Land Mine
The Land Mine is a very rare military explosive trap in DayZ. Once placed, it arms after a 10-second delay, persists for 7 days when deployed, and can badly injure, fracture, knock unconscious, or nearly kill anyone who steps on it.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
The Land Mine is an anti-personnel explosive trap used to punish players who step on it. It deals near-lethal damage at close range and can knock survivors unconscious, cause fractures, and inflict bleeding. It is dangerous to disarm, can detonate during deactivation, and is best used for area denial, ambushes, and defensive trap setups.
In-game description
“Anti-personnel mine. Provides a nasty surprise for anybody unlucky enough to step on it.”
Main Uses
- Place as an anti-personnel trap
- Deny entrances, gates, stairs, ladders, tents, or chokepoints
- Protect stashes, bases, camps, or high-value loot areas
- Create ambush setups in military zones or around player routes
- Punish players chasing you through narrow paths
- Force enemies to slow down and watch their footing
How to use this item
Place and arm a Land Mine
Hold the Land Mine in your hands, choose a placement location, and deploy it. Once placed, it arms after a short delay.
- Equip the Land Mine in your hands.
- Use the placement hologram to choose a valid location.
- Hold the placement action to deploy it.
- Move away immediately after placement.
- Wait for the 10-second activation delay to finish.
Disarm a Land Mine
A deployed Land Mine can be disarmed with certain tools, but the process is dangerous and can cause the mine to explode.
- Approach the Land Mine carefully.
- Hold a compatible disarming tool.
- Use the interact action when the disarm option appears.
- Back away once the mine is disarmed.
Destroy a Land Mine
A Land Mine can also be neutralized by shooting it, which causes it to explode.
How to get Land Mine
- Search military loot locations.
- Check military bases, tents, checkpoints, barracks, and other high-value military areas.
- Loot players carrying explosives, traps, or base defense items.
Spawn info
- • The Land Mine is a very rare military explosive trap.
- • It arms 10 seconds after being deployed.
- • A deployed and armed Land Mine has a persistence lifespan of 7 days.
- • It deals near-lethal damage to anyone who steps on it.
Important notes
- The Land Mine arms after a 10-second delay once placed.
- A deployed and armed Land Mine persists for 7 days.
- It deals near-lethal damage to players who step on it.
- Survivors not instantly killed may be knocked unconscious.
- It can cause fractures and bleeding.
- Disarming a Land Mine is dangerous and can cause it to explode.
- There is a 10% to 40% chance that deactivating the mine will detonate it.
- A badly damaged Land Mine has an additional chance to detonate during disarming because each tool action damages the mine.
- A Land Mine becomes badly damaged when its health reaches 1 to 21.
- A Land Mine can be neutralized by shooting it, which causes it to explode.
- The Land Mine appears to be based on the Soviet-era PMN-2.
- It was added to DayZ in the 0.55 update.