WARDOGS doesn't lock you into a class — what you play each life is whatever you buy with your $10,000 budget. These are the six progression tracks Bulkhead groups gear and unlocks into. Pick one below for the full cost breakdown and a link to the loadout calculator.
🎯Frontline Rifleman
The generalist entry point: spend most of your $10,000 on a solid primary rifle, a sidearm, and armor, then push the Control Zone. No specialist gear to learn — just aim and objective play. AK74 or M4 covers most fights for a fraction of the FAL's price.
🩹Revives & Sustain
Carries the $2,000 Medical Bag to revive and heal squadmates on the objective, which pays for itself fast in kept-alive teammates and revive cash. Best cash-efficiency in the roster once you're good at staying alive long enough to actually use it — die with it unused and you've wasted a fifth of your budget.
🔭Sniper & Scouting
Marksman and sniper rifles for long-range picks and Control Zone intel — everything from the budget Scout Rifle TD ($1,100) up to the AMR 50 ($8,800), an anti-materiel monster with 2,000m effective range. High reward for good positioning, high cost if you get caught out of position with a slow-firing rifle in hand.
🏗️FOB Builder & Logistics
Turns static POIs like the Lumberyard or Sunflower Church into temporary FOBs with resupply and anti-air, funded by the Hammer unlocks (Medium Hammer support jumped to a $25,000 unlock, Large Hammer to $75,000 as of the Season 1 patch). Slowest to pay off solo, but the role a coordinated squad can't win the Control Zone without.
🚚Ground Vehicles
Runs the Bobcat light transport, Ural cargo truck, or L2A6 main battle tank — moving squads across the 256km² map fast and earning transport/logistics cash on top of combat kills. Vehicles are expensive to replace, so map awareness matters more than gunskill here.
🚁Air Support
Puts you in the Mi-28 Havoc attack helicopter and other air assets — the highest skill ceiling in the roster and the highest-value kills when you're good, the fastest way to burn your whole budget when you're not. Best learned in a near-empty server before you fly it into a 100-player Control Zone fight.