The latest blog post on the DayZ Tumblr blog unveiled the content coming into the next patch due just a few short hours from now. The patch will be largely focused on adding more survival features to the game, bug fixing, fleshing out some of the underdeveloped towns, and adding the Ruger MKII pistol for players slaughter noobs with.
This week we started on a cooking system. Heavily inspired by the outstanding cooking system in Project Zomboid, this will be part of a wider push in March to focus on Survival aspects of the game in general. You will turn your cooking device on (fireplace/stove) and then place the items in it.