Community Guides/Getting Started

Welcome to Foxhole! If you're new to the game, there are many community made tutorials available to you! For more help, feel free to stop by the Foxhole Official Discord or the Steam Discussions!

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Getting Started

Server Browser

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Server Browser

When you first start the game and are looking for a server, you'll be given a list of current ongoing Wars (servers). Information you'll see includes the Server Name, current Map Region, Player Count, and Current In-Game Day (one in-game day equals approximately one real-life hour).

Select a Faction

When you first join a server, you will choose which Faction you will fight for! There are two options, Colonials and Wardens. The factions are equal as far as game mechanics go. Picking a faction will lock you to that faction for the remainder of that war (only on that server), so it is important to communicate which faction you will be joining with friends if you will be playing with one.

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Faction Selection Screen

There is no current requirement to declare your allegiance to a faction in any way, however many players decide to do so. This creates a more competitive battlefield and even further fuels the various Lore theories.

Controls

Foxhole uses the typical "WASD" control scheme for the most part. Left Mouse Button = Fire, Right Mouse Button = Aim, and holding Middle Mouse Button will allow you to rotate your camera.

Mouse Button	Action
LMB	Fire
MMB	Rotate Camera
RMB	Aim

Spawning

When you first join a war, you will "Spawn in the Wild". Any time you are killed, you will also be given the option to "Spawn in the Wild", however there is another way. You can set your spawn at Town Halls, Outposts, and Barracks. There is however a cost to this, in the form of S. Supplies , also commonly referred to as Spawn Supplies/Soldier Supplies. S. supplies are stocked at the spawn buildings listed above, and every spawn at that building costs one S. Supply. Once your faction runs out of S. Supplies at that location, you can no longer spawn there, and will be forced to spawn in the wild again. Also, spawning in the wild will cause you to lose your set spawn! It is important that your faction keeps S. Supplies stocked for this reason.

Resources

There are three main resources you will gather during a war. Scrap, Components, and Fuel.

Scrap

Scrapping can be done by visiting a scrap node indicated on the map as a bolt icon. With the hammer you spawned with equipped, you target a pile of scrap and swing your hammer at it while holding left mouse button. Each hit will produce scrap which goes straight into your inventory. Each pile of scrap can only take a few hits until it is depleted and soon respawns.

Tech Parts

A byproduct of the scrapping process is Tech Parts, which can be used to upgrade various production buildings around the region, such as workshops, factories, and vehicle factories. Upgrading these buildings will allow your faction to make new tools for your arsenal. It is important to prioritize your upgraded buildings based on your faction’s goals. Teamwork and communication can be key, as always.

Salvaging Scrap

Once you have your scrap, you will take it to a Manufacturing Plant to salvage. Accessing the interface will give you a few slots to insert your scrap, done by clicking on the scrap within your inventory slots. You can transfer an entire stack by right-clicking. Once loaded, hit the Salvage button and your scrap will turn into Basic Materials, one of the most important resources in the game used for building and producing weapons, supplies and vehicles. Note that you do lose about 25% of the materials during the salvage process.

Fuel

All of the vehicles in the game require fuel. You can get fuel by hitting fuel nodes located around the region with your hammer the same way you do with scrap. Vehicles will simply use the fuel contained in their inventories.

Components

Components, another vital resource, can only be gathered by using a sledgehammer at the components field, indicated by a nut icon on the map. The components resource come from the husks of old tanks scattered at the components field. Components are gathered in the same way as scrap and fuel, and can be taken to the manufacturing plant to be salvaged for Refined Materials, which are used in advanced defenses and vehicle building. This process also yields tech parts to further upgrade your production buildings.

Tools

Sledgehammers

Later on in the game after your workshop has reached technology level two, you can make Sledgehammers. Sledgehammers allow for a significant increase in the speed of gathering resources.

Tips & Tricks

• Foxholes, Turrets, Pillboxes, Bunkers and any other passive defense structures are all manned by A.I. and will shoot automatically as enemy players come within range.
• When Aiming, where the cursor actually sits is important, not just pointing your gun in a direction. You will be more accurate when you place your cursor on or slightly behind the target.
• Assessing the map as soon as you enter a war can help you greatly. You can see where the front lines likely are, what's in the greatest need, and how you can help!
• It takes time for the production of weapons, ammo, S. Supplies, and everything else. Take that into account when producing what your faction needs or when making requests.
• When looking at Ammunition for guns, the number displayed is NOT the number of rounds, but rather the number of Clips or Magazines! It's never wise to carry too much onto a battlefield as you risk dying before actually getting to use it, and the supplies can be scavenged by the enemy!
• Accuracy is increased when crouched or prone!