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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!

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.

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

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:

[h3]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.

[h3]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

[h3]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.

[h3]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.

In our new episode, we're going to discuss how you can improve your ship's firing accuracy.

Where will shells that are fired land? What is the dispersion ellipse? How can you automatically lock onto a target ship? How can you increase firing accuracy by reducing shell dispersion?

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Captains!

Clan Battles Season 14—"Piranha"—kicks off during Update 0.10.7. Clan Battles offer an excellent opportunity to show off your skills in World of Warships. It's not only the results of individual battles that are important here, but also general progress. Fight alongside your Clanmates and rise to the top!

Win Clan Battles to earn valuable rewards such as Steel, Coal, camouflages, special signals, Clan Tokens, and much more. The more victories you achieve, the more rewards you'll earn.


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Rules[/h2]
[h3]Format[/h3]
Tier VI ships, 7 vs. 7.

[h3]Maps[/h3]
Hotspot, Sleeping Giant, Neighbors, Trident, Northern Waters, Crash Zone Alpha, and Big Race, in the Domination mode.

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The following rules apply for all maps:

• Number of Key Areas: 3
  
• Capture time: 30 seconds
  
• Scoring of capture points: 3 points every 4 seconds

On the days of any update releases, Clan Battles are held only during the Prime Time of your server.

[h2]Restrictions on Ship Numbers[/h2]
Just like in Season 13, certain restrictions on the numbers of specific ships per team apply in Clan Battles.

The restrictions can be set for the entire duration of a season or for specific periods of time. For example, they could be set after the first 2 weeks of a season, then replaced with different restrictions a few weeks later. This allows us to promptly react to the current state of the season.

[h3]Season 14 begins with the following restrictions:[/h3]

• No more than two aircraft carriers or battleships (or a combination of both) per team in total.
  
• VI Admiral Graf Spee and VI HSF Admiral Graf Spee will not be accessible in Clan Battles.
  
• No more than three mercenaries per Division.

During the season, based on statistics, new restrictions may be added, and existing restrictions may be changed.

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Rewards[/h2]

Detailed information on the completion criteria and rewards can be found in the game client.

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Clan Treasury[/h2]
Clans with Ranks 1–50 in the Global Rating will receive from 5,000 to 25,000 Steel.
* Each following step brings 250 Steel less

Clans that don't enter the top 50 will receive Steel and Coal for their Treasury at the end of the season. The exact amount depends on their league and group.

Commanders!
As you may already know, this update has seen submarines surface menacingly in Co-op and Ranked Battles. To celebrate the occasion, we’re holding a special giveaway with guaranteed prizes!

1. Click here
2. Click the "Like" button
   
3. Leave a comment, and that's it!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2574029649

• Any comments that break the discussion rules may be deleted or excluded.
  
• The comment thread will be locked on August 18. Prizes will be awarded within a week.

• All participants get 1x Lucky container.

We wish you good luck and following seas!

In Update 0.10.7, you will be able to start building a new Dutch cruiser—De Zeven Provinciën.

VIII De Zeven Provinciën is the lead ship of her series. She was laid down before the outbreak of World War II and completed in the 1950s under a revised project. De Zeven Provinciën was acquired by Peru in the second half of the 20th century, and it was only in September 2017 that the last ship of this series was decommissioned. The ships of this class were the last artillery cruisers in service.

VIII De Zeven Provinciën is armed with eight dual-purpose 152 mm guns housed in four turrets. The ship is equipped with the Repair Party and Engine Boost consumables, as well as the Airstrike armament. The ship's guns have a medium firing range and high rate of fire. She is able to quickly change flanks and take up advantageous positions thanks to her Engine Boost consumable.

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Rules of the Event[/h2]

• The construction process at the Dockyard comprises 24 phases.
  
• These shipbuilding phases can be progressed through by completing Dockyard combat missions, or by spending 1,500 Doubloons to pass through each phase.
  
• If you want to complete shipbuilding phases at a discount, you can purchase Starter Packs: nine shipbuilding phases in exchange for 8,950 Doubloons and three shipbuilding phases in exchange for 3,950 Doubloons.
  
• The Dockyard combat missions span two updates—0.10.7 and 0.10.8. You will be able to complete shipbuilding phases in exchange for Doubloons until the end of Update 0.10.9.
  
• In total, you can progress through 21 out of 24 shipbuilding phases by completing Dockyard combat missions.
  
• Completing shipbuilding phases will reward you with a container with a Tier V Premium ship, Steel, Coal, Free XP, Elite Commander XP, days of Premium Account, Distant Voyages containers, and other rewards.
  
• Upon completing the 24th shipbuilding phase, you'll receive VIII De Zeven Provinciën in the War Paint camouflage, a Commander with 10 skill points, a Port slot, and a commemorative flag.

If you complete the construction of VIII De Zeven Provinciën by spending Doubloons, make sure to keep progressing through the Dockyard combat missions—completing each phase will bring you 250 Steel.

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Rewards[/h2]
By progressing through the combat mission groups, you can complete 21 out of 24 shipbuilding phases and obtain the corresponding rewards at the Dockyard.

By finishing the first two combat mission groups, you can complete up to six shipbuilding phases and obtain the following rewards:

• 10x Flying Dutchman camouflages
  
• 2x Gift containers
  
• 1 day of Premium Account
• 1x Distant Voyages container that can drop one of 236 permanent camouflages; Summer, World of Warships Anniversary, or Cartographic expendable camouflages; or special signals.

Finishing five out of seven combat mission groups will progress you through up to 15 shipbuilding phases and reward you with:

• 15x Flying Dutchman camouflages
  
• 2x Gift containers
  
• 4 days of Premium Account
• 10,000 Free XP
  
• 10x each of the following special signals: Wyvern, Dragon, Scylla, Leviathan, and Hydra
  
• 1x Distant Voyages container
  
• 1x Premium Ship V container

Completing all the combat mission groups will progress you through 21 shipbuilding phases and reward you with:

• 15x Flying Dutchman camouflages
  
• 2x Gift containers
  
• 4 days of Premium Account
• 10,000 Free XP
  
• 10x each of the following special signals: Ouroboros, Wyvern, Dragon, Scylla, Leviathan, Hydra, Basilisk, and Red Dragon
  
• 50,000 Elite Commander XP
  
• 4x Distant Voyages containers
  
• 1x Premium Ship V container

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Combat Missions[/h2]
The new game event tasks you with completing 63 combat missions spread across seven groups. The first group will become available with the release of Update 0.10.7, while those that follow will be unlocked on a weekly basis.

Completing each of the groups will progress you through three shipbuilding phases—two for accomplishing missions and one for finishing the group.

The Dockyard combat missions will remain available until the release of Update 0.10.9. Detailed information about the mission completion criteria can be found in the game client.

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Completing Construction of the Ship[/h2]
In order to complete phases 22–24, in addition to progressing through all the combat mission groups, you'll need to spend Doubloons to finish any three shipbuilding phases.

• The reward for completing the 22nd shipbuilding phase is 10,000 Coal.
  
• The 23rd phase—1,000 Steel.
  
• Upon completing the 24th shipbuilding phase, you'll receive VIII De Zeven Provinciën in the War Paint camouflage, a Port slot, a Commander with 10 skill points, and a commemorative flag.

If you want to complete shipbuilding phases at a discount, two Starter Packs are available to purchase:

• Nine shipbuilding phases for 8,950 Doubloons
  
• Three shipbuilding phases for 3,950 Doubloons

However, these packs will only be available to purchase prior to the point in time when you complete three shipbuilding phases by finishing combat missions. Once you've purchased both Starter Packs or completed three shipbuilding phases by finishing combat missions, you'll be able to purchase further phases individually for 1,500 Doubloons each.

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