All Battlefield 6 classes, abilities, traits, and gadgets

Battlefield‘s class system has always been at the heart of its large-scale warfare gameplay. In the latest installment, the Battlefield 6 classes remain the same, but this time, they have revamped traits and abilities.

Battfield 6 brings back the four classic classes: Assault, Engineer, Support, and Recon. Each class comes with its own signature weapons, gadgets, traits, training paths, and active abilities, creating distinct battlefield roles that encourage teamwork, tactical thinking, and role mastery.

In this guide, we break down all the BF6 classes in detail, explaining their core role so you can choose the one that fits your playstyle.

Battlefield 6 classes and abilities

Each class in BF6 features two distinct training paths (or field specs) that refine and enhance your playstyle within that role. These paths provide unique passive abilities or perks tailored to different tactical approaches. In addition, every class has access to one active ability, available regardless of the chosen specialization.

Classes also come equipped with exclusive gadgets (two gadget slots) and throwable equipment designed to complement their specific roles. However, all classes share a common default throwable, the Frag Grenade.

Assault

The Assault class is the spearhead of any push, built for aggressive engagements and high-pressure assaults. Armed with versatile rifles, mobility-focused abilities, and the option to take an extra primary weapon, they thrive in breaking through enemy lines, disrupting fortified positions, and creating openings for the rest of the squad to secure objectives.

Assault training paths

• Breacher (unlocked by default)
  • Extra Grenades – Increases the amount of grenades carried by one.
  • Agile Shooter – Reduced movement speed penalty when firing while moving.
  • Unrelenting Reload – 15 percent faster reload for the Incendiary-Round Shotgun and the Grenade and Breaching Projectile Launchers.

• Frontliner (unlocked through Assignment Assault 2)
  • Adrenaline Rush – Squadmates that deploy on you gain the effects of the Adrenaline Injector for two seconds. Effects also apply to you or squadmates when deploying on your Deploy Beacon.
  • Soft Landing – Reduced impact from falling or jumping from heights.
  • Quick Recovery – Passive health regeneration triggers 50 percent faster and provides a 50 percent improvement on healing.

Class active ability

• Rally Squad – You and nearby squad members gain a temporary adrenaline effect. Its effects on you can be extended with kills

Gadgets

• Assault Ladder (unlocked by default) – This equipment provides access to highter vantage points. Depending on the angle of placement, it can act as a bridge between buildings, or a ramp to help traverse obstacles on the battlefield.
• Breaching Projectile Launcher (unlocked at Rank 7) – Fires breaching rounds which attach, and after a short delay, penetrate most destructible surfaces to delivering a blinding explosion on the other side. If the breaching round hits an enemy soldier, it will cause limited impact damage before triggering the same blinding explosion.
• High Explosive Launcher (unlocked at Rank 17) – Fires impact-triggered grenades designed for damaging structures and targeting infantry behind cover. Can be carried standalone or underslung on weapons with a Gadget Mount attachment for faster access.
• Thermobaric Grenade Launcher (unlocked at Rank 44) – Fires impact-triggered thermobaric grenades, ideal for targeting groups of hostiles. The blast delivers limited initial damage but stuns and burns enemies for a short duration. Can be carried standalone or underslung on weapons with a Gadget Mount attachment for faster access.
• Deploy Beacon (unlocked through Assignment Assault 1) – Provides a single-use deploy point for the operator and each squad member. The device emits a constant sound audible to hostiles and becomes inactive after the owner uses it to deploy. In Small Scale Battles, squad member deployment is disables.
• Incendiary-Round Shotgun (unlocked through Assignment Assault Expert 1) – Deals reduced impact damage but sets targets on fire and burns them for a short duration. Ground shots produce an area of fire that burns enemies for a short duration if entered.

Do note that assault players can equip a carbine, DMR, or shotgun in their first gadget slot.

Throwables

• Stun Grenade (unlocked by default) – Produces a concussive blast that disorients enemies, temporarily preventing ADS and sprint capabilities.
• Flash Grenade (unlock at Rank 21) – Emits an intense blast that temporarily blinds nearby enemies. Impairment scales with proximity and line of sight to the blast.

Engineer

Engineers are the answer to tanks, helicopters, and jets, specializing in neutralizing enemy vehicles before they can dominate the fight in Battlefield 6. Equipped with rockets, mines, and other anti-armor tools, they excel at crippling or destroying heavy threats. They’re the only class able to repair allied vehicles, fortifications, and weapon emplacements, making them invaluable for both offense and defense.

Engineer training paths

• Anti-Armor (unlocked by default)
  • Extra Rockets – Increases the amount of rockets carried by two.
  • Launcher Proficiency – Fifteen (15) percent faster reload times for launchers.
  • Devastating Impact – Damaging enemy vehicles reduces their repair effectiveness by 50 percent for 10 seconds.
• Combat Engineer (unlocked through Assignment Engineer 2)
  • Gadget Fortification – Repairing a friendly gagdet permanently increases its maximum health.
  • Overheat Control – Heat buildup on gadgets and vehicle weapons is 50 percent lower.
  • Vehicle Regeneration – Occupy a vehicle to start regenerating its health. Will activate if above its critical damage state.

Class active ability

• Thermal Overdrive – Repair Tool fixes with +50 percent efficiency for 10 seconds.

Gadgets

• Anti-Vehicle Mine (unlocked by default) – Detonates when vehicles pass over it. Place on the ground to arm. Cannot be stacked or positioned too close together.
• Auto-Guided Launcher (unlocked by default) – An anti-tank missle system. Aim at the target and fire; the missle will then guide itself to the enemy vehicle and execute a top-down attack.
• Air-Defense Launcher (unlocked by default) – A man-portable air-defense system designed to target air vehiclesenemy aircraft. Requires lock-on before launch, after which missiles will self-guide to the target unless intercepted by countermeasures. Capable of faster and longer range lock-ons for ground and air targets that have been marked with the Laser Designator or Tracer Dart.
• Unguided Rocket Launcher (unlocked at Rank 13) – A launcher that fires impact-triggered unguided rockets. Delivers effective damage against structures and vehicles. Inflicts greater damage on the sides, top, and rear of vehicles where the armor is thinner.
• Acoustic Sensor AV Mine (unlocked at Rank 27) – An anti-vehicle mine that locates targets in the immediate area via audio sensors. Once triggered, it launches an explosive payload and performs a top-down attack to strike vehicles where they are less protected.
• Tripwire Sensor AV Mine (unlocked at Rank 37) – An anti-vehicle mine designed for ground and off-route placement. When nearby enemy vehicles trip the device’s proximity sensor they are targeted with a high-velocity projectile.
• EOD Bot (unlocked at Rank 40) – Remotely controllable robot with various capabilities, including repairing vehicles and equipment, arming and disarming M-COM explosives, remote M-COM explosive arming where the robot will self-destruct on completion of task, launching cluster munitions to clear an area of enemy gadgets, and placing Anti-Vehicle Mines.
• Long-Range Launcher (unlocked at Rank 47) – A long-range anti-vehicle missile system. Requires lock-on before launch, after which missiles will engage automatic self-guidance. Capable of faster and longer range lock-ons for ground and air targets that have been marked with the Laser Designator or Tracer Dart.
• Vehicle Supply Crate (unlocked through Assignment Engineer 1) – Resupplies ammunition and speeds up equipment cooldowns for nearby friendly vehicles.
• Aim-Guided Launcher (unlocked through Assignment Engineer Specialist 1) – An anti-vehicle launcher that allows the user to guide the missle to the target via the weapon’s crosshairs. Inflicts greater damage on the sides, top, and rear of vehicles where the armor is thinner.

Do note that Engineers cannot equip two launchers at the same time.

Throwables

• Anti-Vehicle Grenade (unlocked by default) – A grenade primarily for use against vehicles but will inflict damage on enemies caught in the blast. When thrown, it follows the trajectory of a typical grenade before releasing a parachute and dropping rapidly for a top attack.
• Mini Frag Grenade (unlocked at Rank 34) – A compact grenade that can be thrown further than the standard Frag but at the cost of less damage. Reduced weight means more can be carried.

Support

The Support class keeps squads fighting at full strength, providing crucial resupplies, battlefield healing, and frontline assistance. They can deploy supply crates to restore ammo and health, set up cover to shield allies, and even intercept incoming grenades and missiles.

Support training paths

• Combat Medic (unlocked by default)
  • Urgent Aid – Drag downed soldiers 20 percent faster and revive them 2.5 seconds quicker.
  • Revive Recovery – Reviving downed teammates triggers passive health regeneration. Incoming damage temporarily halts the effect for one second.
  • Defense-Focused – Defense gadgets have a +25 percent resupply rate. GPDIS Intercepts two more projectiles. MP-APS tracking duration is extended by five seconds. Deployable Cover takes 10 percent less damage.
• Fire Support (unlocked through Assignment Support 2)
  • Logistics Expert – Faster ammo resupply when using the Supply Bag.
  • Explosives Resistant – Twenty-five (25) percent reduction on incoming explosive splash damage while prone or shooting from mounted positions.
  • Steady Aim – Improved weapons control when shooting from mounted positions.

Class active ability

• Restock Allies – Resupply and heal nearby friendly forces for 10 seconds. Reviving teammates takes only 1.7 seconds.

Gadgets

• Defibrillator (unlocked by default) – This equipment can revive both squad members and teammates. Charge paddles for a short duration to revive a downed soldier with full health. Can also inflict damage on enemies.
• Deployable Cover – A reinforced ballistic shield to protect from projectiles and explosive damage. The shield can degrade from damage, so work with Engineers who can repair it and keep you in the fight.
• Grenade Intercept System (GPDIS) (unlocked at Rank 5) – Once set on the ground, the GPDIS tracks and destroys incoming projectiles such as hand-thrown and launched grenades. Can intercept up to three projectiles during a window of activation that begins after the initial detection.
• Missile Intercept System (unlocked at Rank 31) – Once set on the ground, this device tracks and destroys larger incoming projectiles such as missiles, mortar shells, and tank shells. Intercepts all projectiles during a window of activation that beings after initial detection.
• Portable Mortar (unlocked at Rank 49) – Launches high-explosive shells designed to strike defensive positions and disperse infantry, or smoke shells to conceal troop movement. Aim via the minimap or manually. Once fired, the mortar will be spotted, marking its position in-world and on the enemy’s minimap. Weapon accuracy increases with continuous shots in the same location.
• Smoke Grenade Launcher (unlocked through Assignment Support 1) – Fires impact-triggered grenades designed to create temporary smoke screens. Blocks ability to spot targets and clears spotter markers from all infantry inside the smoke radius. Can be carried standalone of underslug on weapons with a Gadget Mount attachment for faster access.
• Supply Pouch (unlocked through Assignment Support Specialist 1) – Single-use pouch to replenish ammo and medical supplies for the owner or their teammates. Fully restocks ammo capacity of the primary and secondary weapons, and restores a portion of health.
• Incendiary Airburst Launcher (unlocked through Assignment Support Specialist 2) – Fires incendiary grenades a distance of 25 meters that explode mid-flight, producing an incendiary cloud that burns enemy targets. The cloud will block visibility and prevent spotting.

Throwables

• Smoke Grenade (unlocked by default) – A grenade designed to create temporary smoke screens. Blocks ability to spot targets and clears spotted markers from all infantry inside the smoke radius.
• Incendiary Grenade (unlocked at Rank 28) – A grenade that produces a brief blast radius of intense heat. Affected enemies will continue to burn for a short duration. Fire damage can be reduced by going prone.

Recon

Recons are the patient snipers lurking on the edge of Battlefield 6 maps. They are the sharp-eyed tacticians scanning the field with drones, marking enemy positions, planting C4 to cripple tanks or bring down buildings, and guiding allied missile strikes with a laser designator.

Recon training paths

• Sniper (unlocked by default)
  • Enhanced Perception – Improved auto-spotting range with 33 percent increased distance and 10 percent wider angle of detection from weapon crosshair. Spotting is quicker and lasts three seconds longer.
  • Target Acquired – Inflicting damage on enemies spots them, marking their position in-world and on the minimap.
  • Confirmed Kill – Enemy soldiers you kill with headshots from a sniper rifle cannot be revived by their teammates.
• Spec Ops (unlocked through Assignment Recon 2)
  • Stealth Tactics – Reduces sounds you make when crouched or prone. Also applies when performing takedowns on an enemy.
  • Gadget Awareness – Spot nearby enemy gadgets, marking their position in-world and on the minimap. Ability inactive while sprinting.
  • Low Profile – Going prone clears your in-combat state 1.5 seconds faster and reduces your spotted status duration by 33 percent.

Class active ability

• UAV Overwatch – Call in a UAV to shadow you in a 100-meter radius and spot enemy combatants for 60 seconds.

Gadgets

• Laser Designator (unlocked by default) – The designator functions as binoculars for enhanced spotting and allows users to mark both vehicles and locations. Provides faster and longer range lock-ons for the Air-Defense and Long-Range launchers to target ground and air threats. Users can set the device to function autonomously and remotely access the designator at any point, which can rotate to provide a 360 degree field of view.
• Anti-Personnel Mine (unlocked by default) – A directional, anti-personnel fragmentation mine that is detonated via a tripwire firing system. Enemies moving past the mine at normal crouch or prone speed will not trigger the device.
• Recon Drone (unlocked at Rank 10) – A combat drone armed with an electronics disruption weapon, able to target gadgets through walls and destroy them without line of sight. Can be left hovering to automatically spot hostiles, marking their position in-world and on the minimap. Equipped with thermal vision for enhanced spotting.
• Sniper Decoy (unlocked at Rank 23) – A dummy designed to draw the enemy’s attention while you fire from a safer location. Taking up position near a friendly Sniper Decoy will hide your scope glint with its own. Replicates the sstance of the owner when placed and is immediately spotted, marking its position in-world and on the enemy’s minimap.
• Demolition Charge (C-4 Explosives) (unlocked through Assignment Recon 1) – A bundle of high explosive charges that can be remote detonated after placement. Can cause massive destruction to structures, vehicles, and infantry.
• Tracer Dart (unlocked through Assignment Recon Specialist 1) – A gas-powered pistol that fires a magnetic dart for marking enemy vehicles or personnel. Provides faster and longer range lock-ons for the Air-Defense and Long-Range launchers to target ground and air threats.

Throwables

• Proximity Detector (unlocked by default) – Scans for enemies once per second within visible range of the device. Deteceted enemies will be spotted, marking their position in-world and on the minimap for two seconds.
• Throwing Knife (unlocked at Rank 43) – Lightweight balanced blade that will fly in a small arc to the target. Headshots deliver instant kills while non-fatal strikes delay health regeneration for 10 seconds.

Can you change class in Battlefield 6?

Yes, BF6 lets you swap classes mid-match. You’ll choose from the four available roles at the start, but if the fight shifts, you can change on the fly.

After being taken out or when respawning, an on-screen prompt (for example, Y on PC) lets you switch to any class and even adjust your loadout before jumping back into the action.

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