WARDOGS Season 2: Release Date, New Weapons, Vehicles and Every Change

WARDOGS Season 02 lands on 15 October 2026. BULKHEAD's preview lists four new guns, four new vehicles, a rain weather preset, an experimental Wager Vendor and a round of changes aimed at the Lonestar faction. Here is everything announced so far, sorted so you can find your part of the game.

Full patch notes come with the launch. Anything under "Reported numbers" below comes from preview notes and can still change.

When Season 02 launches

• Date: 15 October 2026, on Steam.
• Time: BULKHEAD has not published a launch hour yet. Expect a maintenance window first.
• Progress: Season 01 progress resets. The developers say the XP you earned is banked for a skills system in a later season.
• Length: the season is planned to run for about six weeks.

New weapons

• TCX Spear: assault rifle.
• M14: marksman rifle.
• PP-19 Bizon: submachine gun.
• Evo-3 Ultra: light machine gun.
• New attachments come with them.
• Molotov: a thrown fire grenade for area denial, overarm or underarm.

New vehicles

• Wolf-110: fast light transport.
• Wolf-110 Assault: the same truck with a ring-mounted M2.
• T-72: main battle tank. Slower than the Leopard, cheaper, and lighter on fuel.
• Flakpanzer Gepard: anti-air.

New buildables

• MG Nest: a manned M2 emplacement.
• Large Shelter: a big metal cover for key kit, or for keeping the rain off.
• Wooden Step.

Rain

A new weather preset. Sight lines and fights get shorter, sound changes indoors and out, and rain comes in through destroyed roofs. Thunder is the same for everyone on the server and can cover footsteps.

The Wager Vendor

An optional, experimental way to bet your own cash on yourself. You pick objectives, set how many deaths you will allow yourself and choose a stake. More objectives means longer odds and a bigger payout, and a tracker sits above the minimap while it runs. BULKHEAD says it may pull the vendor mid-season if it proves exploitable.

Factions and Lonestar

• Every faction spawn on Bakurani has moved.
• Lonestar uniforms are harder to spot.
• Lonestar gets a cash and XP win bonus and multipliers, for Season 02 only.
• Any team 40 or more points behind second place gets 20% off at vendors.

Gear

• The infrared rangefinder now runs on batteries.
• Super Heavy Helmet: muffled audio, a narrower view, and it fogs when you sprint.
• Heavy and Super Heavy helmets resist suppression better.

Reported numbers (not final)

These come from the preview notes BULKHEAD gave to press and creators. Treat every figure as provisional until the full patch notes are out.

Team switching

• Once a team leads by more than 10 points, you cannot switch again for 15 minutes after picking a side.
• Switch sides or join mid-match and your map is hidden and your spawn vehicle is unavailable until you first reach the control zone.

Damage and armour

• .308 down 25%, 7.62x54R down 20%, 7.62x39 down 19%, .50 down 16%. Sniper rifles get more hit-location damage to make up for it.
• LMG body damage now matches assault rifles.
• Level 4 armour and helmets: damage reduction 65% to 60%.

Suppression and handling

• Near misses suppress harder, with less screen shake. Heavy helmets cut suppression by 30%, Super Heavy by 60%.
• The MP5 gets a new recoil pattern and every DMR gets a recoil pass.
• Parachutes open slower and need more height.

MMGL

• Muzzle velocity down 25%, blast damage falls off faster, and it is far less accurate from the Little Bird bench.

Building

• Supply costs: Bremer wall 15 to 32, door 22 to 250, gate 85 to 500, mortar and radio tower emplacements 150 to 800, hot zone magnet 2,250 to 2,750.
• Hammers build slower, and unfinished structures collapse when their supports are destroyed.

Prices and rewards

• Up: Leopard 14,000 to 22,000, Havoc 18,000 to 28,000, Super Heavy Helmet 3,000 to 4,500.
• Down: AK-74M 1,600 to 800, plus the PKM and the large backpacks.
• New cash and XP for destroying FOBs, breaching doors, hacking objectives and logistics runs, with streaks for repeat deliveries.
• Rewards and vendor discounts for helping fill an empty server, paid once the match starts.

Unlocks

• Assault: AK-74M by default, TAR-21 at 3, TCX Spear at 20, M4 moves to 28.
• Medic: Bizon by default, MP5 at 4.
• Recon: M14 at 25.
• Support: Evo-3 Ultra at 30, PKM down to 15.
• New vehicles sit on the Driver track, from level 8 (Wolf-110) to level 25 (Gepard).

Season 02 on AE servers

Our servers update when the patch goes live, so expect a short gap on the day. See the servers for live player counts and how to join.

The AE WARDOGS League starts its Season 1 a week later, on Friday 23 October: teams of thirty, three factions a match, a knockout in waves on Friday and Saturday nights. It is free to enter, as a team or as a solo player through the draft.

New to the game this season? Start with the beginner guide and the money guide, then find a squad on the AE Discord.

Sources

• BULKHEAD: WARDOGS Season 02 Preview on Steam, 9 October 2026.
• BULKHEAD: Press Conference 01, Road to Season 02.
• Reported numbers as covered by Screen Rant.