Driver

28:31 Driver is the Wardogs progression track for ground vehicles: you earn its XP by carrying teammates and supplies to the front and by fighting from a vehicle, and its levels open trucks, armed cars and every tank, each unlocked once with cash. It is also the slowest track to level for most players: Driver took only 10.57% of the XP earned on the launch weekend, Bulkhead and Team17 said, against more than 20% each for Support and Assault. Everything below is Season 2 (update 0.2.0, Oct 15, 2026), read on Oct 26, 2026. Every vehicle's stats are on Vehicles.

Quick facts

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

How Driver earns XP and cash

21:15 Transport is the job. In launch week Rock Paper Shotgun was paid $1,000 for a "tactical deployment," $500 for each unharmed passenger and a tip, $2,515 for one run, and $500 for a supply crate delivery. GamesRadar+ found Driver XP "very slow" in Season 1, with the best sources being pallet runs to a FOB, dropping off teammates and driving the spawn APC. Fighting counts too: everyone in a vehicle gets Driver XP for kills made by its driver or gunners, GameSpot explains.

8:59 Season 2 lowered the base rewards and added streaks for repeat runs, with values for drops inside the Control Zone, per Bulkhead's notes:

Source: Bulkhead's Season 2 notes, Oct 14, 2026. Bulkhead corrected its first posted figures the same day: they "were base design values without a zone multiplier."

24:46 Season 2 also sent two more kinds of XP to Driver: repairing a ground vehicle and firing artillery, per Bulkhead's notes. The spawn APC pays its driver royalties: park it somewhere safe and every teammate who spawns on it pays you, PC Gamer explains, and GameSpot suggests parking it inside a FOB in the Control Zone. Riders can tip drivers, PCGamesN notes. More on the APC is on Spawning and Redeploying.

Driver unlocks in Season 2

Reaching a level makes an item available; you pay its unlock cost once, then its vendor price each life (Economy and Cash). Dexerto lists no Driver level for the Bobcat quad bike ($500) or the Kodiak SUV ($2,500), and each team gets vehicles that spawn free at the start of a match.

Sources: Bulkhead's Season 2 notes (Oct 14, 2026) and Dexerto's Driver page, whose values match Season 2 wherever Bulkhead's notes give a figure.

20:03 Season 2 added four vehicles to the track (the Wolf-110 at level 8, the Wolf-110 [M2 Browning] at 16, the T-72B3 at 20 and the Flakpanzer Gepard at 25) and moved the SPH-2 from Wardog level 90 to Driver level 31, cutting its unlock from $500,000 to $350,000, per Bulkhead's notes. The Humvee moved from level 15 to 14 but its unlock rose from $25,000 to $75,000.

Driver vehicles

2:38 Season 2 vendor prices per life, from Dexerto and Bulkhead's notes: Bobcat $500, Dune Buggy $1,500, Wolf-110 $2,200, Kodiak $2,500, Kodiak [Pickup] $3,000, Humvee $3,000, Ural $5,000, Kodiak [M249] $6,750, Ural Defender $7,200, Wolf-110 [M2 Browning] $7,800, SPH-2 $8,000, Humvee [M249] $8,500, Ural Defender [M249] $9,500, Humvee [Minigun] $10,000, Flakpanzer Gepard $14,000, T-72B3 $16,000 and L2A6 $22,000 (it was $14,000). Bulkhead describes the T-72B3 as "slower than the L2A6, but cheaper and slightly more fuel-efficient." Cars and trucks are on Light Vehicles and Trucks; tanks, the Gepard and the SPH-2 on Tanks and Artillery.

21:55 For logistics, the Kodiak holds any size of supply crate and the Ural carries whole pallets, Shacknews explains. Destructoid's pick for supply runs is the Ural Defender [M249], and its everyday passenger car the Kodiak [Pickup]. Since Season 2 a vehicle you buy keeps its inventory private to you and your squad by default.

The Season 2 Driver exploit

15:01 On Season 2's first day, players found they could drive just outside HQ, drop pallets and drive back, unlocking tanks on the first day; Bulkhead fixed it and gave fewer than 1,000 heavy abusers 24-hour bans, Eurogamer reported on Oct 16, 2026. Rock Paper Shotgun reported that the temporary fix slowed vehicle progression to Season 1 rates. On Oct 17 Bulkhead wrote that it had sped up progression deliberately "but it was the wrong call". Abusing exploits risks a ban and a cash and XP reset (Anti-Cheat and Bans). In the clip, from Bulkhead's HOTZONE podcast, the developers say the exploit touched fewer than 400 players.

How to level Driver fast

• Run troops and supplies into the Control Zone, not just outside it: Season 2's figures are the zone values, and the streak bonuses reward runs one after another (Bulkhead).
• Fill your seats with gunners: every kill your crew makes is Driver XP for everyone aboard (GameSpot).
• Drive the APC to a safe spot and leave it for royalties (PC Gamer).
• Repair friendly ground vehicles, which gives Driver XP since Season 2 (Bulkhead).
• Do not drive the APC in circles so no one can spawn, a complaint PC Gamer quotes, and shoot enemy tires: one popped Humvee tire cuts its top speed by over half, PC Gamer found.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Driver track unlock in Wardogs? In Season 2 the Wardogs Driver track unlocks the Ural (level 3), Kodiak [M249] (6), Wolf-110 (8), Dune Buggy (9), Kodiak [Pickup] (10), Humvee (14), Ural Defender (15), T-72B3 (20), Humvee [M249] (24), Flakpanzer Gepard (25), Humvee [Minigun] (30), SPH-2 (31) and L2A6 (35), plus music tapes and the Large Crate.

What level do you get tanks in Wardogs? In Wardogs Season 2 the first tank, the T-72B3, unlocks at Driver level 20 for $250,000; the L2A6 comes at Driver level 35 for $500,000.

How do you level Driver fast in Wardogs? Deliver teammates, crates and pallets into the Control Zone in streaks, carry gunners whose kills give everyone aboard Driver XP, and repair ground vehicles, which gives Driver XP in Wardogs since Season 2.

How much does a taxi run pay in Wardogs? In Wardogs Season 2 each player delivered by ground vehicle pays $350 in the Control Zone, plus $25 more for each player in a streak; riders may also tip.

Where is the SPH-2 in Wardogs? Since Season 2 the Wardogs SPH-2 artillery tank unlocks at Driver level 31 for $350,000; in Season 1 it was a Wardog career unlock at level 90.

Sources

• WARDOGS | Season 02 Patch Notes, Bulkhead (Steam news), Oct 14, 2026
• ANNOUNCEMENT, Wardogs on X (Bulkhead), Oct 17, 2026
• WARDOGS passes two million copies sold, Bulkhead and Team17 (Games Press), Sep 16, 2026
• Driver, Dexerto, Sep 5, 2026 (Season 2 values)
• All Vehicles, Dexerto, Oct 15, 2026
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• Kodiak - Stats, Weapons & Unlock, Dexerto, Sep 5, 2026
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