Captains! Game client Update 0.10.4

starts: Tue. 18 May 08:00 CEST (UTC+2)
After installing the update, you can continue playing the current version of World of Warships.

Due to the installation of the update, the server will be unavailable

from: Thu. 20 May 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)
to: Thu. 20 May 10:00 CEST (UTC+2)
As soon as the server has been updated and server maintenance is complete, you'll immediately be able to play the new version of World of Warships.

Read this article carefully to get a gift! Share the article with your friends and Clanmates so they can also claim gifts and find out what's happening in this update!

• Accurate main battery guns with a large caliber for this ship type—150 mm.
  
• Powerful AP shells with decent penetration, damage, and enhanced shell ricochet angles. They are capable of dealing significant damage to cruisers.
  
• Good armor for their type, which effectively protects them against the HE shells of most destroyers (unless they have mastered the Inertia Fuse for HE Shells skill), as well as large HP pools. Combined with their effective artillery, this results in special gameplay for the new German destroyers. They are essentially agile ships that primarily focus on lone targets—light cruisers in particular.
  
• The low damage per minute of their HE shells and their high detectability means that these new ships are quite ineffective when fighting for control of Key Areas.
  
• The Smoke Generator consumable improves the already good survivability of the new ships even further. Starting from Tier IX, German destroyers have the Defensive AA Fire consumable, which allows them to counter enemy aircraft with greater confidence.
  
• Despite their torpedoes' slow speed and pretty standard reload time for most destroyers, they can deal heavy damage and have good range.

German destroyers VII Z-31 and VIII Gustav Julius Maerker, which hit the seas in Early Access with the release of Update 0.10.3, continue to be available in consecutive bundles at the Armory. IX Felix Schultz can be found in random bundles that are available in exchange for Doubloons in the Armory.

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During Update 0.10.4, German Tokens can be found in bundles that are available in the Armory. These Tokens can be spent until the end of Update 0.10.4. At the end of the update, they will be exchanged for Credits at the rate of 1:2,100.

When Update 0.10.5 goes live, German Tier VII–X destroyers will be available for all players to research.

Starts: Thu. 20 May 09:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Ends: Wed. 16 Jun. 03:30 CEST (UTC+2)

During Update 0.10.4, you can take part in the new "Battle of Beasts" temporary event, which is inspired by German folklore. Join one of four teams to complete missions and earn rewards!

• The event is divided into four stages, with each stage running for 1 week.
  
• Before starting each stage, you can choose one of four teams:
  
  • Welthund: a huge black dog with a sole big eye on its forehead.
    
  • Feuerputz: a demon that can take various guises. Most often, it appears as a flaming skeleton or horseman.
    
  • Glühschwanz: a night ghost in the guise of a dragon.
    
  • Lindwurm: a wingless creature with a dragon's head and a serpentine body.
• Event participants are issued special missions throughout each day. Completing the missions will progress you through personal and team milestones.
  
• The missions can be completed playing Tier V–X ships in Random, Co-op, and Ranked Battles.
  
• Progress is reset to zero at the beginning of each next stage.
  
• All players who have reached Access Level 8 can participate in the event.
  
• You'll earn rewards by reaching specific personal and team progress milestones.

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The missions are only available during a certain time period each day.

Starts: 09:30 CEST (UTC+2)Ends: 03:30 CEST (UTC+2)

The rewards include themed patches, flags, and 10-skill-point Commanders, as well a new temporary resource—Beast Tokens . You can exchange these Tokens for various in-game items in the Armory, including Battle of Jutland and German Destroyers containers.

A Battle of Jutland container can drop III König Albert or V Agincourt, the "To Honor Skagerrak" and Jutland Veteran permanent camouflages for these ships, or other rewards. German Destroyers containers can drop signals, expendable camouflages, and elements of the eponymous collection.

You'll find a detailed description of the new event in a dedicated article. Stay tuned for more news on our website!

You will also be able to earn one of each new commander by completing missions obtainable through special Twitch Drops. Stay tuned for a dedicated article with more details.

This collection is dedicated to German destroyers and will inform you about the history of ships of this type, as well as the people who served on them. The collection consists of four sections, with four elements in each.

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Rewards for completing the sections: 1 day of Warships Premium Account for each section.
Rewards for completing the entire collection: include an Iron Cross permanent camouflage for VIII Gustav Julius Maerker and a flag of the "German Destroyers: Part 2" event.

Elements of the collection can only be obtained from German Destroyers containers.

You can get a free German Destroyers container in a special article that's dedicated to the collection. Stay tuned for more news on our website!

With the launch of Update 0.10.4, we're adding a new way to obtain in-game items. We call it the "auction"—you can participate in it and compete with other players to obtain rare goodies. It represents a great additional way to stock up on desirable items and resources.

• Each auction has a limited duration.
  
• It comprises the following stages:
  
  1. The available lot for the auction is announced. Its starting price and number of possible bid winners are announced at the same time.
     
  2. The auction begins and bids are placed.
     
  3. Bidding ends. The results of the auction are summed up.
     
  4. The auction winners receive their rewards, while the unsuccessful auction participants receive their bids back.
• You can change your bid amount at any time, provided that bidding for that lot is still active.
  
• The number of lots is limited. The highest bids win.
  
• Information will be provided about the starting bid for each lot and the number of possible winners.
  
• Depending on the lot, you can place various in-game resources as your bid.
  
• After the results are calculated, the highest bids win. If the bids are tied, the bids that were made earliest win. The time when the last bid change was made is also taken into account.
  
• It's a no-risk adventure! Any bid that doesn't win will be returned to the bidder when the auction closes.

For example, if there is a lot for 500 commemorative flags, the 500 players with the highest and earliest bids will each receive one flag. All other bids will be returned to the participating players' accounts.

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Starts: Fri. 28 May 14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Ends: Mon. 31 May 14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

• 100,000 Coal: starting bid—25,000,000 Credits; 5,000 winners.
  
• British Commander Adrian Griffiths with 14 skill points and 20 Rising expendable camouflages: starting bid—9,000 Doubloons; 1,000 winners.
  
• Thunderer commemorative flag: starting bid—1,500 Doubloons; 2,500 winners.

The number of winners and starting bid amounts are the same for the CIS, EU, NA and ASIA World of Warships servers.

In Update 0.10.4, we've changed the following skills:

Survivability Expert:

• HP bonus for each ship tier increased from 350 to 450.
  
• HP bonus of the enhanced skill increased from 400 to 500.

Extra-Heavy AP Shells:

• Bonus applied to main battery AP shells increased from 5% to 7.5%.

Fearless Brawler:

• Ship detectability penalty removed.

Enhanced Reactions:

• 25% penalty to the action time of the Patrol Fighters and Interceptor consumables replaced with a 25% bonus.

Super-Heavy AP Shells:

• Bonus applied to main battery AP shells increased from 5% to 7.5%.
  
• Penalty applied to fire-extinguishing time and flooding recovery time reduced from 30 to 25%.

Dead Eye

• The Dead Eye skill is replaced with the Swift in Silence skill, giving battleships a 10% speed increase while the ship remains undetected.

The parameters of these skills were inferior to other same-price skills in terms of combat efficiency, which affected their popularity.

The replacement of these skills adds more options for battleships in terms of positioning, and allows them to engage in combat or change position more rapidly during a skirmish. When Update 0.10.4 goes live, all Commanders with the Dead Eye skill already mastered will have their battleship skills reset free of charge. Skills associated with other ship types will not be reset.

We've made changes to the parameters of certain ships based on our analysis of their battle efficiency and feedback from players. These changes were required in order to carefully adjust the balance of selected warships. Further changes may follow in future updates, should they be required.

• Maximum damage of researchable torpedoes increased from 15,100 to 16,200.
  
• Chances of causing flooding with torpedoes increased from 250% to 271%.

• Main battery reload time reduced from 4 to 3.8 s

• Torpedo tube reload time increased from 125 to 133 s.

• Range of researchable torpedoes increased from 9.2 to 9.5 km.
  
• Torpedo speed increased from 56 to 59 kts.

• Range of stock torpedoes increased from 9.2 to 9.5 km.
  
• Torpedo speed increased from 56 to 59 kts.

• Main battery reload time reduced from 5.2 to 4.9 s.

• Main battery reload time reduced from 6.5 to 6.1 s.

• Main battery reload time reduced from 7.8 to 7.4 s

• Surveillance Radar action time reduced from 30 to 27 s.

• Main battery firing range reduced from 23 to 21.5 km.

• Surveillance Radar action time decreased from 25 to 20 s.

• Main battery firing range increased from 11.1 to 11.9 km.
  
• Main battery reload time increased from 4.9 to 5.1s.

• Smoke screen dispersion time of the Smoke Generator consumable reduced from 99 to 96 s.
  
• Main battery reload time increased from 7.5 to 7.7s.

• Smoke screen dispersion time of the Smoke Generator consumable reduced from 103 to 96 s.
  
• Main battery reload time increased from 7.5 to 7.7s.

• Smoke screen dispersion time of the Smoke Generator consumable reduced from 106 to 99 s.

• Main battery reload time increased from 13 to 13.5 s.

• Main battery reload time reduced from 30 to 29 s

• Main battery reload time reduced from 31.5 to 30 s

• Maximum SAP shell damage increased from 9,500 to 9,900.

• Sigma parameter increased from 1.6 to 1.7.

• Sigma parameter increased from 1.6 to 1.7.

We've updated the interface to make navigating through the Achievements section, as well as tracking progress in the game, more comfortable:

• Updated the appearance of the Achievements screen.
  
• Added categories and updated the sorting of achievements.
  
• Updated pop-up tooltips in the Port and for post-battle statistics.

Having updated the section, we'll be able to add more achievements to the game in future.

Changed the conditions for obtaining rewards for achievements. They will be replaced by weekly chains of combat missions for Base XP in victorious battles. The missions can be completed in Ranked, Random, and Co-op Battles, as well as in Operations and Brawls. This will allow you to replenish your signals in most battles. At the same time, the mission conditions have different difficulties. For instance, you could win often in Co-op battles for less XP per battle, or achieve the same result by winning fewer Random or Ranked battles for more XP per battle.

Two combat mission chains are available to you:

• The first comprises three missions with the same condition. You must earn 2,500 Base XP in victorious battles. Reward: up to three More Signals containers and one Gift container.
  
• The second includes five missions with the same condition. You must earn 5,000 Base XP in victorious battles. Reward: up to five More Signals containers and two Gift containers.

The third season of Ranked Battles commences on May 19.

7 vs. 7

• Tiers VI–VII in the Bronze League
  
• Tiers VIII–IX in the Silver League
  
• Tier X in the Gold League

The rewards for each league will be refreshed and available again at the start of each new Sprint.

More details about the new season of Ranked Battles are available in a dedicated article.



Update 0.10.4 also features a new season of the updated Brawl:
Start: Tue. 08 Jun. 10:00 CEST (UTC+2)
End: Mon. 14 Jun. 03:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Format: 5 vs. 5, playing Tier X ships
Ship restrictions per team:

• One aircraft carrier.
  
• Two battleships. If a team has one aircraft carrier, there can be no more than one battleship in the same team.
  
• Two cruisers.
  
• Two destroyers.

10,000 Coal; 2,250,000 Credits; 80,000 Elite Commander XP; and lots of signals.

You'll find a detailed description of the new season in a dedicated article. Stay tuned for more news on our website!

Start: Wed. 26 May 18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
End: Mon. 12 Jul. 22:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Tier X ships in a 7 vs. 7 format.

• One aircraft carrier.
  
• Two battleships. If a team has one aircraft carrier, there can be no more than one battleship in the same team.
  
• No more than three mercenaries per Division.

Up to 11,000 Steel plus other rewards.

More details about the new season of Clan Battles are available in a dedicated article.

New daily rewards will become available to you from June 1.

The section is available in the player menu of the Port and includes 24 rewards that are refreshed on a monthly basis. If you've collected all 24 rewards and the month is not over yet, then upon entering the game on each subsequent day until the end of the month, you'll receive an additional reward—750 Free XP. If you don't click the Collect Reward button, the reward is collected automatically at the start of a new 24-hour period.



From May 28, VIII Tiger '59 will become available in the Armory. She's one of the last artillery cruisers of the Royal Navy, armed with four rapid-firing 152 mm guns in two turrets with a high traverse speed. Her main battery guns have high-arcing ballistics and fire only AP shells. Tiger '59 has low detectability, decent maneuverability, and a large set of consumables—Specialized Repair Teams, Surveillance Radar, Smoke Generator, and Defensive AA Fire. The ship will be available for 11,300[/b] Doubloons.

From June 4, VI Ise—the first hybrid in World of Warships—will become available in the Armory. She carries eight rapid-firing 356 mm guns with a good reach. The primary unique feature of Ise is her torpedo bomber squadron. The battleship also has a decent HP pool. She will be available for 6,800[/b] Doubloons.

The new Ice Wyrm permanent camouflage for X Shikishima has been added and made available in exchange for 3 Clan Tokens.

When Update 0.10.5 goes live, VI Erich Loewenhardt, VII Nelson, VI T-61, VII Haida, VII Z-39, VIII Asashio, VI Admiral Graf Spee, and VIII Lenin will cease to be available. The ships will be taken out of the game due to a combination of their popularity and combat efficiency. To maintain the proper level of diversity in teams in terms of the ships they are made up of, these ships will no longer be available to obtain for an indefinite period of time, but they may return in future.

Added the following permanent camouflages: "Jutland Veteran" for V Agincourt, "To Honor Skagerrak" for III König Albert, "Remember Jutland" for VIII Tiger '59, and Baltic Strip for VII Weimar.

Added the Battle of Jutland expendable camouflage.

Added The Battle of Skagerrak, The Hunt for Bismarck, General-Admiral—Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine, and German Destroyers: Part 2 flags, as well as Battle of Jutland, The Battle of Skagerrak, The Hunt for Bismarck, Tiger, and Weimar patches.

Added the World of Warships: The Beautiful Game flag and patch.

Details on how to get these items will be announced later.

The following ships have been added for testing by developers, supertesters, and community contributors: I Van Kinsbergen, II Gelderland, III Java, IV De Ruyter, V Celebes, VI Kijkduin, VII Eendracht, VIII Haarlem, IX Johan de Witt, X Gouden Leeuw, VIII De Zeven Provinciën, and VIII Congress.

Airstrike—a new armament type—was added. Due to its status as a new mechanic, the concept behind this armament may change significantly as testing progresses.

All aircraft called in with Airstrike are currently armed with HE bombs. Such aircraft will be effective at medium ranges and drop bombs over an area that's similar in size to two battleships. At the same time, the aircraft do not require direct control, unlike those launched from aircraft carriers.

Greetings, Captains!

In celebration of our new partnership with the "Godzilla vs. Kong" movie, we're holding a special giveaway with guaranteed prizes! You stand a chance to win our new themed Kong or Godzilla camouflages, worth 5,000 Doubloons! 

1. Use the World of Warships profile background (here or here) and avatar (here) to customize your Steam profile.
   
2. Leave a comment stating whether you are #TeamKong or #TeamGodzilla so we can determine that you are an event participant.

• All participants are guaranteed to get a prize—1x "Two Titans—One King" container.
  
• Five random winners will get super prizes—Godzilla or Kong themed camouflages (according to your hashtag in the comments section). Please note that these unique camouflages are only applicable to VIII Amagi and VIII North Carolina.

• Winners will be picked at random from the pool of participating unique users—only one comment per user will be taken into consideration.
  
• Your profile must be public so we can check whether you have met the event requirements.
  
• The avatar and background must stay on your profile for at least a week. 
  
• Any comments that miss the correct information or break the discussion rules may be deleted or excluded.
  
• The comment thread will be locked on May 21. The results will be announced in this thread on May 28. Prizes will be awarded within a week.
  
• We will add 2x Godzilla or Kong themed camouflages to the prize pool for each additional 1,000 participants. So, don't spare with the comments to boost your chances of winning!

We wish you good luck and following seas!

🎉Congratulations to the winners of our Community Giveaway:🎉

1. Shay_XieY - Heat Ray permanent camouflage
   
2. 向你敬礼Salute - Heat Ray permanent camouflage
   
3. Creepsir27 - Heat Ray permanent camouflage
   
4. Crump, Uncle of Crump - Primal permanent camouflage
   
5. Миша - Heat Ray permanent camouflage
   
6. Fwr34 - Heat Ray permanent camouflage
   
7. ObiSpud - Primal permanent camouflage

Since our post got more than 1k likes, we decided to choose 2 additional winners! Reward already awaits you in the game. Thank you to everyone who took part, we really appreciate your support!
We’ll be running another contest very soon, so keep your eyes peeled on our profile for the news.

Captains!

Godzilla and Kong are bringing their rivalry to the naval battlefield in World of Warships—both Titans appear as Commanders with unique voiceovers. You can get them, along with themed permanent camouflages and other goodies, from special bundles and event containers.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2483794942
New bundles dedicated to the arrival of the Titans in World of Warships are now available in the Armory and Premium Shop.
The bundles will be available for purchase until: Mon. 31 May 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Please note: Commanders Kong and Godzilla are only displayed on the decks of ships while in the Port.

This bundle includes special Commanders Kong and Godzilla, each with 10 skill points and a unique voiceover; the Heat Ray permanent camouflage for VIII Amagi and Primal permanent camouflage for VIII North Carolina, together with the ships; commemorative flags; patches; themed expendable camouflages; and other desirable items.

VIII Amagi is a Japanese battleship that’s essentially a version of the Tosa-class battleship with increased length. The ship carries ten 410 mm guns placed in twin turrets and can unleash a solid salvo weight. Amagi has a decent HP pool and solid anti-torpedo protection.

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VIII North Carolina is the first battleship to have been built for the U.S. Navy after the Washington Treaty ceased to be in effect. Her nine 406 mm main guns have a good firing range and decent accuracy. The ship boasts great AA defenses and decent durability.

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Both ships are credited with all of their modules researched. You can have an unlimited number of Godzilla vs. Kong event Commanders simultaneously.

• −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

This bundle includes Commander Kong with 10 skill points and a unique voiceover, VIII North Carolina with her Primal permanent camouflage, a commemorative flag, themed camouflages, and other goodies.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1628280/World_of_Warships__Kong_Primordial_Rage/

VIII North Carolina is credited with all of her modules researched. You can have an unlimited number of Godzilla vs. Kong event Commanders simultaneously.

This bundle includes Commander Godzilla with 10 skill points and a unique voiceover, VIII Amagi with her Heat Ray permanent camouflage, a commemorative flag, themed camouflages, and other goodies.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1628281/World_of_Warships__Godzilla_Apex_Monster/

VIII Amagi is credited with all of her modules researched. You can have an unlimited number of Godzilla vs. Kong event Commanders simultaneously.

The Armory and Premium Shop offer special containers dedicated to the event.

A "Two Titans—One King" container drops one of the following:

• Primal permanent camouflage for VIII North Carolina
  
• Heat Ray permanent camouflage for VIII Amagi
  
• Commander Kong with 10 skill points and a unique voiceover
  
• Commander Godzilla with 10 skill points and a unique voiceover
  
• 100,000 Elite Commander XP
  
• 21x Ultimate Guardian or Ultimate Titan camouflages
  
• 21x special signals of the same type (Dragon, Red Dragon, Wyvern, Hydra, Ouroboros, Basilisk, Scylla, or Leviathan)

Commanders Kong and Godzilla are only displayed on the decks of ships while in the Port. You can have an unlimited number of Godzilla vs. Kong event Commanders simultaneously.

• −3% to the ship's detectability range by sea
  
• +4% to the dispersion of shells fired by enemies at your ship
  
• +100% XP per battle
  
• +100% Commander XP per battle

Can't wait to plunge into the battle of Titans? Choose your side to unlock access to a special chain of combat missions!
Starts: Mon. 10 May 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Ends: Mon. 31 May 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)







To complete the chain, win battles, accrue spotting damage, receive potential damage, and earn Credits. Each completed stage of the chain will bring you two Ultimate Guardian or Ultimate Titan camouflages, and the final reward is one "Two Titans—One King" container.

You can complete this chain of combat missions in Random, Ranked, and Co-op Battles, as well as in Operations, playing Tier V–X ships.

©2021 Legendary and WBEI. All Rights Reserved. GODZILLA TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.

Captains!

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!


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

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.

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.
Two new Commanders with enhanced skills are available for purchase in the Armory: Raizō Suzuki and Takeo Suzuki.

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)

• −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

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

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!

• 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.

The rewards for activities on the Public Test Server may differ from those on the Live Server.

One Wargaming container provides 1 day of Premium Account.

• 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.

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!

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Captains!

We're happy to announce a new stage of collaboration between World of Warships and the popular High School Fleet anime series. It brings back a themed collection, ship Commanders, and a selection of original camouflages styled after the series.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2465569702

Interested? Click the Participate button to gain access to some special combat mission chains. Complete them to obtain containers that will allow you to start gathering elements of the collection. As a reward for finishing it, you can obtain the K117 camouflage for X Yamato and other items. The full information is available in a dedicated article.

The bundles will be available for purchase until: Mon. 10 May 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

A special bundle is available in the Armory with two new ships—VIII HSF Harekaze II and V HSF Hiei—as well as the unique M119 and S120 permanent camouflages for X Yamato and IX Musashi, respectively, plus other in-game items.

If deemed necessary, balance changes may be applied to VIII HSF Harekaze II and V HSF Hiei.

The Premium Shop and Armory offer a bundle with ships VIII HSF Harekaze and VI HSF Admiral Graf Spee; the Y118 permanent camouflage for IX Musashi; the HSF ISOROKU permanent camouflage for HSF Harekaze; and other in-game items, including the Type 10 alternative permanent camouflages for HSF Harekaze and HSF Admiral Graf Spee.

VIII HSF Harekaze is a Japanese destroyer from the High School Fleet anime series. Powerful, long-range torpedoes in combination with good concealment allow the ship to carry out devastating surprise attacks, while the availability of several artillery armament variants allows the destroyer to determine her own fighting style.

VI HSF Admiral Graf Spee is a German cruiser from the High School Fleet anime series. This German Navy heavy cruiser was known as a "pocket battleship". She bristles with battleship-sized main guns and has a strong HP pool, effective secondary battery, and the Repair Party consumable. Like conventional cruisers, she has torpedoes and a choice between the Hydroacoustic Search or Defensive AA Fire consumables at her disposal. Thus, a wide variety of gameplay options are open to HSF Admiral Graf Spee.

Apart from a large bundle with VIII HSF Harekaze II and V HSF Hiei, these ships can be purchased in the Armory together with Port slots and combat missions that grant +200% XP per battle.

VIII HSF Harekaze II is a Japanese destroyer armed with 150 mm guns—an unusual feature for this ship type—that fire HE and AP shells with high damage characteristics. The ship is also equipped with the Hydroacoustic Search consumable. Owing to the low detectability and high damage of her torpedoes, the ship's primary gameplay involves stealthy torpedo attacks.

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V HSF Hiei is a fast battleship armed with eight 356 mm guns that fire HE and AP shells with decent damage characteristics. The ship also boasts a large HP pool and very long firing range for her tier, but has low accuracy and high detectability.

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In the Premium Shop, you can purchase VI HSF Admiral Graf Spee and VIII HSF Harekaze bundled with a combat mission that grants +200% XP per battle, a Port slot, and the Type 10 alternative camouflages. The HSF Harekaze bundle also holds the HSF ISOROKU permanent camouflage.

• Bundle includes
  
• VI HSF Admiral Graf Spee
  
• Type 10 permanent camouflage for HSF Admiral Graf Spee
  
• Port slot
  
• Bonus Combat mission: +200% ship XP

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1585000/World_of_Warships__HSF_Admiral_Graf_Spee/

• Bundle includes
  
• VIII HSF Harekaze
  
• HSF ISOROKU permanent camouflage for HSF Harekaze
  
• Type 10 permanent camouflage for HSF Harekaze
  
• Port slot
  
• Bonus Combat mission: +200% ship XP

The bundles will be available for purchase until: Mon. 10 May 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Two new permanent camouflages have been added to the Armory—M119 for X Yamato and S120 for IX Musashi.

The Y118 permanent camouflage for IX Musashi can be purchased in the Premium Shop.

The Armory and Premium Shop offer a large bundle with seven HSF Commanders and the Wilhelmshaven Maritime High School and Harekaze commemorative flags. The Commanders come with 10 skill points and have unique voiceovers.
The bundles will be available for purchase until: Mon. 10 May 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

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Starts: Fri. 23 Apr. 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Ends: Mon. 10 May 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

You'll have access to three chains in total.

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To complete the first chain, you'll need to earn XP plus "Destroyed" and "Target hits" ribbons. As a reward, you can receive up to five High School Fleet containers.

You can complete this chain of combat missions in Random, Ranked, and Co-op Battles, as well as in Operations, playing Tier V–X ships.

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To complete the second combat mission chain you'll need to earn Credits, ribbons, and XP, as well as inflict damage and destroy enemy ships. As a reward, you can receive up to 10 High School Fleet containers.

You can complete this chain of combat missions in Random, Ranked, and Co-op Battles, as well as in Operations, playing V HSF Hiei.

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To complete the third combat mission chain, you'll need to earn ribbons, Credits, and XP, as well as inflict damage and win battles. As a reward, you can receive up to 10 High School Fleet containers.

You can complete this chain of combat missions in Random, Ranked, and Co-op Battles, as well as in Operations, playing VIII HSF Harekaze II.

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The special High School Fleet containers each drop two random elements of the collection of the same name and 10 Zulu Hotel signals. Once you obtain the first collection elements, you can activate the subscription on the collection screen and obtain its elements from daily containers. In total, the collection consists of 34 female characters and the cat, Isoroku. As a reward for completing the collection, you'll receive the K117 permanent camouflage for X Yamato and some commemorative flags, including the Kure Maritime High School flag.

A century ago, most of Japan’s territory was submerged as a result of plate subduction. One after another, Coastal Cities began to emerge in order to preserve the remaining landmass—thus, seaborne routes became more important and their protection became a crucial issue.

Meanwhile, service in the Navy became highly popular among women and a special division for keeping the sea safe, the Blue Mermaids, was created.

The main protagonists of the anime series, childhood friends Akeno Misaki and Moeka China, enrolled in Yokosuka Girls’ Marine High School together with various other girls to become a part of the famous elite unit.

Akeno Misaki was assigned as captain of training destroyer Harekaze, and Moeka took up the captain’s post on battleship Musashi. The series starts when both warships set off for their first maritime exercises. However, what should have been standard training soon turns out to be a real battle.

©AAS/Maritime Safety Support Department

©AAS/New Maritime Safety Support Department

• The official website of the "High School Fleet" animation series
  
• The official Twitter of the "High School Fleet" animation series

Captains!

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Good luck in battle, Captains!