Troubleshooting
How do I find the second Counter-Battery wave?
The first three guns are gone, but earlier reconnaissance does not reveal a reliable current location for the next artillery wave.
Quick answer
Start a fresh search instead of trusting the earlier reconnaissance area. Prepare your guns, ammunition, and map first, because current community reports indicate that firing STAR can begin Counter-Battery pressure. Use STAR as a direction-finding aid, then redirect Scout Plane or other reconnaissance using the new information. Keep adapting rather than assuming one fixed second-wave grid.
Adaptive search workflow corroboratedCurrent-build limitsChecked Aug 14, 2026
Fresh STAR-directed reconnaissance is a useful scoped response after the first wave. Exact spawn and timing mechanics remain unverified.
Version context: Current full-release demand and STAR search use supported; exact current second-wave spawn logic unresolved
Still uncertain
- Exact second-wave spawn location and trigger
- Exact Counter-Battery timing and any time gains
- Fixed Scout Plane coverage or grid for the second wave
- Current mission-specific movement behavior
Evidence and verification context
- Current full-release community discussion: Supports current demand, fresh STAR direction finding, preparation before firing, and redirecting reconnaissance after the first wave.
- Historical Demo and developer material: Supports only the general design that later artillery can appear or move and earlier reconnaissance can become stale. Historical side, grid, trigger, and timing details are not promoted.
The current problem and adaptive search workflow are supported, but exact second-wave spawn logic, coordinates, trigger, timing, counter-battery duration, time gains, and fixed reconnaissance routes are not claimed.
Search for the next wave
Prepare before active searching
Set up the guns, ammunition, and map before firing STAR. STAR is still a fired shell, and current community reports indicate it can begin Counter-Battery pressure.
Use STAR for fresh direction information
Treat STAR as a search and direction-finding aid after the first wave rather than assuming the earlier reconnaissance remains current.
Redirect reconnaissance
Use the new direction information to reposition or redirect Scout Plane or other reconnaissance coverage.
Repeat adaptively
Search based on fresh observations. Do not lock the plan to a historical river side, grid, route, trigger, or timing value.
Still stuck?
I destroyed the first three guns and see nothing else
Begin a fresh STAR and reconnaissance search. Earlier coverage may no longer answer the second-wave location problem.
I want to fire STAR immediately
Prepare the firing setup and map first. Community reports indicate STAR can start Counter-Battery pressure because it is still a shell fired during the mission.
An old guide gives one side of the river or a fixed grid
Treat it as historical context only. The current spawn logic is not sufficiently established for a fixed location claim.
Common mistakes
- Continuing to trust reconnaissance gathered for the first wave.
- Firing STAR before the rest of the firing setup is ready.
- Treating a historical side, coordinate, trigger, or timing value as a current constant.
- Mixing the Campaign medal checklist with Counter-Battery Challenge leaderboard scoring.
Why this works
Current full-release player discussion establishes the second-wave search failure state and supports STAR-directed fresh searching. Historical Demo/developer material supports only the general idea that later artillery can appear or move and make earlier reconnaissance stale. It does not verify a current spawn side, coordinate, trigger, timer, time gain, or Scout Plane grid.