DayZ Valentine’s Day Event 2024 Dates, Bolt Effect, and Patch Notes

DayZ celebrated Valentine’s Day 2024 with an event built around helping teammates instead of immediately turning them into loot. That is practically romance by DayZ standards. The update added a special crossbow bolt, a short Experimental event window, and a small set of fixes.

DayZ Valentine’s Day Event 2024 Start and End Dates

The DayZ 2024 Valentine’s Day Event began on February 6 and ended on February 20. The event was exclusive to the DayZ Experimental server.

The event files were also set to become available for community server owners after Update 1.24 released on the DayZ Stable client.

What Was Included in the Event?

The main event item was the Valentine’s Bolt. It could be fired from a Crossbow to heal the target’s diseases and sicknesses. A burst of hearts appeared when the bolt hit a target.

The update also included fixes and adjustments. Fallen tree branches were changed so they would no longer interrupt character movement as often, and a bug that could leave characters with raised hands in tight spaces was addressed.

Full DayZ 2024 Valentine’s Day Event Patch Notes

The full patch notes on Reddit were short, but they covered the event object, gameplay fixes, server configuration, and modding changes.

GAME

ADDED

• Valentine's Bolt (temporal seasonal event object)

FIXED

• Fallen tree branches had too many trivial collisions, interrupting character movement
• Fixed some misplaced street lights (Feedback T178510, Feedback T178524 - private)
• Characters could end up with their hands stuck in raised pose while in tight spaces
• Bandaging with rags and bandages would take the same amount of time (Feedback T178672)
• Switching weapon magazines through drag and drop could result in desynchronization (Feedback T178604)

SERVER

• Added: <groups_as_regular> was using its default value, but was not defined in playerspawnpoints.xml

Player spawning configuration documentation

MODDING

• Changed: Security: Removed 'ScriptModule.LoadScript' on Retail Client. No change to Retail Server and Diag
• Changed: File injecting now exposed to DayZDiag executable, which is file patching a file that doesn't exist in pbo such as config.cpp

How to Play DayZ Experimental

Players no longer need to switch back and forth between Stable and Experimental branches. On Steam, DayZ Experimental appears as its own client below the regular DayZ listing in the library. Select it, click the large blue Download button, and install it separately.

For more context on test builds, check a DayZ Experimental guide before treating an Experimental server like a safe place to store your best gear.