Dog tags - tips on Farming supplies

In Battle Islands, dog tags are a key ranking and matchmaking currency earned through combat victories.

Here’s how dog tags work in the game:

• 🪖 Dog tags represent your combat success: You earn dog tags by winning attacks against other players. The amount gained depends on how decisive your victory is—typically ranging from 7 to 100 per win.
• ⚔️ Used for matchmaking: Your dog tag count, along with your command bunker level, determines which opponents you can attack or be attacked by. Players are matched within similar dog tag ranges to ensure fair competition. The more dog tags you earn, the greater the challenges you’ll face.
• 🏆 Collecting dog tags contributes to unlocking achievements such as “Tag Collector III,” which is awarded after accumulating 2,500 dog tags. Completing this milestone grants a reward of 450 gold.

Globally, many players believe that dog tags have little value and intentionally try to keep them as low as possible for an easy game. (If you're playing on Kindles, your dog tag count will be zero which can actually work to your advantage)

Today, I want to share a useful tip from my own experience one that might change how you think about dog tags. It’s all about adjusting your tags to fall within a range that lets you spot rich bases more easily. This is my personal strategy for farming supplies efficiently and building things up fast.

Previously, when my Command Bunker was at level 7 and my dog tags ranged from 3,700 to 3,900, I consistently saw enemy bases offering loot between 700,000 to 1,000,000 supplies.

After upgrading to Command Bunker level 8 while keeping my dog tags at 3,900, the enemy list mostly showed abandoned bases with only around 225,000 supplies, definitely not worth the effort.

However, when I lowered my dog tags to the range of 3,200 to 3,500, I started encountering richer bases again, with loot ranging from 500,000 to 1,400,000 supplies. That’s a solid reason to maintain my dog tags within that range for now.

Known Issues with Increasing Dog Tags

There’s also a known issue in the game: some senior players aim to raise their dog tags, but often get stuck at levels like 13,000 or 19,000. The problem is they can’t find strong bases with higher dog tags than their own, which limits progression.

Interestingly, @CandyHunter from DC3 shared that if you manage to push your dog tags above 30,000, you’ll start seeing enemies with even higher tags like 35,000 or even 50,000. It seems to break the usual matchmaking rules.

I saw a conflict on global chat yesterday where DOC complained that CandyHunter keeps raiding his base and draining his tags.

CandyHunter (Level 204 with 81K tags) is able to see and raid DOC (Level 355 with 104K tags). Although CandyHunter is a significantly lower level, he loots 60 tags per hit, while DOC only receives 12 tags for a retaliatory victory. This game logic is not fair and doesn't make sense to me given the level and tag disparity.

Proof in Pictures: Why You Can Trust What I Said"

So yes, dog tags are both a reflection of your battlefield strength and a key factor in determining your opponents. What should your dog tag level be? That’s entirely up to your strategy.

I can share some screenshots I captured from my game while playing at Command Bunker level 8 with around 3,200 dog tags. 

Thanks for reading 🦆🦆🦆!