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This Week in Wardogs: Season 3 dated 12 November, Limited Mode, and the last two weeks of Season 2

By the Wardogs Flight Sim team. Published 29 October 2026, updated 12 November 2026

Season 3 now has a day on the calendar: Thursday 12 November. A BULKHEAD developer named it on Steam on 23 Oct; two days later PCGamesN interviewed the team and reported the same Thursday target, plus a fresh economy reset. Limited Mode servers (no power weapons, no vehicles) come with it, and the longer‑term plan is roughly three‑month seasons. Here’s how to use the last two weeks of Season 2 in the cockpit.

Official: Thursday 12 November (currently)

No new Steam patch notes this week — the newest official Steam post is still SEASON 02 IS NOW LIVE (15 Oct). The date first showed up in a developer reply on Steam on 23 Oct, then in PCGamesN’s 25 Oct interview with Joe Brammer, Pete Harries, Tim Nightingale and Mark Tadros: they are currently targeting Thursday 12 November, with a fresh economy reset. There’s no start time or maintenance window yet, so treat it as the plan, not a locked Steam announcement.

On BULKHEAD’s first podcast, THE HOTZONE Ep 1 “The Wipe” (24 Oct), Brammer said they stuffed too much into Season 2, quality dropped, and “we can’t do monthly seasons.” The current plan is three‑month refreshes with a smaller update halfway. Limited Mode (they also called it primitive) is meant to recreate the low‑to‑mid game for anyone who wants it, not just low‑level accounts. The Steam reply’s wording is “no power weapons and no vehicles” — so those servers are not where you fly.

What the wipe actually resets

Same rules BULKHEAD set in Early Access & Beyond: cash and XP reset; leftover cash auto‑converts to Gold Bars; Gold Bars and cosmetics stay. Anything behind a level gate — including helicopters you already unlocked — goes back behind the new season’s curve. The cash‑to‑gold rate still fluctuates daily; they haven’t said which rate the auto‑convert uses. Spend cash on flying you’ll actually do before the 12th; idle cash becomes bars either way.

What to fly until then

• Rocket Little Bird is still the practical money‑maker for most pilots. Nothing this week reversed last week’s finding that rockets pay by hunting vehicles and AA.
• Minigun birds still struggle against armour. Silk’s 22 Oct video is his take: the official .308 −25% “feels” much worse to him, health feels halved, and if there’s a Gepard he leaves the lobby — and he still printed about 100k profit in that match. Treat that as Silk’s report, not a patch note. For most of us the minigun Little Bird is still taxi/logi first, gunship second.
• Taxi and logistics still pay. The shipped parachute rule hasn’t changed (won’t open below about 10 m; fast opens below about 50 m still injure), so real landings and passengers who live are still the pay. Delivery streaks still reward return trips.

Two new server hosts

PCGamesN (27 Oct): GG Host and 1of1 Servers join the approved community‑server partners. Community servers stay Early Access; cash and XP earned there carry to your account (and will still wipe with Season 3). More places for a squad to fly together, not a new flight model.

Pilot videos worth your time

• BULKHEAD: THE HOTZONE Ep 1 “The Wipe” — the official hour: why S2 felt too fast, three‑month seasons, Limited Mode, and why they won’t cap Havocs.
• GhostGaming: Season 3 date, new map & S2 lessons — a tight recap of the podcast plus the Steam date. The “new map” he covers is a podcast tease with no season or date; don’t treat a fourth map as a Season 3 feature.
• Silk: Heli nerf is making pilots quit — minigun Little Bird after the S2 damage pass, in his words.
• Nalerian: Season 3 on November 12? What the devs said — who said what, with timestamps, and a clear “not a Steam announcement yet.”
• Silk: How I’m still having fun — 28 Oct stream: shorter season, still in the minigun bird.

From us

Two weeks of landings left that still pay. Run the J‑hook and clean‑touchdown drills in the trainer, then take them into rain. One tidy drop that keeps your squad alive beats three messy hot‑drops — and that cash still converts to Gold Bars if you don’t spend it.

Sources

• BULKHEAD: THE HOTZONE | Ep 1 | “The Wipe”. Official podcast, 24 Oct 2026.
• PCGamesN: “We’ve got to slow down,” Wardogs developer admits after Season 2’s rocky rollout. 25 Oct interview; currently targeting Thursday 12 November.
• Shacknews: When does Wardogs Season 3 start?. Reports the 23 Oct Steam developer reply naming 12 November.
• BULKHEAD: Early Access & Beyond (cash/XP reset; leftover cash → Gold Bars). Official; wipe rules quoted from this video.
• PCGamesN: Wardogs adds two new server hosts, but community servers are still a work in progress. 27 Oct; GG Host and 1of1 Servers.
• GhostGaming: WARDOGS Season 3 Release Date, New Map & Lessons Learned From Season 2. Recap, 24 Oct; new-map tease has no date.
• Silk: WARDOGS Heli Nerf is Making Pilots QUIT.... 22 Oct; creator’s take on minigun Little Bird feel.
• Nalerian: Wardogs Season 3 on November 12? What the Devs Said. Recap, 26 Oct; cites primary sources with timestamps.
• Silk: How I'm STILL Having Fun in WARDOGS.... Stream, 28 Oct.

Wardogs Flight Sim is a fan project and isn’t affiliated with BULKHEAD. Every video above belongs to its creator; go give them a view.