WARDOGS Season 3 Parachute Changes: Basic vs Sport Heights and Prices

WARDOGS Season 3 split the two parachutes into separate jobs. The Basic Parachute is now an emergency chute for bailing out of helicopters, and the Sport Parachute is the one built for jumping off towers and rooftops. Both cost more, and each now has a minimum height where it stops saving you, so picking the wrong one for the jump is now an expensive way to die.

The price jump is the part most squads notice first. Every jump now takes a bigger bite out of your Wardogs Cash: the Basic Parachute went from $500 to $1,250, and the Sport Parachute went from $700 to $2,250.

Basic vs Sport Parachute at a glance

The item tooltip lists the effective height for each chute, and the patch also gave a lower height you can still survive if you open fast. Read the table by the height you are jumping from:

Basic Parachute: the helicopter bail-out chute

The Basic Parachute takes longer to open, and you cannot pull it within about 20m of the ground. That is why it fails on tower jumps. From a rooftop you run out of height before the canopy catches you.

From a helicopter it still does its job. If your pilot is flying above about 100m, the Basic opens with room to spare. Between roughly 60m and 100m you only land safely if you pull it straight away. Below 60m, stay in the seat and wait for the pilot to set down.

Sport Parachute: towers, rooftops and BASE jumps

The Sport Parachute now turns, glides and dives much faster, and its flare is stronger and lasts longer. It also comes down a little faster than before, so you have to steer it or flare to stay in the air. It is effective above about 60m and still survivable above about 40m if you open it quickly.

That lower floor is what makes it the BASE jump chute. The high-rises on Sabatulo, the new city map, are the obvious place to use it, because a Basic off the same roof will not open in time. The faster dive also means less time hanging in the air for enemies to shoot at.

Check your height before you jump

Helicopter passengers now see their height above the ground, shown just above the minimap. Compare that number with the effective height on your parachute's tooltip before you step out. If you are carrying a Basic and the readout sits between about 60m and 100m, only a fast pull keeps you alive.

Pilots got some help in the same patch. Pilot and co-pilot protection went up on the MH-6, AH-6R and AH-6M Littlebirds, landing between Season 1 and Season 2 levels, so cockpit crews survive a few more hits before the passengers lose their ride. On the anti-air side, the Vanguard CIWS emplacement's maximum aim angle dropped from 65° to 60°, which widens its overhead blind spot.

Attack helicopters also got cheaper to bring out. The AH-6M Littlebird [Miniguns] dropped from $12,000 to $10,480 and the Havoc from $28,000 to $26,000. In the new Limited Mode, attack vehicles, the Vanguard CIWS and the Stingray are all removed, so a helicopter full of jumpers faces no CIWS or Stingray fire in that mode.

Jumping into an enemy FOB

Season 3 added a new reward for parachuting into an enemy FOB, and it was added specifically to offset the higher parachute prices. Every jump you land inside an enemy base earns some of the canopy price back. The Sport Parachute's faster steering and longer flare are what let you pick a spot among the walls, crates and spawn points of a forward operating base.

Supply drops from the air got stricter too

Pilots who drop supplies have new limits as well. Supply crates and pallets now break when dropped from lower heights:

• Supply Crates: about 60m down to about 35m.
• Armored Supply Crates: about 80m down to about 35m.
• Supply Pallets: about 90m down to about 40m.

Armored crates no longer survive higher drops than standard crates, although they still resist bullets and explosions. Speed counts as well as height, so a drop from a moving helicopter lands harder, and you can still drop safely at up to about 80 km/h at those heights. The item tooltips show the new drop heights. Supply crates also can no longer be deployed inside safe zones, matching pallets, because they were blocking vehicle spawns and landing pads at HQ. Crate runs flown in a Littlebird or Lakota now have to come in well below the heights that passengers need for a Basic Parachute.

Unlocking parachutes in Season 3

Parachutes are now a multi-track unlock, which means every role track can unlock them alongside armor, backpacks and tactical vests. You no longer have to dip into another role just to get a chute. Each role still gets one shared item earlier than the others: Assault gets armor first, Medic the tac vest, Support backpacks and Recon AP ammo. Overall XP per level also went up for Season 3, putting progression closer to Season 1 speeds.

For players behind the curve, an XP catch-up bonus and an extended vendor discount kick in week by week for low-level players, per role, and grow through the season. Whether you level a fresh role track yourself or with Wardogs Boosting, parachutes now sit on that same track. Season 3 runs until January 28, roughly three months.

Carry the Sport Parachute when the jump starts on a roof, and keep the Basic for helicopter rides above 100m.

The U4GM Team