Guts
Guts are a food and resource item in DayZ obtained by skinning and quartering animals or Survivors with a Knife, and they can also be found on Infected as loot. Guts take 6 inventory slots, weigh 600 g, provide 250 kcal and 100 mL of water, can be crafted into Rope, but are unsafe to eat because they contain salmonella pathogens.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
Guts are both a resource and an edible but dangerous food item in DayZ. They can be obtained by skinning and quartering animals or other players with a Knife, and they may also be found on Infected. Their main value is crafting, especially turning them into Rope for early-game survival recipes such as a Simple Fishing Rod. While Guts can technically be eaten, they contain salmonella pathogens and cannot be safely cooked, because trying to cook them will ruin them.
In-game description
“Assorted entrails. Their previous user does not need them anymore.”
Main Uses
How to use this item
Craft Rope from Guts
Guts can be turned into Rope, making them useful for early-game crafting and fishing setups.
- Obtain Guts from an animal, Survivor, or Infected.
- Place the Guts in your hands or inventory.
- Combine the Guts with a Knife.
- Craft them into Rope.
- Use the Rope for survival recipes such as fishing gear or other early-game crafting.
Use Guts safely
Guts are edible, but they contain salmonella pathogens and should usually be used as a crafting resource instead of food.
- Avoid eating Guts unless it is an emergency.
- Do not try to cook Guts because they will go to a ruined state.
- Craft Guts into Rope when possible.
- Keep medicine in mind if you accidentally eat unsafe food.
- Use safer food sources instead whenever available.
How to get Guts
- Skin and quarter an animal with a Knife.
- Skin and quarter a Survivor with a Knife.
- Loot Guts from Infected.
- Loot players carrying Guts or Rope crafting materials.
Spawn info
- • Guts are obtained by skinning and quartering animals.
- • Guts can also be obtained from Survivors.
- • Guts can be found on Infected as loot.
- • A Knife is used to harvest Guts from bodies.
- • Guts provide 250 kcal.
- • Guts provide 100 mL of water.
- • Guts have 2500 mL stomach volume.
- • They take 6 inventory slots.
- • They weigh 600 g.
- • Guts are mainly useful as a crafting resource.
Food and nutrition notes
Energy
250 kcal
Water
100 mL
Stomach
2500 mL
Quantity
500
Max wetness
Damp (24.9%)
Freeze time
74.8 minutes
Freezing point
0 °C / 32 °F
Max temperature
105 °C / 221 °F
Notes
- • Guts provide 250 kcal and 100 mL of water.
- • Guts have 2500 mL stomach volume.
- • Guts are edible, but they contain salmonella pathogens.
- • Eating Guts can cause salmonellosis.
- • Guts cannot be cooked because they will go to a ruined state.
- • Guts can be crafted into Rope.
- • Guts are useful for early-game fishing setup when paired with Bones for a Simple Fishing Rod.
- • Guts can be obtained by skinning and quartering animals or Survivors with a Knife.
Crafting and item conversions
Used in recipes
Important notes
- Guts are a Resource in DayZ.
- Guts are also listed under Food and Drink > Other.
- Guts are edible, but they contain salmonella pathogens.
- Eating Guts can cause salmonellosis.
- Guts cannot be cooked because they will go to a ruined state.
- Guts can be crafted into Rope.
- Rope is useful for early-game crafting and fishing setups.
- Guts can be obtained by skinning and quartering animals or Survivors with a Knife.
- Guts can also be found on Infected as loot.
- Guts take 6 inventory slots.
- Guts weigh 600 g.
- Guts provide 250 kcal and 100 mL of water.