give you more than shelter. Find out how.
The rules

Simple, and the same for everyone

  • First person onlyNo peeking over walls in third person. What you see is what you get.
  • Dark nightsNo personal glow. Nights are dark; carry a light, or a friend who has one.
  • Restarts every 4 hoursAnnounced in game ahead of time, so you can get somewhere safe first.
The map

Loot rises with the land

Chernarus in three bands, south to north. Not vanilla's coast-wide basics: here the road north is the road to better gear.

Map of Chernarus in three loot bands rising from south to north, military sites marked in red, spawns along the south coast from Kamenka to Elektrozavodsk.Full size
  • T1 · The southBasic loot. Everyone washes ashore here.
  • T2 · The middleBetter loot, Myshkino to Berezino.
  • T3 · The northGood loot, the north-east coast included.
  • T4 · MilitaryThe best gear, only at military sites in the middle and north.
  • SpawnsSouth coast only, Kamenka to Elektrozavodsk.

The further north you go, the better it gets, and the more people you meet who had the same idea.

Latest changes

Still being shaped

Every update to the mods, the economy and the server settings is posted here.

  1. The website opens

    • Website
  2. v0.12.0

    Tomtebloss becomes Nordlight

    • Client mod
    • Server mod
    • Economy
  3. v0.11.0

    Weather with moods

    • Client mod
    • Server mod
    • Economy
Full changelog
Open beta

Help shape Nordlight

The server is open for everyone while we test and tune the mods. No password, no application. Play the way you would anyway, then tell us what felt great, what felt wrong and what broke.

How to take part
  1. 01Join. Find Nordlight in the DayZ launcher. Mods download on their own.
  2. 02Play. Wash ashore, head north, see what the land throws at you.
  3. 03Tell us. Share feedback in the Nordlight section of the Game Lounge Discord.
Join

Follow the Nordlight

Alone you are prey. Bring your people.

  1. 01Open the DayZ launcher and search the community servers for “Nordlight”.
  2. 02Join. The launcher fetches the mods for you; no password needed during the open beta.
  3. 03You wash ashore in the south. Find water, find people, find your way north.