While there are many ways to own Arma, and myriad additional bits to bolt onto the game once you do, we’ll run through all the DLC available so that anyone who’s not sure where to start can find their feet.

Frankly, it’s a scary thing to get involved in, because it’s such a free-form sandbox with so many possibilities. The base game came out in 2014, and people have steadily trickled into the online operations community since then, playing with content from various DLC expansions.

An Arma 3 DLC guide is, at this point, a necessity, if you want to get the most out of this now-sprawling military sandbox.