Repeat safe transport jobs and check Pilot progress after flights and repairs.
Pilot XP · Season 2
- Choose an actual passenger or supply request instead of empty laps.
- Keep vehicle losses low and compare cumulative role XP before and after completed actions.
- Launch notes publish logistics values, but the later backend correction provides no complete replacement payout table.
- Keep one-time access payments separate from each purchased vehicle deployment.
What gives Pilot XP?
- Transport passengers or supplies with a safe takeoff, dropoff and return route. Empty flight time is not a documented XP guarantee.
- Repair XP now follows the vehicle being repaired, which can award Pilot rather than Support progression.
- Armed flights are optional, not a prerequisite for transport. Do not copy old air-kill payout figures into Season 2 without checking them.
The post-launch Driver correction
On October 16, a developer confirmed Driver progression fixes and removal of an exploit granting early tank access. The post publishes neither a complete replacement curve nor fixed current XP per delivery. The figures below are explicitly October 14 launch-note values, not a post-fix live payout test.
Published logistics streak bonuses · launch reference
These are extra streak increments with caps, not each action's complete payout or an XP-per-hour prediction. The changelog corrected its original logistics figures to control-zone returns. Vehicle, action and later backend changes still need separate checks.
A repeatable route without exploits
- Confirm demand and a destination: passengers, FOB cargo or supplies for the active front.
- Deliver in an affordable vehicle; for airlift, agree on a safe landing area first.
- Plan a return trip, preserve the vehicle and buy the next load only when demand is confirmed.
- Record XP gains, costs and failed runs. Do not use team-switch, suicide or farming-server loops as a progression method.
Level thresholds are not action rewards
The release anchors below are cumulative role XP at a level, not XP per delivery. Unpublished intermediate values remain unknown. The calculator has manual inputs for different live thresholds; the backend notice cannot supply a complete new Driver curve.
Selected Season 2 unlock additions and changes
Only additions or changes explicitly named in the release changelog. A dash means unpublished here, not free. Other older references are separately marked in the vehicle database.
An unlocked aircraft still costs cash to deploy
AH-6M with miniguns moved to Pilot 8: $125,000 access and a $12,000 vehicle purchase in the Season 2 release. The old Pilot 4 / $7,000 reference is not the new release price. Practise safe transport before risking that budget.
Common questions
Does every flight minute guarantee XP?
No universal official per-metre or per-minute rate is established here. Check completed actions and actual role progression.
Are streak bonuses unchanged after the Driver fix?
That has not been live-verified here. The table is dated, and the backend post supplies no complete replacement formula.
How can I still calculate target XP?
Use published release anchors, or copy current cumulative values from the game into the XP calculator's manual mode.
Sources and verification
Developer information and community observations are labelled separately. A player report is not a guarantee from the developer. Use the stated source-check dates; a later page edit does not recheck the underlying game data.
- BULKHEAD: Season 02 Patch Notes · 2026-10-14Published XP anchors, logistics figures, role allocations and unlock changes.
- G_Medlin [developer]: Backend Update · 2026-10-16Confirms Driver corrections without publishing a complete new XP formula.