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WARDOGS How to Play: First-Match Guide
Learn the WARDOGS match loop: buy a loadout, help your team control the zone, earn cash through useful actions and reach 100 points first.
Operation brief
Direct answer. To play WARDOGS, buy a loadout with your persistent cash, deploy with one of three teams and help put more friendly players inside the active Control Zone. Your team scores while it has control; the first team to 100 points wins. [steam]
Prerequisites
- Match objectiveFind the randomized Control Zone and choose one job before committing persistent cash. [team17]
Completion check
- Useful contributionYour team is adding presence to the objective or receiving transport, revives, supplies or fire support from your role. [team17]
Action sequence
- Open the map and find the current Control Zone before buying gear. [steam]
- Choose one useful job: infantry, medic, transport, logistics, construction or vehicle support. [steam]
- Travel with your squad and spend only what that job needs. [steam]
- Earn, survive when practical and reassess your purchase after each death. [steam]
Every player starts the wider progression journey with $10,000. Reviving, transporting teammates, delivering supplies and fighting for the objective all earn cash, so a first match does not require chasing eliminations. Cash persists between matches, which makes an expensive vehicle or kit a calculated risk. [team17]
Spend for one useful job
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Open the map and find the current Control Zone before buying gear.
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Choose one useful job: infantry, medic, transport, logistics, construction or vehicle support.
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Travel with your squad and spend only what that job needs.
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Earn, survive when practical and reassess your purchase after each death.
Recover without draining persistent cash
Exact prices, unlock levels and balance values can change between the closed beta and Early Access. [steam]
Frequently asked questions
Do eliminations score the match by themselves?
No. The official rule is control of the active zone; eliminations create space, while the team with the most players in the Control Zone earns points.
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