WARDOGS Driver levelling: Driver XP from your first trip to the L2A6

Want to progress through the Driver track, unlock the Ural and eventually drive the L2A6? It is a long road: the tank sits at 750,000 Driver XP. Our approach gives every trip a clear job: take teammates to their destination, deliver supplies, park a spawn vehicle somewhere useful or stay in the fight with an armed vehicle. That avoids aimless driving and lets you compare which activity actually advances your progress in the current match.

Choose your goal first: Driver XP or money?

Your Driver level and bank balance are different goals. Almost every driving action pays both, but in different proportions. Do not judge a deployment solely by the money left in your account. Before a short series of runs, record your Driver progress and budget, then compare the changes with the time spent and your expenses.

We recommend sticking with one activity for several deployments initially. Changing the vehicle, task and route after every trip makes it difficult to tell what works for you.

The values we plan with

We collected the following rewards for the individual driving actions in September 2026. They are a planning basis, not a guarantee: progression curves and rewards change with updates. Check the in-game display before building a routine on them.

• Dropping a passenger in the target area: 600 dollars and 250 Driver XP. If the passenger survives ten seconds after leaving the vehicle: another 500 dollars and 200 XP. Returning to HQ: another 750 dollars and 300 XP. A complete trip therefore yields up to 1,850 dollars and 750 XP per passenger.
• Delivering a supply crate: 500 dollars and 250 XP.
• Delivering a supply pallet: 2,500 dollars and 750 XP per pallet. The Ural carries two, so a full load yields 5,000 dollars and 1,500 XP.
• Delivering a spawn vehicle: 3,000 dollars and 500 XP. Every spawn from it: 250 dollars and 25 XP; if that player survives ten seconds: another 250 dollars and 75 XP. You also receive assists for their kills for roughly ten minutes, 375 dollars and 25 XP each.
• Roadkill with a vehicle: 1,500 dollars and 250 XP.
• Your own death: around 800 dollars lost per respawn. This figure belongs in every calculation where you die on purpose.

Unlocks: the Ural arrives at Driver level 3 with 1,250 Driver XP, the L2A6 at 750,000 Driver XP.

1. First trips in the Kodiak: Passengers and supply crates

At the start of every match, a free Kodiak pickup waits at spawn. That is what you work with until the Ural is unlocked. Your first goal is the 1,250 XP for level 3, and there are two workable ways to get there.

Passengers are easiest to find early in the match. Whoever wants to reach the zone gets in; you drop them off and return to HQ. With the values above, two complete trips already cover the 1,250 XP. Once helicopters and APCs become available, though, there are far fewer passengers. Set yourself a short waiting limit instead of standing at spawn for long.

Supply crates are the alternative when nobody wants a ride: grab a crate, put an item inside (a bandage is enough), deliver it and repeat until you reach level 3.

2. Ural supply runs: Pallets and the return-trip decision

The real Driver grind begins with the Ural. Two supply pallets per trip are the most reliable XP source in the Driver track, and they help your team immediately. Still, establish which position needs supplies and where the handover should happen before buying anything.

Our supply-run routine:

• Agree on the requirement and destination with the recipients.
• Check the available vehicle and suitable cargo in the purchase menu.
• Choose an approach and a possible alternative route.
• Complete the handover at the destination and check your progress.
• Confirm that supplies are still needed before loading again.

The bottleneck is the return trip: you spend a lot of time driving without earning anything. If XP matters more to you than money, you can cut the return leg: get out after the handover, respawn, buy a new Ural, load again. A run like that takes roughly three to four minutes. The price is the roughly 800 dollars per death, the vehicle cost and the money you would have earned by bringing the truck back.

For us this is a deliberate choice, not a default recommendation: bring the vehicle back when you need money; skip the return trip when you specifically want to maximise XP per minute and your balance can support it. Work through both variants with your own timings before committing.

3. Spawn vehicles: Progress that comes to you

A spawn vehicle needs a different plan from an ordinary transport. The delivery pays once, and afterwards the vehicle keeps earning as long as teammates spawn from it, survive and get kills. You do not have to keep driving for that: if the vehicle is in a useful position, XP and money arrive over the course of the match.

We consider three things when placing it:

• Usefulness: does the position suit the current objective and your team's routes?
• Access: can teammates make useful progress from there and survive the first ten seconds?
• Retreat: is there a way out if the situation changes?

Check the current activation and spawning requirements for the specific vehicle in game. Not every armoured vehicle automatically acts as a mobile spawn.

4. Armed vehicles: Driver XP in combat

Once armed vehicles are available to you, Driver progress no longer requires hauling supplies. Kills by your passengers earn you Driver XP, and so do roadkills. The advantage: you collect progress while actually playing the game, without loading pallets, driving back to HQ or waiting at spawn for passengers.

The drawback is cost. An armed vehicle is more expensive than a Ural, and aggressive driving loses it more often. For us, this is the right path for players who enjoy being in the fight anyway and want to reach the higher levels without a logistics routine.

5. Account for vehicle losses

A more expensive vehicle is not automatically the better choice for reaching your next level. If it needs frequent replacement, your budget may run out before you establish a reliable routine. Start with an available vehicle whose loss you can afford.

Our recommendation: keep enough money in reserve for another deployment. Avoid buying more equipment than a short trial needs, and change the route if the same section repeatedly causes problems.

Our routine for your next driving session

• Set a goal: Driver progress, money or a deliberate mix.
• Choose one task: passengers, supply crates, pallets, spawn support or an armed vehicle.
• Record your starting Driver XP and budget.
• Complete several comparable deployments, including waiting and return time in your notes.
• Compare progress, total costs and losses.
• Continue while the task remains useful and affordable.

Calculate XP per minute by dividing your observed progress gain by the total deployment time. That personal comparison is more useful than the table values above because it includes your waiting times, losses and routes.

Tools for planning

Use our logistics planner to organise material requirements, reserves and transport runs. The Money Calculator lets you compare observed income with deployment costs; it does not calculate Driver XP. Check available vehicles, unlocks and rewards against the current game version before buying.