DayZ Inventory Mod FAQ

Open your inventory with E, then look at the Vicinity column on the left side of the screen. Click on any dropped item listed there to move it into your inventory or hands slot.

The mod disables automatic item pickup by design—this is the core survival mechanic. You must manually interact with items through the Vicinity menu instead of walking over them.

All nearby containers appear as clickable selectors in the Vicinity column. Click the container icon to expand an inline slot drawer directly on your screen without closing the inventory menu.

The Hands panel mirrors whichever item you have active on your hotbar, displaying it at larger scale with a name banner. This shows what you're currently holding without switching screens.

The mod scans a three-block radius around your character for dropped items and storage blocks, showing distance measurements and coordinates for each one in the Vicinity column.

Drag armor or clothing pieces from your inventory onto the Survivor figure in the center of the screen to equip them instantly without opening a separate equipment menu.

Yes, the mod includes the vanilla two-by-two crafting grid built directly into the main inventory interface.

The mod detects installed recipe viewers and accessory mods automatically, adding custom header buttons to integrate them into the interface.

All nearby containers combine into one scrollable Vicinity column with separate clickable selectors for each one, so you can access any container without moving or closing your inventory.

The mod adds a custom interface layer and scans nearby blocks, but performance impact depends on your system and how many containers are in range—test it in your world to see if it affects your framerate.