Flashlight
The Flashlight is an uncommon battery-powered light source in DayZ. It requires a 9V Battery, takes 3 inventory slots, weighs 210 g, can be repaired with an Electrical Repair Kit, and consumes one full battery after about 83 minutes of active use.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
The Flashlight is a handheld light source in DayZ used to improve nighttime visibility. Once a 9V Battery is attached, it creates a cone of yellowish light in front of the player. It is useful for looting in the dark, traveling at night, and checking buildings, but it can also reveal your location to other survivors if used carelessly.
In-game description
“A standard battery powered flashlight.”
Main Uses
- Light up the area in front of you at night
- Search buildings, forests, and dark interiors
- Travel more safely during low visibility
- Aim the flashlight after raising it in your hands
- Use with a 9V Battery as a portable light source
- Repair with an Electrical Repair Kit when damaged
How to use this item
Use a Flashlight
Attach a 9V Battery, place the Flashlight in your hands, and turn it on for nighttime visibility.
- Find a Flashlight.
- Find a 9V Battery.
- Attach the 9V Battery to the Flashlight.
- Place the Flashlight in your hands.
- Select Turn On to use it.
- Raise the Flashlight when you need to aim the beam.
Manage battery life
Turn the Flashlight off when you do not need it so you do not waste the 9V Battery.
- Use the Flashlight only when visibility is poor.
- Turn it off after looting or checking an area.
- Carry a spare 9V Battery if you plan to travel at night.
- A full 9V Battery lasts about 83 minutes of active flashlight use.
Repair a Flashlight
Repair a damaged Flashlight with an Electrical Repair Kit.
- Find an Electrical Repair Kit.
- Select the damaged Flashlight.
- Use the Electrical Repair Kit on the Flashlight.
- Repair it before it becomes ruined.
How to get Flashlight
- Search civilian loot locations.
- Search hunting, work, forester, prison, and fishing loot areas.
- Check houses, sheds, cabins, industrial spots, prison areas, and fishing locations.
- Loot players carrying nighttime travel gear or spare light sources.
Spawn info
- • The Flashlight is a handheld light source.
- • It requires a 9V Battery to operate.
- • It consumes 0.01 energy per second.
- • A full 9V Battery lasts about 83 minutes of active use.
- • It takes 3 inventory slots and weighs 210 g.
- • It can be repaired with an Electrical Repair Kit.
- • It creates a cone of yellowish light in front of the player.
- • Using it at night can reveal your location to other survivors.
Important notes
- The Flashlight requires a 9V Battery.
- It creates a cone of yellowish light in front of the player.
- It consumes 0.01 energy per second.
- One full 9V Battery lasts about 83 minutes of active use.
- It must be placed in your hands and turned on to use.
- Raising the Flashlight lets you aim the beam more directly.
- Using a Flashlight at night can easily reveal your position to other survivors.
- It can be repaired with an Electrical Repair Kit.
- It is uncommon and can spawn in civilian, hunting, work, forester, prison, and fishing loot.
- The Flashlight is based on a real-world My Day flashlight made in Czechoslovakia, while the in-game model references Chernarus.