Muy Mubarak Masjid (Kandahar, Afghanistan) – A palace and shops complex that features an inner courtyard, with stores facing outward and along interior paths.
Haji Bahudin Market (Kandahar) – A modern shopping market with a similar concept.
Taktak Street Bazar (Kandahar) – A street market full of carts, shops, and bird sellers with cages.
Marko Bazar (Pakistan) – Studied via drone footage; notable for solar panels on rooftops.
Dara Adamkhel (Pakistan) – A famous gun market where weapons are sold and manufactured; features U-shaped shop clusters and street-level stores.
Turkish street bazaars (Istanbul) – Temporary weekly markets that transform parking areas on specific days.
A modular kit (Entrance, Flat, Flat Half, Right, Left, Corner) allows environment designers to assemble bazaars of varying sizes and configurations. By adding variations of the Flat piece, larger bazaars can be built without looking repetitive.
Our research revealed that real-world bazaars in the Middle East/Central Asia share common structural DNA: covered corridors, arched entrances, interior courtyards, and rooftops with domes - a key and instantly recognizable silhouette element.
The design incorporates elements critical to DayZ's gameplay: ladders for rooftop access and verticality, openable doors and gates, and gun shops as distinct loot points that players can identify through signage. The rooftop ladder heights were chosen to match with neighboring assets, enabling traversal across connected rooftops of different heights.
The bazaar pieces were also designed to sit alone or alongside existing assets (e.g. House_2C2), allowing us to create even more variations of different bazaar configurations.
How wide should the corridors be?
How tall do the arches need to be to feel right?
Where do players naturally expect to find entrances, shops, and rooftop access?
How do different piece combinations read when placed in the context of different towns?
## What changed
**Clothing items** — Added lighter shirts (Kameez tunic), looser pants (Shalwar Pants), protective eyewear (dust goggles), and several forms of headwear and face coverings including keffiyehs, turbans, and pakol hats.
## Overall
DayZ added a new set of clothing options with Middle Eastern and South Asian-inspired apparel.
Lighter shirts (Kameez tunic)
Looser pants (Shalwar Pants)
Protective eyewear (dust goggles)
Several forms of headwear and face coverings, including keffiyehs, turbans, and pakol hats