WARDOGS Season 3: Sabatulo map, Limited Mode and the November 12 date

BULKHEAD announced WARDOGS Season 03 for November 12, 2026. The new map is Sabatulo, which BULKHEAD says brings urban warfare and close quarters combat. Limited Mode limits the weaponry, ammo types, gear and vehicle selection, and all cash and XP earned in it can be spent in the default mode and vice versa, per the devlog.

A hillside town at sunset with a clinic building, helicopters overhead and black smoke rising behind an industrial tower
Image: Sabaton, the map named in the Season 03 announcement, with its rooftop sign. © BULKHEAD / Team17.

Sabatulo

Sabatulo is the map named in BULKHEAD's “WARDOGS | Road to Season 3” announcement, posted on Steam on November 6, 2026, and in the matching “WARDOGS | Road to Season 03” devlog. BULKHEAD says it “brings urban warfare and close quarters combat”.

The announcement gives no locations, size or layout for Sabatulo. More detail is due in a “Season 03 Patch Notes Preview”, which BULKHEAD says comes early the following week.

First-person view inside a helicopter behind two soldiers and a mounted machine gun
Screenshot: WARDOGS, via its Steam store page. © BULKHEAD / Team17.

Both screenshots on this page are WARDOGS imagery published on Steam. Treat them as illustration, not as a confirmed layout of Sabaton: the announcement gave no locations, size or layout.

Limited Mode

Limited Mode is a separate mode described in the devlog. These are the rules the devlog states, per the devlog:

What is limited What the devlog says
Ammo Limited weaponry and ammo types; FMJ is the only example given.
Armour Tier 2 armour is the maximum.
Vehicles A limited vehicle selection; no Havocs is the example given.
Cash and XP All cash and XP earned in Limited Mode can be spent in the default mode, and the other way round.

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The full list of limited items is still being determined, per the devlog. FMJ and the missing Havocs are examples, not the complete list. The devlog also says that if players like Limited Mode, it will stay in future seasons.

A rifle with a scope aims through a dim room with floral wallpaper toward a lit doorway where a soldier stands
Screenshot: WARDOGS, via its Steam store page. © BULKHEAD / Team17.

Three-month seasons and multi-track unlocks

Per the devlog, BULKHEAD commits to longer seasons of three months, with progression “more in line with the experience of season 1”.

Per the devlog, unlocks also become multi-track: an item that suits more than one role appears on each of those roles' tracks. The devlog's example is a player who only flies the minigun Little Bird and wants .308 armor-piercing ammo: that player no longer needs Wardog level 140, because playing Pilot unlocks the ammo there.

First-person view of a railway yard with a green freight container beside a damaged building and thick black smoke
Screenshot: WARDOGS, via its Steam store page. © BULKHEAD / Team17.

What has not been announced

Season 03 had not gone live on November 8, 2026. This page describes what BULKHEAD announced, not what is in the build. As of November 8, 2026, these details are not announced:

  • The launch hour or UTC time on November 12, 2026.
  • The maintenance window and the length of any downtime.
  • The full list of Limited Mode items.
  • Prices and unlock levels.
  • Balance numbers.
  • Which older maps stay in rotation.

BULKHEAD says the “Season 03 Patch Notes Preview” comes early the following week; that post is where the missing detail is expected.

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