World of Warships News

• Balance changes to X Zaō, VIII Tallinn, VI Fubuki, X Yueyang, and some other ships were made. Details are available in our Development Blog.
  
• Updated the videos and fixed several issues in the Dockyard.
  
• Reduced the volume of the background sound effects during battle for the "Low" and "Ultra" sound quality settings.
  
• Fixed several technical and interface issues with submarines.
  
• Fixed visual issues in the London port.
  
• Fixed an issue which caused the ships on the "Loop" and "Sleeping Giant" maps to get stuck near some islands.
  
• Fixed an issue which caused bots in Co-op battles to frequently collide with islands.
  
• Fixed an issue because of which the "Interval between individual shots" parameter was not displayed in the description of the alternative firing mode of Annapolis.
  
• Fixed an issue because of which the information about torpedo hits on the ship and damage received from torpedoes was not displayed in the post-battle screen.
  
• Fixed several other issues.

• The rewards for activities on the Public Test Server may differ from those on the Live Server.
  
• The rewards will automatically be credited to your account within a few days of the release of the new version.
  
• All players will have access to Tier VI, VIII, and X submarines.
  
• You can receive III Dreadnought, VI Repulse, and IX Marlborough for completing shipbuilding phases. However, you will not be able to helm Repulse and Marlborough into battle. The ships will only be available to view in the Port.

You can earn Community Tokens by completing combat missions on the Public Test Server.

Round

1

2

Earn 250 Base XP in a single battle in Random or Co-op Battles.

Reward on the Live Server: 100 Community Tokens

Earn 1,000 Base XP in Random or Co-op Battles.

Reward on the Live Server: 200 Community Tokens

Earn 8,000 Base XP in Random Battles playing submarines.

Reward on the Live Server: 1x Wargaming container

Complete 32 shipbuilding phases at the Dockyard. At least five of them must be progressed through by completing Dockyard combat missions.

Reward on the Live Server: 1,000 Community Tokens

Obtain any unique Commander of the New Year's Eve event.

Reward on the Live Server: 500 Community Tokens

Earn 70 "Caused flooding" and "Torpedo hits" ribbons in Random Battles.

Reward on the Live Server: 450 Community Tokens

Win five Co-op Battles playing Tier X ships and deal at least 30,000 damage in each victorious battle.

Reward on the Live Server: 250 Community Tokens

Each Wargaming container drops 1 day of Warships Premium Account, 3x Papa Papa signals, and 3x Juliet Charlie signals.

If you obtain a unique Commander of one of the teams in the New Year's Eve event during Round 1 of the Public Test, you will need to obtain a Commander of another team to complete the mission during Round 2.

• The research prices for ships and ship modules will be substantially discounted.
  
• Players will be able to reset Commander skills free of charge.

• At the start of the Public Test, every participant will have all researchable Tier VI and VIII ships, helmed by Commanders with 19 skill points, credited to their PT accounts.
  
• 500,000,000 Credits; 30,000 Doubloons; 250,000 Coal, and 90 days of Warships Premium Account.
  
• 50 signals of all types (except for special signals) will also be added to your PT account.

If you fought at least one battle on the Public Test Server during the 0.10.10 Public Test, your account will be copied from the Live Server to the Public Test Server.

Компания Wargaming объявила о проведении в многопользовательской игре World of Warships ряда сезонных акций, приуроченных к "Черной пятнице". Так, до 3 декабря вы сможете приобрести уникальные черные корабли и премиумные контейнеры, а также получить доступ к новым последовательным наборам и боевым задачам. 

• +100% XP bonus for the first win of the day
  
• −60% to the cost in Credits and Doubloons of Type 1, Type 2, Type 5, Type 6, and Type 59 camouflage patterns
  
• −50% to the cost of researchable U.S. Tier II–V ships
  
• −30% to the cost of researchable U.S. Tier VI–VII ships
  
• −15% to the cost of researchable U.S. Tier VIII–X ships
  
• The exchange rate for converting Doubloons into Credits is 1,500 2,000 Credits : 1 Doubloon
  
• −50% to the cost in Doubloons of a Port slot
  
• −50% to the cost in Doubloons of a place in the Reserve for a Commander

X Yoshino B

IX Pommern B

VIII Saipan B

VIII Loyang B

VI Dunkerque B

[h3]Yoshino B[/h3]
2 items Yoshino B

• Bundle includes
  
• X Yoshino B
  
• Port slot x1

-15% 34,950 29,650 Doubloons Purchase

X Yoshino

X Yoshino B is a standalone Special ship. The only difference in comparison with her standard counterpart— X Yoshino—is the color scheme of her permanent camouflage.

[h3]Pommern B[/h3]
2 items Pommern B

• Bundle includes
  
• IX Pommern B
  
• Port slot x1

-15% 19,300 16,350 Doubloons Purchase

IX Pommern

IX Pommern B is a standalone Premium ship. The only difference in comparison with her standard counterpart— IX Pommern—is the color scheme of her permanent camouflage.

[h3]Saipan B[/h3]
2 items Saipan B

• Bundle includes
  
• VIII Saipan B
  
• Port slot x1

-30% 11,300 7,850 Doubloons Purchase

VIII Saipan

VIII Saipan B is a standalone Premium ship. The only difference in comparison with her standard counterpart— VIII Saipan—is the color scheme of her permanent camouflage.

[h3]Loyang B[/h3]
2 items Loyang B

• Bundle includes
  
• VIII Loyang B
  
• Port slot x1

-30% 8,300 5,750 Doubloons Purchase

VIII Loyang

VIII Loyang B is a standalone Premium ship. The only difference in comparison with her standard counterpart— VIII Loyang—is the color scheme of her permanent camouflage.

• You already have the standard counterpart of the ship, and before December 31, 2021, you become an owner of her themed black version.
  
• Before December 31, 2021, you become an owner of both versions of the ship.

As part of the combat mission, five victories gained playing both ships in Random, Ranked, or Co-op Battles will bring you Doubloons. You can obtain and complete the special combat mission for these ships only once until December 31, 2021.

VI Dunkerque B

VI Dunkerque B can only be obtained from sequential bundles that you can find in the Armory.

• One of 16 Black Friday ships with a black permanent camouflage, Commander with 10 skill points, and Port slot — 12%
  
• 21x Shadow Lurker camouflages — 27%
  
• 10x Type 59 camouflages — 12%
  
• 14 days of Warships Premium Account — 10%
  
• 1,250 Doubloons — 5%
  
• 35,000 Free XP — 17%
  
• 100,000 Elite Commander XP — 17%

More details about the mechanics of containers, as well as the chances of obtaining their specific contents, are available here.

X Yoshino B

IX Pommern B

VIII Saipan B

VIII Loyang B

VI Dunkerque B

• An important change has been the disclosure of drop rates for items: from November 2021, all new containers and random bundles that go on sale will also be provided with the complete drop rates. Initially, we promised a much less precise deadline (basically somewhere in 2022). There were a lot of open questions and we were not certain that we will manage to get all the details and descriptions clear in time. The upcoming Black Friday and New Year monetization activities will also be affected by this change as well as all new activities involving containers from now on. You can read more about this change here and here.
  
• Subsequently, after these publications, there was another frequent question: how will New Year containers work? They will work in a similar way to our current WH40k containers, with different categories of drops and all content within a category having the same chances.
  
• On top of this, we also have two more initiatives that we also promised to implement—warning about the nature of randomness and additional protection for children. This year, for all containers and random bundles sold for real money or Doubloons:
  
  • We will add a warning about the nature of randomness and the need to approach the purchase reasonably.
    
  • We will add the requirement for a user to confirm the age of 18+ to make such a purchase.
• We continue to search for alternative monetization mechanics. For example, in Update 0.10.9, we used the auction mechanics to sell Early Access to new German Tier X battleship Schlieffen instead of random bundles or containers.
  
• Update 0.10.10 kicks off Black Friday. We have carefully considered your feedback from the previous Black Friday regarding missions that return some Doubloons or resources when obtaining a Black ship, if you already have the original version. This mission was added from our side to reward our loyal customers who already purchased the standard version of the ship and provide them with an opportunity to earn extra Doubloons or other resources. In order not to confuse players, on the upcoming Black Friday we will not position this mission as part of the bundles that can be sold, especially when the original ship is no longer available for purchase. The mission will be credited only if you have both ships on your account—the original ship and the black version. You'll be able to complete the mission playing both variants.
  
• The New Year celebrations in Update 0.10.11 will feature not only the disclosed drop rates for items from containers, but also reworked victory bonuses. You will be able to play Tier X ships to earn New Year Certificates—a special temporary resource that can be exchanged in Update 0.10.11 for Santa's Gift containers, as well as Santa’s Big Gift and Santa's Mega Gift containers, which include more rewards and have higher chances of dropping a Premium ship. The bottom line is that now you have a choice of different types of containers and all the information you need to make a decision. More details are available here.
  
• An important change in the coming year will be the replacement of Khabarovsk and Grosser Kurfürst by Delny and Preussen in the Tech Tree. More details are available here and here. The replacement is similar to the one that was made for Moskva and Alexander Nevsky. But last time, players who had a permanent camouflage for Moskva didn't receive a similar camouflage for Alexander Nevsky, and we decided to change our approach. Now all players who own any permanent camouflage for Khabarovsk or Grosser Kurfürst at the time when the ships are removed from the Tech Tree will receive the Type 20 permanent camouflage for Delny or Preussen, respectively. All players who had any permanent camouflage for Moskva on their accounts at the time when Update 0.9.5 was released received the Type 20 permanent camouflage for Alexander Nevsky within a week of Update 0.10.9 being released. Those who already have the Type 20 permanent camouflage received 5,000 Doubloons as compensation.

• We have recently shared our planned balance changes for Update 0.10.10. In the future, we will continue to gradually adjust the parameters of ships if needed. Since last year, we have been using this approach to balance the ships that have already been released.
  
  • These changes are part of our approach to balancing. We would like to incrementally influence the balance in the game, instead of a few huge changes to the released ships as possible. Thus the ship may be changed several updates in a row, but by a little margin.
• In the first half of November, we will publish a special video, which will tell you more about how we are working on the balance of ships in our game. We will continue to release videos on issues of concern to you on a regular basis.
  
• We have noticed your positive reaction to the voting on the choice of appearance for the future map. Thanks to all voters. We will keep holding similar activities in the future.
  
• The Update 0.10.8 release became a serious challenge for us. The final build contained several bugs that had a negative impact on the festive update. We explained in detail why these errors occurred and how we planned to fix them. We will do our best to avoid making errors like this, but should this happen again, we will inform you in detail about the cause, expected time of fix, progress update. Read more in this post.
  
• Also, this month we released a Clan Season review where we gave a detailed breakdown of the reasons for format selection and changes that we had implemented during the season. We are planning to tell you about the entire restriction system in Clan Battles and inform you more thoroughly about the decisions we make.

• After the test of submarines in Ranked Battles, we made some major changes, many of them based on your feedback—the biggest one was the addition of anti-submarine weaponry to almost all ships in the game. As our next step, we added submarines as rentals to Random Battles to be able to assess which additional changes we have to make in the future. In our announcement we tried to tell you as thoroughly and as openly as possible about the changes and the reasons behind them. After publishing that message, we decided to prepare another post with additional statistics to answer your frequently asked questions.
  
• While we continue testing submarines in Random Battles, we do our best to respond to your feedback as quickly as possible. We would like to thank everyone who leaves their feedback. Based on your feedback we‘ve been working on changes for the next update. Many of you highlighted that the Sonar Ping mechanic provides too many advantages, so we decided to divide the benefits into two types of torpedoes. Players will have to choose in the future between homing torpedoes or unguided torpedoes with higher damage output. We also doubled the distance at which the guidance for homing torpedoes is disabled for both cruisers and destroyers.

• DE Community Manager.
  
• Community Engagement Manager.
  
• Operations Coordinator.

We will continue to keep you informed about our plans and important updates. See you soon!