WARDOGS Building Guide
WARDOGS lets you build fortifications, weapons and objective structures with hammers and supplies. Season 2 made building far more expensive so structures are “a considered investment rather than something you spam”.
Hammers
- Small hammer: builds the basics, including the Wooden Step.
- Medium hammer (Support unlock): adds the Large Shelter. Contributes less per swing since Season 2.
- Large hammer (Support unlock): the only hammer that builds the MG Nest. Its build rate is unchanged.
- The Large Hammer’s vendor price is $2,400; hitting critical spots speeds up building, though Season 2 cut that bonus.
- Doors and gates can no longer be breached with a hammer. Use the Halligan Bar ($885, 7 uses).
Build Supply Costs (Season 2)
| Buildable | Supply cost | Season 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Wood Base | 15 | — |
| Bremmer wall | 32 | 15 |
| Door | 80 | 22 |
| Gate | 200 | 85 |
| Air raid shelter, bunker, crow’s nest | 200 | 100 |
| Large Shelter (new) | 250 | — |
| L81 Mortar | 600 | 150 |
| Stingray | 650 | 150 |
| MG Nest (new) | 650 | — |
| Talon 9K-SAM | 650 | 1,000 |
| Vanguard CIWS | 1,200 | 1,500 |
| Hot Zone Magnet | 2,750 | 2,250 |
When an enemy destroys one of your buildables, they earn its supply cost in cash. See cash rewards.
Drill Rigs
| Setting | Season 1 | Season 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum fuel to activate | 1,500 | 2,000 |
| Maximum fuel | 7,500 | 10,000 |
| Maximum uptime | 375 s | 300 s (matches capturable towers) |
A destroyed rig now has a much longer cooldown before it can be replaced, to stop multi-rig builds dominating.
Defensive Weapons
- Talon (anti-air): reload 2 s → 5 s; restock cost from munition supplies 50 → 200.
- L81 Mortar: restock 75 → 150, and a new firing animation lowers its fire rate.
- Vanguard CIWS: shreds light cover but struggles against heavy fortifications.
- MG Nest: a manned M2 Browning emplacement, new in Season 2.
Other Building Rules
- Barbed wire and sandbags can sit on top of Bremmer walls, but barbed wire kills no longer pay cash or XP.
- Unfinished buildables collapse when they lose support.
- Tank traps can only go on certain surfaces.
- A FOB costs $7,500 from the vendor.
- You can build loudspeakers to blast faction propaganda at the enemy.
More WARDOGS guides: Control Zone & Hot Zone · How to Make Money · Progression & Unlocks · Vehicles
Sources: BULKHEAD’s official Steam announcements (Season 02 patch notes, Season 1 changelog, Top Questions FAQ) and the WARDOGS Steam store page. Checked October 27, 2026 (Season 2, Update 0.2.0). WARDOGS is in Early Access and changes every season.