Field guide

Every system explained with pictures: from your first hour to cooking in the lab.

The same guide is in the game: press M and open the Guide tab.

Start here

Welcome to NasdaraThe hubs, the zones and the keys you need.Your first hourWater, food, a weapon, and how to stay alive.Map and navigationMarkers, road routes and the minimap.

Survive

Wounds and sicknessStop bleeding, set bones, stay clean and well fed.Infected and hordesNoise, Infected Zones, roaming hordes and the Warden.Bandits and surrenderWho you meet where, hold-ups, tolls and how to walk away.Police stopsHands up, the search, contraband and wanted levels.Zones: safe, PvE and PvPWhere players can hurt you, and where nothing can.Leaving PvPThe countdown after a PvP zone, and why logging out won't save you.

Make money

Every way to make moneyEach path with its risk and rough money an hour, from today's prices.Loot and sellWhat traders pay, and how to get the most.Hunting: pelts and trophiesHunt, skin, sell at the lodge, and top the board.Bandit campsScout, strike at night, free hostages, take the loot.Valuables and the bankYour account, cash, transfers and old coins.

Drugs

Grow and sell cannabisFrom seed to cash at the black market.Cook cocaineRare seeds, a field lab built from parts, the biggest money.Where to sell drugsThe street dealer, the street price and the risk on the way.

Bases

Build your first baseA flag, a workbench, walls and a lock.Base protectionA raised flag in PvE keeps strangers out.Code locks and guestsWho opens what at your base.Raiding in PvPTools, tiers and how long a wall holds.Storage containersRacks, walls, crates, lockers and a safe for your base.

Vehicles

Buy a vehicleCars, bikes, trucks and boats: buy, lock, fuel, keep and sell.Garage and impoundPark at your base or a hub; what impound means.DrivingStart, steer, fuel, fix, and get out before it burns.Fly the Little BirdBuy it at the hangar, lift off, loop it, land it in one piece.

Loot

Containers and searchingEvery room hides what fits it. Search, grab, move on.Locked containersLockpick or crowbar: quiet and slow, or loud and quick.Item encyclopediaAny item: where it is found, who buys and sells it, what it makes.

Groups and fame

Groups and tagsMake a group, invite friends, share a base.Stats, ranking and fameYour numbers, the ranking and the Hall of Fame.Server rulesHow the server keeps things fair. The full rules greet you when you join.