The H1Z1 virus devastated mankind and left nothing but death and destruction in its wake and a world nearly empty of human life where the remnants of humanity are in a fight against extinction against those infected with the virus.

It’s been 15 years since H1Z1 was first encountered and what’s left of the world before is overrun with the Infected. Humanity has been reduced to hiding in the shadows, searching desperately for food and water and anything that can help to survive even for another day. But the Infected aren’t the only dangers in the world. Everyday life in the Apocalypse means dealing with all kinds of wild animals and the brutality of other survivors, as well as finding your next meal and a safe place to sleep. It also means scavenging or crafting anything that can help you live just one more day.

H1Z1 received another major patch today, inluding the first iteration of the female model, allowing players to now choose between a male or female character, and First-Person Battle Royale, a "hardcore" version of the game mode. Additionally, the update grants every player a celebratory in-game Daybreak T-shirt featuring the new company logo.

We will be doing a full player/world wipe

We will be collecting a list of current players for the FREE Daybreak t-shirt grant. This grant will happen after the servers go live.

Steam Marketplace is being moved to our Quality of Life patch next week. We're working with Steam to make sure all the bugs are ironed out. This is a bigger ticket item and requires multiple passes from us and Steam. It almost made it into this patch but unfortunately had to be moved.

Release Notes

Females

• You can now choose to be a female survivor in the H1Z1 core game and Battle Royale.
• All existing wearable’s and emotes work for both genders, including your account items. No matter what gender you choose, skinning an item or using an emote will work for both.
• If you wish to change gender, you will need to delete the character and recreate it.
• Known issues: There is currently limited voice for the female character. More will be coming soon.

Other Additions

• All H1Z1 players will receive a "Daybreak Games" in-game t-shirt. You must own H1Z1 prior to the server wipe.
• First Person Battle Royale is now available
• Offroader now has upgraded interior
• Green and Brown Camo beanies now have the correct texture
• You can no longer pick up items, open/close doors or search containers while restrained
• 380 rounds will now spawn in Battle Royale
• The recipe for yeast now gives 2 yeast instead of 10
• Handcuff keys are now visualized in game
• Added a new recipe for a metal wall that has a doorway inside of it. This can be used instead of a metal gate to gain access to your base.
• Biofuel and ethanol now do half the damage to structures that they used to.
• The recipe for ethanol now creates 1 ethanol instead of 5.
• Flashbangs are now in game, they will explode after 3 seconds of being thrown and will blind anyone within a 7 meter radius.

Construction changes:

• “No placement” radius around bases has been increased. The owner of the base and people grouped with the owner are not affected.
• If the owner of a foundation does not log in for a set amount of time (currently testing it at 2 weeks), the foundation reverts to un-owned, and may be claimed by another player.
• If the owner of a foundation deletes his or her character, the base will be set to un-owned immediately. This will allow groups of friends to "hand off" management of their base to another player.

Test Server Issues Resolved

• You can now interact with everything in your inventory
• Night vision will turn on and off as intended
• Night vision goggles fit on the female model

 

In H1Z1 every minute of every day is borrowed time and fearing for your life… unless you are the Danger, but life can and will go on… even in circumstances as dire as this. Humanity has not given in to the Infected.

There are still pockets of humanity and the fight goes on!

H1Z1 is a persistent MMO so there will be a thriving economy, which means that apart from crafting there will also be trading. SOE will be giving players the tools to make their own towns, camps and defenses, and decide how to set up their base (which is in the world, not instanced). Player Studio will be included so expect player-created items to make their way into the game.