The Mad Thunder event is in full swing! Create unique combat vehicles and modifications for them, travel through a post-apocalyptic wasteland, deal with rivals and collect resources.

As we’ve previously announced in the new event cycle, craft events will no longer appear in the game. But that doesn’t mean you can’t claim prizes from these past events!

Remember how you took on the role of a front-line mechanic, a rocket builder or the head of a military base on a desert planet? Stock up on toolboxes to get prizes from these types of events.


The “Toolbox” can only be purchased by players who have bought at least one researchable vehicle at Rank II or higher.


Toolbox

A large number of prizes from past War Thunder events! From the spring and autumn crafting events, to the April Fools events, football competitions and events, as well as Friday the 13th.

• 43 vehicles, including the legendary Object 279 and interesting VT1-2;
  
• 12 camouflages;
  
• 26 decorations;
  
• 52 decals;
  
• 10 player icons;
  
• 6 loading screens.

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All prizes are immediately credited to your account. However, there’s a chance of receiving some of them in the form of a coupon unless otherwise stated.

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• LOSAT
  
• F-100F (China)
  
• IJN Kurama
  
• Ki-48-II otsu
  
• QN506
  
• A-7K
  
• Shcherbakov
  
• AMD.35 (SA35)
  
• Alecto I
  
• USS Davis
  
• Kfir C.2
  
• T-72M2 Moderna
  
• Pо-2М
  
• SMS Ostfriesland
  
• Jaguar E
  
• CCVL
  
• SU-76D
  
• JDS Yūgure (DD-184)
  
• F-4F Early (Germany)
  
• XM8
  
• Pbil m/40
  
• HMS Mohawk
  
• F-5A
  
• PT-16/T14 mod.
  
• Sd.Kfz.234/1
  
• SGB Grey Goose
  
• AU-1
  
• Object 279 *
  
• Sd.Kfz.251/10
  
• Lübeck
  
• BI
  
• Merkava Mk.3D (USA)
  
• I-180S
  
• MPK Pr.122bis
  
• VFW
  
• Ju 388 J
  
• HMS Tiger
  
• Merkava Mk.1 (USA)
  
• MBK-161 early
  
• H-34
  
• VT1-2
  
• Tiger (Germany)
  
• Kingcobra (USA)

* — the chance of obtaining an Object 279 is visibly lower than for the rest of the vehicles and is around 0.001%

• M551: Football camouflage "Dragon"
  
• M551: Football camouflage "Tiger"
  
• Sd.Kfz.234/1: Black camouflage
  
• SGB Grey Goose: Black camouflage
  
• AU-1: Black camouflage
  
• Object 279: Black camouflage
  
• I-180S: Summer camouflage
  
• MPK Pr.122bis: Deforming tricolor camouflage
  
• VFW: Tricolor summer camouflage (spots)
  
• Ju 388 J: Bicolor grey camouflage
  
• HMS Tiger: Deforming camouflage
  
• Merkava Mk.1 (USA): Tricolor camouflage

• Best striker 2023 (immediately activated on the account only)
  
• 8-mm machine gun (first time as a coupon)
  
• Grenade launcher (first time as a coupon)
  
• Quadcopter (first time as a coupon)
  
• Ceremonial Cris
  
• Golden Ball
  
• Golden Boot
  
• Golden Glove
  
• Silver Ball (immediately activated on the account only)
  
• Silver Boot (immediately activated on the account only)
  
• Silver Glove (immediately activated on the account only)
  
• Super Cup
  
• The Magic Hat
  
• Hat with Feather
  
• Foil Cap
  
• Viking Helmet
  
• Leprechaun's Hat
  
• Pirate's Hat
  
• Rabbit's Ears
  
• Sombrero
  
• Uncle Sam's Hat
  
• Cap and Bells
  
• Slasher’s Mask
  
• Slasher’s Hatchet
  
• Chainsaw
  
• Cannibal Axe

• "Tokushu Heiki" decal (immediately activated on the account only)
  
• "Football-graffiti" decal (immediately activated on the account only)
  
• "Soccer ball of champions" decal (immediately activated on the account only)
  
• Emblem of MI MBCT 1 (first time as a coupon)
  
• Emblem of the ShMP 1st Assault (first time as a coupon)
  
• House of the Bull
  
• House of the Hawk
  
• TailSpin
  
• "Cunning and Fury" decal
  
• "Dragons" Team banner
  
• "Tigers" Team banner
  
• Fiery Ball (immediately activated on the account only)
  
• "2OP" Decal (immediately activated on the account only)
  
• "SDI Forces - Harpy" badge
  
• "SDI Forces - Hydra" badge
  
• "SDI Forces - Minotaur" badge
  
• "Bloody Friday" Decal
  
• "Massacre" decal
  
• "Mantrap" decal
  
• "Bad Turn" decal
  
• Soccer Ball of Argentina
  
• Soccer Ball of Australia
  
• Soccer Ball of Belgium
  
• Soccer Ball of Brazil
  
• Soccer Ball of Colombia
  
• Soccer Ball of Costa Rica
  
• Soccer Ball of Croatia
  
• Soccer Ball of Denmark
  
• Soccer Ball of Egypt
  
• Soccer Ball of France
  
• Soccer Ball of Germany
  
• Soccer Ball of Iceland
  
• Soccer Ball of Iran
  
• Soccer Ball of Japan
  
• Soccer Ball of Mexico
  
• Soccer Ball of Morocco
  
• Soccer Ball of Nigeria
  
• Soccer Ball of Panama
  
• Soccer Ball of Peru
  
• Soccer Ball of Poland
  
• Soccer Ball of Portugal
  
• Soccer Ball of Russia
  
• Soccer Ball of Saudi Arabia
  
• Soccer Ball of Senegal
  
• Soccer Ball of Serbia
  
• Soccer Ball of South Korea
  
• Soccer Ball of Spain
  
• Soccer Ball of Sweden
  
• Soccer Ball of Switzerland
  
• Soccer Ball of Tunisia
  
• Soccer Ball of England
  
• Soccer Ball of Uruguay

• "Tigers" team driver (first time as a coupon)
  
• Mobile Warrior (first time as a coupon)
  
• Burney Malleck
  
• Prince of the House of Hawk
  
• Kanaan Denali
  
• Fox Pilot
  
• Bear Pilot
  
• Pirate "Cunning"
  
• Pirate "Sullen"
  
• Minotaur Commander

• Tank football - Moment of Inspiration
  
• Mobile Infantry
  
• April's Fool Event — 2022
  
• Sky pirates
  
• TailSpin
  
• Warfare 2077

• 10,000 — 1,000,000

• Battle trophy (RP booster)
  
• Battle trophy (SL booster)
  
• Universal back-up
  
• Universal back-up x2
  
• Universal back-up x3
  
• Random wager
  
• Random order

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We loved seeing all of your screenshots from last week! While many vehicles rely on their heavy armor or large cannons, small and agile vehicles should not be underestimated! The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!


Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen114. You have time until the 12th of April to submit your screenshot.

After that date, 6 winners will be selected (3 of which will be the highest rated by the community and 3 selected by our judges), each of which receive a reward of 300GE.

• Your screenshot must include a player vehicle and a hill or mountain.
  
• You must add the #WTscreen114 tag (title cannot have any other text in it).
  
• Artists may only win by popular vote once per four screenshot competitions.

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Screenshots need to be compliant with the War Thunder rules.

You need to be the author of the screenshot.

Screenshot needs to be new. You cannot use those which have previously been published or used in other competitions.

We will only accept raw screenshots from the game. You cannot use any editing software nor any other visual enhancements (like Nvidia Ansel filters).

You can use filters and settings built into War Thunder.

You can use the replay functionality built into War Thunder.

Rewards will be delivered to the author's account within 14 working days.

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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3206065627
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3207196259
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3208341615

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3207897188
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3208265576
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3210022174

Each winner will get 300GE! Congratulations and see you next week!

• Strong Rhino, Powerful Rhino — the accuracy of the gun stabilization when moving at high speed has been reduced.
  
• Porcupine — the number of rounds in the 20 mm belt has been increased from 75 to 100. The rate of fire has been increased from 600 to 840 rounds per minute. Recoil has been reduced.
  
• Strong Porcupine, Powerful Porcupine — the radius of damage caused by a direct hit from the flamethrower’s fire has been increased. Damage dealt by fire has been doubled.
  
• A “Mission objectives” button has been added to the event window so that you can view the mission objectives in the hangar as well.
  
• A bug that caused the message “Vehicle of the chosen crew mismatches the vehicle available at the mission start. You cannot take it.” to display, preventing the player from respawning in a vehicle has been fixed.
  
• Resource icons in the Mad Thunder progression menu have been replaced with easy to understand and minimalistic icons that also match the ones displayed on the minimap in battle.
  
• A bug that caused the mission objectives window to stretch on ultra-wide monitors has been fixed.
  
• A bug that caused the Rage Scanner to show extracted players has been fixed.
  
• A bug that caused the out of bounds alert message to display behind the resource bar causing it to be unreadable has been fixed.

• A bug in some cases that caused the Steam overlay to not open has been fixed.
  
• A bug where it was not possible to click anything in the Steam overlay in some cases has been fixed.

The current provided changelog reflects the major changes within the game as part of this Update. Some updates, additions and fixes may not be listed in the provided notes. War Thunder is constantly improving and specific fixes may be implemented without the client being updated.

• Color differences have been added to the Mad Thunder event loot models to make it easier to visually distinguish the different types of resources.
  
• Areas in the Forgotten Lands event map where you could get stuck have been fixed.
  
• In the Team Battle mode, the enemy team’s extraction zones have been given an out of bounds area until the arrival of the sandstorm, where when this happens all extraction zones become available to both teams.

• Black Prince — a bug that caused neutral steering to be very slow has been fixed. (Report)

The current provided changelog reflects the major changes within the game as part of this Update. Some updates, additions and fixes may not be listed in the provided notes. War Thunder is constantly improving and specific fixes may be implemented without the client being updated.

• If you are destroyed or end a battle in a vehicle with resources, you will now receive 20% of the amount of resources carried (rounded up).
  
• For each extraction, you will now receive 1 rage token which can be used in this mission to respawn a vehicle. If it is not used, you will receive it as a resource at the end of the battle.
  
• The mission time has been increased from 15 minutes to 20 minutes.
  
• Mule — the cost of 1 rage token per respawn has been removed.
  
• Armadillo — the maximum speed has been increased from 57 km/h to 65 km/h.
  
• Strong Boar, Powerful Boar — the mass of the explosive compound in the HEAT shell for the 106 mm cannon has been decreased from 3.5 kg to 0.75 kg. The explosive type has been changed from Comp. A to TNT.
  
• Strong Boar, Powerful Boar — the penetration of the 106 mm HEAT shell has been reduced from 433 mm to 250 mm.
  
• Boar — the spread of the 23 mm cannon has been reduced.
  
• Porcupine — the spread of the 20 mm cannon has been reduced.
  
• Armadillo — the spread of the 30 mm cannon has been reduced.
  
• Boar — the initial velocity of the 23 mm cannon shell has been increased from 675 m/s to 925 m/s.
  
• Porcupine — the initial velocity of the 20 mm cannon shell has been increased from 800 m/s to 1000 m/s.
  
• Armadillo — the initial velocity of the 30 mm cannon shell has been increased from 780 m/s to 820 m/s.
  
• Armadillo — the speed of aiming the gun horizontally has been increased from 20 to 30 degrees per second and from 12 to 15 degrees per second vertically.
  
• Echidna — braking efficiency has been increased.
  
• Armadillo — the thicknesses of the additional armor has been changed. The thickness of the front of the turret has been increased from 19 mm to 40 mm, and on the sides of the turret reduced from 23 mm to 21 mm. The additional armor on the front of the hull has been increased from 20 mm to 35 mm. The additional armor of the hull slopes has been increased from 20 mm to 25 mm.

• TO-55 — a bug with the display of the flamethrower icon in the action bar has been fixed.

• The crews of Chinese ground vehicles have received updated voice acting.
  
• The 183 mm QF L4A1 (FV4005), 165 mm L9A1 (Centurion Mk.5 AVRE) and 165 mm M135 (M728 CEV) guns now have their own firing sounds.

The current provided changelog reflects the major changes within the game as part of this Update. Some updates, additions and fixes may not be listed in the provided notes. War Thunder is constantly improving and specific fixes may be implemented without the client being updated.

• Porcupine — the speed of traversing the gun horizontally has been increased from 50 to 100 degrees per second and from 30 to 60 degrees vertically.
  
• Porcupine — vertical dispersion of the 20 mm cannon has been reduced by 40%.
  
• Powerful Porcupine, Strong Porcupine — a bug with the vertical guidance of the static flamethrowers has been fixed.
  
• Powerful Porcupine, Strong Porcupine — control of the flamethrowers has been transferred from the gunner to the driver.
  
• Porcupine — the reverse speed has been increased from 13 km/h to 39 km/h.
  
• Echidna — the reverse speed has been increased from 22 km/h to 30 km/h.
  
• Boar — the reverse speed has been increased from 17 km/h to 25 km/h.
  
• The collision damage for Mad Thunder event vehicle wheels has been reduced.
  
• For Mad Thunder event vehicles, repairing has been made 2 times faster.

The current provided changelog reflects the major changes within the game as part of this Update. Some updates, additions and fixes may not be listed in the provided notes. War Thunder is constantly improving and specific fixes may be implemented without the client being updated.

Two unique packs, the “Snail Gastropodsky” and “Eternal Shell” are available from Snail and Shell until 8th April.

These packs will be available for purchase from April 1st 11:00 GMT to April 8th 06:00 GMT! From Steam, you can access these through the in-game hangar > Shop > Online Store.

29.99
This pack includes:

• 5000 Golden Eagles
  
• Premium account for 30 days
  
• Unique title: “Future belongs to the Snail”
  
• Unique decal: Snail Gastropodsky
  

The year is 2999.99. My name is Snail. My world is war and thunder. Once, I was a regular snail. A shelled gastropod searching for a righteous cause. As our capture points were taken, each of us in our own way were broken. It was hard to know who was more crazy... me... or everyone else. I am the one that slowly crawls from both the living and the dead. Hunted by Reds, haunted by those Blues I could not protect. So I exist in this wasteland, reduced to one instinct: to protect the D point.

29.99
This pack includes:

• 5000 Golden Eagles
  
• Premium account for 30 days
  
• Unique title: “Riding to Snailhalla”
  
• Unique decal: Eternal Shell
  

The year is 2999.99. Do not, my friends, become addicted to the D point. It will take hold of you, and you will resent its absence! My name is Shell, and I am your redeemer. It is by my hand you will rise from the ashes of this world. Return my captured points to me, and I myself will carry you through the gates of Snailhalla. You shall crawl eternal!

Even after the world gradually turned into a lifeless hot desert, the war did not stop. The ruins of one of the last bastions of a united humanity have now become the battlefield of countless bands of raiders who roam these forgotten lands in search of valuable resources. A cult of rage drives these ruthless warriors of the desert. Their combat vehicles, assembled from parts of military equipment of the past, are decorated with special flags where raiders mark their victories. Rumors of the best warriors spreads quickly, and the hunters themselves often become the prey of those who dream of glory of the chosen one of the sacred rage.

So start your engines and fill up your machine gun belts... oh what a beautiful day... what a beautiful day!


In this event, you’re able to explore the ruins of a forgotten land in two game modes — as a team and free-for-all. Your task in these raids is to collect resources and get to an extraction zone. The second and no less important task is to earn rage tokens! Rage can be obtained for destroying rival combat vehicles and can be spent on improving or building new combat vehicles.

Make sure to be quick and get out in time, as a devastating sandstorm is coming from the desert, and when it covers the ruins of the Forgotten Land, no one will be saved!

When: From April 1st (11:00 GMT) until April 22nd (11:00 GMT).

Get resources in this special event and assemble modifications, new vehicles and other rewards of your interest! You can access this event through Events & Tournaments > Mad Thunder.

In the progression tree are rewards that you can create with the resources that you have collected when leaving the Forgotten Lands. There’s 3 decals, 2 decorators, a ship flag, a loading screen, a profile icon and the “Loot carrier” title, which are all waiting for you.







"Mad Thunder" loading screen


On the minimap of the Forgotten Land, you’ll see areas of interest where valuable resources may remain. It’s worth exploring them! In the raid, you can find ancient electronics, scrap metal, vehicle parts and armor parts, which are all needed to improve your combat vehicles and to craft new ones. Resources are stored in boxes, containers and barrels. You can either shoot them or crush them under the wheels of your vehicle, then drive over them to pick up the loot. The cargo compartment volume of each vehicle is different. A special cargo compartment fill indicator will tell you how many loot slots are available for transportation, as well as how much of each type of resource you’re currently carrying.

The “Loot Imager” modification will help you more accurately determine where valuable resources can be found on the map. You’re able to see loot through binoculars or the optical sight of a gun with this loot imager.

In the event window, there’s a progression tree with new vehicles, their upgrades and other rewards, as well as the resources that you’ve collected.




All rewards are unlocked for the resources that you’ve obtained in the desert. Need armor? You got armor. Need rage? Well this is a world of fire and blood. There’s fire under the hood, and blood will have to be spilled!



When you’ve obtained all of the necessary resources, you can click on the “Assemble” button on the vehicle or modification you’re interested in and use them in the next battle.




Rage can be obtained by destroying enemies and collecting rage flags from the carcasses of destroyed vehicles. Rage Tokens are guaranteed loot at the end of a raid. In addition to this, earned rage in battle will allow you to respawn in the same raid using more powerful vehicles, which you’ll unlock in the progression tree.

At the beginning of each raid, all vehicles receive a black rage flag. Each destroyed enemy immediately adds a mark of rage to the flag, which is a white oblique stripe. Don’t forget to drive near the corpse of a defeated enemy to get extra rage from their flag. If the rage level of the destroyed raider was higher, then when picking up the flag, your rage level will become equal to the level of the destroyed enemy.

It’s easy to turn from a hunter into a victim. When you reach the highest, fifth level of rage, the marks on your flag stop adding up and your combat vehicle becomes visible to all raiders on the minimap. Prepare for battle!

The “Rage Scanner” modification will make it easier to find nearby rage flags. Activate this modification in battle and the scanner will briefly highlight destroyed vehicles with available rage flags on the map.

Oh, and one last thing. After respawning in a new vehicle, the marks on the rage flag are reset. You can earn new ones!



A sandstorm moves from the direction of the large desert. Keep an eye on the timer, as you’ll need to get to the raid extraction zones before the sand swallows the ruins of the Forgotten Land. Although before the big storm comes, a smaller one does first which doesn’t harm vehicles, but will make it more difficult to navigate in battle. Shortly before the big storm, you’ll receive notes on all possible extractions from the vicinity of the Forgotten Land — hurry to the nearest one! If you don’t have time to find a way out before the arrival of the big storm, your crew and stalled vehicle will be quickly swallowed up by multi-ton sand dunes and face a quick death.

In total, you can leave the Forgotten Land through four extractions, but the cult of rage will not allow you to cowardly escape through the nearest ones! You must travel through the entire land, giving battle to those who encroach on your prey. However, everyone is afraid of the storm, and when the choice is between oblivion in the sand and life in the desert, all raiders choose life!

• Resources can only be obtained in this event, from April 1st (11:00 GMT) until April 22nd (11:00 GMT).
  
• You can collect upgrades, new vehicles and other rewards from resources until April 22nd (11:00 GMT).
  
• On April 23rd at 11:00 GMT, all resources, as well as vehicles and improvements will be removed from your inventory.

Get out there and have some fun!
The War Thunder Team

The screenshots all of you submitted last week were superb! We enjoyed seeing the wide collection of favorite vehicles on display. This week, take a picture of your vehicle in action- capturing history in motion. The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!


Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen113. You have time until the 5th of April to submit your screenshot.

After that date, 6 winners will be selected (3 of which will be the highest rated by the community and 3 selected by our judges), each of which receive a reward of 300GE.

• Your screenshot must include a player vehicle in motion.
  
• You must add the #WTscreen113 tag (title cannot have any other text in it).
  
• Artists may only win by popular vote once per four screenshot competitions.

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Screenshots need to be compliant with the War Thunder rules.

You need to be the author of the screenshot.

Screenshot needs to be new. You cannot use those which have previously been published or used in other competitions.

We will only accept raw screenshots from the game. You cannot use any editing software nor any other visual enhancements (like Nvidia Ansel filters).

You can use filters and settings built into War Thunder.

You can use the replay functionality built into War Thunder.

Rewards will be delivered to the author's account within 14 working days.

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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3199584163
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3198893199
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3200761734

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3197106194
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3200398146
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3199615058

Each winner will get 300GE! Congratulations and see you next week!

• SUB-I-II — the maximum speed has been increased from 50 km/h to 60 km/h. Source: 仮制式要綱７３式装甲車ＸＤ８００５. Japanese Ministry of Defense website.
  
• Churchill Crocodile — the mass has been reduced from 47.5 tons to 45.15 tons. Source: Crocodile. Flame thrower equipment. Provisional training pamphlet 1945.
  
• Conqueror — APDS projectile speed has been increased from 1463 to 1493 m/s. Source: Royal Armoured Corps Training Vol 3. - Armament Pamphelt No. 9 Conqueror, Marks 1 and 2 1957 by the War Office Page 3.

• A bug that caused the survivability percentage displayed in the hitcam to not match the actual percentage when attacking a target with an upgraded crew has been fixed.
  
• A bug that caused the hitcam to not display a change in the survivability percentage when hitting a target has been fixed.

• The JAS39 and Mirage 4000 radars have been reconfigured according to updated data. The detection and identification of them by different RWRs is configured.

The current provided changelog reflects the major changes within the game as part of this Update. Some updates, additions and fixes may not be listed in the provided notes. War Thunder is constantly improving and specific fixes may be implemented without the client being updated.