WARDOGS Wipes & Progression Explained: Season 1 and What Resets

WARDOGS is an MMO with seasonal progression wipes: everything you grind — money, unlocks, levels — resets when a season turns over. This is confirmed, official, and the single most important thing to understand before investing hundreds of hours.

#The quick answer

The first full progression wipe happened at 2026-09-25 15:00 UTC, marking the start of Season 1. Expect further wipes at season boundaries; BULKHEAD announces them in the Steam forums ahead of time.

#What a wipe means

From the official announcement threads:

• All progression resets — plan your grind in seasons, not forever.
• Wipes pair with balance changes, so the meta on day one of a season is never the meta of the previous one. That is why every guide on this site is stamped "as of 2026-09-25, Season 1 post-wipe".

Specific lists of exactly which currencies/unlocks reset vs carry over are not yet confirmed by the community beyond the headline "full progression wipe" — we will itemize once post-wipe behavior is observable and reported.

#How to play around wipes (community consensus)

1. Spend, don't hoard. Money you sit on evaporates at the wipe; gear you bought is experience you keep. See the money farming guide for fast re-grind routes.
2. Learn systems in week one. Post-wipe lobbies are full of players re-learning unlock orders — the driver XP and armor/TTK pages are the two grind bottlenecks to plan around.
3. Follow the official threads. Wipe timing and patch notes land on the Steam forums first.

#Sources

• Steam thread (official): Progression wipe announcement — full wipe at 2026-09-25 15:00 UTC
• Steam thread (official): Wipe / Season 1 follow-up

This page tracks Season 1 as of 2026-09-25. Future wipe dates get added as BULKHEAD announces them.