WARDOGS Damage Chart — Verified Gun Damage, TTK & Value

Most "WARDOGS damage calculator" searches want the same thing: a trustworthy table of which gun does how much damage, how fast it kills, and whether the price is worth it. This page is that table — built only from numbers we could verify against a named source, sortable with one click, and explicit about every gap. If a number is missing here, it is because no verified dataset publishes it, not because we forgot.

How to read this chart

• Damage is the per-shot damage from MetaForge's dataset. One verified quirk matters more than any single row: 5.56×45mm damage is a flat 28 regardless of the gun — the free rifles and the $2,800 M4 hit for the same amount, and what you pay for is fire rate, handling and fire mode. Treat "higher damage" as a caliber question first, a gun question second.
• TTK (time-to-kill) is shown against an unarmored 100 HP target, matching the source data. Armor levels 1–4 change these numbers, but no verified armor-reduction math exists yet, so this chart does not pretend to calculate it — see the loadout guide for how armor tiers work in practice.
• Dmg / $1k is damage per thousand dollars spent, derived from the two columns above it — the "value" answer for players who search the best guns tier list on a budget. Free rifles are infinite value by definition.

Methodology and sources

Every number on this page traces to MetaForge's damage-per-dollar table, captured from their 2026-08-19 pre-Early-Access build and verified against the source on September 14, 2026. Season 1 has already reshuffled some prices, so a re-check is pending — where a value is contested or missing (FAL's price, T-21's damage), the chart says "tbc" or shows both numbers instead of picking one. Corrections are logged on the wiki's updates feed. This is the same dataset behind the per-weapon spotlights — each weapon name in the chart links to its deep-dive page.

FAQ

Is there an official WARDOGS damage calculator? No. BULKHEAD publishes no official damage tables or calculators. Community tools exist (MetaForge maintains the largest weapon database, including a loadout builder), and this chart is the wiki's verified distillation of that data — without the simulated armor math that no public source documents.

What is the highest-damage gun in WARDOGS? In the verified dataset, the FAL leads at 60 damage per shot — which is why it tops most tier lists. But because damage is mostly caliber-bound, "highest damage" is close to "biggest caliber you can afford and control".

Why is the T-21 damage listed as tbc? The T-21's damage value is not in the verified MetaForge table (its fame rests on being the cheapest full-auto option, not raw damage). Rather than print a guess, the chart marks it unknown. Its case is made in the T-21 spotlight.

Does the chart include armor? Not yet. Armor levels 1–4 are confirmed to change effective TTK, but no public source documents the reduction math. When verified armor numbers exist, the chart gains an armor view — until then, any site claiming exact "shots to kill vs Level 3 armor" is guessing.

Which gun is the best value? By damage per dollar, the SKS (17.5 dmg/$1k) and AK74 (16.3) lead the priced guns, and the three free rifles break the scale entirely. The full value logic — including why raw value is not the whole answer — is in the best guns tier list.

Related: best guns tier list, loadout & ammo guide, free rifles. Every other guide is indexed from the WARDOGS Wiki homepage.