Assault

3:46 Assault is the Wardogs progression track for frontline infantry: you earn its XP by fighting with assault rifles and explosives, and each level opens new rifles, attachments and charges that you then buy once with cash to unlock. Wardogs has no fixed classes, so anyone can carry any item; the six tracks (Assault, Medic, Recon, Support, Driver and Pilot) only decide what you have unlocked, as GameSpot and Eurogamer explain. Since Season 2 (update 0.2.0, Oct 15, 2026), Bulkhead calls Assault "the role for attacking enemy bases," and moved C4 and the new Molotov into it. Everything below is Season 2, read on Oct 26, 2026; each season has "a different XP curve with different item orders," so expect the table to change with Season 3.

Quick facts

Sources: Dexerto's Assault page, Bulkhead's Season 2 notes, Bulkhead and Team17's Sep 16 press release.

How Assault earns XP

10:39 XP goes to the track that matches the item you use, so kills and assists with an assault rifle level Assault, Eurogamer explains. Season 2 sent more work this way: destroying an enemy buildable now gives Assault XP instead of Support, and IED and C4 kills count for Assault too, per Bulkhead's Season 2 notes. The same notes raised the cash bonus for a kill with an assault-archetype weapon from $1,500 to $2,000.

A combat role's first level needs 200 XP, per Dexerto, and Season 2's curve puts level 10 at 25,000 total XP, level 20 at 111,500, level 35 at 525,000 and level 50 at 1,150,000, per Bulkhead's Season 2 notes, which say level 20 "now takes less than half the playtime it did in Season 1." Every track's curve is on Progression and Unlocks.

Assault was the second most played track at launch: it took 20.54% of all XP earned on the launch weekend, just behind Support's 21.42%, Bulkhead and Team17 said.

Assault unlocks in Season 2

Reaching a level only makes an item available: you still pay its unlock cost once, then its vendor price every life you carry it (Economy and Cash). The AK74 and its 30 round magazine are free from the start since Season 2, and the STANAG 30 round magazine now comes with the T-21.

Sources: Bulkhead's Season 2 notes (Oct 14, 2026), Dexerto's Assault page and its item pages for the C4 Charge, Molotov Cocktail, AK74 75 RND Drum, TopComp Brake, CQB 74 Brake, CQ-2x, STANAG 60 RND, FAL 30 RND and Shift Foregrip. Dexerto's values match Season 2 wherever Bulkhead's notes give a figure. Dexerto counts 40 Assault unlocks through level 50; this table lists the ones with a published level.

1:49 Season 2 moved the M4 from level 20 to 28 and raised its unlock from $100,000 to $150,000, gave its old level 20 slot to the new TCX-SPR, and raised the FAL's unlock from $200,000 to $250,000, per Bulkhead's notes. Optics moved too: the Tricon 1.5x and Spitfire 3X left Assault for the Wardog career track (levels 26 and 31), and the 2.5x Combat Optic and 3x Tactical Prism Scope came the other way. The clip is Bulkhead's Oct 9 press conference introducing the TCX-SPR.

Assault weapons and gear

10:44 The track's rifles cost, per life, $800 for the AK74, $1,200 for the T-21, $2,000 for the Galil, $2,800 for the M4, $3,200 for the TCX-SPR and $6,000 for the FAL in Season 2 (the M4's price is Dexerto's). Bulkhead says the FAL "still has the highest damage-per-shot within the assault rifle category, but now sits closer to the TCX-SPR and M4" after Season 2 cut .308 Winchester base damage by 25% and 7.62x39mm by 19%. Each gun's full stats are on Assault Rifles and its attachments on Attachments.

16:41 The explosives are the base-breaking half of the role. A C4 Charge costs $250 and stacks to three, and needs a Remote Detonator, which Season 2 raised from $550 to $650. The Molotov, new in Season 2, costs $340, deals impact damage and then fire damage over time, burns destructible foliage and is weaker in rain. Rockets and mines sit on other tracks: the RPG-7 is a Support unlock and the Claymore a Recon one (Launchers and Explosives). In the clip Bulkhead's developers say the Molotov does little damage to vehicles and was meant for clearing buildings.

Assault loadouts and tips

Game Rant's Assault loadouts (Sep 17, 2026, written in Season 1) run in three steps: an AK74 with the CQB 74 Brake, RK6 Tactical Foregrip and 2.5x Combat Optic, plus binoculars, five bandages, two frag grenades and the free Emergency Resuscitator; then an M4 with the TopComp Brake, Rubberized Ergonomic Foregrip and CQ-2x; then a single-fire FAL with the Three Port Brake, TDG Vertical Foregrip and CQ-2x and a Ruck Backpack full of magazines. In Season 2 the AK74 costs nothing to unlock and the M4 comes later, at level 28. For a broke start, Game Rant built a $5,600 T-21 kit with two IEDs and two white smokes. More builds are on Best Loadouts.

5:59 Eurogamer's advice for Assault is to follow a squad rather than push alone. PC Gamer's tips are to leave spawn with at least two extra magazines, three to five bandages and a dot sight, and to hit the enemy's spawn APC with RPGs, IEDs or C4, which is "both strategically helpful and very profitable"; Dexerto lists a $4,000 base reward for destroying it. Fighting in the Hot Zone pays the most (Hot Zone and Towers), and everything you carry is lost if you die and are not revived (Healing and Revives).

Frequently asked questions

What does the Assault track unlock in Wardogs? In Season 2, the Wardogs Assault track unlocks the T-21 (level 3), C4 and the Remote Detonator (4), the Galil (10), the Molotov (13), the TCX-SPR (20), the M4 (28) and the FAL (35), plus muzzles, grips, optics and larger magazines for those rifles.

What level is the M4 in Wardogs? Since Season 2 (Oct 15, 2026) the M4 unlocks at Assault level 28 for $150,000 in Wardogs; in Season 1 it was level 20 for $100,000.

When do you get the FAL in Wardogs? The FAL unlocks at Assault level 35 in Wardogs, for a one-time $250,000 in Season 2, and then costs $6,000 each life.

How do you level Assault fast in Wardogs? Get kills and assists with assault rifles, destroy enemy buildables, and use C4 and IEDs, all of which give Assault XP in Wardogs Season 2; fighting inside the Control Zone and Hot Zone also pays more cash.

Is Assault a class in Wardogs? No. Wardogs has no fixed classes: Assault is one of six progression tracks, and any player can buy any unlocked item, whatever track they are leveling.

What is the best Assault loadout in Wardogs? Game Rant's Wardogs Assault builds start with a cheap AK74 and move to the M4 and then a single-fire FAL; in Season 2 the AK74 is free to unlock and the M4 arrives at level 28.

Sources

• WARDOGS | Season 02 Patch Notes, Bulkhead (Steam news), Oct 14, 2026
• Pre-Load Live & Season 1 Changelog, Bulkhead (Steam news), Sep 9, 2026
• WARDOGS passes two million copies sold, Bulkhead and Team17 (Games Press), Sep 16, 2026
• Assault, Dexerto, Sep 5, 2026 (Season 2 values)
• Medic, Dexerto, Sep 5, 2026 (Season 2 values)
• C4 Charge, Dexerto, Sep 4, 2026
• Molotov Cocktail, Dexerto, Oct 15, 2026
• M4 - Stats, Attachments & Ammo, Dexerto, Sep 4, 2026
• AK74 75 RND Drum Magazine, Dexerto, Sep 4, 2026
• TopComp Brake, Dexerto, Sep 4, 2026
• CQB 74 Brake, Dexerto, Sep 4, 2026
• CQ-2x Prism Combat Scope, Dexerto, Sep 4, 2026
• STANAG 60 RND Magazine, Dexerto, Sep 4, 2026
• FAL 30 RND Magazine, Dexerto, Sep 4, 2026
• Shift Foregrip, Dexerto, Sep 4, 2026
• M113 APC SV - Stats, Weapons & Unlock, Dexerto, Sep 5, 2026
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