WARDOGS: How to Build a Secret CIWS Bunker

Here's how to build a walled-in Vanguard CIWS position from a Recon Tower and a small Bunker in WARDOGS.
What the Bunker Does in WARDOGS
How to Place the Bunker and Recon Tower in WARDOGS
Add the Bremer Walls
Extra Entrances and Fixes in WARDOGS
What to Do Next
FAQ
Q. Is the secret CIWS bunker allowed in WARDOGS?
Q. Does the CIWS still work with a wall in front of it?
Q. How much does the Vanguard CIWS cost in WARDOGS?
Q. Why do I get stuck when entering the console?

Here's how to build a walled-in Vanguard CIWS position from a Recon Tower and a small Bunker in WARDOGS.

You can protect a Vanguard CIWS in WARDOGS by building a Recon Tower and a small Bunker around it and closing the gaps with Bremer Walls. The layout reportedly stays within the rules because no gate covers the console. Use a Large Hammer inside your forward operating base (FOB) radius.

What the Bunker Does in WARDOGS

In WARDOGS, artillery and mortar rounds hit the walls while you step back from the console (the gun’s control point) into the Recon Tower. If a shell lands, it reportedly knocks you back inside, and a teammate can revive you there. When the fire stops, climb back onto the CIWS.

Reportedly, removing the Recon Tower’s second floor opens up space inside. That leaves room for you and a teammate to stand there.

WARDOGS Vanguard CIWS console view aiming over bunker wall

How to Place the Bunker and Recon Tower in WARDOGS

Every piece needs a FOB with build supplies stored in it. In WARDOGS Season 3, a Vanguard CIWS costs 721 supplies and a Recon Tower costs 121. A Large Hammer places all of them.

Place the small Bunker first, then put the Recon Tower right against it. Set the Vanguard CIWS on the Bunker roof beside the tower. That leaves the console under the Recon Tower roof.

Fill the gaps with a step so you can climb to the top. Remove the Hesco on top of the tower, since it snags you when you enter the console. Finish the CIWS with the hammer before you start the walls.

WARDOGS Vanguard CIWS placed on the small Bunker roof beside the Recon Tower

Add the Bremer Walls

Set Bremer Walls on small Hesco blocks so the wall top is level with the Recon Tower roof. Leave one opening for an entrance. Cover the Recon Tower on every side.

Near the small Bunker, use four steps to support a wall three Bremer Walls high. This keeps the wall low because tall walls reportedly cut off about the lowest 5 percent of the CIWS aiming range.

Raising the front Bunker on steps is optional, but it reportedly caused snags in the console and blocked repairs on the Recon Tower. Crouch before you enter the console.

WARDOGS low front Bremer Walls in front of Vanguard CIWS

Check that you cannot jump over the walls. Press V with the hammer to dismantle the rooftop Hesco blocks. Shooting them off costs a lot of ammo.

Extra Entrances and Fixes in WARDOGS

Open the small Bunker so you have a spot to drag downed teammates. You can also repair the Bremer Walls from inside. Neither change is required.

A hidden entrance works too. Lower one wall section so you can jump over it, then add a step inside. Enemies may find it, but they still have to cross the FOB walls outside first.

WARDOGS lowered Bremer Wall and wooden step hidden entrance

If the corner Bremer Wall blocks your shots, remove it. Without it, splash damage from RPGs and mortars can reach the Bunker underneath.

What to Do Next

Build the Bunker and Recon Tower first. Spin the CIWS through a full circle in WARDOGS to confirm nothing blocks it. Crouch into the console once to check for snags. Then add the hidden entrance if you want one. Limited Mode does not offer the CIWS, so build this in default mode.

Keep the walls low enough for full CIWS aim, then test a full turn before the next fight.

FAQ

Q. Is the secret CIWS bunker allowed in WARDOGS?

A. It reportedly stays within the rules because the console is never covered by a gate. A developer has confirmed that stacking bunkers as temporary scaffolding is permitted in live matches, though that is a separate technique.