WARDOGS Cash & Economy (Season 2)
Cash in WARDOGS is the resource that decides your loadout every life, and it carries over between matches. You start with about $10,000 and restart at roughly the same amount after the Season 2 wipe. You spend it at the base vendor each time you spawn and only keep what you do not spend. You earn it from holding zones, kills, revives, repairs, supplying FOBs, and spotting, and Season 2 changed what most of those pay.
Because your balance follows you from match to match, good money habits compound. Bank cash early and you can field better gear later. Throw it away on kits you keep losing and you spend the next few games broke.
How much cash do you start with?
Every player starts with about $10,000 and grows it by playing. The season wipe resets cash to that starting balance, but Gold Bars persist, and the Gold Market unlocks at Wardog level 35 for $150,000. There is no per-match reset, so the money you save now pays for better loadouts later.
How the balance works
Two numbers sit at the top right of your screen. The one on the right is your total balance. The one on the left is your balance for this life, which drops below zero the moment you buy a loadout and climbs back as you earn.
You do not carry out cash you already spent. Your result for a match is what you earned minus what you spent:
| Enter with | Earn | Spend | Leave with |
|---|---|---|---|
| $100,000 | $50,000 | $30,000 | $120,000 |
| $100,000 | $30,000 | $50,000 | $80,000 |
That is why dying early on an expensive kit stings. If you die before you earn back what the loadout cost, that spend is a straight loss.
How do you earn cash fast?
You get paid for far more than kills:
| Source | What pays |
|---|---|
| Objective | Holding the control zone; the Hot Zone pays extra |
| Combat | Kills, assists, spotting enemies |
| Support | Healing, reviving, repairing vehicles |
| Logistics | Supplying FOBs, driving players around |
| Construction | Building your emplacements, destroying the enemy's |
Since support work pays, a match where you never fire your rifle can still be one of your best earners. You can also tip a teammate for a heal, a repair or a ride, and put a bounty on your own revive when you are down and nobody is coming.
What do you spend it on?
Your loadout: weapons, mags, ammo, attachments, body armor, healing, supplies, grenades, and equipment, plus any vehicle or helicopter you take out. Items are gated by level. When you reach the required level you pay one large fee to unlock the item, and after that it costs its normal price in any loadout.
What did Season 2 change in payouts?
Most rewards were re-weighted. Armed vehicle kills now pay about half the vehicle's price, spotting lost around 30%, and supply deliveries pay less at base rate but add a streak bonus for each consecutive run.
| Action | Season 2 | Season 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Kill with an assault weapon | $2,000 | $1,500 |
| Capture a hostile drill tower | $1,500 | $750 |
| Deploy a supply pallet | $1,250 | $2,500 |
| Destroy a Havoc | $14,000 | $18,000 |
| Destroy a default Humvee | $600 | $1,500 |
| Destroy a Hot Zone Magnet | $2,750 | $4,500 |
| Destroy a Vanguard CIWS | $1,200 | $3,000 |
| Hack an enemy FOB | $2,500, teammates in radius $1,000 each | Hacker only |
| Breach a door with a Halligan bar | $100, once per door | None |
Selling from a supply crate now has diminishing returns per buyer, and selling to an enemy player earns nothing. The money guide ranks every earner on these numbers.
Cheaper to rebuy: price drops and the losing-team discount
The AK-74 fell from $1,600 to $800 and is unlocked by default, the FAL from $6,500 to $6,000, and backpacks dropped by 20% to 33%. Armor went up: level 3 armor and helmet cost $2,500 and $2,000, level 4 cost $5,000 and $4,500. A team at least 40 points behind second place also gets 20% off at the vendor, so a $9,500 level 4 set costs $7,600 for them.
Facts change with each patch. This page was last updated 15 Oct 2026 (Early Access).