Shining Sword!

Pilots!

From May 8 through June 8, a chain of 25 missions awaits you. For their completion, you'll receive a new aircraft—Avro Lancaster B Mk. III—and other valuable rewards!
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The Shining Sword event will run from May 8 to June 8. The event will be divided into four stages, with each stage containing two identical phases that will require you to fight in several battle modes: Bomber Escort, Invasion, Conquest, and Attrition.

Only aircraft of Tiers IV-X can take part in the event.

• First phase of each stage: from Thursday 15:00 UTC till Friday 21:00 UTC.
  
• Second phase of each stage: from Saturday 15:00 UTC till Sunday 21:00 UTC.
  

Note: daily missions can be completed only in the Conquest mode.

During each phase, you will have to complete:

• Three personal missions for each aircraft type. For completing them, you'll earn gold and our special supply crates.
  
• One global mission for all players. Completing this mission will double the number of supply crates you've earned for completing personal missions.
  

The progress of personal and global missions is reset after the completion of each phase.

Supply crates will double only for those players who made at least a miminum contribution to the global mission's progress.

Phase 1:
From May 8, 15:00 UTC to May 9, 21:00 UTC.
Phase 2:
From May 10, 15:00 UTC to May 11, 21:00 UTC.
Battle mode: Bomber Escort

Phase 1:
From May 15, 15:00 UTC to May 16, 21:00 UTC.
Phase 2:
From May 17, 15:00 UTC to May 18, 21:00 UTC.
Battle mode: Invasion

Phase 1:
From May 22, 15:00 UTC to May 23, 21:00 UTC.
Phase 2:
From May 24, 15:00 UTC to May 25, 21:00 UTC.
Battle mode: Conquest

Phase 1:
From May 29, 15:00 UTC to May 30, 21:00 UTC.
Phase 2:
From May 31, 15:00 UTC to June 1, 21:00 UTC.
Battle mode: Attrition

• Premium aircraft
  
• Operation order to obtain the brand-new Avro Lancaster British Tier VI bomber
  
• Stock Experimental equipment (periods I-III)
  
• Gold
  
• Days of Premium Account
  
• Equipment (Improved, Advanced, Ultimate; periods II-III)
  
• Pilots and gunners with free skill points
  
• Hangar slots
  
• Free XP
  
• Consumables (period II-III)
  
• Materials
  

You can purchase two supply crates per day. One supply crate costs 1,000 gold.

Operation orders can be completed at any time until the event is over. Please note that the operation orders cannot be reactivated after June 6 at 11:20 UTC.

All the unopened event supply crates will be converted to Unique Supply Crates on June 6 at 11:20 UTC.