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WARDOGS Guides

Straight answers to every core WARDOGS system, grouped by what you are trying to do. Each guide leads with what to do and shows when it was last updated.

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Beginner Guide The whole game in one read: zones, cash, classes, loadouts, death. Is It Worth It? Pros, cons, and who should wait on WARDOGS in Early Access. Factions Explained Lonestar, Valkyra, Manticore. Why the choice is cosmetic and Lonestar is not bad. Tips & Tricks The small habits new players miss, from packing mags to disabling an APC.

Cash & economy

Cash & Economy Start with $10,000, persistent between matches. Earn, spend, don't go broke. Make Money Fast The best earners, a per-action payout table, and how to not go broke. Mortar Guide Build the L81, aim off the 100 m grid, 3 shells per load out to ~700 m, and the SPH-2 artillery. Anti-Air Guide Talon locks and flare baiting, why the CIWS ignores flares, and how two operators beat a pilot. Recoil Control Prone, crouch and breath numbers, the hidden magazine penalty, and the LMG setup. Season 2 Patch Notes & Wipe What the 15 October wipe reset, what you kept, and every Season 2 change. Season 2 Start Guide Starting over: the cheapest rebuild kit, the unlock order and the fastest XP per role.

Objectives & combat

Hot Zone, Towers & Scoring Win the zone, count double in the Hot Zone, pull it with towers or a drill. Damage & Armor How caliber, body zones and armor tiers decide every time-to-kill. Spotting Enemies Mark enemies through foliage and smoke for cash and XP on kills you never fire.

FOB & base building

FOB Construction Buy, supply and arm a forward base with drills, mortars and anti-air. FOB Layout Where to place walls, gates and weapons so one strike cannot wipe your base. FOB Defense Arm the base with mortars, anti-air and the CIWS, and shell first. Super FOB Strategy Drill-max the Hot Zone onto your base, and how it gets countered. Attack a FOB Breach walls with a crowbar or IED, kill the CIWS operator, hit unfinished builds first.

Classes & roles

Roles & Progression Six classes, one free-mix loadout, two unlock tracks. Start here. Assault The rifle class: recoil control, the unlock ladder and a full loadout. Medic Revives, the defibrillator money combo, and the fastest way to level. Recon Snipers, DMRs and spotting XP, plus which scope to run. Support LMGs, launchers, C4 and the hammers that build a FOB. Driver Transport runs, vehicle XP and the free pickup most players miss. Pilot Flying, landings, beating missiles and winning dogfights.

Leveling

Fastest Leveling The quickest XP farm for every class, and the one habit that levels them all. Level 3 Classes at Once One loadout that farms Assault, Recon and Medic XP on the same life.

Vehicles & helicopters

Helicopter Guide How to fly: rifle-aim controls, landings, beating missiles, and winning dogfights. Vehicles: What to Buy Which truck, Humvee, tank or helicopter to buy, and when. Spawn Vehicle (APC) How the APC works, why driving it is free money, and how to disable the enemy one.

Settings & performance

Best Settings & FPS Visibility and max FPS, plus the helicopter settings and keybinds guides skip. Silk's Settings Every setting creator Silk runs: graphics, audio, helicopter binds. Keybinds & Controls Every default key: switch sight, hold breath, lean, vehicles, helicopter and voice. Controller Settings Connect Xbox and PS5 pads on PC, plus a competitive DualSense sensitivity setup. Best FOV & Visibility What FOV to run and the settings that make distant enemies stand out. Change Scope Zoom Scroll to zoom while aiming, and how to fix the mousewheel bug that breaks it. Show Your FPS Turn on an FPS counter through Steam or your GPU overlay in under a minute.