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Commanders!

We’re holding a special and easy-to-enter giveaway — 5 lucky winners will be picked at random.

How to participate:
  1. Click here
  2. Click the Like button
  3. Then leave a comment—and that's it!

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Rules:
  • 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.
The prize:
  • 1x Premium Ship VIII container

We wish you good luck and following seas!


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If you like reading our news on Steam, there’s a good chance you’ve already subscribed. But if you haven’t yet—we’ve got a sweet new reason to do so!

You'll get a FREE Steam container every month! We’re sending one out today (for those already subscribed) and another one at the end of the month (for new subscribers).

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Each Steam container drops 10x signal flags and one of four random items: 250 Doubloons; or 5x Steam camouflages; or 10,000 Free XP; or 1 day of Warships Premium Account.

Achievement Hunt



Guaranteed prizes for all! Take part in our latest giveaway.

How to Enter:

  • Leave a comment under this newspost.
  • Play the game and earn the achievements from the list below:
    • Dreadnought
    • Kraken Unleashed
    • Solo Warrior
    • High Caliber
    • Confederate
    • Witherer


Prizes:

  • Guaranteed prize - 200 Community Tokens
  • Each earned achievement will bring you 3000 Free XP (only once per achievement)
  • Superprize for five random winners: 1x Premium Ship VIII container
Rules:
  • The superprize winners will be picked at random from the pool of participating unique users.
  • Any comments that break the discussion rules may be deleted or excluded.
  • We will announce the results in this thread on February 6th. The prizes will be awarded within a week.


We wish you good luck and following seas!

Winners:





Public Test of Update 12.1: Round 2

Captains!

Participation in the Public Test will give you the opportunity to earn containers that hold Premium ships, permanent and expendable camouflages, and other valuable items. All information on how to join the Public Test is available on a dedicated page of the official website.


Update 12.1 delivers Early Access to British submarines, global combat missions, updated Domination mode settings, and a whole lot more. Take a look at the Developer Bulletin, and welcome to the Test! See you on the Public Test Server!
https://steamcommunity.com/games/552990/announcements/detail/3645135724571755816
https://steamcommunity.com/games/552990/announcements/detail/3645135724571694364
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[h2]Round 2 Schedule[/h2] Starts: Thu. 02 Feb. 17:30 CET (UTC+1) Ends: Tue. 07 Feb. 06:30 CET (UTC+1)

Captains, thank you for participating in the first round of the Public Test for Update 12.1! Your feedback helps us to improve the version and fix errors. Check out the changelog and join the second session of the Public Test!

[h3]Changelog[/h3]
  • Balance changes applied to Unique Upgrades. Details are available in a post on the Development Blog.
  • The settings of the updated Domination mode have been adjusted: the starting number of points for teams is 150; the reward for destroying an enemy ship is 40 points; and the penalty for losing an allied ship is 25 points.
  • Fixed a bug due to which the client could crash during the start or end of a battle.
  • Fixed a bug with the position of the ship in the port of Fjords.

[h2]Special Features of the Test[/h2]
Brawl test stages will be available on the Public Test Server.

[h3]Brawl 1[/h3]
  • Tier VIII ships in a 1 vs. 1 format.
  • All ship types are available.

[h3]Brawl 2[/h3]
  • Tier X ships in a 3 vs. 3 format.
  • All ship types are available.
  • You can participate in a Division of up to three players.
Restrictions: No more than one aircraft carrier, one submarine, two cruisers, two destroyers, and two battleships.


[h2]Combat Missions and Rewards[/h2]
You can earn Community Tokens by progressing through combat missions on the Public Test Server. These Tokens can be exchanged for various rewards in the Armory, including rare permanent camouflages, containers, and other in-game items.

The rewards for activities on the Public Test Server may differ from those on the Live Server.
Please note: The Battle Pass rewards on the Public Test Server differ from the rewards on the 12.1 Live Server.
Round
1
2

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 Brawls.

Reward on the Live Server: 1x Tactical Special container

Gain five victories in Brawls or deal 300,000 damage in Brawls.

Reward on the Live Server: 1,000 Community Tokens

Earn 2,000 Base XP playing Tier VIII ships in Random Battles, Co-op Battles, or Brawls.

Reward on the Live Server: 500 Community Tokens

Earn 2,000 Base XP playing Tier X ships in Random Battles, Co-op Battles, or Brawls.

Reward on the Live Server: 500 Community Tokens

Destroy three enemy ships in a single Random or Co-op Battle.

Reward on the Live Server: 450 Community Tokens

Ensure that 80,000 damage is dealt due to your spotting of enemy ships.

Reward on the Live Server: 7x Pioneer expendable camouflages

When you first enter the 12.1 Public Test Server during Rounds 1 and 2, you will be credited with 750 Coal and 100 Doubloons on the Live Server for each round.

Public Test 12.1 includes special daily missions that will bring you rewards on the Live Server.

[h3][h3]Recurring Combat Missions[/h3][/h3]
Global combat mission: Earn 4,500,000 Base XP.

Reward on the Live Server: 250 Community Tokens
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Earn 12,000 Base XP in Brawls, Random, and Co-op Battles playing Tier VI–X ships and superships.

Reward on the Live Server: 1,600 Community Tokens
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Earn 1,000 Base XP in Random and Co-op Battles.

Reward on the Live Server: 1,000 Coal; 2,500 Free XP; 200 Community Tokens; and 500,000 Credits

This combat mission will only be available on the second and third days of each round of the Public Test. The mission refreshes at 02:00 UTC.


[h3][h3]First Combat Mission Chain[/h3][/h3]
Part 1

Win two battles.
Part 2

Earn 1,500 Base XP.
Part 3

Deal 150,000 damage to enemy ships.
Part 4

Destroy three enemy ships.
Reward on the Live Server for completing the chain: 5,000 Free XP; 700 Coal; 800,000 Credits; and 10,000 Elite Commander XP
You can complete the combat mission chain in Brawls and Random Battles playing Tier VI–X ships and superships. The chain is available for completion three times per day at the following times: 11:00–15:00 UTC; 17:00–21:00 UTC; and 23:00–03:00 UTC. You can complete the missions and receive rewards for them three times per day.


[h3][h3]Second Combat Mission Chain[/h3][/h3]
Part 1

Deal 385,000 damage to enemy ships.
Part 2

Earn 13,200 Base XP.
Part 3

Earn 14 "Destroyed" ribbons.
Reward on the Live Server for completing the chain: 1x Tactical Special container and 6x "The Age of Sa Zhenbing" standard containers
You can complete this combat mission chain in Random and Co-op Battles, as well as in Brawls, playing Tier V–X ships and superships. The chain is available for completion throughout the entire duration of Public Test 12.1.


In total during Public Test 12.1, you can obtain up to 9,000 Community Tokens; 200 Doubloons; 25,100 Coal; 6x "The Age of Sa Zhenbing" standard containers; 3x Tactical Special containers; 14x Pioneer camouflages; 150,000 Free XP; 24,400,000 Credits; and 240,000 Elite Commander XP.

Players who download the Public Test client for the first time will also receive the following rewards on the Live Server: 250 Doubloons, 1x Tactical Special container, and 2x More Coal containers.

[h2]Starting Bonuses[/h2]
  • The research prices for ships and ship modules will be substantially discounted.
  • You'll be able to reset Commander skills free of charge.

If you're joining the Public Test for the first time since Update 12.0, you'll be awarded the following additional bonuses:
  • All researchable Tier VI and VIII ships with 21-skill-point Commanders
  • 500,000,000 Credits; 30,000 Doubloons; 250,000 Coal; and 90 days of Warships Premium Account.
  • Sets with expendable economic bonuses and 50 signals.

For testing purposes, all players on the Public Test server will be credited with Commander Dasha Perova for Soviet ships and Commander Scrooge Nicholson.

Apply a Tag — Get 1 Day of Warships Premium Account



Captains!

What part of World of Warships captivates you most? Is it the global multiplayer environment? The gritty naval setting? Or is it perhaps the realistic ship models? Tell us what draws you to the game by applying tags here on Steam, and we'll grant you a full day of Warships Premium Account!

[h2]How to take part:[/h2]
  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.

Voilà! Your Warships Premium Account will be activated precisely 7 days later.



Attention! The reward can only be granted once a month per player, regardless of the number of tags applied.

Good luck in battle, Captains!

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