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It gives us great pleasure to present you a new episode of Waterline, which will inform you about what's coming in the near future. We discuss the updated Commander skills, changes to submarines, a new ship branch, a temporary mode, a new nation—the Netherlands, and much more!

What does the game have in store for us? What should you prepare for? Find out the most up-to-date information from our new video!
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Captains!

You’ve stayed with us through happy times and difficult periods, on weekdays and holidays, on sunny and rainy days. In recognition of this, we've prepared a special gift for all World of Warships players—14 days of Premium Account.
Starts: Sat. 01 May 02:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ends: Sat. 15 May 01:59 CEST (UTC+2)

Please note: the timer starts immediately after clicking the button.

Good luck in battles!

The World of Warships team

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!