Tripwire
The Tripwire is a craftable trap in DayZ made from 2 Short Sticks and Metal Wire. It takes 4 inventory slots, weighs 60 g, and can trigger compatible grenades, smoke grenades, flashbangs, or a Road Flare when a survivor walks through it.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
The Tripwire is a passive trigger mechanism used for alarms, distractions, and defensive traps in DayZ. After crafting and deploying it, a compatible grenade, smoke grenade, flashbang, or Road Flare can be attached. Pliers can lock an attached grenade into the trap so it cannot be removed without using Pliers again.
In-game description
“A passive mechanism, Designed to trigger a device when the wire is pulled”
Main Uses
- Create an alarm or defensive trigger across a path
- Attach a Road Flare as a visible alarm
- Attach a compatible frag grenade
- Attach a compatible smoke grenade
- Attach an 8-M4 Flashbang
- Lock an attached grenade into the trap with Pliers
- Protect entrances, camps, stashes, or chokepoints
How to use this item
Craft a Tripwire
Combine 2 Short Sticks with Metal Wire to craft a Tripwire.
- Collect 2 Short Sticks.
- Find Metal Wire.
- Combine the Short Sticks with the Metal Wire.
- Craft the Tripwire.
- Move it to the location where you want to deploy it.
Deploy and arm a Tripwire
Place the Tripwire across a suitable path, then attach a compatible trigger item.
- Hold the Tripwire in your hands.
- Choose a narrow path, entrance, or chokepoint.
- Deploy the Tripwire on the ground.
- Attach a compatible grenade, smoke grenade, flashbang, or Road Flare.
- Move away carefully and avoid crossing your own trap.
How to get Tripwire
- Craft it from 2 Short Sticks and 1 Metal Wire.
- Loot deployed or carried Tripwires from other survivors when safe.
Spawn info
- • The Tripwire must be crafted.
- • It uses 2 Short Sticks and Metal Wire.
- • It can accept compatible frag grenades, smoke grenades, flashbangs, and Road Flares.
- • Pliers can lock an attached grenade into the trap.
- • It takes 4 inventory slots and weighs 60 g.
Crafting and item conversions
How to craft Tripwire
Tripwire
Result: Tripwire
Craft Tripwire using Metal Wire and Wooden Stick.
View crafting guideImportant notes
- The Tripwire is crafted from 2 Short Sticks and Metal Wire.
- It must be deployed before a compatible trigger item can be attached.
- Compatible attachments include the 6-M7 Frag Grenade, EGD-5 Frag Grenade, 1-M8 Smoke Grenade, Road Flare, and 8-M4 Flashbang.
- A Road Flare can be used as a basic visible alarm.
- Pliers can lock an attached grenade into the Tripwire.
- A locked grenade cannot be removed until the Tripwire is unlocked with Pliers.
- Remember the trap location so you do not trigger your own setup.
- It takes 4 inventory slots and weighs 60 g.
- It cannot be repaired.