Community Guides/Logistics

Logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption.

In Foxhole the generation, transportation, and coordination of supplies is key to winning the war. You can be the best fighter in your squad, but you will need ammo and re-spawns in the correct location or else you will lose.

Logistics Squad Composition

A good logistics squad will have 2-3 members with the following roles.

• A Driver for the truck
• A Support for helping carry items and maximizing production queues

Logistics Squad Load-out

A properly formed logistics squad will have the following items.

• A Transport Truck
• Fuel for your truck (you'd be surprised how many people forget this)
• The driver and support should both have:
  • Radios
  • Sledgehammers
• Optionally they can also have:
  • Gas Masks
  • Binoculars
• Note: You do not need weapons as a logistics squad member. You should not be engaging in direct contact with the enemy. Guns and ammunition fill slots in your inventory which you could be using to stack transfer materials.

The Logistics Supply Chain

Here is a brief overview of how a logistics squad should supply troops on the front line. It makes the following assumptions:

• The roads to and from your objectives are secured with built defensive structures.
• The objectives you are delivering to; Town Halls, Outposts, and Barracks are safe and accessible.

Step 1: Ordering

• Orders should be placed in team chat and should include:
  • Type of items
  • Estimated # of items
  • Priority of items
  • Destination for the produced items
• Orders should ideally come from a trusted player on the front
  • Make friends with someone competent on the front
  • Don't just bring orders to places because they are crying for them, verify that it is what they actually need
    • For example if someone is spamming chat that they need RPG shells but their Outpost only has 5 spawn supplies left... they need spawn supplies not shells
    • If people are clamoring for HE grenades but they don't have a single First Aid Kit/Trauma Kit/Bandage in the Outpost then they need medical supplies not grenades

Step 2: Acquiring Resources

To save time in this step it is recommended that all players on the logistics team be mining resources whenever they can.

• The three types of resources are Scrap, Components, and Sulfur
• They are refined in a Refinery for the following materials; Basic Materials, Refined Materials, and Explosive Materials
• You should be arriving at the production facilities with all the materials needed to fill your order

Step 3: Queue Orders

At the production facilities when you pick up your orders you will receive crates. These crates must be taken to a friendly Town Hall, Outpost, or Safehouses where they must then be stockpiled before players can assemble and use them.

• You can queue 4 items at a time per person, use your extra logistics members to make larger order in a single visit
• Manage your queue timers well! Try and get good at timing the completion of a production when you will be passing through that facility again
• If an order is not picked up after 30 minutes it will be placed in the building's inventory that both friendlies and enemies can take.
• Reduce idle time, do not just stand around waiting for orders to complete! There must be something you can do nearby like:
  • Build/repair defenses
  • Take inventory at the Town Hall yourself
  • Call out radio hits using chat or right click button on map screen
  • Scout your town for vulnerabilities or gaps

Step 4: Deliver Goods

Load up your produced crates/gear and take it to the front.

• Pay careful attention to where the front is and what radio towers are lit
• Ask players at the front if it is safe!

When you arrive at your destination, stockpiled your crates and items directly from your truck into the Town Hall, Outpost, or Safehouse. You do not need to walk it over just drive right up to it.

• You can actually take items from the structure like Fuel, Basic Materials, Refined Materials, and Explosive Materials while you are still in the truck much faster than doing it on foot!

Now you have delivered the goods! Good job! Now keep doing that same thing and the war will be over before you know it!

Logistics Tips & Tricks

• Manufacturing items closer to the front line will reduce travel time and increase supply for your soldiers
• Safety is important, take the safest available route using a Radio combined with network of Watch Towers along the road
• Keep your truck locked when you are not in it or where enemies could kill you, so enemy will have to destroy it rather than bring it to his own base.
• Before you stop playing the game, unlock your truck in a secure town so others can use it
• You can ferry players to the front, there is no reason why you can't take them to your destination - inform nearby player using Local channel or voice, or at least lock/unlock vehicle several times in front of spawn point.
• Watch your speed in tight roads, also honk when you are starting movement in crowded areas to lower your chance of running someone over.
• If your team has a factory secured, always order a batch of shirts when you go by to keep a constant stream of shirts rolling