Find the item’s progression track and required level, then distinguish the one-time unlock payment from the price of buying it for a deployment. Plan with the current season’s requirements.
Before you start
- Your current level in the relevant track.
- The target item’s exact unlock requirement.
- Its unlock cost and separate deployment cost, where documented.
Season 02 progression changes
Role-track total XP now includes 25,000 for level 10, 54,750 for 15 and 111,500 for 20. Many equipment gates move: M4 to Assault 28 / $150,000 unlock; AMP-9 to Medic 20 / $75,000; M249 to Support 20 / $150,000; MAAWS to Support 18 / $100,000. TCX-SPR, PP-19 Bizon, Evo-3 Ultra and M14 are released additions, with their own magazines. Older track tables are historical unless specifically corrected below.
Sources and verification
- BULKHEAD: Season 02 is now live — Update 0.2.0 ↗
October 15 official confirmation that Update 0.2.0 is released and servers are back online. No Kingy installed-client or match test.
- BULKHEAD: Season 02 patch notes ↗
October 14 official notes, fetched October 15: released weapons, prices, role gates, construction, logistics, controller and vehicle changes. Wager Vendor opens later in Season 02; no current earnings or gameplay test.
Source review establishes what a source says. Kingy has not independently reproduced these mechanics in the current game. Community observations retain their original build context.
Read all requirements
The Medic walkthrough distinguishes each item’s level requirement, upfront unlock payment and subsequent vendor purchase. A budget needs room for both payments when buying newly unlocked equipment.
- Identify the track named on the item.
- Compare its required level with your own.
- Budget the unlock payment separately.
- Reserve money for the item and its supporting components in the next deployment.
Sources and verification
- Fringe-Patriot-Gaming: Medic Role Deep Dive ↗
Review date. Pre-launch creator walkthrough: Field Resuscitator 0:57; IFAK 2:21; defibrillator 2:51; Medical Bag 3:32. Historical item behavior, not verified current prices or precise revive timings.
Source review establishes what a source says. Kingy has not independently reproduced these mechanics in the current game. Community observations retain their original build context.
Use the current progression schedule
BULKHEAD states that XP curves and item ordering can differ by season. Season 1 moved Artillery Tank to Career 90 and Heavy Tank to Driver 35. Old unlock charts can therefore be wrong even when the item name has not changed.
The announcement publishes selected XP bands rather than every level. A planner cannot fill missing thresholds by assuming equal intervals between those bands.
Sources and verification
- BULKHEAD: Pre-Load Live & Season 1 Changelog ↗
September 9 launch changelog fetched again from the official Steam API October 8, 2026. Launch changes to vendor prices, progression tracks and XP; not a complete item database.
Source review establishes what a source says. Kingy has not independently reproduced these mechanics in the current game. Community observations retain their original build context.
Plan without inventing a grind time
Our recommended planner output is the next known requirement and the documented cost still needed. When a level threshold is missing, report that missing input instead of calculating a precise answer.
A reliable time estimate would also need your measured XP rate for the relevant activity. Another player’s unusually successful match is not a dependable hours-to-unlock forecast.
Sources and verification
Source review establishes what a source says. Kingy has not independently reproduced these mechanics in the current game. Community observations retain their original build context.
Common problems
- A role level is not interchangeable with the Career level.
- An unlock cost is not the price of the equipped item.
- A full current XP table and persistence or seasonal-reset policy still require separate evidence.
Keep reading
Sources and verification
- Fringe-Patriot-Gaming: Medic Role Deep Dive ↗
Review date. Pre-launch creator walkthrough: Field Resuscitator 0:57; IFAK 2:21; defibrillator 2:51; Medical Bag 3:32. Historical item behavior, not verified current prices or precise revive timings.
- BULKHEAD: Pre-Load Live & Season 1 Changelog ↗
September 9 launch changelog fetched again from the official Steam API October 8, 2026. Launch changes to vendor prices, progression tracks and XP; not a complete item database.
- BULKHEAD: Season 02 is now live — Update 0.2.0 ↗
October 15 official confirmation that Update 0.2.0 is released and servers are back online. No Kingy installed-client or match test.
- BULKHEAD: Season 02 patch notes ↗
October 14 official notes, fetched October 15: released weapons, prices, role gates, construction, logistics, controller and vehicle changes. Wager Vendor opens later in Season 02; no current earnings or gameplay test.
Source review establishes what a source says. Kingy has not independently reproduced these mechanics in the current game. Community observations retain their original build context.