Orienteering Compass
The Orienteering Compass is a common navigation equipment item in DayZ used to tell cardinal directions. It takes 2 inventory slots, weighs 130 g, spawns in hunting, camping, and forester loot, is irreparable, and can appear in metal or plastic variants.
Quick item summary
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The Orienteering Compass is a navigation aid in DayZ used to tell the cardinal direction of the player. Like the regular Compass, it helps with orientation, travel, and route planning. It is especially useful when paired with a Tourist Map, GPS Receiver, landmarks, or road signs. The item can spawn in hunting, camping, and forester loot locations, and it can also appear as a bonus after finishing a box of Crunchin Crisps Cereal.
In-game description
“Used for hiking, its needle points to the north, helping with orientation. It is very hard to get lost with one of these.”
Main Uses
- Find north and other cardinal directions
- Navigate without relying only on landmarks
- Use with a Tourist Map for better route planning
- Coordinate movement with teammates
- Help avoid getting turned around in forests, fields, and unfamiliar areas
How to use this item
Use the Orienteering Compass
Use the Orienteering Compass to identify north and travel more reliably across the map.
- Find an Orienteering Compass.
- Place it in your hands or use it from your inventory.
- Read the needle to determine north.
- Use the direction with landmarks, roads, the Tourist Map, or teammate callouts.
- Keep it accessible when traveling through forests or unfamiliar areas.
How to get Orienteering Compass
- Search hunting loot locations.
- Search camping loot locations.
- Search forester loot locations.
- Check hunting cabins, hunting stands, camps, forest-related buildings, and outdoor survival loot areas.
- Finish eating a box of Crunchin Crisps Cereal for a chance to spawn an Orienteering Compass at your feet.
- Loot players carrying navigation gear.
Spawn info
- • The Orienteering Compass is used for navigation.
- • It points north and helps with orientation.
- • It takes 2 inventory slots and weighs 130 g.
- • It has 0 absorbency.
- • It is irreparable.
- • It spawns in hunting, camping, and forester loot locations.
- • It is common.
- • It has metal and plastic variants.
- • Finishing a box of Crunchin Crisps Cereal has a chance to spawn one at the survivor's feet.
Important notes
- The Orienteering Compass is a navigation aid.
- It is used to tell cardinal direction.
- Its needle points north.
- It works similarly to the regular Compass.
- It takes 2 inventory slots and weighs 130 g.
- It is irreparable.
- It can spawn in hunting, camping, and forester loot.
- It can appear in metal or plastic variants.
- Finishing a box of Crunchin Crisps Cereal has a 10% chance to spawn an Orienteering Compass at the survivor's feet.
- For a while, the Orienteering Compass was only rarely obtained through Crunchin Crisps Cereal, but it was later reintroduced as a rare loot spawn in update 0.61.