DayZ Squad Map for Vanilla Servers

Vanilla DayZ is built around uncertainty. Continent keeps that foundation, but gives organised squads a practical way to coordinate without adding an in game group modification. The map does not replace communication or awareness. It gives everyone the same reference when a town, road or forest is difficult to describe over voice chat.

Open the map in a browser while playing, or check it from another device. A squad can decide where to meet, see who has fallen behind, follow a moving member and leave information for the next session. Players who are not inside the same authorised squad cannot use the map to watch each other.

The website must know that the person opening the map is the same player who joins the DayZ server. Steam provides that connection. Your Steam identity allows Continent to match your website session with your character and with the squads that have accepted you.

This prevents someone from opening the page under an unrelated name and viewing another squad. It also means that a squad owner can recognise join requests, manage members and keep access attached to the correct player even when an in game character dies and starts a new life.

What Steam login does not mean

Continent does not ask you to type your Steam password into the squad map. Authentication takes place through Steam, then the website receives the identity needed to recognise your account. Signing in does not make your position public and does not give every website visitor access to the live map.

The first setup takes only a few steps. The selected server matters because squads and their members are handled separately on every Continent server.

1. 01
   Sign in through Steam

   Use the Steam login button so the website can recognise the same account that plays on the server.

2. 02
   Select the correct server

   Choose the Continent server where the squad will play. Squad creation limits apply separately to each server.

3. 03
   Create or find a squad

   Create a squad with a clear name, or browse the squad list and send a request to the group you want to join.

4. 04
   Approve the members

   The squad owner reviews requests. Accepted members gain access to that squad and its map information.

5. 05
   Select the active squad

   If you belong to more than one squad, choose which one you want to view. The roster, players and markers change with that selection.

A coordinate is useful only while everyone remembers what it means. Markers give that position a label and a recognisable symbol. Use them for a meeting place, vehicle, camp, supply location, danger area or any other point the squad needs to remember.

A marker can be shared with the squad or kept private. Every player controls the visibility of the markers they created. The marker colour can also be changed, allowing one squad to develop a clear visual language for objectives, warnings and temporary notes.

Every player can create up to two squads on each Continent server. The limit is separate for every server, so a group on Chernarus does not consume a squad place on another server. You can also join squads created by other players and select the one you want to view.

A squad contains four players by default, including the owner. Groups that regularly play with more people can request a larger member limit through the Continent Discord. The increase is handled for that owner, so an approved larger group remains manageable through the same interface.

What the owner can manage

The owner reviews pending requests, accepts new members, removes players who no longer belong to the group and can block a player from requesting access again. This keeps membership deliberate instead of turning the map into an open player tracker.