World of Warships News

Captains!

The first stage of the Pacific War web campaign opens today. You'll have a chance to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the greatest naval battles and choose your own path through the Pacific theater of World War II on a special map.
To the Campaign Map


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Rewards[/h2]
Completing the combat mission chains of the web campaign will reward you with Pacific Tokens, commemorative flags of the key naval battles of World War II, the "Strength for Freedom" unique patch, special signals, themed camouflage patterns, and other rewards.

After you have completed all seven stages of the campaign, a bundle containing IX Missouri with a Port slot will be available to you in the Premium Shop. In addition, after completing the campaign you can also purchase Missouri for 19,500 doubloons by contacting our Support team.

You can only obtain the "Strength for Freedom" unique patch as the final reward for completing the last stage of the Pacific War campaign.

Completing all the campaign stages will reward you with 1,750 Pacific Tokens. You can exchange these Tokens in a special section of the Armory for either a 12-skill-point Commander of any of eight nations or a Premium Ship II–IV container from sequentially available bundles that also hold other rewards. You can read more about how Pacific Tokens can be spent here.

You can obtain Pacific Tokens only by completing the stages of the Pacific War campaign or from random bundles in the Armory.

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How it works[/h2]

At different stages of the campaign, you will have to make choices that determine the conditions of the combat mission chains that you receive—sometimes their difficulty, the location of the battles, and even the side you will fight for. Make your choices consciously, but also keep in mind that luck and circumstances also play significant roles in war.

The campaign consists of seven stages—real-life battles that changed the course of the Pacific War. By selecting a corresponding marker on the map, you can view the assignment instructions—a brief description of the event, its circumstances, and the outcome, as well as find out who your character will be in this battle.
The campaign stages can be completed until: Wed. 15 Sep. 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Once you start progressing through a stage, you can read the main character's memoirs and get a preset combat mission chain to complete, or you can assemble a chain on your own by making decisions step by step based on a specific situation that your character tells you about. Your actions will define the map of the campaign, the combat mission conditions to fulfill, and the reward for their completion.

You can only complete the missions in Ranked, Random, and Co-op Battles. All other conditions will be revealed when you receive the combat mission chain and make key decisions in combat environments. You can also read them under a special tab in the game client.

You'll progress through the first three stages as Japanese deck aviation and naval officers. For the fourth stage, you'll be able to choose between the U.S. and Japanese Navies, the fifth stage will give you a chance to show your worth on both sides of the conflict, and the heroes of the sixth and seventh stages are the U.S. ship Commanders.

Some stages of the Pacific War campaign are accompanied by historical photographs of the described events. All battle photos are courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute Photo Archive. Looking for more thrilling shots related to naval history? Check the photo archive online here.

Every 2 days, a new campaign stage will be unlocked. The first one is available now—set sail to the shores of Malaysia or prowl the waters of the Pacific Ocean. Make your choice, but keep in mind that your decision is permanent. Complete the unlocked combat mission chains and earn rewards!

To the Campaign Map

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Return of Missouri[/h2]
The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed aboard U.S. battleship Missouri on September 2, 1945. This was the event that officially put an end to World War II. The legendary ship is now back!
The bundles will be available for purchase until: Fri. 17 Sep. 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

[h2]Random Bundles[/h2]
Random bundles are now available in the Armory. They hold IX Missouri with a Port slot, Pacific Tokens, special signals of different types, and Stars 'n' Stripes camouflages.
IX Missouri is an American Iowa-class battleship and one of the fastest ships of this type in her time. Missouri carries nine powerful 406 mm main battery guns, boasts great AA defenses, and has access to the Surveillance Radar consumable, which is rare for battleships.

The number of credits IX Missouri earns is standard for Tier IX Premium ships.

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Pacific Tokens[/h2]
By completing the stages of the Pacific War web campaign and obtaining random bundles of the Return of Missouri event, you'll obtain Pacific Tokens—a new temporary resource that can be exchanged for rewards in the Armory.

With the release of Update 0.10.9, Pacific Tokens will be converted into Credits at the rate of 1:3,000.

The bundles will be available for purchase until: Fri. 17 Sep. 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

[h2]Sequentially Available Bundles[/h2]
You can exchange Pacific Tokens for containers that come as part of sequential bundles and drop Premium ships.

These containers hold one Premium ship of the respective tier with a Port slot and 10-skill-point Commander.

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[h2]National Commanders[/h2]
You can spend Pacific Tokens in the Armory to obtain Commanders of the nations that signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard Missouri in 1945.


You can acquire all Commanders with four patches and a commemorative flag in a large bundle.
[h2]Festive camouflage[/h2]
A permanent camouflage for IX Missouri is available for  3,000 Pacific Tokens.

[h2]Credits[/h2]
You can exchange Pacific Tokens for Credits—you'll receive 150,000 for 50 Pacific Tokens.


More details about the event rewards are available in the Armory.

Go to Armory

If you like reading our news on Steam, it’s likely that you’ve already subscribed. But if you haven’t yet — there’s an even more pleasant reason to do so now!

Each month our subscribers will get some goodies, and they might be different each time! We’re going to send out a Steam container today(for those already subscribed) and at the end of the month too, which contains:

1. In the first slot:
   
   • 5x Steam camouflage patterns:
     
     • +75% ship XP per battle
       
     • +75% Commander XP per battle
       
     • +75% Free XP per battle
       
     • –3% to the ship's detectability range by sea
       
     • +4% to the dispersion of shells fired by the enemy at your ship
   • or 10,000 Free XP
     
   • or 1 day of Warships Premium Account
     
   • or 250 doubloons
2. In the second slot: 5x signal flags (Zulu, Zulu Hotel, or Papa Papa)
   
3. In the third slot: 5x signal flags (Juliet Charlie or November Foxtrot)

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Captains, we invite you to take part in the Public Test of Update 0.10.8—you can earn Community Tokens for your participation!

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 2 Schedule[/h2] Start: Thu. 26 Aug. 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) End: Tue. 31 Aug. 07:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Сommanders, thank you for participating in the Public Test for Update 0.10.8! Your feedback helps us to improve the version and to fix errors. Check out the changelog and join the second session of the Public Test!

[h3]Changelog[/h3]

• Balance changes made to German and Soviet aircraft carriers, X Franklin D. Roosevelt and several other ships. Further details can be found in our Development Blog of 24 August and 26 August;
  
• Fixed several issues and changed the background on the queue screen in the Convoys battle type;
  
• Fixed an issue which caused the Grand battle icon to be displayed instead of the Convoys icon in combat mission descriptions;
  
• Fixed an issue which caused the "impossible to hit the target" icon to be displayed above ships which can be hit by deepwater torpedoes;
  
• Fixed an issue which caused the sound of ASW armament reloading to be played in Random battles on ships with ASW armament;
  
• Fixed an issue which caused ships on the "Neighbors" map to be stuck near one of the islands;
  
• Fixed an issue which caused bonuses to ship detectability to be displayed incorrectly on some of the upgrades;
  
• Fixed several other issues.

[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.

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

In celebration of our new partnership with the popular "Legend of the Galactic Heroes" Japanese animation series, we're holding a special giveaway!

1. Post a comment under this news post.
   
2. If your comment stays as being the last one for a period of 10 minutes—you win!

• Any comments that break the discussion rules may be deleted or excluded.
  
• After the winner is determined, it will be announced in this thread. The prize will be awarded within a week.
  
• Please do not post several comments in a row—it will not help you win. If a user makes several successive comments, only the timestamp of the earliest one will be counted.

• LOGH: DNT. LARGE PACK

We wish you good luck and following seas!

• kile8019

Since our post got more than 2k comments, we decided to choose an additional winner! Congratulations to AGT_ZURU! Your comment was the second to stay as being the last one. Your prize is 1x LOGH permanent camouflage of your choice.

Thank you to everyone who took part, we really appreciate your support!

Captains!

We're happy to announce a collaboration between World of Warships and the popular Legends of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These animation series. Themed Commanders, permanent camouflages, containers, and other items from this universe have entered the game!
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Choose your side and complete a special chain of combat missions! You can find the full details here.

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Characters from Legend of the Galactic Heroes as Commanders[/h2] The bundles will be available for purchase until: Fri. 03 Sep. 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

The Premium Shop and Armory are offering special bundles with Commanders and permanent camouflages for 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.

[h3]Galactic Empire[/h3]

[h3]Free Planets Alliance[/h3]

Commanders Reinhard von Lohengramm and Siegfried Kircheis are trained for I Hermelin. Dusty Attemborough, Frederica Greenhill and Yang Wen-li are trained for I Erie. The Commanders have unique voiceovers. You can have an unlimited number of identical Legend of the Galactic Heroes Commanders simultaneously.

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Permanent Camouflages[/h2] The bundles will be available for purchase until: Fri. 03 Sep. 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

The Armory and Premium Shop have been stocked with four new permanent camouflages!



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Containers[/h2] The bundles will be available for purchase until: Fri. 03 Sep. 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Each Legend of the Galactic Heroes container drops one item from the list below:

• Brünhild permanent camouflage for VIII August von Parseval, Barbarossa permanent camouflage for VIII Z-23, Hyperion permanent camouflage for VIII Baltimore, or the Triglav permanent camouflage for VIII Kansas
• Commander Reinhard von Lohengramm, Siegfried Kircheis, Dusty Attemborough, Frederica Greenhill, or Yang Wen-li, each with 10 skill points and a unique voiceover
  
• 14x Free Planets Alliance camouflages
  
• 14x Galactic Empire camouflages
  
• 20,000 Free XP
  
• 60,000 Elite Commander XP
  
• 7,500 Coal

You can have an unlimited number of identical Legend of the Galactic Heroes Commanders simultaneously.

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Combat Missions[/h2] Start: Fri. 20 Aug. 07:00 CEST (UTC+2) End: Mon. 13 Sep. 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Choose your side to unlock access to a special chain of combat missions. You'll need to win battles, as well as earn Base XP, Credits, and "Target hits" ribbons. Completing the various parts of the chain will reward you with up to 8x Galactic Empire or Free Planets Alliance camouflages, depending on which faction you choose.

As the final reward, you can choose one of the two Commanders of the Galactic Empire or one of the two Free Planets Alliance Commanders. They come with 6 skill points.

You can complete this chain of combat missions in Random, Ranked, and Co-op Battles, as well as in Operations, playing Tier V–X ships.

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Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These[/h2]
The Legend of Galactic Heroes Die Neue These” is a new animation produced and released by Production I.G with new voice actors, fleet wars with the latest technology, and new interpretations.

From April 2020, 24 episodes were broadcasted with a new OP/ED, and also announced the production of 24 episodes of the sequel.

©YOSHIKI TANAKA/SHOCHIKU • Production I.G