WARDOGS Update 0.1.2 Patch Notes — Exploit Crackdown & Server Browser Polish

What is Update 0.1.2?

Update 0.1.2 is the game’s second scheduled Early Access patch, announced by BULKHEAD on the morning of Wednesday, September 30, 2026 and deployed during server maintenance the same day. Where Patch 0.11 was themed around the server browser, this minor update has one driving concern: stopping the cash and XP exploits that have circulated since launch — and punishing the accounts that used them. The announcement also calls it the fix for the Windows “WD-L020” crash error, and a first step toward making Infantry Mode and Low-Level servers easier to find.

When was the maintenance window?

Servers went down on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, at 08:00 UTC, with the studio estimating about one hour offline — 04:00 US Eastern, 10:00 Central European Summer Time, 17:00 in Korea and Japan, 18:00 AEST. The patch went live during that window.

What is the WD-L020 crash fix?

The WD-L020 crash error landed with Microsoft’s Windows 11 update KB5124010, and this patch fixes the issue that update caused. If WD-L020 crashes have been your reason to sit out matches, the fix arrives with 0.1.2 — no settings change on your side is described.

Which cash and XP exploits got closed?

Four exploit paths are named in the patch notes, all economy-themed:

• Revive farming — revive action validity checks are now fully server authoritative, closing cross-map abuse of the revive payout.
• Vehicle fly-through — fixed, and the rewards it generated are now capped.
• Buildable destruction — rewards for destroying buildables now scale with their build progress, so demolishing a freshly placed schematic no longer pays a full reward.
• Out-of-zone FOB deposits — depositing pallets into a FOB outside the zone now yields reduced rewards.

The enforcement language attached to those fixes is the sharpest the studio has published. Anyone caught abusing cash and XP exploits or real-money trading “has had their cash and progression reset and risks being permanently banned.” The Patch 0.11 leniency toward first-time offenders is explicitly declared over — “that leniency is now over” — and repeat abuse of unintended exploits now risks a permanent ban without warning. The studio’s own framing: zero tolerance for economy abuse.

What changed in the server browser?

The browser keeps the Community/Official split from Patch 0.11 and gets a new front door plus a list of small fixes:

• New ‘Deploy’ UX flow — hitting Deploy asks you to choose Official, Community, Infantry Mode, or Low-Level servers. The studio describes this as the first step toward signposting players toward servers running those modifiers.
• Advanced Filters are back on the Official servers list — reversing the filter removal from Patch 0.11.
• Long server names are no longer truncated; hover over an entry to see the full name.
• Join feedback — after clicking Join you see that you’re connecting, then your place in the queue if there is one.
• Anonymous mode now hides the server name on the loading screen, just like Streamer mode, and the name stays hidden in the pause menu unless you choose to show it.
• Region select shows how many regions you have picked.
• Gamepad is supported on the Deploy selection screen.

For what the Infantry Mode and Low-Level modifiers mean in practice, the community servers guide covers the browser end to end.

What is new for community server admins?

Five admin-facing changes ship in 0.1.2:

• Scheduled restarts — a daily restart time can be set (UTC).
• RCON AllowedHosts — restrict which hosts can reach RCON at all.
• RCON message and broadcast lengths are capped.
• RCON defaults to Standard response detail instead of Full, and config responses no longer expose server internals.
• ServerImageURL is validated when the config loads.

What else does Update 0.1.2 change?

• Server stability — various hotfixes, plus increased server security to prevent exploitation.
• Throwables (grenades, smoke, C4) can no longer be used from enclosed vehicle seats.
• The adaptive crosshair now correctly hides while aiming down sights.
• Buildable crit spots no longer reappear where you just hit, get pushed into corners, or jump to the far side of a structure — they now favour a spot you can reach from where you stand.
• Havoc — fixed a bug causing increased damage taken from 20mm and 30mm cannon fire.
• Localisation — improved translations.

No weapon, price, or progression values are itemized — the Season 1 tables remain the canonical numbers, now two scheduled patches into Early Access.

When does Season 02 news land?

The post closes by looking past the fixes: Season 02 is “planned to be a larger content update, with new map conditions, equipment, balance reworks and additional features,” and more information drops next week. That is the first official content outline since the Season 02 teaser set the October 15, 2026 date — categories only, no list yet, and no word on which of the roadmap items ride along.

Where are the official notes?

On Steam: the “WARDOGS | Update 0.1.2 (Minor Patch)” community announcement for app 1867240, published September 30, 2026. This page summarizes it; the official version remains the source of record. Every patch gets a page here as it ships — Season 1, Hotfix #1, and Patch 0.11 came before this one.