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Captains!

Golden Week begins in World of Warships. Expect discounts on researchable ships and other items, a special chain of combat missions, VII Hyūga in the Japanese Lacquer permanent camouflage, and much more!

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Discounts and Bonuses[/h2] Starts: Thu. 29 Apr. 07:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ends: Fri. 07 May 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

• −50% to the cost in Doubloons of economic signals (Equal Speed Charlie London, India Bravo Terrathree, Zulu, Papa Papa, and Zulu Hotel) in the game client
  
• The exchange rate for converting Doubloons into Credits is 1,500 2,000 Credits : 1 Doubloon
  
• −50% to the cost in Doubloons of Port slots
  
• −50% to the cost in Credits of researchable Japanese and Pan-Asian Tier II–V ships
  
• −30% to the cost in Credits of researchable Japanese and Pan-Asian Tier VI–VII ships
  
• −15% to the cost in Credits of researchable Japanese and Pan-Asian Tier VIII–X ships
  
• −15% to the cost in Doubloons of the Japanese Lacquer permanent camouflage for X Hayate in the game client

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Hyūga[/h2]
VII Hyūga is a battleship with effective long-range artillery and the Main Battery Reload Booster consumable, which is a rare feature for her ship type. The Premium Shop and Armory now offer a traditional Admiral Pack, as part of which you’ll get the ship with a Port slot and Commander with 10 skill points; a commemorative flag; the Japanese Lacquer permanent camouflage; and stocks of expendable camouflages, Credits, and signals; as well as a special combat mission that grants +200% XP per battle.
The bundles will be available for purchase until: Fri. 07 May 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

VII Hyūga is a battleship that embodies the further development of the Fusō-class ships. She is armed with twelve accurate 356 mm guns with a decent firing range. Her powerful artillery is additionally reinforced by the Main Battery Reload Booster consumable, and she is equipped with the Fighter consumable instead of Spotting Aircraft.

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If deemed necessary, balance changes may be applied to VII Hyūga.

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Golden Week Bundles[/h2] The bundles will be available for purchase until: Fri. 07 May 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Special bundles with VIII Kaga, VIII Kii, and VIII Atago are available in the Premium Shop. In addition to a ship, each bundle includes a Commander with 10 skill points, a commemorative flag, themed camouflages, and other items. A bundle with Golden Week camouflages is available in the Premium Shop at a special price.
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Commanders[/h2]
Two new Commanders with enhanced skills are available for purchase in the Armory: Raizō Suzuki and Takeo Suzuki.


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Japanese Lacquer for Hayate[/h2]
The Armory and Premium Shop are offering the Japanese Lacquer permanent camouflage for X Hayate.
The bundles will be available for purchase until: Fri. 07 May 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)


[h3][h3]Bonuses of the Japanese Lacquer permanent camouflage for Hayate[/h3][/h3]

• −3% to the ship's detectability range by sea
  
• +4% to the dispersion of shells fired by enemies at your ship
  
• −50% to the cost of the ship's post-battle service
  
• +20% Credits per battle
  
• +100% XP per battle

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Chain of Combat Missions[/h2] Starts: Thu. 29 Apr. 07:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ends: Mon. 10 May 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

To complete this special chain of combat missions, you'll need to win battles, earn Base XP, and obtain "Hits to citadel" or "Incapacitations" ribbons. As a reward, you can get up to 18x Golden Week camouflages and a Wargaming container, which drops 1 day of Premium Account, as well as 3x Juliet Charlie and 3x Papa Papa signals.

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

Captains, welcome to the Public Test of Update 0.10.4!

The Battle of the Beasts event, new German Destroyers collection, and other new features await you. Take a look at the Developer Bulletin, and welcome to the Test!
https://steamcommunity.com/games/552990/announcements/detail/3039343229612556496


[h2]Round 2 Schedule[/h2] Starts: Thu. 29 Apr. 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Ends: Tue. 04 May 07:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Сommanders, thank you for participating in the Public Test for Update 0.10.4! 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]

• Battle of the Beasts team descriptions have been changed.
  
• Balance changes to several ships were made.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the game client to crash on computers with Intel HD graphics cards.
  
• Fixed some other bugs.

[h2]Special Features of the Test[/h2]

The rewards for activities on the Public Test Server may differ from those on the Live Server.

[h2]Combat Missions and Rewards[/h2]

One Wargaming container provides 1 day of Premium Account.

[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're joining the Public Test for the first time since Update 0.10.2, you'll be awarded the following additional bonuses:

• 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 Premium Account.
  
• 50 signal flags of all types (except special signals) will also be added to your PT account.

[h2]How to Enter[/h2]
https://steamcommunity.com/games/552990/announcements/detail/2716184589232191867

Commanders!
To celebrate the next stage of our collaboration with the popular "High School Fleet" Japanese animation series, we’re holding a special and easy-to-enter giveaway—five lucky winners will be picked at random.

1. Click here
2. Click the Like button
   
3. Leave a comment and tell us which HSF Commander you would like to get as a gift, and that's it!

https://steamcommunity.com/games/552990/announcements/detail/3016824597210366651

1. Thea Kreuzer
   
2. Akeno Misaki
   
3. Moeka China
   
4. Kouko Nosa
   
5. Mei Irizaki
   
6. Maron Yanagiwara
   
7. Isoroku

• The winners will be picked at random from the pool of participating unique users—only one comment per user will be taken into consideration.
  
• Any comments that break the discussion rules may be deleted or excluded.
  
• If you don't tell us which HSF Commander you want or we can't understand you—you will get Isoroku the Cat! 

• HSF Commander of your choice

• For each 2,000 likes on the video, one HSF Commander will be added to the prize pool! Go wild on the likes and ask your friends to throw likes on it in order to boost your chances of winning!

Since our post got more than 6k likes (ːsteamhappyː), we decided to choose additional winners! Thank you to everyone who took part, we really appreciate your support!

Captains!

We're happy to announce a new stage of collaboration between World of Warships and the popular High School Fleet anime series. It brings back a themed collection, ship Commanders, and a selection of original camouflages styled after the series.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2465569702

Interested? Click the Participate button to gain access to some special combat mission chains. Complete them to obtain containers that will allow you to start gathering elements of the collection. As a reward for finishing it, you can obtain the K117 camouflage for X Yamato and other items. The full information is available in a dedicated article.

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Ships[/h2] The bundles will be available for purchase until: Mon. 10 May 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

A special bundle is available in the Armory with two new ships—VIII HSF Harekaze II and V HSF Hiei—as well as the unique M119 and S120 permanent camouflages for X Yamato and IX Musashi, respectively, plus other in-game items.

If deemed necessary, balance changes may be applied to VIII HSF Harekaze II and V HSF Hiei.

The Premium Shop and Armory offer a bundle with ships VIII HSF Harekaze and VI HSF Admiral Graf Spee; the Y118 permanent camouflage for IX Musashi; the HSF ISOROKU permanent camouflage for HSF Harekaze; and other in-game items, including the Type 10 alternative permanent camouflages for HSF Harekaze and HSF Admiral Graf Spee.

VIII HSF Harekaze is a Japanese destroyer from the High School Fleet anime series. Powerful, long-range torpedoes in combination with good concealment allow the ship to carry out devastating surprise attacks, while the availability of several artillery armament variants allows the destroyer to determine her own fighting style.

VI HSF Admiral Graf Spee is a German cruiser from the High School Fleet anime series. This German Navy heavy cruiser was known as a "pocket battleship". She bristles with battleship-sized main guns and has a strong HP pool, effective secondary battery, and the Repair Party consumable. Like conventional cruisers, she has torpedoes and a choice between the Hydroacoustic Search or Defensive AA Fire consumables at her disposal. Thus, a wide variety of gameplay options are open to HSF Admiral Graf Spee.

Apart from a large bundle with VIII HSF Harekaze II and V HSF Hiei, these ships can be purchased in the Armory together with Port slots and combat missions that grant +200% XP per battle.

VIII HSF Harekaze II is a Japanese destroyer armed with 150 mm guns—an unusual feature for this ship type—that fire HE and AP shells with high damage characteristics. The ship is also equipped with the Hydroacoustic Search consumable. Owing to the low detectability and high damage of her torpedoes, the ship's primary gameplay involves stealthy torpedo attacks.

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1546560/World_of_Warships__HSF_Hiei/
V HSF Hiei is a fast battleship armed with eight 356 mm guns that fire HE and AP shells with decent damage characteristics. The ship also boasts a large HP pool and very long firing range for her tier, but has low accuracy and high detectability.

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In the Premium Shop, you can purchase VI HSF Admiral Graf Spee and VIII HSF Harekaze bundled with a combat mission that grants +200% XP per battle, a Port slot, and the Type 10 alternative camouflages. The HSF Harekaze bundle also holds the HSF ISOROKU permanent camouflage.
[h2]HSF Admiral Graf Spee[/h2]

• Bundle includes
  
• VI HSF Admiral Graf Spee
• Type 10 permanent camouflage for HSF Admiral Graf Spee
  
• Port slot
  
• Bonus Combat mission: +200% ship XP

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1585000/World_of_Warships__HSF_Admiral_Graf_Spee/
[h2]HSF Harekaze[/h2]

• Bundle includes
  
• VIII HSF Harekaze
• HSF ISOROKU permanent camouflage for HSF Harekaze
  
• Type 10 permanent camouflage for HSF Harekaze
  
• Port slot
  
• Bonus Combat mission: +200% ship XP

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Camouflage Patterns[/h2] The bundles will be available for purchase until: Mon. 10 May 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Two new permanent camouflages have been added to the Armory—M119 for X Yamato and S120 for IX Musashi.


The Y118 permanent camouflage for IX Musashi can be purchased in the Premium Shop.

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Commanders[/h2]
The Armory and Premium Shop offer a large bundle with seven HSF Commanders and the Wilhelmshaven Maritime High School and Harekaze commemorative flags. The Commanders come with 10 skill points and have unique voiceovers.
The bundles will be available for purchase until: Mon. 10 May 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Image for illustration purposes only

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Combat Missions[/h2] Starts: Fri. 23 Apr. 07:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ends: Mon. 10 May 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

You'll have access to three chains in total.

[h3]Chain 1[/h3]
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To complete the first chain, you'll need to earn XP plus "Destroyed" and "Target hits" ribbons. As a reward, you can receive up to five High School Fleet containers.

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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[h3]Chain 2[/h3]
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To complete the second combat mission chain you'll need to earn Credits, ribbons, and XP, as well as inflict damage and destroy enemy ships. As a reward, you can receive up to 10 High School Fleet containers.

You can complete this chain of combat missions in Random, Ranked, and Co-op Battles, as well as in Operations, playing V HSF Hiei.

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[h3]Chain 3[/h3]
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To complete the third combat mission chain, you'll need to earn ribbons, Credits, and XP, as well as inflict damage and win battles. As a reward, you can receive up to 10 High School Fleet containers.

You can complete this chain of combat missions in Random, Ranked, and Co-op Battles, as well as in Operations, playing VIII HSF Harekaze II.

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The special High School Fleet containers each drop two random elements of the collection of the same name and 10 Zulu Hotel signals. Once you obtain the first collection elements, you can activate the subscription on the collection screen and obtain its elements from daily containers. In total, the collection consists of 34 female characters and the cat, Isoroku. As a reward for completing the collection, you'll receive the K117 permanent camouflage for X Yamato and some commemorative flags, including the Kure Maritime High School flag.

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The High School Fleet Anime Series[/h2]
A century ago, most of Japan’s territory was submerged as a result of plate subduction. One after another, Coastal Cities began to emerge in order to preserve the remaining landmass—thus, seaborne routes became more important and their protection became a crucial issue.

Meanwhile, service in the Navy became highly popular among women and a special division for keeping the sea safe, the Blue Mermaids, was created.

The main protagonists of the anime series, childhood friends Akeno Misaki and Moeka China, enrolled in Yokosuka Girls’ Marine High School together with various other girls to become a part of the famous elite unit.

Akeno Misaki was assigned as captain of training destroyer Harekaze, and Moeka took up the captain’s post on battleship Musashi. The series starts when both warships set off for their first maritime exercises. However, what should have been standard training soon turns out to be a real battle.

©AAS/Maritime Safety Support Department

©AAS/New Maritime Safety Support Department

[h3]Useful Links[/h3]

• The official website of the "High School Fleet" animation series
• The official Twitter of the "High School Fleet" animation series

Captains!

Which component of the game is most important to you? Global multiplayer gaming? The militaristic naval setting? Is it realistic ships? Tell us about your preferences, and we'll grant you one day of Warships Premium Account!
                          

1. Find the "Popular user-defined tags for this product" section on the right-hand side of the main page of the game.
   
2. Click the "+" symbol.
   
3. Select a tag (or create your own) that’s applicable to World of Warships. To select an existing tag from the list, click the "+" symbol next to the tag of your choice.
   
4. Share your list of tags in the comments of this news item.
   
5. Within a matter of days, you'll be granted 1 day of Warships Premium Account (for your account associated to the Steam account)!

Attention! During this event, 1 day of Warships Premium Account will be granted only once, regardless of the number of tags issued.

Good luck in battle, Captains!