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Nasdara, place by place
Nasdara is the largest official map, 267 square kilometres of desert province with spawns in the north and the capital in the south. Bohemia has not published a full gazetteer, so this list is built from the in-game map, server-hosting guides and early players, and is marked unverified where we have not stood there ourselves.
Every named place
North to south
Read it top to bottom as a journey: spawn villages in the north, the research cluster and the western base in the middle, the oil industry in the east, the capital in the south.
| Place | Type | Where | What is there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nasdara City | Capital | South | Market streets, the ruined civic building, the Ziarat district with its mosque, covered bazaar, police station and hospital; the main civilian destination. |
| FOB Atlas | Forward base | North-west of the capital | Tents, watchtowers and armouries; desert military gear. |
| Dashtabad | City | North-east | The north-eastern city: police, workshops, garages. |
| Dashtabad Airbase | Military airfield | East of Dashtabad | Runway, hangars, control tower; military loot and heli crash routes. |
| Sefid Darya | Water | Beside Dashtabad | A rare open water body in the north-east. |
| Darvazeh-e Gharb, Jakhzar, Gandomabad, Kamar Zir | Spawn villages | North | The northern spawn villages along the road network; wells, often broken, and basic gear. |
| Sadd-e Marek Dam | Dam | North-west | A damaged reservoir and hydroelectric site; not a guaranteed water source. |
| OKB-754 | Facility | Centre | A former Soviet experimental design complex; industrial and military loot. |
| Spets-Stvol 754, Proval-754, Baza Zenit, NII-Mirnyy | Military and research sites | Centre, around OKB-754 | The central military-research cluster. |
| Dar-e Ardis | Border crossing | West, end of the M12 | Guardhouses, compounds and armouries; rebuildable ruins. |
| Zulfiqar Missile Base | Military base | Western mountains | Remote base with barracks, missile storage, fuel tanks and garages; high-tier loot. |
| Sarman-Naft Refinery | Oil industry | East | Refinery surrounded by workshops and containers; fuel, tools, vehicle parts. |
| The oil fields | Industrial | East of the refinery | Damaged oil fields; industrial loot and vehicle parts. |
| COP Neptune | Military outpost | Overlooking the oil fields | Combat outpost with military crates. |
| Fostkova Mehran Tunnel | Contaminated tunnel | East, on the M12 near Bagh-e Mir | A gassed road tunnel: NBC suit and gas mask required. |
| Bagh-e Mir | Settlement | East, on the M12 | Settlement beside the tunnel approach. |
| Underground shelters | Bunkers | Across the map | Found by decoding Morse-code radio broadcasts that give coordinates and access codes. See the Morse table. |
How to use this
Names and sources
Nasdara's signs are bilingual, English and Farsi, and most names are Persian. Water decides every route: plan from well to well, not from loot site to loot site. The Nasdara survival guide has the first hour, the water rules, the heat and the sandstorms; Badlands and 1.30 explained has what the expansion changed; best loot by map ranks the sites. Names here will be corrected as the community maps settle.
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Where do you spawn on Nasdara?
In the north, around the villages of Darvazeh-e Gharb, Jakhzar, Gandomabad and Kamar Zir. The capital is in the far south.
Where is the military loot on Nasdara?
Zulfiqar Missile Base in the western mountains, Dashtabad Airbase in the north-east, the OKB-754 research cluster in the centre, and the forward bases FOB Atlas and COP Neptune.
Where is the gas zone on Nasdara?
The Fostkova Mehran Tunnel on the M12 near Bagh-e Mir in the east. It needs an NBC suit and gas mask.
What is the capital of Nasdara?
Nasdara City in the south, with the Ziarat district: mosque, covered bazaar, police station and hospital.
How big is Nasdara?
267 square kilometres, the largest official DayZ map.
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Checked 1 November 2026 against DayZ 1.30 (PC 1.30.164200, console 1.87). Names from the in-game map and community hosting guides; unverified until the community maps settle.