DS Core is developed by HARD COUNTRY. Building our own framework gives us the freedom to shape features around our community and the DayZ survival experience we want to preserve.
Why we build DS Core
Our aim is to give HARD COUNTRY its own identity while keeping survival, exploration and encounters with other players at the centre. DS Core brings together custom content, presentation and the supporting tools used to run the community.
The foundation stays vanilla-first: no traders, no safe zones, no pay to win and no arcade-style progression. A new feature should earn its place by improving the experience around that foundation.
What that means for players
Player experience helps us decide what is worth improving. A clearer interaction, a reason to explore or a small frustration can all be worth discussing. The useful starting point is the problem you encounter and how a change would help.
In this diary, we will explain the purpose of a change, the benefit for players and where it is available. Work in development and features released on a particular server will be described separately.
How your ideas shape it
Our Suggestions page connects player ideas with the HARD COUNTRY Discord. That is where submissions, discussion and voting happen; the website roadmap carries confirmed updates.
Votes show interest, and the discussion explains why an idea matters. We also consider feasibility, fairness, performance and the survival foundation. An idea being popular does not guarantee it will be built or set a release date.
Share an idea and follow the community roadmap
What is available on your server
DS Core is a shared framework. Its feature list does not mean every mission, facility or world addition is enabled on every server. Use the Badlands DS Core guide for the verified setup, and follow server-specific announcements for later changes.
Read the Badlands DS Core guide
Explore DS Core and its feature families
Closing the feedback loop
Our “You suggested, we built” updates will explain a genuine player idea, the completed change, its benefit and where it is available. Ideas still being discussed belong on the roadmap. This gives the community a way to follow what happens after a suggestion.
Follow player-feedback updates