Project SHD
Survive. Hold. Dominate.
A PvP-driven DayZ world with custom SHD tech, an immersive questline, and balanced gunplay. Squad up (5 max), raid on weekends, and fight for the map.
- 75% PvP / 25% PvE
- 5-Man Max
- Weekend Raiding
- US
- Custom SHD Tech
Live from the field
Server status
Real-time player count and availability, refreshed automatically.
Server status
PROJECT SHD // 5 MAN // 25% PvE 75% PvP // WKND RAID
Map
Chernarus
Slots
80
BM Rank
#4436
The rundown
Why play on SHD
Built by survivors, for survivors.
PvP-First, 75 / 25
A 75% PvP / 25% PvE balance. Fights are constant, with room to gear up, quest, and breathe between them.
Custom SHD Tech
Exclusive gear you won't find elsewhere — the SHD watch, advanced locks, and more to give you an edge.
Weekend Raiding
Raiding is weekend-only, so your base is safe through the week. Plan, defend, and strike on raid days.
5-Man Squads
Roll with a crew up to 5. Built for tight small-group tactics — no massive zerg blobs running the map.
Immersive Questline
A story-driven questline woven into the world, with real objectives and rewards beyond the next firefight.
Balanced Loot
Carefully tuned armor and weapons. Positioning and skill win fights — not just whoever found the best RNG.
SHD Tech
Custom gear and systems you won't find on any other server — built to give Project SHD its own identity.
Your Identity
Bound to youEvery survivor spawns with an SHD Watch — and it is you. It holds your name, your group, and your bank balance, and it can't be removed. Forget dogtags; your whole identity rides on your wrist.
Digital Banking
No ATMsYour money lives on your watch. Buying auto-withdraws, selling auto-deposits — all through traders, no ATM visits. Spend and earn seamlessly while you play.
SHD Locks
Base securityPlace a lock and your watch instantly authorizes your group. You and your members get in; everyone else is locked out. No codes to leak — just bring a breaching charge if you want what's inside.
Vehicle Ownership
KeylessVehicles bought from the trader are linked to your watch and your group. You still lock and unlock them yourself — there's just no physical key to lose, copy, or steal. Your watch is the key, for you and your crew.
Group Colors
IdentityWhen a group forms, the leader picks a watch light color and every member inherits it — so you can read friend from foe at a glance. (Color sync can take a few minutes after joining.)
Death Encryption & Scanners
Risk vs rewardDie and your watch instantly encrypts — your name, group and bank go dark. But with an SHD Scanner, someone can decrypt your corpse to read it, or hack it to steal a cut of your money. Hacking takes time, ties up both hands, and pings your group to come defend the body. Guard your corpse — or get out.
Operation Black Static
Project SHD isn't just deathmatch. A defector-handler named Vera Sokolova recruits you at Green Mountain to expose and destroy a black-ops program buried in Tisy. The 25% PvE side has real stakes, real story, and rewards worth fighting for.
Begin at Green Mountain
New survivors are guided to the Green Mountain hub, where Vera Sokolova and the Quartermaster hand out the storyline and the jobs.
Operation Black Static
A rogue military remnant — the Directive — is reactivating a black-ops program out of Tisy. Chase it across a 6-chapter, reputation-gated story.
25 repeatable side jobs
Bounties, hunts, convoy ambushes, escorts, treasure digs and crafting contracts — always something to run between firefights.
Build your reputation
Every quest and job earns reputation that unlocks the next chapter and better gear — from a humble Mosin up to your pick of VSS, M4A1, or NVGs.
How to Join
We're a modded server, but the mods install themselves — you'll be in within a couple of minutes.
Get a launcher
Install the free DZSA Launcher (recommended) — or just use the official DayZ launcher. Either one handles the mods for you.
Find Project SHD
Search “Project SHD” in the launcher, or add us by the direct-connect address below.
Hit join
The launcher auto-downloads our mods the first time you connect, then loads you straight in. No manual setup.
Stuck? Ask in our Discord and someone will help you get in.
Everything happens in Discord
Announcements, support, events, and the community live in our Discord. Sign in here with Discord to link your Steam account and unlock supporter perks.