World of Warships News

The holidays are bringing large discounts to our game!

Starts: Fri. 20 Dec. 06:00 CET (UTC+1) Ends: Fri. 10 Jan. 06:00 CET (UTC+1)

• −50% to the cost in doubloons of 360 days of Warships Premium Account in the game client.

As you celebrate the New Year, drop by the Premium Shop for the traditional festive offer—a whole year of Warships Premium Account at half the price! Premium Account will bring you those ships you desire earlier, earn you additional Commander skill points, and even bring you more credits in battles. You can also stock up on special signals by getting a bundle with 360 days of Warships Premium Account and 50 special signals of each type.
Bundles are available for purchase until: Fri. 10 Jan. 06:00 CET (UTC+1)


Warships Premium Account applies only to World of Warships. It brings you more credits and XP that can facilitate your progress in the game, and brings you more XP per battle than Wargaming Premium Account.

• +65% XP per battle
  
• +50% credits per battle
  
• The possibility to simultaneously undertake three tasks in World of Warships Campaigns

Please note: the bonuses provided by Warships Premium Account and Wargaming Premium Account do not sum up. If you have both types of Premium Account active, you will enjoy only the bonuses associated with Warships Premium Account.

If you only have Wargaming Premium Account active, activating Warships Premium Account will bring you additional doubloons: 25 for each day when both types of Premium Accounts are simultaneously active.

Starts: Sun. 22 Dec. 06:00 CET (UTC+1) Ends: Thu. 26 Dec. 06:00 CET (UTC+1)

• +100% XP bonus for the first win of the day
  
• −80% to the cost in doubloons of training a new Commander
  
• –50% to the cost in doubloons of retraining a Commander for a new ship
  
• −50% to the cost in doubloons of a place in the Reserve
  
• −60% to the cost in doubloons or Elite Commander XP of resetting Commander skills

Make your ships stand out against the crowd for the New Year! The New Year permanent camouflage can be applied to the majority of Tier VIII ships for an elegant festive look—plus a dedicated holiday horn sound!
Bundles are available for purchase until: Fri. 17 Jan. 06:00 CET (UTC+1)


The New Year permanent camouflage adds a unique Christmas horn for the ship. This permanent camo can be mounted on any Tier VIII battleship, cruiser, or destroyer, except for Tier VIII ARP Takao, Tier VIII HSF Harekaze, Tier VIII AL Yukikaze, and Tier VIII AL Montpelier. Once mounted on a ship, the camouflage acquires the properties of a typical permanent camouflage and is assigned to this ship.
You can have any number of New Year permanent camouflage patterns.

• Unique Christmas horn
  
• –3% to the ship's detectability range by sea
  
• +4% to the dispersion of shells fired by enemies at your ship
  
• +50% XP per battle
  
• –10% to the cost of the ship's post-battle service

We’ve added New Year permanent camouflages for Tier VIII ships that are available in exchange for doubloons.

• "Belle Époque" containers with collection elements of the same name are now available in exchange for Coal.
  
• Shipbuilding collection containers are available in exchange for doubloons. The containers will be available in the Armory until the release of Update 0.9.0.

• VIII Kaga, VIII Saipan, and VIII Graf Zeppelin have been added.

The replenishment date of the "Ships for Doubloons" coupon has been changed from March 14, 2020, to December 26, 2019. If you use your coupon prior to and including December 26, you'll be able to moor a new ship in your Port with a discount before the New Year.

As a New Year gift, we’ve added three single-use coupons for the "Ships for Doubloons" category, which grant 10%, 15%, and 20% discounts. The coupons will become available on December 26, and remain active until January 8.

Update 0.8.11 features as many as three new Clan Brawls!

Don't miss this perfect opportunity to replenish your Clan's Treasury and clash for credits, Coal, Steel, Elite Commander XP, and Santa's Gift containers.

Unlike Clan Battles, Clan Brawls take place throughout the course of a single day, with only victories being counted.

• Clan Brawl 5: On December 21, battles will involve Tier V ships in a 9 vs. 9 format with a maximum of three battleships and five destroyers per team.
  
• Clan Brawl 6: On December 28, battles will involve Tier VIII ships in a 4 vs. 4 format with a maximum of one ship of each type per team.
  
• Clan Brawl 7: On January 4, battles will involve Tier X ships in a 12 vs. 12 format with a maximum of three battleships, five destroyers, and one aircraft carrier per team.

• CIS 15:00 – 20:00 UTC
  
• EU 17:00 – 22:00 UTC
  
• NA 0:00 – 05:00 UTC
  
• ASIA 11:00 – 16:00 UTC

Please note: you won't be able to change the prime time once it has been selected! Unlike in Clan Battles, a Clan's place in the Brawl Rating is determined within the region of the selected prime time.

On December 21, Clan Brawls will unfold on the following maps: Archipelago, Ring, Big Race, New Dawn, and Trident.




On December 28, Clan Brawls will be held on the following maps: Hotspot, Mountain Range, Shatter, Warrior’s Path, and Sleeping Giant, each with a reduced combat area.




On January 4, battles will take place on the following maps: North, Land of Fire, Shards, Warrior’s Path, and Crash Zone Alpha.

• Battle duration: 15 minutes in a 4 vs. 4 format; 20 minutes in the 9 vs. 9 and 12 vs. 12 formats.
  
• All three Clan Brawls will be held in Domination mode.
  
• Any number of teams from a single Clan can fight in a Brawl if the composition of the teams meets the listed conditions.
  
• Only victories are counted for the Rating.
  
• Since only victories are counted, and defeats aren't taken into account, there’s no option to select Alpha or Bravo Ratings in a Clan Brawl.
  
• Victories earned in a Clan Brawl aren’t counted towards the requirements to receive Clan Battle emblems.
  
• If two teams share the same number of victories, the higher position in the Rating will be given to the Clan that first gained their final victory.

• In the Clan Brawl to be held on December 21, players will be able to receive up to 2,500,000 credits; 100,000 Elite Commander XP; 5x Santa's Gift containers; and 1x Santa's Big Gift container.
  
• The Clan Brawl to be held on December 28 can bring you up to 2,500,000 credits; 3,500 Coal; and 350 Steel.
  
• Rewards for battles in the Clan Brawl of January 4 will include up to 2,500,000 credits; 3,500 Coal; 5x Santa's Gift containers; and 1x Santa's Big Gift container.

For achieving high positions in the final Rating, Clans will be awarded resources for their Treasuries.

* Each following step brings 250 Coal less.


Clans which rank in the Top 1,000; Top 100; Top 10; or are named as Champion Clan in the selected prime time, will be awarded special achievements. In such cases, all Clan members who play at least one battle during the Clan Brawl will be awarded these achievements.

Please note: all achievements will be issued to players after the Clan Brawl of January 4 comes to an end.

We wish you the best of luck in the Clan Brawls! See you in battle!

New Year’s special—some articles will contain a special hidden button for attentive readers! All you have to do to claim your presents is read each article and click a special button you find within. Each button will remain active for 3 days and, when clicked, will endow you with three signals: Zulu, Papa Papa, and Equal Speed Charlie London.

Equal Speed Charlie London will bring you 50% more XP for each battle, Zulu will raise your credit earnings by 20%, and Papa Papa will triple your Free XP gains.

Attention: that button is available either

• inside the ingame news (click your name in the lower left corner of the Port → News → find this news post and the button inside)
• or you need to open the article on the webportal of your game region(choose below), log in (if you haven't linked email and password yet — choose Steam option on the right) and click it.

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!

You've got a plethora of gifts coming your way as the year comes to an end!

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The Dockyard is where you’re going to build cruiser X Puerto Rico.

• The building process is automatic and will occur continuously between December 17 and January 14, even when you’re in the heat of battle or after closing the game client.
  
• Shipbuilding Points will be credited every second, progressing the ship through the building scale from one phase to the next.
  
• The shipbuilding process is split into 36 phases, with rewards issued for each phase you complete.
  
• To finish the construction of the ship in time, use boosters that you can get in exchange for a special temporary resource—Shipbuilding Tokens. The Tokens can be obtained by progressing through Directives, Daily Missions, and Daily Shipments.
  
• Use a booster as soon as possible—you’ll immediately receive Shipbuilding Points and also increase the rate at which they are accrued.
  
• Some Dockyard boosters are available in exchange for doubloons.

In line with tradition, ships in your Port of Tier V and above will have a Snowflake. The first victorious battles playing each of these ships will reward you with Coal, Steel, and Santa's Gift containers.




Update 0.8.11 will give you the chance to grab a lot of gifts for participating in various New Year-inspired activities. Among the gifts, the following particularly stand out:

• VII Gorizia
• More than 12x Santa's Gift containers
  
• 3x Santa's Big Gift containers
  
• 1x Santa's Mega Gift container
  
• 41x Shipbuilding containers
  
• 5x New Year permanent camouflages
  
• The new cruiser X Puerto Rico, with a one-of-a-kind festive camouflage

Complete the Directive missions and progress through shipbuilding phases to claim a vast array of other goodies such as signals, camouflages, Coal, Steel, and days of Warships Premium Account.

One of the most enticing rewards in Update 0.8.11 is cruiser VII Gorizia. She can be obtained by completing the third Directive, which will be available from December 20.

• Gorizia unlocks a chain of special combat missions that will reward you with the following researchable ships: VI Furious, VI Izmail, VI Guépard, and VI Trento.

Santa's Gift containers, which have chances of dropping a Premium ship in addition to other nice rewards:

• 2x containers on the screen with the cargo container ship in the Port.
  
• 2x containers in a free-of-charge bundle available in the festive section of the Armory.
  
• 3x containers in Daily Shipments.
  
• 1x container for completing the sixth phase of the shipbuilding process at the Dockyard.
  
• 4x containers for completing Directives.
  
• Containers are given for blowing off Snowflakes from Tier X ships. Throughout the Update, your first victorious battle playing each of your Tier X ships will bring you one Santa's Gift container.

Santa's Big Gift containers:

• 1x container issued for completing the "Shipbuilding" collection.
  
• 1x container issued for completing phase 12 of the shipbuilding process.
  
• 1x container issued for progressing through the missions of Directives.

1x Santa's Mega Gift container can be obtained for completing phase 18 of the shipbuilding process.

Shipbuilding containers carrying elements of the new collection which demonstrates various stages of the shipbuilding process:

• 24x collection containers issued for completing Directive missions.
  
• 12x containers issued for completing Gorizia’s combat missions.
  
• 5x containers delivered with Daily Shipments.

New Year permanent camouflage patterns that can be applied to the majority of Tier VIII ships:

• 1x camouflage for progressing through the missions of Directives.
  
• 1x camouflage for completing each of the 24th and 30th phases of the shipbuilding process.
  
• 2x camouflages issued for completing Gorizia’s combat missions.

More details on rewards will be available in the game client.

Even if you don't have time to enter at least one battle, you can still log in to the game to collect the rewards that will drop from Daily Shipments. Daily Shipment rewards contain 75 Shipbuilding Tokens that can be used to speed up the construction of X Puerto Rico. Keep in mind that Daily Shipments will be available for 21 days, and you can skip as many as seven of them—and still collect all rewards.

Also, keep an eye on Daily Missions, which can bring you up to 640 Shipbuilding Tokens to assist you in building Puerto Rico.

Don't rush to knock off the Snowflakes from all of your ships. It would be a bit more expedient to start by completing Directives using suitable ships first, and then move on to dealing with the Snowflakes on the remaining ships.

• Directives can bring you 1,950 Shipbuilding Tokens. Don’t waste time—get started! Promptly exchange them for shipbuilding boosters. The sooner you activate a booster, the faster Puerto Rico’s construction will proceed and the more rewards that will eventually come your way.
  
• Snowflakes will be available for the entire duration of the Update. Focus on enhancing your Dockyard first, then blow them off your ships afterwards.

Watch out for the opening dates of the Directives. There are seven of them this time, and they are set to become available every 4–5 days.

The Directive missions are divided into "combat" and "economic" ones. Pay attention to the conditions of each mission before selecting the most suitable ship to accomplish it.

• Example: in order to complete a mission that requires you to earn ribbons for hitting hostile ships with secondary battery guns, deploy a high-tiered French or German battleship.
  
• To swiftly accomplish economic missions that require you to earn a certain amount of credits and XP, use economic and special signals, as well as camouflage patterns. Don't forget that Premium ships generate a higher yield in each battle!

Getting VII Gorizia from the Premium Shop will enable you to complete the first three Directives faster. The trick here is that once you complete the third Directive, you'll get back the cost of the ship in the form of doubloons.

We recommend that you enhance your Dockyard as soon as possible, because boosters will give you an immediate bonus to Shipbuilding Points, as well as interim rewards for completing the shipbuilding phases. The rewards range from Coal to Steel, Santa's Gift containers, and days of Premium Account.

• The first Directive should be completed before building commences.
  
• Directives 2–5 should be completed within 3 days of opening.
  
• The sixth Directive should be completed within 4 days of opening.
  
• The last Directive should be completed no later than 24 hours prior to end of the overall event.
  
• Complete 20 Daily Missions and collect all the rewards from Daily Shipments.
  
• In order to get the most out of boosters, spend your Tokens as soon as possible.

• The first Directive should be completed before building commences.
  
• Directives 2–4 should be completed within 3 days of opening.
  
• The fifth Directive should be completed within 6 days of opening.
  
• Finish the first 15 Daily Missions and collect all the rewards from Daily Shipments.
  
• In order to get the most out of boosters, spend your Tokens as soon as possible.

• The first Directive should be completed within 5 days of opening.
  
• Directives 2–3 should be completed within 6 days of the completion of each previous one.
  
• The fourth Directive should be completed within 12 days of the completion of the third.
  
• Finish the first 13 Daily Missions and collect all the rewards from Daily Shipments.
  
• In order to get the most out of boosters, spend your Tokens as soon as possible.

• The first Directive should be completed within 7 days of opening.
  
• The second Directive should be completed within 7 days of the completion of the first one.
  
• The third Directive should be completed within 14 days of the completion of the second one.
  
• Collect all the rewards from Daily Shipments.
  
• In this case, Daily Missions Tokens aren’t required at all, but can provide an additional boost if desired.
  
• In order to get the most out of boosters, spend your Tokens as soon as possible.

In any event, starting from phase 18 of the shipbuilding process, you'll be able to complete the ship immediately by using doubloons. The more active you are during the event, the less the ship's construction will cost: the cost will go down at phases 24 and 30 of the shipbuilding process. First of all, get all the boosters available for tokens, and If you want to buy doubloon boosters, it's better to do that early. Use doubloons to complete the ship only after all other possible sources of Shipbuilding Points have been exhausted. You’ll still be able to complete the unfinished ship during the next Update, after the shipbuilding process comes to an end. So, there’s no need to rush, actually.

Even if you won't make it to X Puerto Rico, it's still worth building boosters to get rewards for completing the shipbuilding phases.

The first Directive opens up with the release of Update 0.8.11.

Second Directive: Tue. 17 Dec. 06:00 CET (UTC+1) Third Directive: Sat. 21 Dec. 06:00 CET (UTC+1) Fourth Directive: Wed. 25 Dec. 06:00 CET (UTC+1) Fifth Directive: Sun. 29 Dec. 06:00 CET (UTC+1) Sixth Directive: Thu. 02 Jan. 06:00 CET (UTC+1) Seventh Directive: Tue. 07 Jan. 06:00 CET (UTC+1) Directives will be available until: Tue. 14 Jan. 06:00 CET (UTC+1)

Boosters can be activated from: Thu. 12 Dec. 06:00 CET (UTC+1) Shipbuilding process starts on: Tue. 17 Dec. 06:00 CET (UTC+1) Boosters available for doubloons can be purchased until: Tue. 07 Jan. 06:00 CET (UTC+1) Shipbuilding process ends on: Tue. 14 Jan. 06:00 CET (UTC+1)

Please note: boosters will provide you with Shipbuilding Points and rewards immediately, but the permanent bonus to the speed of shipbuilding will only be in effect from December 17.

Snowflakes can be blown off ships until: Thu. 16 Jan. 06:00 CET (UTC+1)


You can start to receive rewards from Daily Shipments within 21 days of Update 0.8.11 going live.

• Combat missions for VII Gorizia will be accessible from December 12 till January 16.
  
• Shipbuilding Tokens for Daily Missions can be obtained between December 12 and January 12, inclusive.

The Ships for Doubloons coupon will be renewed on December 26. On that date, we'll give you three one-off Ships for Doubloons coupons with a 10%, 15%, and 20% discount. The coupons will be available until January 8.

More details on our New Year festivities are available in a dedicated article.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/552990/announcements/detail/1701728480498939066

New Year’s special—some articles will contain a special hidden button for attentive readers! All you have to do to claim your presents is read each article and click a special button you find within. Each button will remain active for 3 days and, when clicked, will endow you with three signals: Zulu, Papa Papa, and Equal Speed Charlie London.

Equal Speed Charlie London will bring you 50% more XP for each battle, Zulu will raise your credit earnings by 20%, and Papa Papa will triple your Free XP gains.

Attention: that button is available either

• inside the ingame news (click your name in the lower left corner of the Port → News → find this news post and the button inside)
  
• or you need to open the article on the webportal of your game region(choose below), log in (if you haven't linked email and password yet — choose Steam option on the right) and click it.

The history of the navy is the heritage of all—it belongs to each and every one of us. The navies of every country have both fought and defended us all on many occasions in the course of our rich and complex history.

Enter World of Warships and feel the legacy of that heritage for yourself!

The “Heritage of US Navy” gift awaits you in the game— the legendary destroyer, Smith, and a unique historical Commander— U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Theodore E. Chandler.

You can also expect:

• USS Smith: a destroyer built in 1909 which took part in WW I, and found her fame in rescuing people from the President Lincoln and Covington ships that were sunk in the course of the war.
  
• Theodore E. Chandler: the legendary commanding officer of the Omaha and Louisville cruisers during WW II. He perished tragically during a kamikaze attack on his flagship in January, 1945. Two U.S. Navy destroyers have been named after Chandler in honor of his service.