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The Holiday Crate for Golden Eagles!



We’re pleased to present you with a Holiday Crate, available in the in-game Item Shop! This crate can only be purchased with Golden Eagles, and inside it is a large set of useful items: Premium Account, Silver Lions, universal backups and boosters, premium vehicles and also all vehicles that have ever been sold for Golden Eagles or Warbonds that aren’t currently obtainable in-game or on the Market (full list below).
The Holiday Crate can be purchased for 999 Golden Eagles in the in-game store from December 25th (11:00 GMT) until January 14th (11:00 GMT).

Picking up a Holiday Crate is a bargain! If you have opened enough crates, you’ll be guaranteed to receive talismans and premium vehicles. And that’s not all, as the average value of the crate contents are almost one and a half times the price of the crate itself!

Plus, after opening a specific number of crates, you’ll receive memorable additional rewards:



  • For 3 crates, a decal for the upcoming year
  • For 5 crates a festive tank decoration
  • For 7 crates a unique New Year’s profile background
  • For 10 crates a stunning decoration for your player profile icon, made in the style of a Christmas photo frame!

[h3]Holiday Crate terms: (open spoiler)[/h3]
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Guaranteed Prize: 1 day premium account + 120000 Silver Lions (total purchase price of 490 Golden Eagles).
Additional Guaranteed Prize:
  • 1 day premium account — 15% chance
  • 3 days premium account — 10% chance
  • 7 days premium account — 5% chance
  • 100000 SL — 16% chance
  • 250000 SL — 8% chance
  • 500000 SL — 4% chance
  • 1000000 SL — 2% chance
  • 100% booster for 3 battles — 20% chance
  • Universal backup — 5 pieces — 20% chance

Additional random prizes:
1) Talisman for vehicles (15% chance but at least once for every 14 crate openings); breakdown of chance by vehicle rank:
  • Rank I — 16% chance
  • Rank II — 20% chance
  • Rank III — 25% chance
  • Rank IV — 18% chance
  • Rank V — 10% chance
  • Rank VI — 7% chance
  • Rank VII — 3% chance
  • Rank VIII — 1% chance

If all vehicles of the dropped rank already have a talisman, the player will be refunded fully for the Holiday Crate — 999 GE.

2) Premium vehicles including unavailable for sale (15% chance but not less than once for every 14 crate openings); breakdown of chances by vehicle ranks:
  • Rank I — 20%
  • Rank II — 20%
  • Rank III — 20%
  • Rank IV — 20%
  • Rank V — 10%
  • Rank VI — 7%
  • Rank VII — 3%
  • If all vehicles of the dropped out rank are already there, the player will be refunded the cost of the Holiday Crate fully — 999 GE.

Unavailable for purchase vehicles presented in the Holiday Crate along with the usual premium vehicles:
  • Boomerang Mk II (Great Britain)
  • D.520 (Great Britain)
  • Hudson Mk V (Great Britain)
  • Havoc Mk I (Great Britain)
  • Typhoon Mk Ib
  • Plagis' Spitfire LF Mk IXc
  • Prendergast's Spitfire FR Mk XIVe
  • Attacker FB.2
  • Hunter FGA.9
  • Lightning F.53
  • F-84F IAF
  • Milan
  • S.O.4050 Vautour IIN
  • He 112 B-1/U2
  • Wellington Mk Ic (Germany)
  • P-47D (Germany)
  • La-5FN (Germany)
  • Tempest Mk V (Germany)
  • He 219 A-7
  • Sea Hawk Mk.100 (Germany)
  • MiG-21 SPS-K (Germany)
  • A-4E (Israel)
  • Ki-96
  • J2M4 Kai
  • Fw 190 A-5 (Japan)
  • A6M5 Ko
  • T-2 Early
  • J29D
  • J35A
  • YP-38
  • P-61A-11
  • A6M2 (USA)
  • Bostwick's P-47M-1-RE
  • Lanovski's P-47M-1-RE
  • P-51D-10
  • F-86F-35
  • F-89D
  • I-16 type 28
  • Pokryshkin's P-39N-0 (USSR)
  • Pe-2-205
  • IL-2M "Avenger"
  • Golovachev's Yak-9M
  • Fw 190 D-9 (USSR)
  • Spitfire Mk IXc (USSR)
  • Tu-1
  • MiG-17AS
  • Su-7BMK
  • BO 105 CB-2
  • UH-1C XM-30
  • Mi-24D (USSR)
  • Fairmile D (5001)
  • HMCS Haida
  • Z20 Karl Galster
  • T31
  • Prinz Eugen
  • RN Geniere
  • IJN Kiyoshimo
  • USS Cowell
  • USS Des Moines
  • Stroyny
  • Neustrashimy
  • Achilles (65 Rg.)
  • Vijayanta
  • Type 69-IIa
  • Т-62 №545
  • Pz.Sfl.Ic
  • Panzer IV/70(A)
  • P40 "G.C. Leoncello"
  • M43 "G.C.Leoncello"
  • SAV 20.12.48
  • M26E1
  • T-34 (1st Gv.T.Br.)
  • МК-IX "Valentine" (USSR)
  • KV-1E
  • IS-2 "Revenge"

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Update 2.43.0.37



  • Profile background customization has been added.
  • Profile icon frame customization has been added.
  • A bug that allowed the target markers to show outside of boundaries of the radar indicator when in TWS mode has been fixed.
  • ILS-31 — a bug that caused the target aspect arrow to show for multiple contacts at the same time when in TWS mode has been fixed. (Report).
Patch notes reflect only key changes, meaning they may not include a complete list of all improvements made. Additionally, War Thunder is constantly being updated and some changes may not require an update. Changes reflected in patch notes are formed by taking reactions and requests of the community from the bug reporting service, forums and other official platforms into account. Bug fixes and changes are implemented in order of importance, for example a game-breaking bug will be worked on and implemented sooner.


Update 2.43.0.34


[h2]Aircraft[/h2]
  • Rafale C F3 — IR AAM seeker indication has been added to the HMD.
  • Kfir C.10 — a bug that caused the inability to select the radar module in X-ray mode has been fixed. (Report).

[h2]Ground Vehicles[/h2]

  • BMD-4M — a bug that caused the damage of 100-mm gun barrel to also make the 30-mm gun barrel look damaged has been fixed.
  • BMD-4M — a bug that caused a damaged 30-mm barrel to clip through the fixtures has been fixed.
  • PzH 2000 — the armor of the hull sides has been corrected.
  • PzH 2000 — the shapes and locations of internal modules have been corrected.
  • PzH 2000 — the folding animation of the shield plate located above the gun has been corrected. (Report). The bug which may have caused this shield to rotate incorrectly at high gun elevation angles has been fixed. (Report).

[h2]Interface[/h2]

  • A bug in the tank sight settings menu that caused the settings in the “Bullet Type” section to contain two black color options has been fixed.
  • A bug in the tank sight settings menu that caused the options’ values in the “Bullet Type” section to reset when reloading the sight has been fixed. (Report).
  • A bug in the tank sight settings menu that caused the color values in the “Rangefinder” section to reset when reloading the sight has been fixed. (Report).

[h2]Graphics[/h2]

  • A bug that caused the torpedo trail to be missing on water effects quality set to low has been fixed. (Report).

[h2]Controls[/h2]

  • A bug when enabling one of auxiliary axes (e.g. view) would block keyboard/button-bound aircraft controls has been fixed. (Report).
Patch notes reflect only key changes, meaning they may not include a complete list of all improvements made. Additionally, War Thunder is constantly being updated and some changes may not require an update. Changes reflected in patch notes are formed by taking reactions and requests of the community from the bug reporting service, forums and other official platforms into account. Bug fixes and changes are implemented in order of importance, for example a game-breaking bug will be worked on and implemented sooner.


Update 2.43.0.31




Aircraft
  • Typhoon GR.4, EF-2000, F-2000A — empty mass has been reduced. Previously the empty mass included the weight of countermeasures.
  • EF-2000 — a bug that caused the “Targeting Optics View” control to not switch the view to the targeting pod camera has been fixed. (Report).
  • Typhoon GR.4, EF-2000, F-2000A — IR AAM seeker indication has been added to HUD and HMD.
  • Rafale C F3 — IR AAM seeker indication has been added to HUD.
  • Rafale C F3 — the number of datalink channels for the MICA-EM missiles has been increased to 8. (Report).
  • Rafale C F3 — MAWS dead zones in vertical coverage have been removed.
  • A bug that caused mines dropped from aircraft to slow down when approaching the water has been fixed.
  • A bug in Air Simulator Battles that caused some aircraft to sometimes roll backwards when spawning on airfield after rearming has been fixed. (Report).


Naval Vessels
  • HMS Rodney — the ship flooding system has been fixed. Now flooded bow compartments don’t critically impact the trim, so the ship’s bow doesn’t dive as much blocking the fire of main caliber guns.
Interface
  • A bug that sometimes caused the vehicles acquired from the “Snow globe” to be marked as already owned even if the player just got them for the first time has been fixed. (Report).
  • A bug that caused the vehicle search by name in “Favorite vehicle” profile showcase to not work has been fixed. (Report).
  • A bug that caused the Caps Lock state indicator on the login screen to differ from the actual state of the key if the Caps Lock had been switched when the game wasn’t in the focus has been fixed.


Patch notes reflect only key changes, meaning they may not include a complete list of all improvements made. Additionally, War Thunder is constantly being updated and some changes may not require an update. Changes reflected in patch notes are formed by taking reactions and requests of the community from the bug reporting service, forums and other official platforms into account. Bug fixes and changes are implemented in order of importance, for example a game-breaking bug will be worked on and implemented sooner.

Per tradition, more restricted military material has leaked on War Thunder's forums for the holidays




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