Tactical: Swat Simulator guides
Every Tactical: Swat Simulator guide in one place, grouped by missions, weapons, gear and progression, each with the build date it was checked against.
Every guide on this site, grouped by what you are trying to do tonight. Tactical: Swat Simulator changes fast — the studio patches weekly — so each page carries the build date it was checked against.
Start here
- Beginner guide — the locker, the first pad, and the five mistakes that cost new officers the most cash.
- How to play — the full loop from pad to debrief, including the Active Tasks that decide your rating.
- Controls — keyboard and mobile bindings, fire modes, and the interaction keys most players miss.
- Arrests and civilians — when to shout, when to taser, and how cuffing pays.
- Breaching and grenades — doors, C4, flashbangs, and the rooms where a frag is a mistake.
Missions
- Missions and maps — every pad, what it asks for, and the order to learn them in.
- Cash Under Fire — the bank: teller line, offices, vault room.
- Broken Bars — the prison: wings, cells, library, yard.
- Forced Entry — the Redwood Lane house raid.
- Locked Tenants — the tighter second house job.
- Smuggler's Run — the port, and why a shotgun loses here.
- Night Exhibit — the museum in the dark.
- Block Control — apartments, the laptop and the stolen money.
- Rank-locked missions — what Special Forces and FBI actually unlock.
Weapons and gear
- Weapons and the locker — the roster, the two currencies, and how unlocking works.
- Weapon tier list — ranked by what the pad asks you to do, not by feel.
- Attachments — sights, muzzle brakes, fire modes.
- What to buy first — a spending order for your first few thousand cash.
- Armour and HP — vests, plate kits, the 150 HP ceiling.
- Grenades and tactical gear — flashbang, smoke, frag, C4, shield.
- Loadouts — one kit per mission type.
- Locker and uniforms — the tabs, the outfits, and what is cosmetic.
Progression and cash
- Ranks and levels — Recruit up, and where the XP bars sit.
- XP and levelling — how XP is earned and how doubled rewards work.
- Unlock order — what to unlock next and why.
- Make cash fast — the payout maths behind every farming route.
- Gamepass value — all ten passes priced and ranked.
