How to make money fast in Wardogs: Tips for early cash flow and upgrades

Playing Wardogs shares similarities with Battlefield, though players must personally purchase every gun, magazine, helmet, and kevlar vest. Operating as a milsim first-person shooter that runs on a personal wallet, performing useful tasks for the team earns money used to unlock permanent upgrades and temporary gear. Because early-game cash can be difficult to secure for consistent unlocks, several lucrative playstyles have emerged from closed beta tests to help players build funds quickly.

One of the safest and most efficient entry-level strategies is purchasing a $75 pair of binoculars. Binoculars and their variants allow players to spot enemy soldiers, vehicles, and structures, marking them temporarily on the map and in-world for teammates. Each successful spot earns a small immediate cash prize, while subsequent kills by teammates provide assist rewards worth hundreds. Alternatively, building forward operating bases (FOBs) offers high payouts. By grabbing a hammer and a FOB module, players can construct base perimeters with walls, gates, and Hesco blocks. Every productive swing of a hammer earns $15 in the beta, and completing a build can yield between $1,200 and $1,500.

Support and transport roles also offer steady income streams. Reviving teammates is worth $900 in the beta, while healing with bandages pays $200 per use. Players can purchase resuscitators and the biggest backpack possible to act as a backline medic until reaching Medic level 11 to unlock the $1,600 defibrillator, which requires $150 batteries good for five revives each. For transport duties, driving the team's spawn vehicle APC to a FOB generates passive royalties whenever a teammate spawns from it. Similarly, ferrying players via helicopter acts as a virtual taxi service, granting direct cash for drops, potential passenger tips, and assist cash when transported players secure kills. Finally, players can stay cost-effective by purchasing cheap gear to loot better equipment from enemy corpses, or simply stand in the Hot Zone to passively earn hundreds of dollars by the minute.

Developer Bulkhead has noted that the economy of the beta will change for the early access release, meaning some current figures may adjust at launch.