Dominate Your First Match: 10 Battlefield 6 Tips Every Beginner Needs

Battlefield 6 feels familiar until it doesn’t. A few systems have been shuffled just enough to mess with your muscle memory, so if you want to hit the ground running (and not faceplant into a revive timer), here’s what actually matters on day one.

1. Stack easy XP right away

   Leveling early unlocks the good stuff faster. The game gives you a built-in XP head start: you get a 5% boost just for owning it, and another 5% if you play in a party. That’s a free 10% for doing almost nothing. Grab a buddy and cash in.

2. Tune your graphics and UI for performance

   Yes, it’s pretty. Also yes, you should tweak it. If you’re not sure where to start, drop sharpness and motion blur, and turn off vignette, film grain, and vertical sync. That combo cleans up the image and cuts out the smear without making the game look like a PS2 port. Then adjust to taste.

3. Live in the Challenges tab

   Daily and weekly challenges are easy payouts: big XP, plus skins and tools. You’ve got sections for dailies, weeklies, and a set of Assignments that kick off with Initiation. Pro tip: you can actively track up to four Assignments at once. Do this early and you’ll snowball progress instead of wandering around aimlessly for scraps.

4. Attachments matter (and they cost points)

   Classes are back, and your guns are extremely customizable. Each weapon runs on a 100-point budget, and every attachment eats into it. Prioritize the muzzle slot (try suppressors and flash hiders depending on your style) and the scope/sights for the right sightlines. Think of it like a build: spend where you’ll actually feel it.

5. Use your class active ability

   Each of the four classes has abilities that unlock along a training path you pick with your loadout. That path is basically a mini progression tree that hands you perks before you even spawn. It culminates in one active ability that unlocks mid-match as you earn XP. It’s basically an ultimate. Don’t ignore it; plan around it.

6. Try the modes, then commit

   Figure out what clicks for you before you grind. The big ones: Breakthrough, Escalation, and Conquest. Rush is the plant-and-disarm bomb mode if you like focused objectives. There’s also a close-quarters option when you want nonstop chaos without the jogging.

7. Drag your teammates to safety

   New mechanic: when a teammate gets dropped, you can physically drag them out of the killbox and revive them under cover. It saves lives and tickets, and it saves Support players from sprinting into a blender just to be heroes. Use it, don’t die trying to prove a point.

8. Farm XP in Domination

   Domination is basically Conquest on a diet: no vehicles, first team to 200 points wins, capture flags to score. It’s fast, dense, and perfect for racking XP if you only have time for a match or two. Also excellent for testing new guns without a 2-minute commute between fights.

9. Sniper sweet spot is back

   Bolt-action rifles have a fixed range where upper-body shots do 100% damage and delete people instantly. You can read it in the wild with the old Battlefield 1 tell: if you see a colorful, rainbow-ish scope glare aimed your way, you’re standing in their sweet spot. Move, now, or win the duel before they click once.

10. Assault class: fix your ammo problem

    By default, Assault runs two primary weapons. Your starting ammo gets split between them, which is why you keep going dry after a couple of fights. Swap one primary for a gadget and the ammo isn’t split anymore. You’ll last longer than a single corridor push.

That’s the stuff I wish someone had told me before my first match. Go tweak, test, and level up without wasting half your night figuring out settings you could have knocked out in five minutes.