WARDOGS Season 2 Day-One Plan: The First Hours After the Wipe, Role by Role

On 15 October 2026 every WARDOGS player goes back to level 1 with a $10,000 bank. The wipe is the most equal the game will ever be — and the players who have a plan for the first evening are the ones with tanks and helicopters by week two. This is that plan: the night before, the first hour, the first evening, the first week, role by role, with the Season 1 numbers and a clear note on what to re-check once the Season 2 curve is live.

BULKHEAD has confirmed the date, the reset and that Season 2 ships a different XP curve with a different item order; the switch-over hour (Season 1 went live at 16:00 UTC) and the new thresholds had not been published on 2026-10-04. Every number below is a Season 1 value — the loops are what carry over. We update the XP calculator as soon as the new curve is out.

1. 14 OctoberThe night before

   Spend the bank on kit for the last matches; convert the surplus in the Gold Exchange if today's rate beats the recent trend. Decide your one main role.

2. 15 October · hour 0–1Zone presence

   Free rifle plus a $100 hammer or $200 bandage. Enter the Control Zone ($250), stay for the $160 ticks, revive and repair what's in front of you.

3. 15 October · eveningFirst unlocks at half price

   Under Wardog 9 every shop price is halved. Buy your role's first two unlocks before you cross it.

4. Days 2–7Money loops

   Spawn-vehicle runs and pallets once the bank clears $10,000 after kit; one role per session; check the new curve.

The night before

1. Spend on this season.

   Kit and vehicles you buy now earn XP and matches you'd otherwise not play; whether paid unlock fees are refunded has not been confirmed, so don't buy unlocks on the last day.

2. Convert deliberately.

   The Gold Exchange converter turns your bank into whole bars at the rate you read in-game; whatever is left converts automatically at the wipe at a rate you can't pick, and the remainder below one bar is lost.

3. Pick one role and read its loop.

   The beginner ranking says Support (solo) or Medic (with a squad); if you already fly, Pilot is the richest track in the game.

4. Set the reminder.

   The season calendar emails you once, a few days before the confirmed date.

The first hour: presence before aim

Everyone is level 1 and everyone has $10,000, so the first hour is about not losing money. Spawn the free Bushmaster M17S, a $100 small hammer (Support) or a $200 bandage (Medic), nothing else. Head to the Control Zone: entering pays $250, every ~22 seconds inside pays $160 ($320 in a Hot Zone, climbing with consecutive ticks), and a kill inside the zone is $1,500 instead of $300. Repair, build, revive and mark whatever is in front of you — those are the actions that pay XP to a player who hasn't found their aim yet. Die cheap, respawn, repeat. The HUD arrows tell you when a life is in profit.

The first evening: buy before Wardog 9

The New Recruit discount halves every shop price while your Wardog level is under 9, and it ends permanently when you reach it. Your Wardog level climbs with everything you do, so by the end of a long first evening you will be close. Before you cross it, buy the first two unlocks of your main role — the loadout planner lists them with the discount applied and tells you how much of the $10,000 that leaves. Season 1 examples: URAL $35,000 → $17,500 (Driver 3), AK74 $10,000 → $5,000 (Assault 3), SKS $25,000 → $12,500 (Recon 5), AH-6M miniguns $50,000 → $25,000 (Pilot 4). Season 2 has a new item order, so check the gates in-game on the day.

Days two to seven: money and one role

• Driver loop — once the bank clears $10,000 after kit: Kodiak or Humvee ($2,500–3,000), fill it, park it inside the zone ($3,000 + ≈500 XP), collect $250 per squadmate who spawns on it, repeat. The vehicles guide has every price and gate.
• Pallet loop — $400 pallets delivered to the objective for $2,500 each; URAL by road or Little Bird by air if you can land it.
• One role per session — role XP goes only to the kit you wear; the XP calculator shows how far an evening takes one track.
• Re-check the numbers — Season 2's curve and item order are new. If level 10 no longer costs 35,000 XP, our calculator and guides will say so within a day of the patch notes.

Where a boost fits

If you want a specific unlock early — the AH-6M, the MAAWS, the M4 — or simply want to skip the warm-up, every class, cash and Wardog-level service quotes live for whatever range you set, from level 1 on day one. Choose Duo / self-play to keep playing on your own account with a pro squad around you; read the Risk Disclosure first, because BULKHEAD's Enforcement Policy lists boosting and account sharing as offences. If you enjoy the race itself, play the first evenings yourself: the early levels are the cheapest of the season.