M4 Stats, Price and Tier

Assault Rifle5.56x45mm$2,800A tier across 6 of 6 sourcesrecorded Alpha 1 · 7 Aug 2026

41 attachments fit the M4

Recorded by Wardogs HQ
Optics
22
from $200
Muzzle Devices
8
from $350
Foregrips
11
from $380

Attachment compatibility and prices are recorded by one community database, not corroborated across several the way the weapon stats are, and Bulkhead publishes none of it. An attachment with no recorded price shows as Not recorded.

Recorded stats

As of Alpha 1 · 7 Aug 2026
Damage per hit
28
Rate of fire
800RPM
Effective range
500m
Muzzle velocity
910m/s
Weight
2.92kg
Fire modes
Auto / Semi
Vendor price
$2,800
$1,400 below level 9 (recruit discount)
Unlocks at
Level 20
Unlock fee
$100,000
one time, on top of the per kit price. One database publishes the unlock fee and another says the reported fees disagree, so it is the least settled figure here.
Shots to kill
4
about 225 ms, our arithmetic

Community-recorded from the in-game vendor, cross-checked across independent databases. Where they disagree on a price, the figure Bulkhead printed in its patch notes settles it when one database already matches it. Every other number is the databases' reading, and Early Access can retune any of them. Shots to kill is ours: 100 HP unarmoured, body shots, no falloff, health divided by damage rounded up; time is shots minus one, times 60,000, over RPM.

What does a full M4 kit cost you per death?
Where it ranks

Who rates the M4

Each published tier list that places it, in that source's own band, with the build it read. The A above is our split of their average.

Same class

Other assault rifles

What else the vendor sells in this slot, with the same recorded figures, so a cheaper or better answer is one row away.

WeaponDamageRPMRangePriceTier
Bushmaster M17S28700300 mFreeC
T-2128750550 m$1,200A
AK7426650500 m$800B
Galil28650400 m$2,000A
FAL-650800 m$6,000S
A-9128700300 mFreeC
KH-200228700300 mFreeC
TCX-SPR34800400 m$3,200-
FAQ

Common questions

How much does the M4 cost in WARDOGS?

$2,800 at the vendor as recorded, or $1,400 below level 9 with the new recruit discount. Community-recorded from the in-game vendor, cross-checked across independent databases. Where they disagree on a price, the figure Bulkhead printed in its patch notes settles it when one database already matches it. Every other number is the databases' reading, and Early Access can retune any of them.

Is the M4 good?

6 of the 6 published tier lists we read place it, and their average lands in our A tier for Early Access to Update 0.2.0: WARDOGS Hub calls it A, Wardogs HQ calls it S, games.gg calls it A, All Things How calls it A, Overgear calls it A, Strider calls it Top. Those are their opinions, credited; the letter is our split of the average. Statistical data is based on external APIs and publicly available information. It may differ from official data.

How many shots does the M4 take to kill?

4 body shots on an unarmoured 100 HP target with no damage falloff, which at 800 RPM is about 225 ms from the first hit to the last. That is our arithmetic on the recorded damage and rate of fire, not a published figure: shots equal health divided by damage rounded up, and time equals shots minus one, times sixty thousand, divided by RPM. Armour, range and hit location all change it.

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