Captains, we invite you to take part in the Public Test of Update 0.10.8—you can earn Community Tokens for your participation!It's now much simpler to take part in the Public Test—now you can log in using your main account. To do so, select
Public Test in the
Game Instance section of Wargaming Game Center.
Earn Community Tokens and exchange them for Tier V and Tier VII Premium Ship containers, rare permanent camouflages, and other items. All details about Community Tokens are available
in a dedicated article.
The Soviet Aircraft Carriers event, the sixth anniversary of World of Warships, and other new features await you. Make sure to read the
Developer Bulletin, and see you on the Public Test server!
[h2]Round 1 Schedule[/h2]
Start: Thu. 19 Aug. 18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
End: Tue. 24 Aug. 07:30 CEST (UTC+2)[h2]Combat Missions and Rewards[/h2]
- The rewards for activities on the Public Test Server may differ from those on the Live Server.
- The rewards are automatically credited to your account within a few days after the release of a new version.
You can earn Community Tokens for completing combat missions on the Public Test Server.
Earn 250 Base XP in a single Random or Co-op Battle.
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 or the Convoy battle type playing for one team in the Aircraft Bureaus Rivalry event.
Reward on the Live Server: 1x Wargaming container.
Receive one of three patches—Polikarpov Bureau, Chetverikov Bureau, or Kocherigin Bureau badge—for participating in the Aircraft Bureaus Rivalry event.
Reward on the Live Server: 1,000 Community Tokens.
To complete the combat mission during Public Test Round 2, pick a different team.
Play five battles in the Convoy mode and deal at least 30,000 damage in each battle.
Reward on the Live Server: 750 Community Tokens.
Cause 700,000 damage or ensure that 250,000 damage is dealt due to your spotting of enemy ships in Random Battles or the Convoy mode.
Reward on the Live Server: 450 Community Tokens.
Each Wargaming container drops 
1 day of Warships Premium Account, 3x Papa Papa signals, and 3x Juliet Charlie signals.
[h2]Starting Bonuses[/h2]
- The research prices for ships and ship modules will be substantially discounted.
- Players will be able to reset Commander skills free of charge.
If you joined the Public Test Server for the first time, then, starting with Update 0.10.7, the following bonuses will be additionally credited to your account:
- 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; 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 0.10.7 Public Test, your account will be copied from the Live Server to the Public Test Server.
[h2]How to Participate[/h2]
https://steamcommunity.com/games/552990/announcements/detail/2716184589232191867
Developer Bulletin for Update 0.10.8
IMPORTANT! Because the update is still being tested, the information in this bulletin is tentative and reflects the state of game development at the time of its publication. Some changes and new features may be removed entirely or implemented differently by the time the update goes live. Screenshots, specific values of certain characteristics, and details of in-game mechanics will not necessarily be relevant after the update is released.
Please note: The rewards for activities on the Public Test server may differ from those on the Live Server.
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World of Warships Anniversary[/h2]
In Update 0.10.8, World of Warships is celebrating its sixth anniversary! In honor of this event, we've prepared various activities for our players.
[h2]The "6 Years of World of Warships" Collection[/h2]
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The main treat for the anniversary is the "6 Years of World of Warships" collection dedicated to the most notable events that happened in the game over the past year. The collection looks like a big puzzle with 60 elements in it. You can obtain them only from "6 years of World of Warships" special containers. The containers are available:
- In the Armory, in exchange for a new temporary resource—Festive Tokens.
- For completing a special combat mission chain.
- In the new temporary Aircraft Bureaus Rivalry event.
The reward for completing the collection will be a Supercontainer, 6x Gift containers, and the "6 Years of World of Warships" festive flag. The exchange rate for duplicates is 1:1.
Apart from the "6 Years of World of Warships" containers, Festive Tokens can be exchanged in the Armory for themed "6 Years of World of Warships" permanent camouflages for
VII Lyon,
VII Yorck,
VII Shchors,
VII Gadjah Mada,
VII Akatsuki, and
VII Zara; Gift and Distant Voyages containers; and World of Warships Anniversary expendable camouflages.
In one of the future updates, the "6 Years of World of Warships" containers will be added to the Armory and be available in exchange for Coal.
[h2]Festive Rewards[/h2]
In Update 0.10.8, you can earn the familiar Snowflakes—festive bonuses for combat results of all your Tier V ships and higher. Depending on ship tier and type, you can obtain Supercontainers, Gift containers, and Festive Tokens.
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The bonus for combat results is the only way to earn Festive Tokens.
With the release of Update 0.10.10, Festive Tokens will be converted into Credits at the rate of 1:90,000.
The Designer's Table Port was considerably updated in honor of the celebration.
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Dutch Cruisers[/h2]
When Update 0.10.8 goes live, Dutch Tier I–X cruisers will become available for all players to research.
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Aircraft Bureaus Rivalry[/h2]
The update brings a new temporary event called Aircraft Bureaus Rivalry. It is based on the history of the naval aviation development and various experimental design bureaus that worked on new machines for the Navy.
Aircraft Bureaus Rivalry is similar to the Battle of the Beasts event that took place in Update 0.10.4 with the following changes:
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The main changes compared to the Battle of the Beasts[/h3]
- Three teams instead of four.
- Unique rewards—team patches—will be awarded for personal progress and not for team progress. This way, players will be able to obtain unique rewards even if their team doesn't reach the necessary progress point.
- Updated interface of team selection window, as well as the personal and team progress window.
- Your personal progress until the next reward is now displayed in the Port instead of your team's progress.
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Rules of the Event[/h3]
- The event will run until the release of Update 0.10.9 and is divided into four stages. Each stage lasts one week.
- Once per week, you can select one of the three teams: Polikarpov Bureau, Chetverikov Bureau, or Kocherigin Bureau.
- During the event, you need to complete your personal missions issued daily to all participants. They can be completed during the day in Random, Co-op, and Ranked Battles, as well as in the new temporary battle type—Convoy.
- Completing missions will advance you through personal and team progress bars and unlock rewards.
- Rewards: 6 Years of World of Warships containers, themed patches, Victory camouflages, Coal, and Soviet Tokens.
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Soviet Aircraft Carriers[/h2]
Update 0.10.8 brings Early Access to Soviet aircraft carriers
IV Komsomolets,
VI Serov, and
VIII Pobeda.
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[h2]Features of the Branch[/h2]
- Squadrons consist of one flight, which carries out one powerful attack with all aircraft at once.
- Small number of aircraft in squadrons.
- Starting from Tier VIII, aircraft are equipped rocket boosters. As with
VI Ise and 
VIII Tone, the boosters kick in automatically during take-off and provide a short-time increase in speed.
- Small HP pool and low cruising speed of all aircraft.
- All aircraft carriers are equipped with skip bombers armed with HE bombs instead of standard bombers.
- Torpedo bombers' torpedoes have long range and arming distance.
- Starting with Tier VI, attack aircraft squadrons are armed with HE rockets similar to the American Tiny Tim.
[h2]Soviet Tokens[/h2]
A new temporary resource which can be obtained:
- By participating in the Aircraft Bureaus Rivalry event
- From free daily bundles
- From random bundles available for Doubloons
- For Community Tokens in the Armory
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Rewards for Soviet Tokens[/h3]
Sequentially available bundles with
IV Komsomolets,
VI Serov, and
VIII Pobeda, as well as the Forward Bound permanent camouflage for Tier IV, VI, and VIII Soviet aircraft carriers, and other rewards.
The Tokens that you earn by participating in the Aircraft Bureaus Rivalry and opening free daily bundles will be enough to obtain
IV Komsomolets,
VI Serov, and permanent camouflages for Tier IV, VI, and VIII aircraft carriers.
The random bundles available for Doubloons can drop the Forward Bound permanent camouflage for
X Admiral Nakhimov, Soviet Tokens, Victory expendable camouflages, and other rewards.
With the release of Update 0.10.10, Soviet Tokens will be converted into Credits at the rate of 1:6,000.
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Convoy[/h2]
Start: Thu. 23 Sep. 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)
End: Thu. 07 Oct. 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)In Update 0.10.8, players will have an opportunity to play in a new temporary battle type—Convoy—based on escorting transport ships. In real life, a large part of confrontation between navies consisted of defending or destroying cargo lanes because they played a crucial role during wars.
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Rules[/h3]
- The defending team needs to escort a convoy of four bot ships that sail along a defined route. The team wins if at least one of the convoy ships reaches the destination point or the entire enemy team is destroyed.
- The mission of the attacking team is to completely destroy either the convoy or its defenders.
- Players are distributed among teams randomly.
- On average, the Convoy needs between 10 and 12 minutes to complete their route.
- Format: 7 vs. 7 playing Tier VIII ships. Restrictions: No more than one aircraft carrier and three battleships per team.
- Battles will be held on maps such as The Atlantic, Islands of Ice, Land of Fire, Warrior's Path, Loop, Haven, Northern Waters, and Labyrinth.
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While the Convoy is available, you can complete special combat missions only for this battle type, which will bring you Community Tokens. Detailed requirements of these combat missions can be found in the game client.
VIII Baltimore, 
VIII Kansas, 
VIII August von Parseval, and 
VIII Z-23, as well as themed expendable camouflages. You can purchase all of them as a large pack that also includes three event patches or as separate bundles for each of the opposing sides.
20,000 Free XP
7,500 Coal
or Free Planets Alliance 
camouflages, depending on which faction you choose.
In our new episode, we're going to discuss how you can improve your ship's firing accuracy.
Captains!
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VI Admiral Graf Spee and 