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Progress with purpose
Start with food, quests and a Territory HQ. Grow into specialist crafting, licences, dangerous POIs, helicopters and end-game expeditions.
Hacksaw | UK / EU / NA
Take back the Capital.
Survive what comes next.
A fully custom, AI-focused progressive PvE experience. Build your foothold in Chernarus, unlock deeper systems, retake hostile strongholds and earn the right to face Takistan.
150+custom mods built for Hacksaw
200+original Radio Zenit tracks
6progressive AI factions
2linked survival maps
Not just modded. Made for Hacksaw.
A DayZ world designed to keep unfolding
Loot still matters. Survival still matters. But every system feeds a larger journey: quests open licences, licences open economies, POIs feed crafting, and crafting prepares you for threats that ordinary Chernarus cannot contain.
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AI that pushes back
Six enemy tiers escalate from Raiders to the Serpents of Takistan, backed by specialist units, patrols and dynamic encounters.
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Systems with personality
Capital Customs, virtual garages, deep crafting, licences, mining, production chains, custom radio and community-run services.
The progression spine
Every milestone opens another layer
Hacksaw is intentionally paced. You are not meant to skip from fresh spawn to end-game in a weekend.
- 01
Survive
Follow the starter quests, reach Capital and secure the basics.
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Establish
Place your HQ, maintain upkeep and build the infrastructure to craft.
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Unlock
Earn licences through quests, gems, precision kills and specialist objectives.
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Retake
Claim tiered POIs, defeat hostile factions and turn their resources into power.
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Cross over
Carry your progress into Takistan, where T6 Serpents and constant threats await.
Two worlds. One conflict.
Chernarus builds you. Takistan tests you.
The lore, factions and progression continue across both maps. Switch between them below for a glimpse of what each side of Hacksaw demands.
The fight for the Capital
Build, trade, craft and reclaim the old strongholds
Five factions occupy ruined castles, military sites and underground facilities. Your job is to break their hold, recover what remains and turn scavenged parts into a stronger force.
RaidersHoundsWatchersVanguardsSentinels
Not for the light-hearted
The closest PvE gets to the pressure of PvP
Travel with your hard-earned gear into a landscape of roaming T6 Serpents, paratroopers, hostile civilians, CAS helicopter support, chemical danger and the Ronin—an experiment that refused to die.
Serpent patrolsAir supportForbidden CityRonin
Only on Hacksaw
Features built to make the world feel like ours
Radio Zenit
A soundtrack with its own host, lore and more than 200 original tracks
Turn on the radio and hear music written about Hacksaw, interrupted by a host who fills in the history between songs.
Capital Customs
Build a vehicle that actually feels like yours
Choose paint, chrome and pearlescent finishes, add underglow and fit sound systems at Hacksaw's signature spray shop.
Deep progression
More than 1,100 reskin options and multiple specialist production chains
Recycle, mine, smelt, print keycards, preserve food, craft licences, produce alcohol and build advanced gear over time.
From the server
A world worth getting lost in
Convoys, camps, mountain crossings, custom vehicles and moments that are impossible to plan.
Fair support, kept in its place
The server experience comes first
Supporting Hacksaw is optional. The programme is documented, cosmetic and non-gameplay focused, while the main site remains about the world you actually log in to play.
Your story starts in Chernarus
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