Is This DayZ Item Useless? ❌ 

Hearing the tripwire go off and having your entire life flash by only for little pink smoke to start coming out

In the Arma 2 Dayz Mod it was actually useful when you cleared missions so you wouldn't get sniped while looting.

Wish the smoke cloud on these was a bit bigger. I usually just stick 'em on my vest to look tacticool, or so I can annoy the shit out of my friends later.

I once was saved by it, specially the black one, you can equip it on your vest and be a harder target, works good if you are caught on open fields with no cover

Trip wire plus smoke, makes a non lethal trap, also a hell of a physiological weapon, since as soon as they hit it they think "oh shit a grenade" and it's just a smoke

if me and my buddy get caught on a roof and one of us gets hit uncon, i usually toss smoke to somewhat blind the enemy so he can limp back to shelter(takes about 2-3 smokes)

Good diversion tool, plenty of times have i been pinned and used it as a distraction… ive also used it a few times battling large groups in towns… wait till they go into a building and pop a smoke by them to alert the zombies… since they wont know your location you can use it as an opportunity to drop 1-2 of them while they fight zombies

Don't forget there's another use of smoke grenades is that to close the gap between you and your enemy so you can stun lock them

I've used one to signal to a big group that I was nearby, then started talking to them and actually ran with them for a few days

Most people don’t realize IRL smoke is used offensively and defensively. In the game I use them for concealment or traps but I also use them to mark locations where people are so my team can have a good sense of direction and distance callouts using the smoke.

ngl i like just tossing them at my friends

My trio and I were about to loot the airbase when we saw a team use them to cover their movements, and numbers. We turned around and snuck away as their skill level was way more advanced than ours, lol.

I mostly use them for looks on my vest, but also to obscure a sniper’s vision of my path if I’m crossing an open area where I’m being engaged or am likely to be engaged. Or to signal to friends where I am if we’re trying to meet up and don’t care about being obvious about it.

Zombies are also attracted to the smoke grenade, so if you have a horde on you throw one and they should go away

Dude, the editing, choice of music and storytelling is just 👌 would love to see more shorts with the same vibe 🚬 Much love from Serbia!

Yes and we had practical uses for them when I was running my server Along with concealment noise barrier and as you said attracting all those lovely infected We actually had a system of colored smoke red being danger yellow being approached with caution green meaning the area is cleared out and purple medical assistance is needed. White and black those ones are self-explanator

a random player has helped me when I was surrounded by zombies at a roof in military zone, by tossin a smoke for distraction ( it is in one of my DayZ video 😁)😊

I remember being in a fight where my sniper friend couldn't pin the enemy positions. I usually carry green and red ones so went on a hail Mary and tossed the red ones in a few buildings. Safe to say he got the point of where to shoot. But didn't know you could use them to mask your foot steps (new ambush tactic?)

Always gotta' keep one or two! One of my favorites is when you're in cities, makes building hopping since it basically covers the whole street, sneak around some buildings, now they think you're in one or the other building between the smoke, and you turn right behind them. Hell, I'll use smoke grenades over frags any day. One frag can get a kill or 3, one smoke can revive your whole team and help them flank for the game win.

They're great for tactical retreats. I was outnumbered and pinned behind a tree in the middle of nowhere and popped a few to the right of me. It gave me enough concealment to escape.

When I used to play my group kept a bunch, loved using them to cover movement, when you're pinned in a building and going to decide to run out, that extra two seconds of concealment out the door way is nice. Also used to signal if we got really lost from each other. Throw it down and you know your buddy is then moving a couple hundred yards north of it and can go meet em

you make these edits look so clean and easy 😅 man i need your skills. i must be doing something wrong 😂

From the arma mod to the dayZ game itself I have always carried smoke on me. I play solo a lot so smokes help me distract as well as prevent the players from pushing, also it prevents a sniper from getting a good look at my position from most angles since it covers such a large area. With 2 smokes I can make an easy escape and flank far around or wait in a nearby town to plan an ambush, some of my ambush tactics involve dummy traps and then live traps with smoke and some fragmentation. I love dayZ a lot, thanks for reading.

Finally, some Barmby DayZ tips and tricks videos. Keep em coming.

i use them when im getting sniped in a field, you can pop it and still attach it to your vest and then zig-zag to create a smoke cloud - and the sniper is blind.

from what i know of how smokes work, if your working with a large co-op group in a co-op/pvp server, you could also use it to mark an extraction site

I use them in emergency situations to get away like Batman, they can be used as a diversion and to confuse the opponent

I have used the before when I was being camped in a building trying to leave but it didn't work out for me

Definitely. If I have space on the vest, I'm carrying at least 2. They're incredibly useful in an array of situations.

I like the wombo combo of a flash bang on a trip wire with a mine directly next to it. They're good for smoking out a room or building front to cover lobbing nades through windows

If you get it right with the wind direction, they actually make for great cover

I usually use them and when I get shot from sniper in distance I usually pop one out strap it to my chest and run with it while smoke screen goes behind covering me. Then when its clear he is missing I just drop it on the ground and disappear.

A lot of time, I will unpin the smoke gernade just for the noise trigger. Most times players will think you just poped a grenade and they will start running

That item is in my opinion one of the best things to camp somewhere, it has helped me win battles that with my skill would be impossible, I won a 5v1 on a blacktrader thanks to them. And when I joined a team they recognized me for being the team's trapper, more than anything I always liked it because in most games I always loved making traps for fools😂

Smokes are very useful in all fps games, i once had my body unconscious, i smoke him and then i continue the fight, i died but he survived because of the smoke barrier it made in the woods.

They're great cover for when you're in the open and need to run backwards and break horizon and confuse them as to if you went right or left

It's also handy for designating a landing area for helicopters, assuming you are playing with mods.

I keep it to mark areas with whatever teammates I got near me (community) I also keep it to cause a distraction from any other people I may think in town (official)

They are good for signaling to a large group. Especially if your crew assigns meaning to each color.

I personally use them to cover short distances while I’m pinned down by a sniper. But the tactic that works best for me is to Throw it in the opposite direction in which you want to run. If your gonna run left throw the Granad from the safety of your cover to the right. Most snipers will scoop into or near the smoke. So if your running in the opposite direction. So if the distance is short anuff they may not even have seen that you’ve left said cover

I have used smoke grenades to get myself out of buildings before. If only have one way out, and you know someone is aiming a gun at that door? Dropping a smoke can be just enough to get you out.

In the bunker they block NVGs so it's pretty helpful on Livonia for certain situations. I always have at least two going into the bunker.

It’s kinda useful to escape a building if you trapped some times it works

Idk even in the military it's mostly used to mark targets or friendly positions

I once used the grenade luncher for a signal flare and artillery

I throw them randomly bc people gonna be like "well, idk what that idiot in the woods tossed a smoke for" while i'm balls deep in a town next to the treeline

I use it when I play with homies I will attach it to my plate carrier 😂😂😂

I usually always have at least one on me at all times; but, not even going to lie, I rarely ever use them

I use them because if I'm getting shot out with my squad I'll drop a few in the direction that I got shot at so we can bolt the cover or get out of there entirely

If I can get to it fast enough, I use it for down player to revive them and to get Them out of the hell zone Safe and secure

Me and a group actually had a decent set of smokes and we popped them at a pvp event for a castle they work great

I used them for concealment when fighting or for marking helicopter landing zones

Very nice. Definitely something that's looked past but can be useful if you're thinking

I always keep one just in cause, cause it can act as a decent smoke screen and can be effective during combat

I only use them for concealment when I have abit more of a gap than I’m comfortable crossing whilst under sniper fire

One time i was on a PVP server and got sniped in the middle of nwaf i go uncon and when i wake up i pull the nade and drop it the smoke gave me the cover i needed to get to a nearby building and get safe

Smoke white proceeds to be neon colored pink

Smoke screen so shooters don’t see you move.

You can use them to distract bears like wolf's with steak

Me and my friends use it to help us find each other when we finally make it to the same city

Me and a squad of freshies formed a cult around the 1-m8 after slamming about 10 up a ladder to blind and distract a man we were trying to kill as he was camping the ladder

also just to create concealment to disengage from a firefight

When I used too play milsim server if we had to push through the open fields of chernarus we would pop a smoke and pin it too our vests before running out like mad men lol

I try to keep atleast 2 handy. But mostly for if we get pinned down in a gun fight

I always keep them to use them like they are supposed to I toss them to other players direction so I can rotate or force them to move because they can't see

i once used one to find my dead body in the namalsk ice sheets

On a 10x server I once threw 10 smoke grenades while running from two geared guys and managed to circle around them and kill them lmao

if the cloud smoke was bigger id carry them, but rn id drop them as soon as i find frags

I use them as a way to district an enemy must people get really focused on it so it makes a great get away

use these things as distractions. saved me plenty, hide somewhere when ur in danger, toss it a few yards to the side, then move backwards

I always carry atleast one smoke grenade on my vest Incase i need to give cover to a team mate or if i need to run out of a building

I carry them on my vest. If I'm shot and their hit I'll have an instant smoke screen to help conceal my escape

Saved me once when i was attacked by 2 people in a town They couldn't see me

Damn Baz, you’re really upping the shorts game!

i found one and didn’t know how to throw it 😭 i was holding it for so long as zombies chased me bro

changing the smoke to be more volumetric would be better used as cover.

Used it for cover a couple times. I keep them. Never know if you'll need it.

I find the battle for half a stamina bar is eternal, and quite honestly I would rather just have more stamina then pocket concealment, smoke is useful but normally I will find a frag in the same mill complex i find the smoke and i would rather just run a frag for obvious reasons....the only real use for hand smoke is to making a player get antsy thinking it could be a frag to my mind, thus the classic thump of a 240 is preferred to really get there wind up

Put them on trips in any house and so when someone comes in they ring the dinner bell as you say

Sometimes I will keep them till I get like 5 and then I will go spam throw them inside someone’s base while they are online just to annoy them for a while

Always keep one on my chest for emergencies 😭 thing is I always forget I have it during a fight

I keep two smokes and two frags. Sometimes a smoke, a flash, and two frags

In cs go you can use smoke to escape a sniper. I guess you can in dayz aswell

If I get a kill i set one off in celebration, it’s a rare occurrence

We collected them when we had a massive base and then popped all of them for a party

Use it to move to up or retreat from cover

I usually play pve servers so i use them to mark locations I’ve cleared out the infected in

These are good to for distracting zombies thats why i always grab em

Cover your movements, mark a location and make it VERY obvious where you are for that one friend that just can't see anything at all for whatever reason

I use smokes to drag zombies away from airdrops

As a sweat that can fight fully geared squads and win smokes are clutch asf. Being able to obscure your movements or smoke somebody out in a building has HUGE tactical advantages. I use them often to push across fields or when I am pinned down in cover.

I normally keep it on deathmatch servers and get to the highest spot and light it and then dance while people try shooting at me and well yeah ima play dayz now lol

It's useful for the same reason it's useful irl.

Ive used them to mark team mates and enemies bodies so they can be looted

Used it one time to cover my escape from a building

Having played counter strike. Smokes are incredibly powerful

i5.5k hours ive got and just discovered something new, thanks my man

Sweet. I have 2 in my inventory as i type this, and was wondering what the hell to do with them. Thanks.

I always keep a couple on my vest just in case

Theyre good on pc for confirmation pf landing zones when getting picked up by a helicopter