FrozenPine: RedPine, Frozen Solid

FrozenPine takes everything we built for RedPine and drags it into the dead of winter. The familiar hills, coastlines, and tiny backroads of Chernarus are still here, but buried under snow and ice. Breath hangs in the air. Footsteps crunch. Campfires matter. The same handcrafted world design now lives in a place where the cold is just as dangerous as the people still out there.

The land itself has shifted and frozen over. Treelines are dusted in white, fields are crusted with ice, and new structures still hide in the forest and fog. Permanent gas zones cut through the winter air and reshape old routes. Containers sit in dangerous frozen pockets of the map, waiting for someone bold enough – or desperate enough – to reach them. Patrols move across snow-covered military grounds. Inland scavengers push through drifts. Bandit crews pack up and relocate when the heat rises or the temperature drops too low to linger. The world moves, even when everything looks frozen in place.

Winter changes how you live. Food can freeze if you treat it like a normal Chernarus run. Wet clothing will chew through your body temperature. Fires, stoves, and heated interiors are no longer luxuries – they are the difference between a rough night and a final one. The infected have frozen over too, shambling shapes with ice on their clothes and snow in their footprints, still just as eager to drag you down into the slush.

Players leave their own marks in the snow. Dogtags record the length of each life. Notes and marked maps show warnings, paths, and memories. Radios run for hours on upgraded batteries, carrying voices across blizzards, empty valleys, and frozen towns. One call can turn into a rescue, a trade, or an ambush you never see coming through the whiteout.

FrozenPine is a true hardcore winter survival map. It rewards curiosity the same way RedPine does, but punishes carelessness even harder. The world feels inhabited from the moment you spawn in, and it never lets you forget that you are one bad decision away from freezing, bleeding, or starving out in the dark. Every design choice aims toward the same goal: a winter Chernarus that feels alive, unforgiving, and full of stories waiting to unfold.

Quality of Life That Respects Vanilla – And the Cold

FrozenPine doesn’t make DayZ easier. It makes it colder, harsher, and deeper. More moving pieces, more danger, more ways for the weather, the AI, and other survivors to kill you when you get comfortable. That’s the point.

• First-Person Only — FrozenPine is played entirely in first-person. It keeps firefights fair, pushes closer encounters, and makes trudging through snow and blizzards actually feel claustrophobic.
• Earplugs — Boats and vehicles no longer punish your hearing, which makes long, freezing trips feel right instead of miserable.
• Inkpens & Notes — Leave warnings like “don’t cross here in a storm,” stash markers, journals, clues, or messages. These scraps of paper become part of the world’s story and help others survive the same cold that almost killed you.
• 6-Digit CodeLocks — Faster and safer base access. Less time standing in the snow at a gate, more time near a fire actually thawing out.
• Temperature-Aware Survival — Soaked clothing, wind, and bad decisions will chew through your body temperature. Food can freeze if you ignore it, turning what looked like a safe stash into dead weight. Keep it near heat, keep it on you, and keep an eye on your core temperature.
• DogTags: Your Life, Your Story
  Every life on FrozenPine grows over time and your dogtag grows with it:
  • 0–12 hours → Silver
  • 12–36 hours → Granite
  • 36–64 hours → Cobalt
  • 64h+ → ???
  Each tag is a record of how long a survivor fought to live through the cold, the storms, and the people still out there. Finding one adds a moment of story to the world.

A Busier, Snowbound, More Lived-In Chernarus

Chernarus has been carefully adjusted to feel more lived-in without losing its original character. On FrozenPine that same design sits under a blanket of snow. These are world changes you can see, explore, and get lost in – now with frozen roads, icy fields, and visibility that can turn from clear to whiteout in seconds.

• Permanent Gas Zones — High-risk pockets of military activity that cut through the winter air. Bring NBC gear or you won’t make it far inside, no matter how warm your coat is.
• Hidden Clusters of New Buildings — Extra structures tucked into the snowy landscape. They make the map feel less empty and reward explorers who step off the main frozen roads.
• Dynamic Locked Containers in Gas Zones — Color-coded shipping containers hidden inside frozen gas pockets. Keys from late-game military areas open them and push players deeper into the world, where frost and poison air mix.
• Marked Chernarus Map — Rare weathered maps with hand-drawn circles, trails, and warnings. Some markings hint at hidden winter shelters, ambush spots, and routes that stay usable when the snow piles up.

Organic Roleplay in a Frozen World

Roleplay on FrozenPine is not forced. It happens because the world gives players space to create it. No scripts, no predetermined characters, no required storylines. Just a cold, reactive world where a campfire, a snowstorm, and a single radio call can turn strangers into allies or enemies.

A voice on the radio. A note on a table in a half-frozen hunting cabin. A dogtag on a fallen survivor buried in the snow. These small details invite players to team up, trade, warn, deceive, rescue, or simply talk while the wind howls outside. Sometimes a quiet exchange between two shivering strangers becomes the moment you remember for weeks.

Organic RP is the atmosphere the world encourages. FrozenPine is built to make those moments possible and memorable, just like RedPine – only colder.

Roleplay Tools: How Survivors Leave Their Mark

FrozenPine gives survivors ways to leave a trace behind in the snow. Notes, tags, radios, and rare items help the world remember the people who passed through it, even after the next storm covers their tracks.

Inkpens & Survivor Notes

Inkpens let survivors write journals, warnings, trade offers, jokes, or messages for strangers. A note tucked into a stash, left near a fireplace, or stuck to a door in a frozen town can spark a story all on its own. These messages stay in the world and create a sense of shared history.

Survivor Dogtags

Dogtags track how long a survivor lasted. Finding one in a field, on a body buried in snow, or deep in the woods adds weight to every encounter because you can see the life someone fought to keep.

Long-Life Radio Batteries

FrozenPine increases the lifespan of 9V and car batteries so handheld radios and field transceivers run for hours instead of minutes. The radios themselves are unchanged but now they finally feel worth using, especially when getting stuck in a storm without a voice on the other end can be a death sentence.

Survivors can leave a radio on while they craft, cook, or sort gear. Travelers can keep handhelds humming as they cross the frozen countryside. Voices drift across the static. Sometimes friendly, sometimes desperate, sometimes dangerous.

Handheld Radios & Field Transceivers

With their extended battery life, radios become one of the most powerful roleplay tools on FrozenPine. A single bit of distant chatter can warn you that someone is close or invite you into a story you did not expect, especially when you are both hiding from the same blizzard.

The People Still Out There

Winter didn’t clear Chernarus. It just made the people who survived meaner and more careful. Every hillside, treeline, and forgotten snowy road carries signs of people who never stopped moving. On FrozenPine, the AI is not just placed in the world. It is tuned for it. Patrols move like people with routines. Survivors grow stronger the longer they live. Military units move with purpose. Bandits relocate when the heat rises or the cold makes a camp too risky to hold. The result feels less like AI on a map and more like the world remembering what came before you.

• Drifters & Scavengers — Starting as fragile coastal wanderers, they slowly advance inland, scavenging and surviving as their lives unfold, picking through frozen towns and half-buried wrecks.
• Left-Behind Military Squads — Disciplined teams patrolling snow-covered bases, airfields, and key routes. They move intelligently, watch angles, and punish careless mistakes from survivors who think the cold is their only enemy.
• Remaining Local Law Enforcement — Once protectors, now quick to react. These officers survived by treating every unknown as a threat and they will not hesitate if you walk into their line of sight, even if you are shaking from the cold.
• Eastern & Western Detachments — Soldiers deployed on helicopters do not vanish when a bird goes down. They secure the snowy crash, fan out, and remain a threat long after the smoke clears.
• Bandit Camps — Outlaws who build temporary hideouts deep in the forests, then tear them down and appear somewhere new. Their fires are beacons in the dark and in the snow – tempting, but rarely safe.

These are the people still out there, shaping the routes you take and the risks you choose. On FrozenPine you do not simply run a path. You survive it.

Dynamic Bandit Camps

Deep in the frozen forests of Chernarus, you may spot firelight where it should not be. It draws you in with the idea of warmth and shelter, right up until you realize you are not alone.

FrozenPine’s bandit camps do not stay still. They shift across the wilderness as their crews move, rebuild, and relocate. No two journeys through the woods feel the same because the world changes faster than you can memorize it.

Each camp holds both danger and opportunity. Clearing one may reward you with hunting gear, tools, or survival equipment that would have taken days to find. Approaching without preparation can cost you your life in the snow.

🔴🟠🟡🔵 Dynamic Locked Containers

Hidden inside the permanent gas zones, behind left-behind military squads and walls of poison air, sit FrozenPine’s most dangerous rewards. These containers require color-coded keys scavenged from Tier 4 military sites or the military detachments sent in on downed helicopters.

Opening one is not simple but the rewards can change the way you approach your next few hours of play. These crates carry a curated pool of high-tier gear that does not often appear anywhere else.

• Top-tier rifles such as the LAR, SVAL, and AurAX
• M4 variants including rare black and green versions
• VSDs including the exclusive wooden-buttstock Sakhal VSD
• High-end armor including black and green plate carriers, pouches, and holsters
• Rare extras such as long-range optics, ammo boxes, and military gear with minimal presence elsewhere

Not every container holds exactly what you expect. That is part of the appeal. Opening one feels like discovering a new story. Sometimes it is a high-end rifle. Sometimes it is a rare optic or a piece of armor that suddenly becomes part of your kit.

Reminder: Full NBC gear is required inside gas zones. The people still out there do not appreciate anyone poking around their territory. Expect resistance.

Raid Day: 32 Hours of High-Stakes Survival

Once a week, the walls of Chernarus stop being safe. Raid Day is a thirty-two hour window where base parts can be damaged, defenses breached, and the bold can take their shot at glory or lose everything trying – all while watching the weather and the clock.

The event begins every Friday at 4:00 PM Central and runs until midnight on Saturday. During this time, survivors can raid other bases, push into enemy territory, or defend their own stronghold against anyone brave enough to test it.

Raiding on FrozenPine is never simple. Other squads might be watching the same base you are, waiting for someone to make the first move. A raid can turn into a three-way ambush, a tense standoff in the snow, or a chaotic firefight where plans fall apart fast.

Community & Events

FrozenPine is more than a server. It is a community built by players who explore together, trade, help strangers, create alliances, and spark encounters that become stories shared for weeks.

The HeatPackBandits community is welcoming and creative. We host large seasonal events like Ashfall and GhostEcho, where teams compete in high-stakes king-of-the-hill battles for bragging rights, and we fold what we learn there back into how we design our survival maps.

Our admin team stays active to keep the world stable and fair so players can focus on what matters most: surviving, exploring, and making memories in the snow.

Whether you show up alone or with a squad, you will find players who bring intention and respect to their playstyle. On FrozenPine the community gives the world its character.