A $210 starter loadout for WARDOGS
A free rifle, extra ammo and binoculars. Here is what the budget preset includes and what it leaves out.
What the $210 covers
The Budget preset has a free starter rifle, nine packs of extra 5.56mm tracer FMJ, an Emergency Resuscitator and binoculars. At the prices listed in our sources, the ammo costs $135 and the binoculars cost $75. The rifle and resuscitator are free.
There is no armor or paid sidearm in this preset. Add protection if you want it; the total will update in the builder. Also check the vendor package, since the 90 rounds here are extra ammo rather than a count of everything the weapon comes with.
Keep enough cash for another kit
Decide how much cash you want to keep and how many replacement kits you want to afford. For example, a $10,000 bank with $4,000 held back leaves $6,000. That covers six $1,000 kits. You can try different amounts in the cost calculator.
Use that amount when deciding what to add. A kit you can afford once may be too expensive to keep replacing. Unlock fees are separate from these purchase costs.
Check what an upgrade adds
The listed 2.5× optic costs $690. Buying it again with five full kits adds $3,450. That might be worth it, but it is a bigger decision than the single-kit price suggests.
Save a cheap version and an upgraded version to compare their costs. These presets have not been tested as optimal builds; adjust them after using the gear yourself.
Sources
Game details and prices come from the sources below. Loadouts, budgets and layouts are our suggestions. Community figures have not been independently checked in-game.