Chicken Feathers
Chicken Feathers are a one-slot wildlife resource in DayZ obtained by skinning hens or roosters. They weigh 1 g each, stack up to 20, and can be combined with an Improvised Bolt to create a faster and much more accurate feathered bolt.
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Chicken Feathers are a lightweight wildlife crafting resource obtained from hens and roosters. Their main use is upgrading an Improvised Bolt into an Improvised Bolt (feathered), improving its speed and accuracy for Crossbow use. A Down Jacket can also be cut into a full stack of 20 Chicken Feathers with a sharp tool.
In-game description
“Thousands of these would probably make an extremely comfortable pillow.”
Main Uses
- Upgrade an Improvised Bolt into an Improvised Bolt (feathered)
- Improve the speed and accuracy of an improvised Crossbow bolt
- Collect as a lightweight ammunition-crafting resource
- Store in stacks of up to 20
- Obtain from skinning hens and roosters
- Recover a full stack by cutting up a Down Jacket
How to use this item
Get Chicken Feathers from a chicken
Kill and skin a Hen or Rooster with a suitable cutting tool to collect Chicken Feathers and other animal resources.
- Find a Hen or Rooster near a town, village, field, or farm area.
- Kill the chicken.
- Equip a Knife or another suitable skinning tool.
- Skin and quarter the carcass.
- Collect the Chicken Feathers.
- Wash bloody hands or wear gloves before eating.
Craft a feathered Improvised Bolt
Combine Chicken Feathers with an Improvised Bolt to improve the bolt's flight speed and accuracy.
- Craft or obtain an Improvised Bolt.
- Collect Chicken Feathers.
- Combine the Chicken Feathers with the Improvised Bolt.
- Craft the Improvised Bolt (feathered).
- Load the finished bolt into a Crossbow.
Cut a Down Jacket into Chicken Feathers
Use a sharp tool on a Down Jacket to convert it into 20 Chicken Feathers.
- Find a Down Jacket.
- Equip a Knife or another suitable sharp tool.
- Use the cutting action on the Down Jacket.
- Collect the 20 Chicken Feathers.
How to get Chicken Feathers
- Kill and skin a Hen.
- Kill and skin a Rooster.
- Use a Knife or another suitable skinning tool on the chicken carcass.
- Hens and Roosters typically provide 5-10 Chicken Feathers.
- Cut a Down Jacket with a sharp tool to obtain 20 Chicken Feathers.
- Loot survivors carrying Crossbow ammunition or hunting resources.
Spawn info
- • Chicken Feathers are harvested rather than found as ordinary ground loot.
- • Hens and Roosters are found around fields, towns, villages, and similar settled areas.
- • Skinning a Hen or Rooster can provide 5-10 Chicken Feathers.
- • A Down Jacket can be cut into 20 Chicken Feathers.
- • Chicken Feathers take 1 inventory slot.
- • They weigh 1 g each and stack up to 20.
Important notes
- Chicken Feathers are obtained by killing and skinning Hens or Roosters.
- A suitable cutting tool is required to skin and quarter the carcass.
- Hens and Roosters can provide 5-10 Chicken Feathers.
- A Down Jacket can be cut into 20 Chicken Feathers with a sharp tool.
- Chicken Feathers take 1 inventory slot.
- They weigh 1 g each.
- They stack up to 20.
- They have 0 absorbency and 5 durability.
- Combining Chicken Feathers with an Improvised Bolt creates an Improvised Bolt (feathered).
- The feathered bolt is faster and much more accurate than the crude Improvised Bolt.
- The feathered bolt is slightly heavier and more fragile, lasting about 4 shots compared with 5 for the crude bolt.
- Chicken Feathers cannot be repaired.