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Battlefield 6 Starter Tips: Surviving Multiplayer, Solo Campaign Secrets and More

These multiplayer and campaign strategies will help boost your game.

Battlefield 6 is a fast-paced modern military shooter with a single-player story that casts you as a NATO soldier fighting the terror group Pax Armata. You’ll step into the boots of several characters as you travel the globe trying to save the day. After players finish that, there are endless hours of combat to enjoy in the game’s multiplayer modes.

But like any competitive shooter, there’s a lot of complexity and mechanics to understand if you want to survive — and thrive. From playing different classes in multiplayer to finding secrets in the single-player campaign, there’s a lot to learn. Here is a collection of tips for the various multiplayer modes and the campaign to help you step up your game and emerge victorious.

Tips for Battlefield 6 multiplayer

Move with your squad

Battlefield 6’s quick time-to-kill means you can get mowed down in a second, or even less if you run into multiple enemies. Counter this by sticking with groups of teammates, who can focus fire on enemies and split their attention so they aren’t all fixated on you. Better still, a nearby ally can (and should) revive you if you’re downed, since any class can bring a player back from death (a mechanic introduced in Battlefield 5).

Time your reloads well

Battlefield 6’s extremely quick time-to-kill goes hand in hand with firing speed — it’s really easy to see an enemy and, in the heat of the moment, spray-and-pray until you empty your magazine. That leaves you in an agonizing two- to three-second window of being unable to return fire. In our review period playing ahead of release, this reloading window proved to be a significant period of vulnerability — even if you downed one enemy, another might come around to finish you off while you can’t shoot back.

To counter this, don’t stay in the open — find cover or go prone to make yourself less of a target. You can also pull out your secondary weapon until you find cover, as sometimes just shooting back at enemies will pause their barrage, as will tossing a grenade their way. As you use your weapons more and level them up, you’ll get access to magazines with more capacity or that can reload faster, so opt for those. Lastly, some class gadgets can give you a breather to reload, like Support’s deployable cover, so remember your options.

Be a good teammate and revive, revive, revive

In Battlefield 6, every class can revive downed teammates — just approach them and then press-and-hold the button that pops up (by default, it’s “E” on PC). It takes under two seconds to revive (or shorter with the Support class), though you can drag your teammate backward to get out of fields of fire.

Reviving teammates has a tactical advantage, bringing more of your team’s guns back into the fight. It’s also good etiquette, and you’ll effectively be doling out morale boosts to strangers online, who are likely to return the favor if and when you get downed. The Support class revives fastest, though they also have a defibrillator gadget that can instantly bring teammates back, arguably their best contribution to a match. Their second-best is dropping a supply bag to heal and refill teammates’ ammo — and since revived players come back with half their health (in most modes), it’s good practice to drop a bag after bringing someone back.

Someone has to switch to Engineer — it might as well be you

Three of the four classes scatter when enemy tanks roll in, as their kits are nearly useless against vehicle armor. That’s where the Engineer comes in. By default, they pack a pair of gadgets that can effectively neutralize anything with treads or wheels with anti-vehicle missiles or anti-tank mines. The former is far more user-friendly — just aim and fire — while the mines take some planning to lay in the path of an incoming tank, though you can try to bait them into driving down a pathway you’ve riddled with the explosives.

The trouble with any shooter with classes that counter specific threats is that players assumes other players will switch. Don’t wait for someone else, as every moment hostile tanks have on the battlefield is another opportunity to mow down teammates and clear out zones for enemy infantry. More Engineer playtime is beneficial anyway, as you’ll eventually unlock other, better anti-vehicle gadgets. (Anything is better than the basic mines, honestly.)

No, don’t just switch to Support and go to the frontline

Thanks to EA DICE’s decision to allow any class to use any weapon in default playlists (there are Closed Weapon modes if you want to play old-school Battlefield rules), it’s tempting to choose the Support class for its ammo-replenishing supply bag and pick an assault rifle to go tearing into the enemy’s frontline. But there are several reasons to pick a class and stick to its strengths — notably, gadgets.

The Assault class does tend to run out of ammo quickly and rely on nearby Support to drop ammo bags, but it also unlocks some of the best gadgets — the explosive launchers — to clear out groups of enemies and wreck structures. Support lacks any sort of detonating gadget, with its more defense-oriented kit. And Assault also grants more attack-oriented bonuses in its skill path over the course of a match (as well as its class item). In short, using Support with an Assault weapon isn’t the great game hack you think it is.

Understand your loadout, from gun attachments to vehicle setups

There’s a lot you can tinker with in your loadouts (which makes it baffling for Battlefield 6 to not let you tweak them while queuing between matches, but I digress). Each class has a primary weapon and pistol, two gadgets, a grenade, a melee weapon and a skill path. While you don’t have much to choose from at the start, as you keep progressing, leveling up weapons and completing challenges, you’ll get access to more of your kit.

Using weapons levels them up, so if you like one, keep using it — the attachments can drastically change how they function, from scopes that zoom in further to magazines that pack in more rounds. Keep in mind that some attachments — and even guns — unlock from completing specific class-based challenges, so take a thorough look at each to see if you can make progress beyond just getting experience points to advance your player level.

Lastly, you can switch out the kit of any vehicle you enter, too — it’s on the far right side of the loadout screen. From switching the type of round (anti-personnel or anti-vehicle) fired by a vehicle’s gun to its special abilities, these also have options that unlock over time. You can check out all their options to tweak vehicles to your play style, but it’s a good idea to read up on them to understand the differences between the handful of similar-looking vehicles in the game.

Tips for Battlefield 6’s single player campaign

Stealth takedowns

You can eliminate enemies without breaking stealth by sneaking up (crouch with Circle) and pressing R3. Several missions allow you to choose whether to go loud or quiet. If at any point you’re tired of the slow, stealth approach, pressing L1 will command your team to engage and the firefight is on.

Targeting enemies

That engage enemies button (L1) tells your team to open fire and highlights nearby enemies. It doesn’t work for your entire area, though; the opponents must be close. The enemies button is extra helpful if your vision is obscured due to a lack of light or smoke. Pressing L1 will highlight the enemies with a red target icon so you can still pinpoint them without actually seeing them.

Challenges

You can tackle several bonus objectives in the campaign that the game doesn’t point out to you. In the pause menu, hit R1 to move to the Challenges panel. Here you’ll see several different tasks you can perform for various unlockables, such as weapon skins or player titles.

Some of these will be as simple as finishing the current level you’re on. Others, specifically in the Challenge Expert row, will require you to play differently. These can include tasks such as completing a mission without needing to be revived, not using guns (only melee and grenades), etc. If you’re looking for some additional objectives to work toward, you can find them here.

Dinosaur toy

In the very first level, as soon as you’ve gained control of your character for the first time, make sure to explore instead of exiting the structure. Right behind you is a dinosaur toy that you can interact with. Doing so will earn you a trophy.

With these tips and game secrets, you should have a better understanding of some of the Battlefield’s less-explained mechanics. We hope these tips help you get a leg up on the competition and make Battlefield 6 even more enjoyable. And be sure to check out our review if you want a deeper look at how Battlefield 6 stacks up on gameplay, graphics and overall fun.

Battlefield 6 is out now on Xbox Series, PS5 and PC.

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Venezuela awards U.S.-supported oil company NABEP 100-year rights to 17 oil fields, White House reports

Venezuelan interim authorities have granted U.S.-backed NABEP 100-year concessions for 17 oil fields with 65 billion barrels of proven reserves, giving the U.S. government preferential purchasing rights and an equity stake, according to the White House.

Venezuelan interim authorities have awarded U.S.-backed North American Blue Energy Partners, or NABEP, 100-year concessions for 17 oil fields, with proven reserves of approximately 65 billion barrels, the White House said on Monday.

NABEP ranks as the second-largest private oil producer in Venezuela. The company has provided the U.S. Department of War’s Office of Strategic Capital with a 35% equity stake in its corporate parent, according to the White House, representing up to “hundreds of billions in value and dividends for the United States.”

President Donald Trump announced on Friday a deal with Caracas that would grant the U.S. majority control over 65 billion barrels, or roughly 20% of the South American country’s vast oil reserves. The U.S. had approximately 46 billion barrels in proven oil reserves as of the end of 2024, according to official figures.

In a fact sheet published Monday evening in Washington, the U.S. government stated it would hold the right to purchase, at production cost, a guaranteed 20% of the off-take from all current and future fields NABEP will operate, as part of an effort to support replenishing the U.S. strategic petroleum reserves.

The U.S. government also retains the “right of first refusal” to purchase the remaining 80% of NABEP’s production, making Washington the prioritized buyer for its energy holdings.

Analysts, however, remained doubtful that this landmark oil agreement could meaningfully increase U.S. energy production or lower gas prices for Americans in the near term. Significant investments are required to extract the valuable resources in Venezuela, whose oil output remains a fraction of its potential due to decades of mismanagement, insufficient investment and sanctions.

NABEP also planned to invest up to $100 billion in new oil infrastructure in Venezuela to expand production, the White House said. Under the agreement, the company is expected to pay $200 billion in royalty and tax payments to Venezuelan governments over the first 25 years.

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Tehran urges return to June deal, oil prices rise as Trump vows to hit Iran ‘hard’

Iran launched an attack on two American bases in Jordan on Monday in retaliation for the U.S. attack on its Larak Island.

Oil prices extended gains on Tuesday as traders mulled the threat of escalation, following the resumption of U.S.-Iran military strikes and more turmoil on the Strait of Hormuz.

A tanker was struck by three unknown projectiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, the UK Maritime Trade Operations agency said in a post on Tuesday, Asia time.

The tanker was sailing in the southern shipping lane close to the Omani coast, the UKMTO said, adding that no casualties were reported.

Iran launched an attack on two American bases in Jordan on Monday in retaliation for the U.S. attack on its Larak Island. American forces targeted two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island on Sunday, reportedly killing three, saying that Tehran intended to launch rockets carrying sea mines into the Hormuz Strait.

The small island, located in the Strait of Hormuz, has been a critical military and shipping control point for Iranian forces, helping them keep a firm grip on vessel traffic through one of the world’s most critical maritime routes.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit on Tuesday that Tehran would immediately reciprocate if Washington agreed to return to its commitments under the interim deal signed in June, according to the Iranian Student News Agency.

The back-and-forth hostilities marked the first time that the U.S. and Iran traded strikes in over a month.

While neither side appeared to be seeking a return to full-scale war, both signaled they were prepared to respond to further attacks. “We are going to hit them hard,” President Donald Trump told Fox News on Monday, saying that “there will be a response” to Iran’s attacks on U.S. military bases in the region.

Analysts largely view the U.S. attack on Larak Island as an attempt to break a deadlock rather than a shift in strategy. “By hitting the launchers rather than broader Iranian military infrastructure, the U.S. appears to be punishing a specific behaviour rather than, at least for now, broadening its war aims,” said Ali Vaez, deputy program director at International Crisis Group.

“It is enforcing the blockade,” said Jason Brodsky, policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran, adding that the Trump administration’s goal was to further degrade Tehran’s capabilities to mine the Strait of Hormuz, while focusing on economic coercive measures as the midterm elections approach.

Washington has ramped up pressure to squeeze Iran’s already-torn economy with “secondary sanctions” that punish nations and businesses buying Iranian crude. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday, on the sidelines of the Group of 20 finance ministers’ gathering, that Iran was “lashing out kinetically” because the new sanctions were taking a toll on its economy.

Speaking from the Oval Office on Monday, Trump reportedly said Iran’s financial systems, armed forces, and governing body have largely degraded. “It doesn’t mean we won’t smack them to see what happens,” the president said.

The war, now stretching into its seventh month, has disrupted global energy supplies and sent shockwaves through global financial markets. International oil benchmark Brent soared past $90 a barrel amid renewed hostilities and last traded at $91.35 as of 2:17 a.m. ET on Tuesday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures added 1.07% to $86.68 per barrel.

“This is fundamentally an endurance contest,” said Brodsky, as Trump has demonstrated an “unpredictability” that should concern the Iranians, and Tehran may lash out more aggressively militarily as the economic pressure mounts.

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Verum Daily Open: Russia Secures Surprise Place at G20 Summit

Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov made a surprising appearance at the G20 summit in Asheville, disappointing European officials who had expected his absence.

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Hello, this is Leonie Kidd coming to you from London.

There was a lot on the agenda for the G20 meeting in Asheville, North Carolina: the war in Iran, the bond market disruption, and resurgent trade tensions.

What did not seem to be clear, was the attendance of Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, in a move that has left European officials in dismay.

Read on for more.

What you need to know today

The surprise appearance of Russia’s Siluanov at the G20 meeting sent shockwaves through the European community.

It marked his first in-person attendance of the summit since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and seemed to blindside the European attendees. Officials opposed appearing in the traditional G20 family photo with Russia, which was ultimately taken without Siluanov present.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with Siluanov on the sidelines of the event, and reportedly told the Russian official that no sanctions relief or new agreements with Moscow were possible, as long as the war in Ukraine continues.

Meanwhile, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to cease his “endless war” in Ukraine, as the two leaders met at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Kyrgyzstan on Monday.

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Strait back to strikes

Tensions with Iran also escalated over the weekend.

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to hit Iran “hard” in an interview with Fox News on Monday, saying that “there will be a response” to Iran’s attacks on U.S. military bases in the region.

Meanwhile, another tanker was struck while transiting through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.

Venezuela oil

The White House has announced that Venezuela has granted U.S.-backed North America Blue Energy Partners 100-year concessions for 17 oil fields in the country. Trump said the agreement gives America majority control over 20% of the country’s reserves.

Fast fashion fall

Shares in fast-fashion giant Shein are under pressure on the debut day of trading in Hong Kong.

The IPO values Shein at around $26.5 billion, compared with its private market valuation of $100 billion in 2022.

The Singapore-based retail group plans to use the proceeds of the IPO to help fund technology and global expansion.

— Leonie Kidd

And Finally…

Anthony Scaramucci on failure, ego and 11 days in the White House

Anthony Scaramucci’s career has included high-profile successes and setbacks.

In this episode of “Executive Decisions,” the SkyBridge Capital founder reflects on leaving Goldman Sachs to build his own business, why insecurity led him into the wrong job early in his career and the pride and ego that influenced his decision to join the Trump administration.

After being fired from the White House after just 11 days, Scaramucci was advised to disappear from public life. Instead, he chose to face his critics — a decision he says became part of a wider reckoning with his mistakes, his relationships and himself.

— Steve Sedgwick

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