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WARDOGSWARDOGS · PC · version Season 2 (Oct 2026)

WD-L004 / WD-L006 and EasyAntiCheat errors stop the game launching

ConfirmedUnpatched

Updated

PC players report that WARDOGS fails to launch with WD-L004 or WD-L006 codes, or EasyAntiCheat errors in the 1628505084–1628505088 range, right at startup. Team17 has said it is aware of launch errors including WD-L004 and WD-L006 and is investigating. Separate from the WD-L020 issue.

Lifecycle

Acknowledged · stage 3 of 5

48days open

Since first report

  1. Reported (reached)
  2. Confirmed (reached)—
  3. Acknowledged (reached) · now
  4. Partial (not yet)next
  5. Patched (not yet)—
Report → ack 0dIn current stage 47d
Workaround none yet
Game
WARDOGS
Platform
PC
Affected version
Season 2 (Oct 2026)
Kind
Bug
Confirmation
Confirmed
Patch status
Unpatched
First reported
Last updated
Latest fix or workaround
None on the record
How we label issues

Kind

  • Exploit: Repeatable and clearly advantageous to the player using it; essentially cheating.
  • Bug: Everything else: crashes, launch errors, broken features, visual or audio faults.

Confirmation

  • Confirmed: A developer or official account acknowledged it, an official known-issues board lists it, it appears in official patch notes, or 100+ corroborating posts on X were actually counted.
  • Unconfirmed: None of the above yet. Press articles are reports and never confirm an issue on their own.

Patch status

  • Unpatched: Known and open; no fix has been claimed.
  • Reported as unpatched: Players credibly report it persisting, including after a fix claim that never appeared in patch notes.
  • Partially patched: Official patch notes list a fix, but credible later reports say it still happens, or the notes only cover part of it.
  • Reported as patched: A developer, official account or player says it is fixed, but no official patch notes list it.
  • Patched: Official patch notes (a Steam news post or the publisher's patch notes page) list the fix, and nothing credible says it still happens.

Active means still affecting players: Unpatched, Reported as unpatched or Partially patched. Patched and Reported as patched issues are closed.

Estimated impact runs from 0.1 to 9.9 with one decimal. xploitr sets it from the rubric below. Factors: advantage to other players, reach, play blocked or progress lost, frequency, and whether a reliable workaround exists. Patched issues keep their historical impact.

Signed-in community members can report new issues and suggest status changes, such as Fixed or Still unpatched, with their platform, version and a source. Every report and suggestion is reviewed by an editor before anything on the record changes. A new issue is published only when the report has at least three independent sources (distinct accounts, or distinct sites for web pages, after blocked sources are removed), unless the owner approved that issue by hand. Approved input appears as a dated Update from the xploitr community source on the issue's timeline, credited to the member's username (reports can opt out and stay anonymous); nothing is counted or published automatically.

Impact bands

  • 0.1–2.9 Low: Cosmetic, audio, text and UI glitches with no effect on play.
  • 3.0–4.9 Moderate: Narrow gameplay bugs or small exploits, rare or with a workaround.
  • 5.0–6.9 Elevated: Bugs most players in a mode notice: hit registration, desync, balance-breaking damage.
  • 7.0–8.4 High: Widely abused competitive or economy exploits; crashes many players hit.
  • 8.5–9.9 Severe: Launch blockers, widespread progress or item loss, exploits that break the game for everyone.

Each issue has a dated timeline of updates (report, acknowledgement, announcement, fix, workaround). Update summaries are our own words; quotes and excerpts are the source's words, or our English translation when marked.

Estimated impactEstimated impact 8.5 out of 9.9, SevereOur estimate from how many players it reaches and what it costs them.

Updates · 10

Show all 10 updates
  1. Report

    Oct 24: recurring silent crashes and a WD-L006 launch error.

    Community report · Steam · Forum thread ·
    “**Recurring Silent Crashes and WD-L006 Elytra Launch Error** Hi, I've been experiencing recurring crashes in WARDOGS and wanted to report the issue, along with some troubleshooting I've done to try…”
    Community report · Steam · Forum thread · Open source
  2. Report

    Oct 24: a player reports launch error WD-L004.

    Community report · Steam · Forum thread ·
    “wardogs error WD-L004-6d7f0e5fbc48”
    Community report · Steam · Forum thread · Open source
  3. Report

    Oct 24: a player gets a WD-L004 error over and over after repairing the anti-cheat and the game files.

    Community report · Steam · Forum thread ·
    “was just playing untill 10 am this morning no problem then i went to bed and now i get up to hop on and im getting this error over and over i have repaired the ainti cheat the game files and powered…”
    Community report · Steam · Forum thread · Open source
  4. Report

    Oct 29: in a thread about the WD-L010 "Unable to launch" error, one of the launch errors Team17 listed on Sep 12, another PC player still gets it after repairing the anti-cheat and restarting.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “Same issue, did the repair, no issues. Restarted and same error comes up.”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  5. Report

    Oct 29: a player who had been playing for a while now cannot launch the game and gets a WD-L010 error code.

    Community report · Steam · Forum thread ·
    “hi all been playing the game for a while and now getting above error code any ideas”
    Community report · Steam · Forum thread · Open source
Sources · 101 Developer9 CommunityTeam17_AssistSteam · Forum threadDeveloper+ 9 similar community reportsHide
Steam · Community discussionTeam17_AssistDeveloperWARDOGS · Steam app 1867240
“Hi all! We're aware that some players are currently experiencing crashes or are unable to launch WARDOGS, including errors such as WD-L004, WD-L006, WD-L007, WD-L010, WD-L014 and WD-L020. Our team is…”
  • Community reportSteam · Forum threadOpen
    “I'm trying to log in and I'm receiving an error code of 1628505088 due to an easy anti-cheat problem. I've tried verifying game files, reinstalling Elytra, restarting my PC, allowing wardogs through…”
  • Community reportSteam · Forum replyOpen
    “Was there a fix for this issue, I get the WD L004 error but can load to the sign in page on a hotspot but then am presented with this error as well”
  • Community reportSteam · Forum threadOpen
    “error 1628505084 appears immediately on launch”
  • Community reportSteam · Forum threadOpen
    “It says unable to launch, and this is the error code: WD-L006. Any ideas? I have checked the game files for errors and tried to run it as admin, but I still get the same error.”
  • Community reportSteam · Forum threadOpen
    “**Recurring Silent Crashes and WD-L006 Elytra Launch Error** Hi, I've been experiencing recurring crashes in WARDOGS and wanted to report the issue, along with some troubleshooting I've done to try…”
  • Community reportSteam · Forum threadOpen
    “wardogs error WD-L004-6d7f0e5fbc48”
  • Community reportSteam · Forum threadOpen
    “was just playing untill 10 am this morning no problem then i went to bed and now i get up to hop on and im getting this error over and over i have repaired the ainti cheat the game files and powered…”
  • Community reportSteam · Forum replyOpen
    “Same issue, did the repair, no issues. Restarted and same error comes up.”
  • Community reportSteam · Forum threadOpen
    “hi all been playing the game for a while and now getting above error code any ideas”
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