In order to bring you a better gaming experience, the server will be shut down for maintenance from 2:00 - 4:00 EST on Apr 27. If it is not completed on time, the opening time will be postponed. For details regarding the update, please check the update announcement which will be posted later, or the game login page after the maintenance.
During the maintenance period, you will not be able to access the game from the server. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you for your support and understanding!
Important Updates
1. Vernal Bliss Summoning Event
※ Event duration: After maintenance on April 27 - 23:59 EST on May 5
※ Level requirement: Lv. 15
【Selected SP/SSR Shikigami Chance Up】
※ During the event, you can select a group of selected shikigami. When an SP/SSR is summoned, there is a 60% chance that it will be one of the selected shikigami.
※ Before the chance up bonus is used up, SP/SSR is guaranteed within 100 summons. The counting resets when an SP/SSR is summoned.
※ When one of the selected Shikigami is summoned, it will not be summoned again while the total chance up for other selected Shikigami remains 60%.
※ You can enjoy the chance up bonus for 3 times, it only counts when you summon one of the selected shikigami.
※ You can select one of the following groups:
- Group A: SP Frosty Yuki Onna, SP Monumental Otakemaru, SSR Suzuhikohime, SSR Shokurei, SSR Menreiki, SSR Ichimokuren.
- Group B: SP Nightveil Higanbana, SP Void Menreiki, SSR Asura, SSR Senhime, SSR Takiyashahime, SSR Higanbana.
- Group C: SP Inaba Kaguya, SP Lovebound Kiyohime, SSR Taishakuten, SSR Kinnara, SSR Orochi, SSR Tamamonomae.
【Surprise Rewards】
※ During the event, you will have 3% chance to obtain a Skill Daruma from each summon. (Guaranteed within 100 summons, this benefit only apply once)
【Important Rules】
※ The event benefit will not apply until you select a group of shikigami.
※ You can change your selection before summoning any of the currently selected shikigami. Once you have summoned any of the selected shikigami, you cannot change your selection.
※ When the chance up bonus is used up, all event benefits will not apply.
※ For more details, please head to the event page.
2. Croaking Daruma Event
Master Seimei has been kidnapped?! An unprecedented crisis! Base Daruma feels like he has to do something! Operation: Saving Master Seimei!
※ Event duration: After the maintenance on April 27 - 23:59 EST on May 5
※ Level requirement: Lv. 15
※ During the event, everyone will receive a free Roly-Poly Fan daily. Spend a Roly-Poly Fan to enter the challenge, clear the challenge and receive random grade 6 Souls and Orochi's Reverse Scale among other rare rewards.
※ During the event, Roly-Poly Pamphlets can be obtained via completing quests. Collect Roly-Poly Pamphlets to unlock various rewards. You can purchase the upgraded Roly-Poly Pass to unlock Base Daruma's Seimei Daruma skin and other rewards. Unclaimed rewards will be re-issued via in-game mail when the event is over.
3. Ibuki's Race Event
On a fine spring day, come and accept Ibuki's invite. Take your little buddies to an exciting game!
※ Event duration: After the maintenance on April 27 - 23:59 EST on May 5, available at 2:00 - 23:00 daily.
※ Level requirement: Lv. 15
※ Each game will have 4 players. Bring eligible Souls to the game and race with other players in Ibuki's Race.
※ Ibuki will enhance the Souls submitted to the game, then give out ratings to rank them.
※ Participants will be rewarded based on the rankings in their first 10 games.
【Rift Realm】
Once upon a time when Ibuki was not yet an adorable cat... the current onmyoji didn't know how precious the taste of Fish Cakes could be.
Then a trial to find the best of the best changed everything.
※ Event duration: After the update on April 27 - 23:59 EST on May 5
※ Spend Fish Cakes to challenge Rift Realm and receive rewards based on the damage dealt in each battle.
※ For more details, please head to the event page.
4. New Dawn to Spring Break Recharge Rebate Event
※ Event duration: After the maintenance on April 27 - 23:59 EST on May 10
※ Event details: Spend S-Jade and Jade to get points and unlock various rewards.
※ Players who have obtained all four seasons' frames are eligible to receive the Solar Term Specials Team Creation page frames and My Space frames.
※ For every 10 Jade or 1 S-Jade spent, 1 point is granted.
Notes:
- Only S-Jade or Jade spent in the Shop, Summon, Guild, events, etc. will be counted. Jade spent on purchasing Friendship Packs and S-Jade spent to send skins to friends will not be counted.
- You can only gain up to 300 points by spending Jades.
5. Ebisu's Boutique is available
※ Event duration: After the maintenance on April 27 - 23:59 EST on June 21
※ Event details:
- During the event, you can obtain Ebisu's Fortune Shop exclusive frame Dazzling Gold by recharging in the game. You will have a chance to upgrade the frame by obtaining this the frame again from the future Ebisu's Boutique events.
- Recharge to certain amounts to receive the Verdant Springtime Courtyard skin, Seimei's Dark Seimei skin, Skill Daruma, and more!
- For some itmes, if you receive more than one, they will be converted in to other items as follows:
Verdant Springtime Courtyard skin → 1000 Jade
Seimei's "Dark Seimei" skin → "Lord of Kyoto" frame
Seimei's "Dark Seimei" skin + "Lord of Kyoto" frame → "Lord of Kyoto" frame (Gold Daruma version)
- For Players who already have the "Lord of Kyoto" frame (Gold Daruma version), they will gain the right to enter the Boutique, and receive 2 Boutique talismans when they receive the "Dark Seimei" skin again.
- Players who have obtained the Lord of Kyoto frame twice are eligible to receive the exclusive My Page skin Golden Glories.
6. Special discount in Soul Shop
※ Event duration: After the maintenance on April 27 - 23:59 EST on May 5
※ Level requirement: Lv. 41
※ During the event, the souls in Soul Shop will all be grade 6. There will be a 30% discount when Super Lucky is triggered.
7. Realm Raid: Froglet Invasion Event
※ Event duration: 0:00 EST on April 27 - 23:59 EST on May 1
※ During the event, after you refresh the Realm Raid, froglets will appear to take the place of a few random realms. In these particular realms, the shikigami and the onmyoji will be replaced by froglets. You can challenge up to 3 froglet realms daily.
※ During the event, each day after you finish raiding froglet realms for 3 times and refreshing the page, Oboroguruma will appear to take the place of a realm, where the shikigami will be replaced by froglets and the onmyoji will be replaced by Oboroguruma. In the Oboroguruma realm, your own froglets will receive stats bonus. You can challenge up to 1 Oboroguruma realm daily.
※ Challenging froglet realms grants Medals and Froglet Medals as rewards, with a chance to grant Oboroguruma Realm Cards. If you deploy all froglets in battle, you will receive extra rewards on victory. The Medal drop from this event is not affected by Medal Drop Bonus.
※ During the event, items that are exchangeable with Froglet Medals will be available in Shop > General > Medal. These items include: upgradable animated Froglet Invasion frame and grade 5 Oboroguruma Realm Card among others. The event items will be removed from Shop after the event. The Froglet Medals you earn in the event will be kept for you to exchange for the items available in future Realm Raid: Froglet Invasion events.
※ The first time you claim the highest level progress chest from Realm Raid each day, you will receive an extra random froglet shard.
※ The froglet realm, Oboroguruma realm respawning attempt and froglet shard claiming attempt can not be accumulated and will refresh at 0:00 EST each day.
※ For more details, please head to the Realm Raid page.
Improvement
1. Improvements for Camera feature:
※ Improved the head-turning action of some shikigami when the Camare is enabled.
※ Adjusted the available actions to some shikigami in Camera.
※ Adjusted shikigami default facing upon entering the scene, changing the lighting from backlighting to frontlighting.
1. Adjust the novice guide 2. Modify the game plot 3. Adjust Lu Wu's hatred distance 4. The attack key supports long press 5. Fix the bug of abnormal blood volume 6. Fix the hover bug in the menu interface 7. Fix the bug that flying swords have different flying distances under different frame numbers 8. Fix some terrain navigation bugs and monster distribution 9. Fix the bug of delayed display of experience 10. Added magic weapon props system to enrich fighting methods
In this digest we would like to tell you about our continuing work on improvements and fixes in the game.
Introducing “Privacy mode”!
There are many reasons why attention to your person may not be desirable. For example if you are a streamer and don’t want to be stream-sniped. Or maybe you are just an active player with thousands of annoying “fans”?
Now there is a solution to all of these problems in War Thunder! A whole range of functionality specifically for “go into the shadow zone”.
Game settings → Main parameters → Privacy and Confidentiality
In this menu you will find the settings which are related to your accessibility to the entire War Thunder community. The most noteworthy is the “Show instead of nick” function.
The nickname shown in this window will replace your real nickname in all places where it can be displayed, but only for you. For an outsider, a random nickname of letters and numbers will be generated each time you are in the battle. The only thing that can be saved in your nickname is the squadron tag.
Other settings are quite obvious and PC/Mac/Linux players with an active premium account can use the “Privacy and Confidentiality”.
Play with comfort but remember — even this feature will not allow you to escape from punishment for violating the game rules. Complaints against such players will come as before and on the server side and in the replays the real nickname will remain.
Top guns for the Ground AB pilots!
This change is something you’ve been asking for, for a long time. Aircraft for streak flights in the Ground Arcade battles sometimes might be inadequate in terms of flight and combat characteristics towards their opponents on the ground.
You’ve noticed that, we’ve noticed that, and now are happy to present updated aircraft and weapons for air combat in Ground AB. Now, starting from Battle rating 7.3, streak aircraft are much better suited to the BR of the battle, similarly with their armament. See the full list of vehicles available in the changelog for the update.
Enjoy top guns both on the ground and in the air!
Helicopter PvE is getting better
While one of the more recent game modes is gaining steam, we continue to make it better. You’ve reported instant start of the ground battles in close proximity to your helicopter, with AA guns running rampant immediately.
These reports are now acted on. Now you will have time to regroup from a dangerous zone, since the AA guns and vehicles will not be firing at will at their spawn.
Joining session signal is back
When the game balancer is looking for a battle that suits you best, you may Alt+Tab the game window to cast an eye on something else. Some time ago, the join session signal disappeared, and players might find themselves on the battlefield when the fight is already raging.
The annoying bug is located and immediately terminated for good. Hope now you’ll be ready for a battle in time.
More improvements
For this digest we have prepared a large set of useful fixes and game improvements. Be sure to read the full list below - there are many interesting things.
Once again, many thanks for all your bug reports that you submitted using our special service.
Update 2.15.1.83
Ground vehicles
A bug has been fixed that allowed installation of naval decorations on ground vehicles (report).
A bug has been fixed where after turret traverse drive repair the visual model of the turret on some vehicles was aligned directly forward (report).
Aircraft
A bug has been fixed that prevented air-to-air missile launch while the IRST lock-on was enabled.
A bug has been fixed where hover mode could be disabled when switching to the “Controls” menu.
Ki-61/100 (all versions) — effects of high-speed airflow to the rudders were reduced in order to make a pull-out easier.
JA 37 С — calibre of countermeasures has been set to 55mm (report).
Wirraway — separate bomb drop has been added in accordance with “Wirraway Operation Instructions”.
Helicopter PvE
The delay between the start of the ground battle and activation of the AA guns has been increased. Players now have more time to react to the battle and leave a dangerous area.
Naval
A bug has been fixed where the reload time of hydroplanes landed on allied water capture points was equal to the reload time in mid-air, instead of the airfield reload time.
USS Arizona — a bug has been fixed where AI gunners weren’t firing the main calibre guns at the enemy.
Other changes
The setup of aircraft and helicopters in Ground Arcade battles has been reworked and complemented: -One aircraft setup in the BR range of 7.3+ has been changed to three setups in the ranges of 7.3-8.3, 8.7-9.7 and 10.0+. -One helicopter setup in the BR range of 9.0+ has been changed to two setups in the ranges of 8.0-9.0 and 9.3+; -Aircraft and aircraft weapon setups at BR 7.0 and below have been partially updated.
A bug has been fixed that prevented the found session notification sound in background mode.
Xbox
A bug has been fixed that caused turret twitch while switching from the commander’s sight to 3rd person view (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.
To gain access to all rewards, pilots need to purchase the “Way of the warrior. Stage two” pass. The pass can be purchased at the official project store.
Special pack “Way of the warrior. Stage two”
The pack includes:
Access to additional rewards in the event “Way of the warrior. Stage two”.
Upon receipt, the next level is immediately unlocked and all rewards of the unlocked levels are available
7 days of premium license.
Special pack “Way of the warrior. Stage two (Deluxe edition)”
Special version of the “Way of the warrior. Stage two” pass. The pass can be purchased at the official project store.
The pack includes:
Access to additional rewards in the event “Way of the warrior. Stage two”.
Upon receipt, the following 15 levels are immediately unlocked and all rewards of the unlocked levels are available
30 days of premium license.
Rewards of stage two:
Level 1. As a reward, pilots get a new portrait. Level 2. As a reward, pilots get a colouring pattern (available with a pass). Level 3. As a reward, pilots get a new taunt (available with a pass). Level 4. As a reward, pilots get a new colouring pattern (available with a pass). Level 5. As a reward, pilots get a set of stickers. Level 6. As a reward, pilots get a special 50% bonus to credits in battles. The bonus is valid for 15 battles (available with a pass). Level 7. As a reward, pilots get a colouring pattern (available with a pass). Level 8. As a reward, pilots get a new portrait (available with a pass). Level 9. As a reward, pilots get a new decor (available with a pass). Level 10. As a reward, pilots get a new taunt. Level 11. As a reward, pilots get 1250000 units of free experience (available with a pass). Level 12. As a reward, pilots get a large set of Seed-chips (available with a pass). Level 13. As a reward, pilots receive one of the four required “Special part of the ship “Kirishima ” (available with a pass). Level 14. As a reward, pilots get a colouring pattern (available with a pass). Level 15. As a reward, pilots get a new portrait. Level 16. As a reward, pilots get pirate contracts that allow them to get up to 70 GS daily for a month (available with a pass). Duration of access is 30 days (available with a pass). Level 17. As a reward, pilots get a set of stickers (available with a pass). Level 18. As a reward, pilots get a new colouring pattern (available with a pass). Level 19. As a reward, pilots get a new taunt (available with a pass). Level 20. As a reward, pilots get a colouring pattern. Level 21. As a reward, pilots get a new decor (available with a pass). Level 22. As a reward, pilots get a new portrait (available with a pass). Level 23. As a reward, pilots get a special 50% bonus to credits in battles. The bonus is valid for 15 battles (available with a pass). Level 24. As a reward, pilots get a new taunt (available with a pass). Level 25. As a reward, pilots receive one of the four required “Special part of the ship “Kirishima”. Level 26. As a reward, pilots get a colouring pattern (available with a pass). Level 27. As a reward, pilots get a set of stickers (available with a pass). Level 28. As a reward, pilots get a set of resources (available with a pass). Level 29. As a reward, pilots get a new portrait (available with a pass). Level 30. As a reward, pilots get a colouring pattern. Level 31. As a reward, pilots get a new taunt (available with a pass). Level 32. As a reward, pilots get a new decor (available with a pass). Level 33. As a reward, pilots receive blueprints of weapons and modules for the “Kirishima” ship (available with a pass). Level 34. As a reward, pilots get a Premium ship or a resource pack of their choice (available for 24 hours in the in-game store with a pass). Level 35. As a reward, pilots get a new portrait. Level 36. As a reward, pilots get a set of stickers (available with a pass). Level 37. As a reward, pilots get a special 50% bonus to credits in battles. The bonus is valid for 30 battles (available with a pass). Level 38. As a reward, pilots get a colouring pattern (available with a pass). Level 39. As a reward, pilots get a new taunt (available with a pass). Level 40. As a reward, pilots receive the “Honor and Glory” bundle, which includes: a special part of the ship “Kirishima”, the “Fire of the Motherland” decor, and the “Warrior of Light” title. Level 41. Gives access to special sets that can be purchased in the store for xenochips.
Hey everyone, I hope you're having an awesome week! 🙂
I'm excited to announce that RPG in a Box v1.0 is coming May 10th! After receiving a lot of helpful feedback from the community, I feel that it's now ready for a full release. Please keep in mind that even though it's a 1.0 release, I still have much more in store for RPG in a Box!
I also wanted to take this opportunity to bring everyone up to date on all of the new features that have been added to RPG in a Box throughout the course of Steam Early Access. I attached a PDF to the Trello card linked below that provides an overview of the major features and changes that have been implemented as of v0.8. Many of the features also include a visual example to help demonstrate that feature and give you a better idea of what it entails.
You can also get an idea of what's in store for the future by checking out the To Do, Ideas/Planned, and RPG in a Box 2.0 (Long-Term) lists on my Trello board: https://trello.com/b/DOouCUhR
Price Increase Please note that the price will be increasing slightly (to $29.99 USD) at the time of the 1.0 release as a result of the many new features added since its Early Access release.
Thank you so much for all of your kind words, positive feedback, reviews, making/sharing projects, retweets, and every other bit of support shown. It's so encouraging to see how much everyone enjoys creating things with RPG in a Box! 😊❤️
Attention, pilots! It's time to improve your fleet strength! Lucas Horn from the station ‘New Eden’ reports that his friends have once again arrived in fringe sectors — the independent traders from the cruiser ‘Scotland’.
Only for one day, April 23, they offer all pilots a 30% discount on Stingray ship components! They can be purchased directly from the ship tree.
Stingray is one of the most unique Federation fighters. Flying this fighter lets you enjoy firm controls at high speeds. Advanced design comes with impressive power and accessible technologies. Entropy Generator allows removing durability from enemies by distorting space-time. Only Stingray can do this.
Special offer is valid for a limited time and ends on April 24!