Season 3

31:19 Wardogs Season 3 is expected to start on Thursday, Nov 12, 2026: Bulkhead CEO Joe Brammer wrote in a reply on Steam that "Season 3 has been brought forward to November 12th to give everyone a proper fresh start", as Shacknews reported, and PCGamesN gives the same date with "a fresh economy reset". As of Oct 26, 2026 the date is not yet in a Bulkhead news post on Steam, and no start time or patch notes have been published. Season 3 comes early because Season 2, which began on Oct 15, went wrong: faster progression let some players reach the best gear within days. In the clip, from Bulkhead's Oct 24 podcast, the team says it chose not to wipe at once and to end Season 2 a few weeks early instead.

Quick facts

Sources: Shacknews, Oct 25, 2026; PCGamesN, Oct 25, 2026; Bulkhead's Steam news, read Oct 26, 2026.

Release date

The Nov 12 date comes from Brammer, not yet from a Bulkhead announcement. Shacknews quotes his reply on Steam and notes that the earlier start makes Season 2 last less than a month; PCGamesN reported the same Thursday, Nov 12 target on Oct 25 (PCGamesN). Until Bulkhead posts it on Steam, treat it as the planned date. Bulkhead's seasons so far have started after a morning maintenance: Season 2 servers were down on Oct 15 from 08:00 to 09:30 UTC, but no time has been given for Season 3.

Why Season 3 was brought forward

3:11 Season 2 sped up progression on purpose, and on Oct 17, 2026 Bulkhead posted on X that "it was the wrong call". Some players reached tier 4 armor and main battle tanks within days, so "the wipe never really landed"; rather than a "knee-jerk reset this weekend", Bulkhead said it would bring Season 3 forward "significantly" (PCGamesN). Insider Gaming quoted Bulkhead: "This is what Early Access is for." The full story is on Season 2. In the clip Bulkhead's team debates whether announcing the earlier Season 3 so soon was itself a mistake.

A fresh economy reset

Season 3 will start the economy over, per PCGamesN, as Season 2 did on Oct 15, when everyone went back to level 1. Bulkhead has not said what a player's starting cash will be after the reset, or how leftover Season 2 cash will be handled; what is known about wipes and Gold Bars is on Seasons and Wipes and Gold Bars and the Gold Market.

Limited and primitive servers

48:14 Brammer said Season 3 will add limited "primitive" servers that remove power weapons and vehicles, to recreate the low-to-mid game (PCGamesN). Earlier, PCGamesN described these Limited Mode servers as removing level 4 armor, power weapons and vehicles such as tanks and artillery while allowing level 2 armor (PCGamesN). They are planned, not in the game as of Oct 26, 2026. How servers work now is on Servers and Matchmaking.

Longer seasons from now on

46:12 Season 3 is also where the season cadence changes. "We've got to slow down. We can't do monthly seasons. We can't keep up," Brammer told PCGamesN; the plan is seasons of about three months with a smaller mid-season update halfway through (PCGamesN). He also called adding lots of content at the expense of core fundamentals in Season 2 "a huge mistake on our part".

Progression changes Bulkhead wants

47:38 Bulkhead wants to move away from Season 1's "heavy vertical progression", where the best items sat at the end of each track (PCGamesN). Brammer said he has no fix yet for a destroyed Havoc being bought again almost at once by the same player; Pete Harries said in the same discussion that fuel could be part of the answer. Neither is a confirmed Season 3 change. See Progression and Unlocks and Helicopters.

What is not known

As of Oct 26, 2026, Bulkhead has not published Season 3's patch notes, start time, new weapons, vehicles or maps, its XP curve, or what carries over from Season 2. Screen Rant reported from a pre-Season 2 briefing that a night mode was planned for Season 3, but Bulkhead's own posts do not mention it (Screen Rant). Planned features such as player skills and custom loadouts have no date (Early Access and Roadmap). This page will follow Bulkhead's posts; every patch so far is on Patches and Updates.

Frequently asked questions

When does Wardogs Season 3 start? Wardogs Season 3 is expected on Thursday, Nov 12, 2026, per Bulkhead CEO Joe Brammer's reply on Steam as PCGamesN and Shacknews reported it; Bulkhead had not confirmed it in a news post as of Oct 26, 2026.

What time does Wardogs Season 3 start? Bulkhead had not announced a start time for Wardogs Season 3 as of Oct 26, 2026; Season 2 went live after maintenance from 08:00 to 09:30 UTC on Oct 15.

Will Wardogs Season 3 wipe progress? Yes, Wardogs Season 3 is planned with a fresh economy reset, per PCGamesN, as each season wipes progression.

Why is Wardogs Season 3 early? Bulkhead brought Wardogs Season 3 forward because Season 2's faster progression let some players reach tier 4 armor and tanks within days, which it called "the wrong call".

How long will Wardogs seasons be after Season 3 starts? Brammer said Wardogs seasons will last about three months from now on, with a smaller update halfway through, instead of monthly seasons.

What is new in Wardogs Season 3? The only Season 3 additions described so far are limited "primitive" servers without power weapons and vehicles; Bulkhead had published no Season 3 patch notes as of Oct 26, 2026.

Sources

• When does Wardogs Season 3 start?, Shacknews, Oct 25, 2026
• "We've got to slow down," Wardogs developer admits after Season 2's rocky rollout, PCGamesN, Oct 25, 2026
• Wardogs Season 3 could be brought "significantly" forward, PCGamesN, Oct 17, 2026
• "We f***ed up:" Bulkhead admits Wardogs Season 2 "got a few things wrong", PCGamesN, Oct 16, 2026
• ANNOUNCEMENT, Wardogs on X, Oct 17, 2026
• Wardogs wipe issues bring Season 3 earlier, Insider Gaming, Oct 17, 2026
• WARDOGS | Season 02 Patch Notes, Bulkhead (Steam news), Oct 14, 2026
• WARDOGS Season 2: New Weapons, Vehicles & Patch Notes, Screen Rant, Oct 9, 2026
• WARDOGS news, Steam, read Oct 26, 2026
• THE HOTZONE | Ep 1 | "The Wipe", Bulkhead, Oct 24, 2026 (video)