// WARDOGS.HANDBOOK
The WARDOGS Handbook
Weapons, gear, vehicles, and everything else you need to know before you drop in. No fluff, just the numbers.
Editions & System Requirements
What it costs, and what you need to run it
Standard vs. Supporter
The Standard Edition is $39.99. A Supporter Edition is available for $49.99 and includes cosmetic items only — it grants no gameplay advantage over the Standard Edition. WARDOGS is developed by BULKHEAD and published by Team17.
System Requirements
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
| Processor | Intel Core i5 8600, AMD Ryzen 5 3500 | Intel Core i7 12700k, AMD Ryzen 7 5700x |
| Memory | 16 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
| Graphics | Nvidia GTX 1660, Radeon RX 590 | Nvidia RTX 3070, AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT |
| Network | Broadband Internet connection | Broadband Internet connection |
| Storage | 50 GB available space | 50 GB available space |
| Notes | 1080p Low @ 60fps (Upscaled) | 1440p Medium @ 70fps+ (Native) or 4K Medium @ 60fps+ (Upscaled) |
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Game Modes
How a match actually works — factions, the Control Zone, HQ, and respawning.
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ModerateFactions
Manticore, Valkyra, and Lonestar — the three sides, their colours, and what your assignment does and doesn't change.
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CriticalProgression
WARDOG Level, the six XP classes, and every level unlock so far — the system that gates everything else.
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HighMoney
What earns money, and what costs you money — including penalties for bad behavior.
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HighWeapons
Every gun in the game, with fire modes, calibers, prices, and unlock requirements.
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ModerateSpecializations
Class-locked specialist gear — Launchers, Hammers, and the Defibrillator.
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ModerateAttachments
Foregrips, magazines, and optics, with WARDOG Level unlocks for each.
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HighGear
Helmets, body armor, tactical vests, and backpacks, with full stats for every item.
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ModerateDrills
Numbered towers with a code mechanic that can shift the Hot Zone.
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ModerateAmmo
Every caliber's ammo types and unlock requirements, from Standard to Flesh to Piercing.
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ModerateVehicles
Ground vehicles and helicopters, from quad bikes to attack choppers.
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ModerateMedical
Bandages, resuscitators, and every medical item's real cost — nothing in WARDOGS heals for free.
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ModerateDeployables
FOBs, supply drops, and everything else you can build and place on the map.
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ModerateMaps
Every WARDOGS map, including Bakurani's factory zone, hills, and forest cover.
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HighTips
WARDOGS is a team game — why coordinated squads win more than solo players, straight from the mechanics.
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PlannedBlack Market
A confirmed but not-yet-live system for spending cash on out-of-match perks. Here's what's known so far.
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PlannedVault
Personal storage for anything bought through the Black Market, once that system ships.
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About WARDOGS
What the game actually is
WARDOGS is an all-out warfare FPS that combines tactical gunplay and combined-arms combat with building and destruction mechanics, in a large-scale militaristic sandbox of up to 100 players.
The Core Idea
Every Decision Matters
The whole game runs on cash. What you buy, when you buy it, and how you earn it back are the decisions that actually decide matches.
Each Life
Buy Your Loadout
Pick weapons, gear, utility, and vehicles fresh every time you spawn.
Teamplay Pays
Helping Is Income
Reviving, transporting teammates, and holding the objective all reward cash. See Tips.
Carries Over
Cash Persists
Money follows you match to match, so a big buy at the right moment can swing a fight.
King Of The Hill, Scaled Up
Three teams fight over a randomized 2x2km Control Zone inside a much larger map. Whichever team has the most players inside it earns points, and the first to 100 wins. Because the zone moves and every player picks their own approach, no two matches play out the same. Full breakdown on Game Modes.
Play And Profit Your Way
There's no single correct way to play. Chase the Hot Zone for double cash, buy a ghillie suit and work at range, ferry supplies in by helicopter, fortify a chokepoint with your own FOB, or crew an artillery vehicle. Lone wolf or full squad, the approach is yours.
Build It Or Level It
Bring down apartment blocks with rocket launchers or push through a town in armour — the world changes around you. It cuts both ways: you can just as easily build up and fortify key positions for an advantage. See Deployables.
Not A Battle Royale
WARDOGS isn't a battle royale or an extraction shooter. It's an all-out warfare FPS built to reward decision-making, communication, and teamwork. Local voice chat carries to anyone nearby, so it's as useful for calling tactics as it is for talking to the enemy squad you just ran into.
Is It WARDOGS Or War Dogs?
The game is officially styled WARDOGS, as one word. People commonly write it as War Dogs or WarDogs, and all three refer to the same game — an all-out warfare FPS from BULKHEAD, not the 2016 film of the same name.
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