Long Stick
The Long Stick is an 8-slot wood resource gathered from bushes with an Axe, Knife, or empty hands. It weighs 670 g, can be carried in a melee slot, splits into 3 Short Sticks, and is used for cooking, shelters, fishing rods, spears, torches, and Cooking Stands.
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The Long Stick is a flexible natural resource used throughout DayZ survival crafting. It can be harvested from bushes with cutting tools or empty hands, split into Short Sticks, sharpened for cooking, or combined with other materials to create shelters, fishing equipment, weapons, torches, and cooking structures.
In-game description
“A firm but flexible wooden stick. Can be split further, sharpened for cooking, used to create tools, or even improvised shelters.”
Main Uses
- Split into 3 Short Sticks
- Sharpen for cooking food over a Fireplace
- Use 4 Long Sticks when building an Improvised Shelter
- Use 4 Long Sticks when building a Tarp Shelter
- Combine with Rope to craft a Simple Fishing Rod
- Combine with Bones to craft an Improvised Spear
- Combine with Rags to craft a Torch
- Combine with 2 Short Sticks to craft a Cooking Stand
- Carry in a melee slot when inventory space is limited
How to use this item
Harvest a Long Stick
Cut down a bush with an Axe, Knife, or supported cutting tool. Long Sticks may also be collected from bushes using empty hands.
- Find a suitable bush.
- Equip an Axe or Knife, or approach it with empty hands.
- Use the cut-bush interaction.
- Collect the Long Stick.
- Use it directly or process it into another item.
Split a Long Stick
Split one Long Stick into 3 Short Sticks for fires, traps, splints, and other recipes.
- Place the Long Stick in your hands.
- Use the split action.
- Complete the splitting animation.
- Collect the 3 Short Sticks.
Sharpen a Long Stick for cooking
Use a Knife on a Long Stick to create a Sharpened Stick for cooking food over a Fireplace.
- Find a Long Stick.
- Equip a Knife.
- Combine the Knife with the Long Stick.
- Craft the Sharpened Stick.
- Attach compatible food and cook it over a Fireplace.
Craft a Simple Fishing Rod
Combine a Long Stick with Rope to craft a Simple Fishing Rod.
- Find a Long Stick.
- Find or craft Rope.
- Combine the Long Stick with the Rope.
- Craft the Simple Fishing Rod.
- Attach a baited hook before fishing.
Use Long Sticks for shelter construction
Attach 4 Long Sticks to an Improvised Shelter site or Tarp Shelter site.
- Deploy a Shelter Kit.
- Attach 4 Long Sticks.
- Attach the required shelter covering material.
- Use the build action to finish the shelter.
How to get Long Stick
- Cut bushes with an Axe.
- Cut bushes with a Knife or another supported cutting tool.
- Use empty hands on a suitable bush.
- Loot survivors carrying shelter, fishing, or cooking materials.
Spawn info
- • Long Sticks are harvested from bushes rather than found as ordinary loot.
- • Axes and Knives can be used to cut bushes.
- • They can also be obtained using empty hands.
- • One bush interaction produces 1 Long Stick.
- • A Long Stick takes 8 inventory slots and weighs 670 g.
- • It can be carried in a melee slot.
- • It can be split into 3 Short Sticks.
Important notes
- The Long Stick is gathered from bushes.
- Axes, Knives, and empty hands can be used to harvest it.
- It takes 8 inventory slots and weighs 670 g.
- It can be carried in a melee slot.
- One Long Stick can be split into 3 Short Sticks.
- A Knife can sharpen it for cooking food over a Fireplace.
- Four Long Sticks are required for an Improvised Shelter.
- Four Long Sticks are required for a Tarp Shelter.
- A Long Stick and Rope craft a Simple Fishing Rod.
- A Long Stick and Bones craft an Improvised Spear.
- A Long Stick and Rags craft a Torch.
- A Long Stick and 2 Short Sticks craft a Cooking Stand.
- The Efficiency soft skill can improve harvesting speed, reduce tool damage, and provide an additional Long Stick.