WARDOGS patch notes What changed?
Every official update and hotfix, with a quick summary of what it actually means for how you play. The full notes are underneath each one.
15 October 2026Latest
WARDOGS | SEASON 02 IS NOW LIVE
- Season 02 is now live, with Update 0.2.0 released.
- Servers are back online, so you can join matches again.
- This announcement does not list the individual changes. Check the full patch notes on the linked Steam news post before you adjust your loadouts or playstyle.
- Once you have read the patch notes, compare any changed weapons, kit or systems against your current setups before you squad up.
14 October 2026
WARDOGS | Season 02 Patch Notes
- Season 2 Early Access starts on 15 October. Expect a scheduled maintenance window from 08:00 to 09:30 UTC, with ro
9 October 2026
WARDOGS | Season 02 Preview
- Season 2 releases on 15 October 2026. Full patch notes, including balance changes and a maintenance window, are due early next week, and the team says the details are not yet final.
- New weapons: TCX Spear (assault rifle), M14 (DMR), PP-19 Bizon (SMG) and Evo-3 Ultra (LMG), plus a range of new attachments.
- New kit and vehicles: a Molotov that sets fire on impact and damages anyone in its radius, the Wolf-110 and armed Wolf-110 (Assault), the T-72 tank, the Flakpanzer Gepard anti-air vehicle, a manned MG Nest, a Large Shelter and
2 October 2026
IR Goggles & CIWS Balance Hotfix
- The IR Rangefinders are disabled in the vendor until Season 02, when they will require batteries to use. BULKHEAD says they had become too overpowered.
- The CIWS now destroys the havoc in about 6 seconds, down from 12. This follows a previous patch that overcorrected, which has been hotfixed this morning.
- Servers restart across regions within the next 12 hours to apply these changes, but no new client download is needed.
- Players who planned to buy or rely on IR Rangefinders should adjust their loadouts now, as they will not be available in the vendor until Season 02.
2 October 2026
WARDOGS | Security & Stability Hotfix
- A security and stability hotfix is planned for tomorrow, Friday 2nd, at 08:00 UTC.
- Expect about one hour of downtime while the hotfix is applied, so the game may be unavailable during that window.
- The hotfix targets minor security and stability issues affecting some players. The announcement does not list any gameplay, kit or squad changes.
- If you plan to play around that time, schedule your session before or after the window.
30 September 2026
WARDOGS | Update 0.1.2 (Minor Patch)
- Windows 11 players hit by the WD-L020 crash after the KB5124010 update should find it fixed in this patch.
- Several cash and XP exploits are closed: revive checks are now server authoritative, vehicle fly-through rewards are capped, destroying a partly built schematic pays out in proportion to its progress, and depositing pallets into a FOB outside the zone gives reduced rewards.
- Economy abuse now carries a zero tolerance policy. Players caught exploiting or real money trading have had their cash and progression reset and risk permanent bans without warning, so repeatable unintended exploits should be avoided.
- The server browser has a new DEPLOY flow that lets you pick Official, Community, Infantry Mode or Low-Level servers, and Advanced Filters are back on the Official list. Gamepad now works on the DEPLOY screen.
- Anonymous mode now hides the server name on the loading screen, and joining a server shows connection status and your queue position.
- Server admins gain a daily UTC restart time, an RCON AllowedHosts restriction, capped RCON message lengths and a Standard default response level for RCON.
- Throwables can no longer be used from enclosed vehicle seats, and the adaptive crosshair now hides while aiming down sights.
- The service will be offline for about one hour from 8:00 UTC for the deployment of update 0.1.2.
- Season 02 will bring larger changes, including new map conditions, equipment, balance reworks and features, with more details due next week.
26 September 2026
3 Million Sales + Golden Joystick Awards [VOTE NOW!]
- WARDOGS has sold 3 million copies in just over two weeks since entering Early Access.
- The game is nominated for 'Best Early Access Game 2026' in the Golden Joystick Awards, which are decided by community votes, and votes can be cast at goldenjoysticks.com.
- The #WARDOGS100k competition is ongoing, with community clips shared as part of it. Week 01 highlights and an explainer video are available on YouTube.
- The team is working on Season 02 and beyond, and more information is due to be released later next week.
22 September 2026
WARDOGS | Season 02 Teaser
- WARDOGS Season 02 is due to launch on 15th October 2026.
- The teaser does not yet say what Season 02 changes, so there is nothing confirmed to plan loadouts or squads around.
- More details are promised, so watch the official channels for the full breakdown before the launch date.
15 September 2026
2 MILLION COPIES SOLD
- BULKHEAD announced that WARDOGS has sold 2 million copies, and thanked players for the launch weekend.
- The post describes the game as built to be played with friends, so squad play is the core experience it was designed around.
- No gameplay, kit, or squad changes are announced here, so nothing about how you play currently changes.
- The "snapshot of the numbers" the post mentions is not included in the text, so no further sales or player figures can be confirmed from it.
12 September 2026
SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE & PATCH 0.11
- Patch 0.11 and scheduled maintenance: servers go down for about 1 hour on Monday 14 September 2026 (01:00 PDT, 09:00 UK, 18:00 Eastern Australia), so plan around the downtime.
- Official server browser filters have been removed, and Community Server browser filtering is more reliable, with new text search and a Show Empty/Full option in the quick bar.
- Community Server IDs now persist between matches and restarts, so you can join a server by ID. The IDs are longer for security reasons.
- Server naming rules have changed: names must sort alphabetically regardless of special characters or numbers, and you can no longer use more than one space in a row.
- For the next week, Community Servers give a 5% End of Match cash bonus, which may be worth considering if you want to grind.
- Various cash exploits and more GPU crashes have been fixed, and server capacity in Asia has increased.
- Abusing cash exploits or bugs can lead to a timed ban with cash and XP reset to 0. Creating content that tutorialises economy exploits without reporting them is treated as advertising cheats and results in a permanent ban, and XP farming can lead to a permanent ban.
11 September 2026
1.25 MILLION COPIES SOLD!
- BULKHEAD reports that WARDOGS has sold 1.25 million copies.
- The developers say they are monitoring servers, so players may see them keeping an eye on how the game runs.
- There are no patch notes, changes, or new content in this announcement.
- The announcement thanks the community and says the team will see players in-game.
- The WARDOGS Steam store page is linked for anyone who wants to check the game out.
10 September 2026
Launch Stability Hotfix #1
- Players currently logged in will be forced to close WARDOGS and restart, then must download the latest client update before playing again.
- After the update is installed and the game is relaunched, everyone returns to the login queue, so expect to wait before getting back in.
- Entry will be phased in controlled batches, with the number of players admitted increased gradually as successful joins and server population are confirmed.
- The hotfix targets players being unable to join servers, unexpected mid-session kicks, and long login queue times.
- BULKHEAD is monitoring the situation after the hotfix and says it is working through the night to resolve it.
10 September 2026
WARDOGS LAUNCH TRAILER
- Wardogs is in early access on Steam from today, so PC players can start playing now.
- Console versions are due in 2028, so console players will need to wait for that release.
- The announcement gives no details on gameplay, kit or squad features, so there are no specific changes to plan around yet.
9 September 2026
Pre-Load Live & Season 1 Changelog
- Progression is slower at levels 10 to 20, and the curve flattens from level 35 onward. Most players at 20 to 25 hours should reach around level 20, and the
8 September 2026
The 11th Reason NOT To Buy WARDOGS
- WARDOGS Early Access launches on 10 September, and the launch trailer goes live that day.
- For anti-cheat, use the in-game report function on official servers. For the strongest protection, play on community hosted servers, where admins can ban bad actors instantly.
- Community hosted servers can be pre-ordered now through three Approved Hosting Partners: QONZER, BisectHosting and x
5 September 2026
THE CLOSED BETA IS NOW AN OPEN BETA!
- The closed beta is now an open beta, so the test is no longer limited to closed beta participants.
- The beta ends on Sunday at 08:00 UTC, so players have a limited window to try it.
- The beta is available through the WARDOGS page on Steam, linked in the announcement.
- The announcement does not say what has changed in the beta, so
1 September 2026
WARDOGS | Closed Beta 02 Announcement
- Closed Beta 02 is a scale test, so access is being handed out in waves rather than opened to everyone. Pre-ordering on Steam is the stated way to guarantee a place.
- The beta is aimed at stressing server scaling and browsing, Twitch Drops, DLC entitlements, VOIP and the login queue, so players may run into queues or breakages in these areas.
- Players who want to help should be ready to report problems, as the developers say they want people to "break our systems".
- The beta has been announced ahead of The FPS Games Show on 3 September at 18:00 UTC (7 PM BST), where a further announcement is promised but not detailed.
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