WARDOGS Season 2 Patch Notes

After the Season 2 launch, BULKHEAD announced a backend correction removing the Blue/Lonestar cash and XP bonuses, alongside Driver progression and exploit fixes. The original Season 2 notes below remain a launch record; their Lonestar bonus claim has been superseded. The announcement does not provide replacement XP checkpoints or a complete revised reward table.

Limited-mode servers without power weapons and vehicles were announced as a future option. Their release date, final rules and current availability are not verified here. Check the actual server browser before planning around them.

BULKHEAD confirmed Season 2 and update 0.2.0 live on 15 October 2026, with servers back online. The original 08:00–09:30 UTC maintenance window was extended; it is now a historical launch record.

This briefing replaces the earlier preview. Catalogue prices and unlocks now reflect the published Season 2 figures; unreported stats are left unknown and unchanged performance records remain historical.

The notes correct the earlier preview name to TCX-SPR. The PP-19 Bizon is available by default; the other three weapons require their role unlock. The supplied in-game panels record weights of 3.5 kg (TCX-SPR), 2.1 kg (PP-19 Bizon), 6.3 kg (Evo-3 Ultra) and 4.2 kg (M14), with semi-auto and automatic fire. A 16 October community-data review adds fire rate, range, muzzle velocity, inventory size and reported weapon base damage to all four records. Weapon and ammunition base damage are distinct; final hits depend on hit location, range and protection. These records have not been independently tested in game.

Seventeen new attachment and magazine records have vendor prices in the notes. Weapon-specific fits are recorded only where explicitly named. Mosin optics are restricted to the new PU 91/30 3.5× scope.

• Molotovs cause impact damage and lingering fire, burn destructible foliage and support both throwing styles. Rain weakens their fire.
• Infrared Range Finder batteries provide about 80 seconds of active use. Rapid toggling drains them faster.
• Medical Bag durability rises from 100 to 150.
• The Halligan Bar now breaches gates as well as doors, with seven uses instead of five. Hammers can no longer breach either.

• Purchased-vehicle inventories default to driver-and-squad access; owners can enable public access after fully unlocking the vehicle. Free team-spawn vehicles remain public.
• Tracked vehicles are less floaty. Humvee handling and climbing are revised; Dune Buggy braking allows more sliding.
• Enclosed seats block explosives and placeables. Helicopter glass also takes damage from outgoing shots.
• Gunner orientation, firing synchronisation, turret collisions, ground sinking, controller seat/aim issues and late-join smoke or flares receive fixes.
• CIWS takes 2.25 times longer to destroy the Spawn Vehicle.

• Changed hit-location multipliers prevent converting the calibre reductions into reliable final per-hit weapon damage. Sniper hit-location damage increases compensate for lower calibre base damage; DMR head and upper-body hits are weakened.
• Assault torso damage becomes more consistent and slightly lower. LMG body damage is brought into line with assault rifles. Heavy and artillery top machine guns use those hit-location values too.
• Scout Rifle kills unhelmeted targets with one headshot; Level 1 helmets require two. Slugs and Compound Bow armour damage now scale with armour tier; bow trajectory also changes.
• Near misses from small and medium calibres suppress more consistently, with fire rate taken into account and less screen shake. Level 4 helmets restrict hearing and view and fog while sprinting.
• MP5 recoil gains horizontal movement; Super-45 fall-off increases beyond 50 m; all DMRs receive a recoil pass. MGL-40 outer-blast fall-off increases and its Little Bird bench handling is penalised.
• Parachutes will not open below about 10 m. Fast falls with deployment below roughly 50 m can still cause fall damage.

Wooden Step requires Small Hammer or better, Large Shelter requires Medium Hammer or better, and MG Nest requires Large Hammer. Costs below are Build Supplies, not vendor purchases or destruction rewards.

• Medium Hammer contribution and critical-hit bonuses are reduced; Large Hammer contribution per swing stays unchanged.
• Drill activation fuel rises to 2,000; capacity rises to 10,000. Runtime per fuel falls to 0.03 seconds, limiting a full charge to 300 seconds. Replacement cooldown increases.
• Talon reload rises from two to five seconds and ammunition restock cost from 50 to 200. Mortar restock cost rises from 75 to 150, with a shell-loading animation slowing its fire rate.
• Barbed wire and sandbags can sit on Bremmer walls. Wire kills no longer award cash or XP. Unsupported unfinished structures collapse; foundations and permitted tank-trap surfaces are corrected.

BULKHEAD publishes these cumulative role-XP checkpoints. They describe the Season 1 → Season 2 transition, rather than the older beta → Season 1 table. Intermediate values are not supplied. A later Driver progression correction did not publish replacement checkpoints; treat this as the launch table, not a newly tested live progression curve.

Role level and one-time unlock fees are separate from in-match vendor prices. Bundled magazines share the weapon unlock. These are the changes listed by BULKHEAD, rather than a complete track inventory.

Role level and one-time unlock fees are separate from in-match vendor prices. Bundled magazines share the weapon unlock. These are the changes listed by BULKHEAD, rather than a complete track inventory.

Role level and one-time unlock fees are separate from in-match vendor prices. Bundled magazines share the weapon unlock. These are the changes listed by BULKHEAD, rather than a complete track inventory.

Role level and one-time unlock fees are separate from in-match vendor prices. Bundled magazines share the weapon unlock. These are the changes listed by BULKHEAD, rather than a complete track inventory.

Role level and one-time unlock fees are separate from in-match vendor prices. Bundled magazines share the weapon unlock. These are the changes listed by BULKHEAD, rather than a complete track inventory.

Role level and one-time unlock fees are separate from in-match vendor prices. Bundled magazines share the weapon unlock. These are the changes listed by BULKHEAD, rather than a complete track inventory.

Role level and one-time unlock fees are separate from in-match vendor prices. Bundled magazines share the weapon unlock. These are the changes listed by BULKHEAD, rather than a complete track inventory.

The launch notes describe return-trip streaks alongside lower base logistics rewards. Post-launch Driver corrections mean these launch figures should not be treated as a guarantee of unchanged live awards. Repair XP now follows Driver or Pilot according to the vehicle; artillery also goes to Driver. Buildable destruction and IED/C4 actions now award Assault XP.

• Consecutive crate deliveries add $100 / 50 XP per crate, up to ten; pallets add $250 / 100 XP, up to ten. These are the corrected Control Zone returns; the originally posted figures omitted the zone multiplier.
• Passenger delivery streaks add $25 / 5 XP per player, up to 25; return trips add $50 / 25 XP per trip, up to ten.
• Armed vehicle variants give 1.5× default-variant destruction XP; attack-vehicle rewards grow with their kill count.
• Spot rewards are roughly 30% lower and scale with target value. An enemy-faction finish pays 25% instead of 50%.
• Incomplete buildables and crate contents scale rewards. Empty enemy crates pay half; repeat crate selling has diminishing returns, enemy sales stop paying cash or XP, and FOB supply-assist rewards are split across assistants.

These are rewards for destroying targets, not their purchase or build costs. The L81 Mortar build cost is 600 supplies; its destruction cash reward is $650.

Purchase prices below apply in a match. Unlock fees are listed in the progression sections. Notes describing wider attachment discounts do not supply every individual value; only explicitly named prices are updated in the catalogue.

• All three Bakurani spawns are relocated and rebuilt, with new routes to the control zone. Existing WDguide spawn coordinates remain pre-Season 2 references until new positions can be verified.
• The launch notes announced Lonestar cash and XP bonuses, but BULKHEAD subsequently announced their removal in a backend update. Do not treat the launch bonuses as a current benefit; see the post-launch correction above.
• Every faction receives a 20% vendor discount when at least 40 points behind second place.
• Once a team leads by more than ten points, switching again is blocked for 15 minutes after joining. Switching or joining an ongoing match obscures the map and blocks Spawn Vehicle use until the first control-zone visit.
• Victims can forgive or punish teamkills; repeated punishment leads to kicks and escalating bans. Respawning and leaving the safe zone without voting forgives automatically.
• Squad leaders can declare a visible squad intent. Timed prompts queue. Rebuy now previews the last loadout in the vendor for editing before purchase.

• Rain changes surface appearance, sound, spotting range and Molotov effectiveness. Broken roofs let rainfall through; synchronised thunder can cover footsteps. Listen for changes in surface and cover rather than treating rain as a fixed reduction in hearing range.
• Plan for weather: check the current sightline before committing a long crossing, preserve a covered approach and remember that Molotov fire is weaker in rain. These are practical uses of the published changes, not measured visibility or damage multipliers.
• The Gold Market gains eight skins: Black & Gold Little Bird (Season 2 exclusive), Chocolate Chip Evo-3 Ultra / M14 / TCX-SPR, Two-Tone Desert Galil / Mosin / Havoc, and Digital Wood M500. Black & Gold AK leaves the market.
• Wager Vendor is explicitly unavailable at launch. It is planned later in Season 2 as an intermittent feature with a minimap tracker. No opening date or payout table is supplied.
• Steam Trading Cards and Point Shop items are planned during the season, subject to Valve approval.

• Seeding empty servers earns match-start rewards and a vendor discount; warm-up activities include targets, football and a hidden radio. Reward amounts are not supplied.
• Official servers receive region-specific sustained-ping limits, browser filters and a rejoin block until map transition after a high-ping kick. Server-side spikes are excluded; community admins can choose their limits.
• Controller aim-assist strength is adjustable (default 1, zero disables it) and works on firing-range dummies. Sensitivity, acceleration, radial recovery, list scrolling and vendor/settings hold times are revised.
• View press cycles minimap zoom; Menu press opens inventory; D-pad Up hold deploys a crate. Y hold removes an item from a loadout and drops items. Additional scoreboard, invitation and vendor bindings are revised.
• 30 mm cannon rounds occupy 2×2 inventory cells with backpack stacks capped at 50; vehicle stacks stay at 200. Assistance-request pings last 60 seconds instead of 20.
• The release includes controller grenade/bandage fixes, performance and stability work, and server security improvements. Some weapon-inspect animations remain silent.

SEASON 2 · REPORTED MEASUREMENTS

Measured damage by hit location

Close range · fresh armour · reported firing-range readings. These are damage per hit, separate from weapon base damage.

Hit locationheadneckupper chestupper armthighforearm / shinhand / footAmmunitionFMJAPHPTarget armourNo armourTier 1Tier 2Tier 3Tier 4

*Calculated from the reported hit value, assuming 100 health and unchanged armour protection on every hit. Armour wear, range and actual health can change the result. Only individually measured Season 2 cells are included. Uncertain stomach and pelvis zones are excluded. No Season 1 fallback or range extrapolation. WDguide has not independently tested these readings.