WARDOGS community servers explained
Official servers hold most of the population. Community servers are where language groups, rulesets and regular squads end up. This is how they work in WARDOGS and how to find one.
What a community server is
A full WARDOGS server rented from an approved host and run by a player group. It appears in the in-game browser next to official servers and runs the same 100-player, three-faction format. The community sets the name, rules and moderation. BULKHEAD controls the software.
Because the server code is not public there are no home-hosted servers, and every community server runs the same build as official ones.
The labels communities use
None of these are in-game modes. They are how communities describe themselves.
- Standard: default rules with community moderation, usually with a language focus.
- New players welcome: expects first-timers and says so.
- Hardcore: stricter expectations on squad play and comms, sometimes self-imposed limits.
- Infantry only: communities that plan to restrict or discourage vehicles.
- Modded: communities hoping for custom rules or tooling. BULKHEAD has not confirmed any modding support.
Finding one in the browser
The in-game browser filters by region. BULKHEAD has said day-one server controls start with map and mode selection and that more control comes over time, so beyond region the filters are unknown. Server names do the work: look for the region tag, the language and the ruleset.
Every community server online right now is in our live browser with its join code. Our directory adds what the browser cannot show: the Discord, the language and the rules.
Picking a good one
A server is its admins. Prefer communities with a public rules page, an active Discord and a stated region. Communities that have proved which servers they run are marked verified on this list.