

Character names may not contain spaces or certain symbols and must be unique. When starting a character on any H1Z1 server, the player must select a pre-exisitng range of characters available to choose from. It is recommeded that players switch between third-person and first-person as they see fit, if a particular point-of-view benefits the player's shooting, field of view, angle, or gameplay experience. Particular servers are locked so that players may only use the first-person perspective. H1Z1 is a third-person game, but allows players to switch between third-person and first-person on most servers. Bases allow players endless customization on design, allowing for cooking, crafting, and even a garage to store a car. Players can Build Bases in order to create defenses and store equipment. Additional crates and keys can be purchased in the marketplace. Each player recieves a key when the game is first purchased, as well as a new crate everytime one is released. Crates are randomly dropped to players of H1Z1. The Community Marketplace allows for the trading, purchasing, and selling of clothing skins, weapons and equipment skins, and airdrop tickets. These updates include various types of firearms, melee weapons, and craftable weapons the player can make. Weapons and other gear are periodically added, or changed as H1Z1 progresses. H1Z1 may glitch, crash, or otherwise be unpredictible, and patience and an open-mind is important when playing so as to not become frustrated. Glitches, errors, bugs, and other technical issues occur sometimes while playing H1Z1, but are corrected pretty consistantly.

H1Z1 is currently in Alpha, meaning it is being tested and frequently updated and changed, sometimes dramatically, to how the community responds. Players must eat, drink, sleep, and battle both the undead, and other survivors in order to stay alive. H1Z1 has players attempt to stay alive amidst a post-apocalyptic where zombies have ravaged most of the population. H1Z1An open-world survival-horror game produced by Daybreak Games.
