Stamina management

Without stamina you can’t shoot straight or reach cover. Watch the bar at the bottom of your screen and don’t run it dry.

How much to keep

Peeking an enemy

100%

Full bar. Your aim needs it.

Unsafe area, no known contact

80%

80 % or more

Safe area

50%

50 % or less is fine

Rollout

0%

Sprint it all. Nobody is shooting yet.

The golden rule

Sprint down to 75–80 %, walk back up to 100 %

Unless you’re on rollout or moving less than 50–70 m (and won’t need stamina at the end), keep cycling like this. Your bar stays high for the enemy who peeks you unexpectedly.

Full sprint isn’t faster

Timed runs over 100–500 m show that the three methods take almost exactly the same time:

27 s

per 100 m: full sprint to 0 %

25 s

per 100 m: sprint to 50 %, walk back up

25–26 s

per 100 m: sprint to 75–80 %, walk back up

Distance	Full sprint (0 %)	Down to 50 %	Down to 75–80 %
100 m	0:20	0:24	0:25
200 m	0:48	0:49	0:51
300 m	1:15	1:15	1:16
400 m	1:42	1:41	1:43
500 m	2:10	2:08	2:09

Full sprint only wins over the first ~70 m. After that you arrive at the same time, but with an empty bar.

Exceptions

Deep water drains stamina just from walking, and vaulting drains it too. If your run ends in several vaults in a row or goes through deep water, you’ll hit 0 % anyway, so sprinting is free. Recover as soon as it’s safe.