Quick item summary
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The Flag Pole Kit is the starting placement item for building a Flag Pole in DayZ. Once deployed, it marks the location and layout for the Flag Pole structure, allowing players to begin construction with logs, stones, nails, rope, metal wire, and the required tools.
In-game description
“Used to plot the position of a flag pole.”
Main Uses
- Place the layout for a Flag Pole
- Start construction of a base maintenance structure
- Plan where your base persistence radius will be centered
- Support long-term bases with tents, fences, watchtowers, and storage
- Use with later Flag Pole materials like Wooden Logs, Large Stones, Nails, Metal Wire, and Rope
How to use this item
Craft a Flag Pole Kit
Craft a Flag Pole Kit from Rope and 3 Short Sticks. This gives you the item needed to place the Flag Pole layout.
- Collect Rope.
- Collect 3 Short Sticks.
- Combine the Rope with the Short Sticks.
- Craft the Flag Pole Kit.
Deploy the flag pole layout
Place the Flag Pole Kit on valid ground to start building a Flag Pole.
- Put the Flag Pole Kit in your hands.
- Find a flat enough area with enough open space.
- Deploy the Flag Pole Kit.
- Attach the required Flag Pole construction materials.
- Build the base, support, and pole stages with the proper tools.
Plan the base radius
Because the completed Flag Pole refreshes nearby persistent base objects, place the kit where its radius will cover the important parts of your base.
- Choose a location near the center of your base.
- Make sure it has enough room for the full Flag Pole structure.
- Keep it close enough to cover tents, fences, watchtowers, and storage.
- Avoid placing it somewhere too exposed if you are trying to keep the base hidden.
How to get Flag Pole Kit
- Craft it from Rope and 3 Short Sticks.
- Make Rope from rags if you do not find one.
- Gather Short Sticks from bushes or by splitting Long Wooden Sticks.
- Deploy it on valid ground before attaching Flag Pole construction materials.
Spawn info
- • Flag Pole Kits must be crafted.
- • They are made from Rope and 3 Short Sticks.
- • They are used to start Flag Pole construction.
- • The wiki lists rarity as N/A because the item is crafted rather than a normal loot spawn.
Crafting and item conversions
How to craft Flag Pole Kit
Flag Pole Kit
Result: Flag Pole Kit
Craft a Flag Pole Kit with Rope and 3 Short Sticks. Deploy it to start building a Flag Pole.
View crafting guideImportant notes
- The Flag Pole Kit is required to start building a Flag Pole.
- It is crafted from Rope and 3 Short Sticks.
- It is used to plot the position and layout of a Flag Pole.
- The kit needs to be deployed on valid ground with enough space.
- The Flag Pole Kit itself is not the finished Flag Pole; it is only the construction layout.
- Placement matters because the completed Flag Pole refreshes nearby persistent base objects.
- After placing the kit, you still need additional materials and tools to build the Flag Pole.