WARDOGS servers: official or community, and which one to join
| Server type | Who runs it | How you pick it | Ping limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official | Who runs itBULKHEAD, the developer. | How you pick it Hit DEPLOY, then choose Official. Since Patch 0.11 the Official browser has no filters, and BULKHEAD has not published a list of official server regions. | Ping limit A maximum ping per region. Players who consistently exceed a server's limit over a sustained period are kicked, and a kicked player cannot rejoin the same server until the next map transition. BULKHEAD has not published the values. |
| Community | Who runs it Players, on servers they rent. BULKHEAD named QONZER, BisectHosting and xREALM as approved hosting partners. | How you pick it Hit DEPLOY, choose Community, then click Region at the bottom of the list and pick the server's region. That step is from xREALM's guide, not from BULKHEAD. | Ping limit The server owner sets it. Season 02 added maximum ping tags and filters to the server browser. |
Where the two rows come from: the Steam posts “Update 0.1.2”, “Patch 0.11” and the Season 02 patch notes cover the Official row; “The 11th Reason NOT To Buy WARDOGS”, the Season 02 patch notes and xREALM's join guide cover the Community row.
Patch 0.11 increased server capacity in Asia.
BULKHEAD has not published the ping values, so a page that quotes a specific threshold is not quoting BULKHEAD.
How to switch region
Official servers: BULKHEAD has not published a way to pick an official region by hand. The list you get after DEPLOY then Official has had no filters since Patch 0.11, and the regions on it are not a published list. If the list is empty or a join fails, use the WARDOGS can't join server page.
Community servers: hit DEPLOY, choose Community, click Region at the bottom of the list and pick the server's region. Then either search for the server by name and click Join Match, or click Join by ID, enter the Server ID from the xREALM server panel and click Lookup. This is xREALM's guide, not BULKHEAD's.
Kicked for high ping
Per the Season 02 patch notes, official servers enforce different maximum ping limits depending on their region. Players who consistently exceed a server's ping limit over a sustained period are automatically kicked, and a player kicked for high ping cannot rejoin the same server until the next map transition.
The notes give no numeric values, so no official threshold is published. Community server admins configure their own ping limits, and Season 02 added maximum ping tags and filters to the server browser.
A join that ends back at the menu is a different symptom. The can't join page splits those paths.
Which region is busiest
The only regional capacity statement BULKHEAD has published is Patch 0.11's increase of server capacity in Asia.
BULKHEAD has not published player counts by region.
Sources
- Steam announcement "SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE & PATCH 0.11", September 12, 2026 — the two-browser split, no filters on the Official browser, and the Asia capacity increase — read 2026-10-26
- Steam announcement "WARDOGS | Update 0.1.2 (Minor Patch)", September 30, 2026 — the DEPLOY choice of Official, Community, Infantry Mode or Low-Level servers — read 2026-10-26
- Steam announcement "WARDOGS | Season 02 Patch Notes", October 14, 2026 — the regional ping limits, the kick and rejoin rule, and the ping tags and filters — read 2026-10-26
- “The 11th Reason NOT To Buy WARDOGS”, September 8, 2026 — QONZER, BisectHosting and xREALM named as approved hosting partners — read 2026-10-26
- xREALM blog "How to connect to your WARDOGS server" — the Community region step and the search and Join by ID steps — read 2026-10-31
More in this section
- WARDOGS performance — low FPS, random stutter, mouse stutter, and lag.
- WARDOGS server status — maintenance windows, queues, and error codes.
- WARDOGS can't join server — the dated maintenance table and the numbered join paths.