Halloween is at our doorstep, and that can only mean one thing—the Forces of Darkness are preparing to slink out from the shadows and drench the world in fear! You are the only one that can stand in their way!

Celebrate Halloween this year by getting involved in the following activities:

• Operations Saving Transylvania and Sunray in the Darkness.
  
• The Twilight Battle temporary battle type (you may remember this from Halloween 2018!). Twilight descends upon us 2 weeks after the release of Update 0.11.9.

In this article, we're going to take a closer look at the Operations. You can expect more details about the Twilight Battle to come in a separate dedicated article.

Operation Saving Transylvania will be available as Operation of the Week in the first week of the update; Sunray in the Darkness—in the second week. Players will also have an opportunity to team up with their friends in a Division and fight evil throughout the entirety of Update 0.11.9! Both Operations will be available at the normal difficulty level only.

During Update 0.11.9, the standard Operations are available only for players in Divisions. With the release of Update 0.11.10, Random Operations will become available again.

In the game client, Operations of the Week will be displayed as Active Operations.
The main task in this Operation is to escort a ship called Transylvania on her winding route to safe harbor. On the way, you must protect her from attacking catapults and Zikasa ships possessed by the Darkness. At the end of the route, players will face the final boss—the menacing battleship Rasputin.

For Operation Saving Transylvania, players can look forward to helming the following special ships manned by Commanders with 21 skill points:

• Destroyer III Blade with Commander Abraham V. Hellsinger
  
• Battleship III Jackal with Commander Henry J. Hide
  
• Cruiser III Igor with Commander Victor F. Einstein

Halloween Commanders earn Elite Commander XP, which can be spent on training Commanders of the in-game nations.

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Escort and protect Transylvania during her escape through the Portal.

• Transylvania must not lose 50% or more of her HP during the voyage.
  
• Destroy at least 16 Zikasa ships.
  
• Neutralize all catapults on the map.
  
• Transylvania must not stop until reaching the end of the route. To ensure that this condition is completed, at least one player should always remain near the ship.
  
• Sink battleship Rasputin.

Each secondary task fulfilled increases the reward for completing the primary task.

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Transylvania and her saviors have returned to their home waters of the Silver Spear Archipelago, but the Forces of Darkness are coming after them by breaking through the Portal. Your task is to hold the undead off!

Security towers will help you in battle and try to seal the Portal. You need to protect the towers from enemy ships. Along with monsters, the Filth—a dense fog—is leaking through the Portal and endangering life itself. Be careful: while in the Filth, your ship takes damage each second. The amount of damage you receive depends on your ship type. Besides this, visibility and ship detectability decrease significantly in the Filth. At the same time, the Filth benefits your boss enemies—battleship Rasputin and aircraft carrier The Great Gorgon—by restoring their hit points and reducing the amount of damage they take.

For Operation Sunray in the Darkness, we'll provide players with the following ships manned by Commanders with 21 skill points:

• Destroyer X Urashima with Commander Mina Hurray
  
• Cruiser X Svyatozar with Commander Ivan K. Ulibin
  
• Battleship X Magnu-S with Commander Klaus V. Teslau

Halloween Commanders earn Elite Commander XP, which can be spent on training Commanders of the in-game nations.

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Protect the towers until they seal the ominous Portal to another dimension.

• Successfully defend at least two towers.
  
• Sink battleship Rasputin.
  
• Sink aircraft carrier The Great Gorgon.
  
• Destroy 30 enemy ships in the Filth.
  
• Successfully defend Transylvania.

Each secondary task fulfilled increases the reward for completing the primary task.

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Please note that you can only play special ships in Operations!

With the release of Update 0.11.10, all special ships will be removed from your account. Once the event is over, any XP earned playing the special ships will be transferred to Tier I cruiser I Orlan.

Throughout Update 0.11.9, you’ll have access to a special chain of combat missions that will be updated weekly. By earning Base XP in Operations, you’ll receive expendable economic bonuses and Jack-o’-Lantern containers.

All details are available in the game client.

Please note that the servers will be temporarily unavailable due to the release of an update. The schedule is available below.

Maintenance times are tentative and subject to change. Please accept our apologies for any inconveniences.
The new update will go live some time after it's been downloaded because the client and server sides are updated separately. While the client begins to update immediately, it takes time for the servers to be updated across all regions.

If there are problems with downloading or launching the update—please perform files integrity check.

Subtitles can be enabled in the video player separately.

• German and U.S. Submarines in Early Access
  
• Operation Wolfpack
  
• Halloween Celebrations
  
• Construction at the Dockyard entering the final straight
  
• Ranked Battles
  
• Brawls
  
• The Adventure: Velos
  
• Interface Changes
  
• Testing the cross-server matchmaker
  
• Armory
  
• Game Balance Changes
  
• Content additions and changes
  
• Other Changes and Improvements

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Commanders!

Some of the players who acquired the American Freedom DLC, among other items, should have received a Dunkerque on their account. But due to a technical error, players were incorrectly credited with the regular version of this ship or compensation in doubloons if they already have her. The excess items have already been withdrawn from the accounts of the affected players. We have fixed the issue by providing 1 week rental of Dunkerque, as well as 1 Steam container for the inconvenience caused.


Thank you for your understanding.

Update 0.11.8 sees four Brawls unleashed in different formats. Round 4 will be held in a 12 vs. 12 format playing Tier VIII destroyers.

Brawls are characterized by short seasons and unusual team formats. The clashes are fast and dynamic.

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Up to 10,000 Coal, 2,250,000 Credits, 80,000 Elite Commander XP, 56 combat signals, and 16 expendable economic bonuses.

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You can take part in the Brawl only during the time period specific to your server.

Format: 12 vs. 12 playing Tier VIII destroyers
Big Race, Polar, Islands, Loop, Warrior's Path, and Trident. Battles on all maps are fought in the Domination mode.

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Greetings, Commander! We're the World of Warships Content Team.

We want to address you directly and thank you for being with us for these 7 action-packed years! During this time, we've been working hard on our mission to elevate your experience in the game and make our beloved World of Warships even more enjoyable to immerse yourself in.

Together with you, we make a perfect team! Your valuable insights and feedback give us important prompts about the areas we need to develop further. We've become more open and eager to inform you in detail about not only the game updates but also about our development plans for the months ahead. We thoroughly read all of your comments, and these help us come to what we hope are the correct conclusions about how to improve the game. We hope that you might appreciate this closer interaction and that the fruits of our labor will bring you greater satisfaction and enjoyment in the game.

World of Warships is celebrating its Seventh Anniversary right now! It's quite a respectable age for the world of online games, which is pretty much always moving at the speed of light. But World of Warships is much more than just a game, right? For us, it's the community that makes it so special. In other words—you and your many fellow Captains from around the world! To celebrate this special occasion, we've prepared loads of birthday activities and gifts. Read on to find out what you can still look forward to!

• Explore the Treasure Map and journey across the game, our official website, and YouTube channel to obtain the final reward and take part in a superprize raffle.
  
• Take advantage of battle performance bonuses on all ships starting from Tier V. You'll now be able to receive several gifts per battle!
  
• Take a fresh look at our historical Ports. Learn fascinating facts about 16 well-known Ports in World of Warships. Gather elements of the collection, enter Ports, find hidden numbers, and obtain a bonus code. And if you're wondering what the code is for... Look for the answer from FairPlayer_I!
  
• Immerse yourself in the tense atmosphere of the Warship Strike minigame, where the opposition's ships are invisible and the first shells are pretty much fired at random. You'll find Warship Strike in the Armory!
  
• Complete a chain of combat missions to obtain up to seven Thetis expendable camouflages, up to three Common Bonus containers, and Commander Master of the Seven Seas with 6 skill points for European ships.
  
• Earn Base XP, complete a combat mission, and receive a Seven Seas commemorative flag.

You can read the full details about World of Warships' Anniversary activities in a special article on our website. Stay on course—let's sail into the future together, Commander!

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Help us make the game better! Answer a simple survey question to open another element on the Treasure Map and grab a gift—a Seven Seas festive container. Use this link to find out more about the upcoming activities.

We keep you posted and help you navigate the sea of game news. Every week, the "In a Nutshell" series and its host Natalie provide you with an overview of the main events of the past 7 days.

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Another special combat mission awaits you: Earn 7,777 base XP to obtain the Seven Seas flag. You'll find the mission on the page with the game statistics!

You can complete the combat mission chain playing Tier V–X ships and superships in Random and Ranked Battles, as well as in Operations and Brawls.

As the name suggests, the Recruiting Station is World of Warships’ referral program, and it’s actually much simpler to take advantage of than you might think. In essence, what happens is that a player sends invitations to people who they think would enjoy World of Warships. The inviting player receives rewards when the people they invite accept their invitations and play the game.

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The Recruiting Station revolves around the relationship between the Recruiter and their Recruits.

• A Recruiter can be any player with at least 15 battles fought on their account
  
• A Recruit (a.k.a. Shipmate) is a person who either:
  
  
  • Doesn’t have a World of Warships account
    
  • Has fewer than 15 battles on record
    
  • Has an account but hasn’t played in 90+ days

If you fit the criterion to be a Recruiter and you know someone who fits the criteria to be a Recruit, then just send them an invitation through the Recruiting Station interface—either on our website or from your in-game Port screen.

Recruiting Station

You can send as many invitations as you want to as many people as you want—there’s no downside.

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Once somebody accepts one of your invitations, they become tied to your account as your Recruit. What does that mean for you?

• For every single battle your Recruit fights alone, 10 Community Tokens will be credited to your account, up to a limit of 1,500 Community tokens per week.
  
• For every single battle you fight in a Division with one or two of your Recruits, 18 or 22 Community Tokens will be credited to your Account, respectively, plus bonus amounts if these battles end in victory.

• The first time your Recruit fights a battle playing a Tier VI ship, 3 days of Warships Premium account will be credited to your account.

• You will receive 10% of the total value of every purchase made by your Recruits in the Premium Shop in the form of Doubloons.

As you can see, you can pick your own pace. You can actively support your Shipmates in progressing faster and get higher rewards, or you can just send the invite, sit back, and reap the regular Recruit battle rewards without having to lift a finger. The choice is yours!

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So, you’ve recruited an entire gang of Shipmates and you’re swimming in Community Tokens. What now?

Community Tokens are first and foremost an Armory currency.

Head to the Naval Community tab in the Armory interface and take your pick—from signal flags and economic bonuses to Premium ship containers, special Commanders, and Supercontainers.



But Community Tokens are not just any Armory currency.

They have a unique property that allows you to spend them in the REWARDS section of the Recruiting Station interface. There, you can exchange Community Tokens for special bundles of two of each type of Recruiting Station container at a discount. What’s special about these bundles is that while one of the containers goes to your account, the second goes to the Recruit of your choice. It offers a welcome chance for them to obtain one of the valuable rewards inside these containers, including Premium ships.

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The Recruiter isn’t the only one who benefits from this special relationship. So, what do Recruits get?

Fight one battle in any mode, except for battles in the Training Room

• II Emden with the National camouflage, a Port slot, and Commander with 9 skill points
  
• 7 days of Warships Premium Account

Fight one battle playing a Tier VI ship

• VI Repulse with a Port slot and Commander with 10 skill points
  
• 7 days of Warships Premium Account
  
• 5,000,000 Credits
  
• 25x signals of each type
  
• 30x common expendable economic bonuses of each type
  
• 25x special expendable economic bonuses of each type
  
• 20x rare expendable economic bonuses of each type
  
• 5x More Coal containers

Win 25 battles playing Tier IV–X ships

• 14 days of Warships Premium Account
  
• Premium Ship V container

• Every single battle a Recruit fights in a Division with their Recruiter will net them 5 Community Tokens—10 if the battle ends in victory.

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The World of Warships Seventh Anniversary party has spread to the Recruiting Station with bonus prizes and hot giveaways for both Recruiters and their Recruits while Update 0.11.8 is live! Each successful Recruit means guaranteed Community Tokens plus entry to both a weekly giveaway and the Grand Giveaway that takes place at the close of the event with Premium ship containers, t-shirts, or even the coveted Belfast on the line!
Event ends: Fri. 07 Oct. 01:59 CEST (UTC+2)

Take Part Now!

For more detailed information about the Recruiting Station, click here.

Commanders!

When World of Warships first released in 2015, there were only two nations available to play: USA and Japan.

Now—7 years, 11 nations, and 400+ ships later—we’re proud to be able to celebrate our game’s anniversary with a pleasure cruise down memory lane: pick up our festive gift and experience a wave of nostalgia aboard some of our most veteran American and Japanese Tier III researchable ships, each with her own 3-point Commander.

To unlock the gift, simply claim one of the following Free DLCs:

• American Freedom

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1889260/World_of_Warships

• Way of the Warrior

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1954920/World_of_Warships

As soon as you claim one of the two, the other will also be automatically unlocked on your account. In total, you will receive:

• American Destroyer Wickes
  
• American Cruiser St. Louis
  
• American Battleship South Carolina
  
• Japanese Destroyer Wakatake
  
• Japanese Cruiser Tenryū
  
• Japanese Battleship Kawachi
  
• 2 days of Warships Premium Account

*These ships are researchable — meaning that they can be earned in-game through playing. This bundle offers to speed up your low Tier research by giving you immediate access to this nation's different ship types.
If you already own one or more of these ships, you will receive compensation for them in credits.

IIf you like reading our news on Steam, there’s a good chance you’ve already subscribed. But if you haven’t yet—we’ve got a sweet new reason to do so!

Each month, subscribers will get a FREE Steam container! We’re going to send one out today (for those already subscribed) and another one at the end of the month.

To subscribe, click the "Follow" button either on the store page



or the community hub.



Each Steam container drops 10x signal flags and one of four random items: 250 Doubloons; or 5x Steam camouflages; or 10,000 Free XP; or 1 day of Warships Premium Account.

Well-coordinated actions are especially important when it comes to team play. World of Warships is a game that encourages players to coordinate their actions with those of their allies to secure victories in battle. But is this possible in a team composed of random players? If you doubt it, there's a solution—create a Division!

Divisions allow two or three players to join together and fight in battle. You can play with your friends and cover one another like partners do in your favorite action movies, try different combat tactics, have lots of fun, and generally enjoy the game together. If you don't have any friends in the game yet, Divisions will help you find some. You just have to take the first step, or in this case—simply click a couple of buttons!

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You can find the Division menu in the Port to the left of the Battle! button. By opening it, you'll see a list of your contacts, as well as the nicknames of players who are currently looking for a Division. Click a player's nickname to instantly invite them to your Division. After that, all you need to do is select ships and head into battle. You can also use the "Looking to Join a Division" button in the Division menu. Click it, and your nickname will become visible to other players who will be able to invite you to a Division.

The chat button can be found in the bottom-left corner, under the ship carousel. One of chat channels is specifically dedicated to searching for Divisions. Enter this channel and introduce yourself.

Found a player with admirable skill? Invite them to your Division right in the heat of battle! Press the Tab key to open the Divisions tab, where you can quickly create a Division or submit a request to join an existing one. Divisions created right in battle are called "dynamic."

To look for Divisions, you can use a special section of our official forum or a separate channel on Discord. The advantage of this option is that you can be more thorough in choosing your brothers and sisters in arms by communicating with them in advance of banding together.

If you have a friend who's eager to play, it's even simpler— just add them to your contacts using a dedicated button in the bottom-left corner of the Port and invite them to your Division by clicking their nickname. If your friend doesn't have a World of Warships account yet, send them a referral link via the Recruiting Station program. By registering with this link, your friend will receive loads of in-game presents, and both of you will obtain rewards for playing together afterwards.

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Not everyone likes communicating in battle. When fighting in a Division, theoretically, you can work together without direct communication and use quick commands instead. But communication is one of key advantages of playing in a Division. It helps improve interaction like nothing else. For this purpose, Division members can use:

• A separate text chat both in the Port and in battle.
  
• Internal voice chat.

In general, you can use any means of communication, including Discord (vacant rooms are always readily available on our server).

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We've already made a passing mention of the wide variety of tactics that you can use in battle as one of main advantages of playing in a Division. These are not just mere words. There's straight logic here—each ship type in World of Warships has its weak spot. But a reliable ally will help you keep it protected, and you'll form a versatile power. In a Division, you can apply this tactic in every battle.

• A cruiser + a destroyer with Smoke Generator. In this tandem, the destroyer's smoke will provide cover for the cruiser while she delivers targeted artillery salvos to strike opposing ships spotted by the destroyer.
  
• A destroyer + a battleship. Enemy targets are spotted by the destroyer, and crushing artillery fire is delivered to them from the battleship's guns. The same applies to cooperation between a battleship and an aircraft carrier. The latter is generally perfect at conducting reconnaissance; the former can deliver the sinking blow.
  
• An aircraft carrier + a destroyer. The aircraft carrier can both perform reconnaissance and cover the destroyer from air attacks. This leaves the destroyer more free to capture Key Areas and cause other problems for the opposing team.
  
• A Division of battleships. This combination allows you to bring devastating concentrated fire to bear on your targets. For spotting purposes, the Division can be enhanced with a destroyer or aircraft carrier.

These are just a few of the many tactics that you can exploit playing in a Division. Try it for yourself, and you'll find effective combinations that will bring you victory in many battles!