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WARDOGS Season 3 confirmed for 12 November: Sabatulo, Limited Mode and 185,000 bans

Bulkhead has confirmed Season 3 for 12 November, with the new urban map Sabatulo, a Limited Mode playlist, a wipe with slower progression, three-month seasons and a ban wave of around 185,000 accounts.

By WARDOGS HQ, 7 November 2026. 2 minute read.

It’s official: WARDOGS Season 3 starts on Thursday 12 November. Bulkhead confirmed the date in its “Road to Season 3” devlog on 6 November, alongside a new map, a new Limited Mode, longer seasons and a large ban wave. Full patch notes are due early next week, so treat the details below as what has been announced so far.

A new map: Sabatulo

Season 3 adds Sabatulo, an urban map built around close-quarters fighting. That’s a clear change of pace from the open ground on Bakurani, Ozeti and Zestafona. Bulkhead hasn’t yet published a size, layout or list of supported modes, so expect more on that with the patch notes.

Season 3 is a wipe, with slower progression

Season 3 comes with a season reset, and progression is being slowed back down towards Season 1 pacing. Bulkhead has said Season 2 sped things up too far, which let some players reach end-game kit within days. The aim now is to bring back the sense of working your way up that the Early Access launch had. Exact reset rules (what carries over) will be in the patch notes.

Limited Mode

Limited Mode is a separate playlist that caps what you can bring. The planned limits are:

FMJ ammunition only
armour capped at Tier 2
a smaller selection of attack vehicles

The final list of restricted items is still being decided. Cash and XP earned in Limited Mode count in the normal mode too, and the other way round, so you aren’t splitting your progress by switching.

Longer seasons

From now on seasons should run for about three months each. Season 2 only lasted around four weeks, so this gives everyone much longer between wipes. Bulkhead also says bigger metagame changes, including a new progression system, are planned for 2027 on the road to 1.0.

185,000 accounts banned

Bulkhead says it has banned around 185,000 accounts after analysing about 187 million hours of play with machine learning. The bans cover cheaters, exploiters, real-money traders and gold-farming networks, and some community server hosts have had their hosting rights taken away. Extra anti-cheat layers that were planned for later have been switched on early, and a player trust score is planned for 2027.

What’s next

The Season 3 patch notes are due early next week, before the 12 November launch. We’ll cover them on the site once they’re out, along with any changes to weapons, vehicles and prices.

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