WARDOGS supply pallets pay less when you drop them where there’s no friendly FOB, and two of my Season 3 runs paid exactly a quarter. Drive them into a working FOB, or put one down yourself, and you get full pay again.
Key takeaways
- Supply pallet pay climbs $250 with every pallet you deliver in a match, starting from $1,250.
- Pallets I dropped where the FOB had been destroyed paid 25% of that, XP included.
- Deliver into a friendly FOB, or put your own down, for full pay.
How much do supply pallets pay in WARDOGS?
Each supply pallet you deliver pays $250 more than the one before it, starting at $1,250 for your first pallet of the match. Delivery XP climbs the same way, from 400 in steps of 50. In one match I took it from $1,250 to $2,500 over six pallets.
It starts again in a new match. The next day, my first pallet paid $1,250 at a FOB in the KAZISTEEL building. I was crashing at the time of trying to deliver the supplies, so I didn’t catch every number on that run.
WARDOGS also pays you while a server fills, as in my waiting for players money guide.
Why do WARDOGS supply pallets pay less?
Because there’s no friendly FOB where they land. The patch notes that came with Season 3’s start have one line on it: “Pallets deployed outside a friendly FOB give reduced rewards.” They don’t say how much less.
My second and third runs went to the same drop spot by the river, where a lot of pallets were already lying on the grass. Both paid well under the first: +$938 for two pallets, then +$1,188.
It looks like what had happened was that the FOB that was on that tower where the people carrier was had been broken. So my second and third no longer had a FOB there, so yeah, it was outside the FOB. My map showed supply icons sitting where there was no longer a FOB.
How much less do pallets pay outside a FOB?
A quarter, on my runs. That’s my measurement, not an official number:
| Run | Where it landed | Pallets paid | Delivery XP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FOB in the KAZISTEEL building | $1,250 (first pallet) | Not caught |
| 2 | Drop spot, FOB destroyed | $438 and $500 | 125 and 138 |
| 3 | Drop spot, FOB destroyed | $563 and $625 | 150 |
| 4 | FOB at a tower block in town | $2,750 and $3,000 | 700 and 750 |
Run 2’s $438 and $500 are a quarter of $1,750 and $2,000, and run 3’s $563 and $625 a quarter of $2,250 and $2,500. The XP is a quarter of 500, 550 and 600. Run 4 then paid the next two steps in full.
So the quarter-pay pallets still used up steps on the ladder, steps you’d rather have been paid in full for.
Is it the same supply type, or the catch-up discount?
Neither. By my third run I had two other ideas. I’ve done 3 runs in a row now doing the same supply, so maybe it wants me to diversify as well. And the vehicle vendor showed the Ural at -10% for $4,500, when it was $5,000 the day before. If I paid less for the Ural at the start, I have less reward when I deliver it, maybe. But then that defeats the point of the catch-up.
The patch notes have no rule against delivering the same supply over and over. Their only line on mixing supplies is a bonus, a reward kickback for depositing fuel into a FOB that activates a drill. And run 4, in the same discounted Ural straight after runs 2 and 3, paid in full. So did a later delivery into my own new FOB at that same spot by the river.
How do you get full pay for supply pallets in WARDOGS?
Deliver them into a friendly FOB. The vendor’s own steps say to drive close to a friendly FOB before you deploy. Check the map before you set off, because the FOB that was there on your last run might not be there now.
For run 4, I had to drive all the way into tower one to get to the FOB, but it went up again: +$5,750 for the two pallets, and Driver level 5.
Can you rebuild a FOB to get paid for dropped pallets?
Yes, by putting your own down beside them. I loaded up and took a FOB with me, to put a FOB back where there wasn’t one so I could deliver my supplies. Otherwise I was going to be losing money.
Once my FOB was down, each pallet lying around it that I unloaded into it paid +$1,800. I get paid for the deposit, and then I get paid for it being my stuff as well, I believe. The logistics vendor says both the driver and the unloader earn cash.
My match cash went from $1,686 to $18,956 in under two minutes. That counts those deposits, small control zone payments and my next delivery, +$6,750 into the new FOB at the same spot by the river. So we’ve now made all our money back just from re-establishing a FOB there.
Then the other FOB nearby was destroyed too. We would have had no FOBs if I didn’t just put down my FOB.
Do supply pallets give Driver or Support XP?
Both, at different moments. The driver points are when it lands on the ground, and the support points are when the pallet gets delivered, as in someone puts it into the FOB. I took screenshots of my levels before and after a run to settle it.
Before the run, I was Driver 5 with 8,926 of 9,250 XP. The run paid +$7,500, so pay was still climbing late in the match, and two SUPPLIES DELIVERED lines of 900XP, both with the steering wheel Driver icon. Afterwards I was Driver 6 with 10,726 of 13,000, exactly 1,800 more. The SUPPLIES DEPOSITED 180XP lines from unloading into a FOB carry the wrench, the Support icon. The pallets on the vendor’s tab show that wrench too, and I think all pallet drops give support.
Which supply pallets can you buy in WARDOGS?
The Pallets tab had four slots for me:
- Supply pallet: $400.
- Mechanical Supply Pallet: $400, 1,800 mechanical supplies, $10,000 to unlock.
- Ammo Supply Pallet: $400, 1,800 ammunition supplies, $25,000 to unlock.
- Fourth slot: not open to me yet.
The tooltips warn they break from about a 40 m free fall, down from about 90 m before Season 3.
Is it worth unlocking the Mechanical and Ammo pallets?
Not for your own pay, as far as I can tell. I unlocked both. I don’t see the point why I would spend this money unlocking the mechanical and the ammo ones. I don’t actually directly benefit from delivering these other types of pallets. So I could save my money, only ever deliver materials and still make the same, I believe.
Every pallet costs the same $400 once it’s open, and after I unlocked Mechanical, run 4 just paid the next two steps on the same ladder. The other types are for the team. Both tooltips say they’re ideal for resupplying a FOB, and the vendor’s steps say the FOB uses supplies to build, rearm and repair.
That’s one of the reasons why I mention it, because it says it is for your FOB rearming, not your own pay. Whereas everything else you unlock benefits you directly as well, not just the team. I think it’s one of the only things that only benefits the team and not the person that’s doing it.
FAQ
How much do supply pallets pay in WARDOGS? $1,250 for your first pallet of a match, then $250 more for each one after, when it’s delivered into a friendly FOB.
Why are my WARDOGS pallets paying less? There’s no friendly FOB where they land. Mine paid exactly a quarter after the FOB at my drop spot was destroyed.
If you like WARDOGS, GTFO is in the same vein.
