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Constant Crashing

Crash
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Assigned
Issue key
DZG-425
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Public
Space
DayZ
Project
Stable Feedback
Creator
stalwartspartan
Created
Aug 21, 2026
Views
802
Platform
Nintendo Switch 2
What happened?

Since I bought the game yesterday the game has been crashing quite often. I just entered a gunfight and crashed during it, thus losing my 5 hour character. There does not appear to be any solid reason for the random crashes. It has happened both in and out of cities. Day and night time. During combat and out of it.

Reproduction steps

Unsure unfortunately. It's random. I crashed three times today within an hour. I have checked my Switch 2 for overheating and it is absolutely fine.


I tried to take video clips each time but stupidly hit the A button on the error which takes me back to the Switch 2 home menu, this does not allow me to make a clip of the previous 30 seconds. I will update this post if I manage to capture the issue.

Exact build version (optional)
1.30.163631
Where did it happen?
Official
Is it modded?
No
Expected result

To allow me to play the game without fear of losing all my gear. Please fix this, it's making me want to refund the game but I love this series. I'm surprised that these issues passed QA honestly since it occurs often.

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    about 2 months ago
  • stalwartspartan
    created issueabout 2 months ago
  • This comment has been removed.
    about 2 months ago
  • stalwartspartan
    about 2 months ago
    stalwartspartan
    about 2 months ago

    Yeah I unfortunately cannot do that on Switch 2.


    Also sorry but what was that link? I clicked it thinking it was related to crash reports but it's a spam link?

  • about 2 months ago
  • stalwartspartan
    about 2 months ago
    stalwartspartan
    about 2 months ago

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bXmdZz9nNpM&pp=0gcJCRMMAYcqIYzv


    SwitchUp is a highly regarded Switch game analysis channel and at timestamp 9:14 they also mention three crashes.


    It seems I am not alone in this issue.

  • atomic(edited)
    about 2 months ago
    atomic(edited)
    about 2 months ago

    Same thing happened to me, completely lost my 5 hour character to a random crash! I had a scar and didn't even use it😭

  • burgerman3(edited)
    about 2 months ago
    burgerman3(edited)
    about 2 months ago

    I have played for a couple of hours now on switch 2 and I feel like I have more than one crash per hour. Sometimes I go a full hour without a crash and sometimes I go 10 minutes between crashes.


    Seems to happen at random, I have almost only played in docked mode and on official servers.

  • atomic
    about 2 months ago
    atomic
    about 2 months ago

    Ive play really only on docked aswell and it's fine for me, but on high pop servers it's much more common idkw, and when zooming to a large city or far treeline.

  • about 2 months ago
  • burgerman3
    about 2 months ago
    burgerman3
    about 2 months ago

    I got all my crashes when playing on a 20-30+ populated server. Played on a server with 2-6 players on it for a couple of hours this morning and got no crashes.

  • stalwartspartan
    about 2 months ago
    stalwartspartan
    about 2 months ago

    Ah interesting, that might help the devs pinpoint a bit. I play on the highest populated servers and have only played on those so might explain why it happens so often for me.

  • stalwartspartan
    about 2 months ago
    stalwartspartan
    about 2 months ago

    UPDATE: No way to get video footage at all since as soon as the crash occurs you are technically not in-game thus cannot capture previous 30 seconds.


    Recording on phone wouldn't work since the crashes are so random I would not be able to pull out my phone and record in time to see the crash.

  • about 2 months ago
  • l909
    Moderator
    about 2 months ago
    l909
    Moderator
    about 2 months ago

    It was unfortunately a spam bot. Please do not click on any links that are not provided by our moderator team as they may lead to malicious websites.

  • l909
    changed state to
    ASSIGNED
    about 2 months ago
  • stalwartspartan
    about 2 months ago
    stalwartspartan
    about 2 months ago

    Hey I909,


    Thank you for removing that comment by the spambot. I used to work in IT so I'm quite embarrased that I tapped the link haha.


    Though I'm limited by the evidence I can provide to the Bohemia team and yourself concerning the crashes. Is there anything I can do via the Switch 2 version that would improve your fault finding? The comments so far seem to indicate it happens more on high population servers but that's the best we can go off right now. It makes me wonder what will happen once more players buy the game and the servers start filling up to the max player count.

  • l909
    Moderator
    about 2 months ago
    l909
    Moderator
    about 2 months ago

    >s there anything I can do via the Switch 2 version that would improve your fault finding? The comments so far seem to indicate it happens more on high population servers but that's the best we can go off right now. It makes me wonder what will happen once more players buy the game and the servers start filling up to the max player count.

    Thank you, we are currently investigating and will let you know if we require any specific information

  • stalwartspartan
    changedabout 2 months ago
  • stalwartspartan(edited)
    about 2 months ago
    stalwartspartan(edited)
    about 2 months ago

    I've uploaded a crash I managed to capture. It did not provide an error message and shut down like the usual crashes but instead froze the game completely until I had to close the game manually via the Switch 2 menu. I lost the car as it hit a tree as a result once I rejoined haha..

  • about 1 month ago
  • atomic
    about 1 month ago
    atomic
    about 1 month ago

    Whenever your in a fight with zombies, and the game crashes you will just die, when you try to join back it says waiting for last session to end. Idk what that means. And you'll have a fresh character.

  • about 1 month ago
  • burgerman3(edited)
    about 1 month ago
    burgerman3(edited)
    about 1 month ago

    This happened to me yesterday, next time I,ll wait longer before hopping back in. Thanks!

  • about 1 month ago
  • stalwartspartan
    about 1 month ago
    stalwartspartan
    about 1 month ago

    Hi guys. Quick update. Despite the patch the game is still randomly crashing, especially around active fires.

  • 20 days ago
  • stalwartspartan
    20 days ago
    stalwartspartan
    20 days ago

    It's been a month and this is still being doesn't seem to even be in active testing. Just assigned? Can we please get an update regarding potential fixes? The last patch changed nothing. It occurs on 'high pop' servers. 10+ or so players. Surely you have something to go off here?

  • 19 days ago
  • l909
    Moderator
    19 days ago
    l909
    Moderator
    19 days ago

    Hello.
    it is in our system and assigned to a dev. The issues are being looked into. Though there are several crashes occurring with different causes and will have to be fixed separately

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State

Assigned
Issue key
DZG-425
Access
Public
Space
DayZ
Project
Stable Feedback
Creator
stalwartspartan
Created
Aug 21, 2026
Views
802