Update 0.11.8

Developer Bulletin Public Test News article
Waterline Update 5 May 2022 for late spring and summer.

Update 0.11.8: Seventh Anniversary of World of Warships

World of Warships Anniversary ● Reworked Operations ● British Battleships in the Tech Tree ● Ongoing construction of Puerto Rico ● Changes to the Reload Mechanics ● Brawls ● Armory ● Content additions and changes ● Game balance changes ● Other Changes and Improvements

World of Warships Anniversary

To mark the World of Warships Anniversary, we are introducing a new game logo and updated technical icons.

Festive Rewards

To celebrate the Seventh Anniversary of World of Warships, we're bringing back bonuses for your performance in battles playing all ships of Tier V and above. Players will now be able to receive several gifts per battle. This change will make it easier to receive rewards for owners of a large number of ships in the Port.

If you have 100 or more ships, you will be able to receive a standard gift for a battle fought playing a ship and additional gifts from ships in your Port. You cannot receive gifts on the same ship a second time. Without entering a battle, you can receive additional gifts from any other ship of Tier V and above that has not granted you gifts yet.

Battle performance bonuses will be available
from: Fri. Sep. 16 3:00 AM PT / Central: Fri. Sep. 16 5:00 AM
until: Fri. Oct. 14 3:00 AM PT / Central: Fri. Oct. 14 5:00 AM

Rewards depending on the ship tier:

• For Tier V–VII ships, 1 Special Bonuses container
• For Tier VIII–IX ships, 1 Special Bonuses container and 1 Rare Bonuses container
• For Tier X ships and superships, 1 Supercontainer

The number of gifts you receive after a battle depends on the number of ships you have in your Port and the amount of Base XP earned in that battle. For example, a player with a Port fleet exceeding 300 ships will be able to earn four gifts in one battle: One gift for entering battle with a ship and three gifts for effective action in battle.

Contents of Special Rewards containers

• The Special Bonuses container drops 5x Level 2 bonuses of one of the following types:  Credits +40%,  Ship XP +200%,  Commander XP +200%,  Free XP +600%.
• The Rare Bonuses container drops 3x Level 3 bonuses of one of the following types:  Credits +160%,  Ship XP +800%,  Commander XP +800%,  Free XP +2400%.

Seven Seas Collection

Another festive new feature is the Seven Seas collection, dedicated to the historical ports in the game. The collection will let you take a fresh look at familiar locations from an unusual angle and learn some curious facts from the history of as many as 16 famous ports. The collection items can only be obtained from the special Seven Seas containers, which can be earned in several ways, including:

• By completing special combat mission chains
• From free daily bundles

The collection consists of four pages, with four elements in each. The exchange rate for duplicates is 1:1. After opening 16 containers, you are guaranteed to complete the entire collection.

Reward for completing the collection page: 1 day of Warships Premium Account.
Reward for completing the entire collection: a bonus package for a Tier VII ship.

In a future update, the Seven Seas containers will be added to the Armory and be available in exchange for  Coal.

Warship Strike

We're adding Warship Strike, inspired by the classic game, to World of Warships! The temporary mode will be available during Update 0.11.8. Earn Strike Passes for completing combat missions, fight against AI, and obtain Festive Tokens.

You can access the mini-game via the Armory. You can pause ongoing battles at any time and return to them later, and your progress will be saved. Automatic completion of the battle is allowed. In this case, the AI will complete the game for the player. Players will earn rewards — Festive Tokens — for various actions in battle. You can obtain up to 5,920 Festive Tokens in total:

• 4,320 Tokens for participating in Warship Strike
• 800 Tokens in exchange for  Credits
• 800 Tokens in exchange for  Community Tokens

The Tokens can be exchanged in the Armory for valuable rewards:

• Bonus packages for ships
• Permanent camouflages
• Economic bonuses
• Containers with signals and resources
• Credits

More details about the activities of the Anniversary and the Warship Strike game can be found in this dedicated article.

Reworked Operations

Operations (Scenarios) in our game has long been a battle type that was not very popular. One-time rewards for Stars, a restriction to one ship tier, and the impossibility of re-entering a battle playing the same ship without additional expenses quickly reduced players' interest. [no comment - Ed.] We've done our best to make Operations more diverse in Update 0.11.8. You will be able to enter battle playing a wider range of your favorite ships, researching new branches along the way. We've also added the ability to regularly receive valuable rewards for playing Operations.

• You can enter battle playing Tier VI–VIII ships in any Operation.
• The 30-minute restriction for re-entry into battle playing the same ship has been removed.

The final team composition will affect the strength of bots. Successful completion of secondary tasks will increase the XP and Credit earnings. Stars and one-time rewards in Operations will be replaced by daily and weekly combat missions. By completing these missions, you will be able to earn  Community Tokens and Supercontainers.

In Update 0.11.8, we are bringing back three long absent and highly awaited Operations: The Ultimate Frontier, Hermes, and Cherry Blossom.

In addition, we are trying a new approach and replacing Operation of the Week. When playing on a team where your allies are selected automatically, an Operation will be picked randomly. This change will make the mode more diverse for those playing it regularly. You will still be able to select an Operation of your liking when part of a Division.

All of these steps are designed to increase the popularity of Operations. We will closely monitor your feedback and share the details with you.

You can read more about the reworked Operations in a dedicated article.

British Battleships in the Tech Tree

When Update 0.11.8 goes live, British battleships III Indefatigable, IV Queen Mary, V Tiger, VI Renown, VII Rooke, VIII Hawke, IX Duncan, and X St. Vincent will become available for all players to research. Equipped with torpedoes and main guns that do not have a particularly long range of fire, these new sea giants will show their worth at close– to mid–range duels. The Repair Party consumable they have on board can regenerate a significant amount of any lost HP.

The British battleships' HE shells have standard penetration characteristics. The AP shells they fire have a typically short British fuse time, making them less likely to over-penetrate and, therefore, more efficient against lightly armored targets. The guns have a solid caliber — up to 457 mm at Tier X.

Available consumables:

• Engine Boost for the new battleships of Tier V and above
• Defensive AA Fire for the battleships of Tier VI and above
• Specialized Repair Teams for the ships of Tier IX–X

Ongoing Construction of Puerto Rico

The construction of American cruiser X Puerto Rico is underway. For completing the 25th shipbuilding phase at the Dockyard, players can receive VII Huron with a Port slot and a Commander with 6 skill points for free.

The Dockyard combat missions will be available to complete during Update 0.11.8 and the first three weeks of Update 0.11.9. The Dockyard itself will be available until the start of Update 0.11.10.

Changes to the Reload Mechanics

In Update 0.11.8, we've changed the gun reload mechanics when switching shell types. As a result, the effectiveness and versatility of the Gun Feeder Commander skill increased.

Main changes:

• The Gun Feeder skill bonus to accelerated shell-type switching no longer requires all turrets to be fully loaded.
• The reload indicator for submarines and ships carrying different types of torpedoes has been made consistent with that used for all other ships.

Ships now have a "minimum shell-type switching time" parameter:

• With the Gun Feeder skill mastered, if you switch shell type when your guns are reloading and before the minimum time runs out, the gun reload time will not change.
• If you switch shell type after the minimum shell-switching time has run out, the remaining reload time will become equal to the minimum shell-type switching time.

For example, let's take a ship with a 30-second main gun reload time. With the Gun Feeder skill mastered, the minimum shell-type switching time for any turret will be 18 sec.

• If the remaining gun reload time is 19 s and you switch shell type, the reload time will still be 19 sec rather than 30 sec as it used to be earlier.
• If only 5 sec are left for the guns to reload and you switch shell type, the reload time will roll back to 18 sec instead of the 30 sec it used to be.
• If the gun is ready to fire when the shell type is switched, reloading will also take 18 sec.

All researchable Italian battleships will receive a separate 30% bonus to the shell-type switching time that will be applied even when the Gun Feeder skill is inactive. When activating the skill, bonuses are multiplied and become more effective. Speaking of Italian battleships, switching between shell types frequently is an important component of their game play. The bonus applied by default will emphasize this feature and increase the effectiveness of the Gun Feeder skill compared to battleships of other nations.

In Update 0.11.8, the value of the Gun Feeder skill bonus has slightly decreased from 50% to 40%, and for an improved bonus from 75% to 60%.

Brawls

Update 0.11.8 will feature four Brawls with Tier VIII ships. Round 1 will see aircraft carriers fighting in a 3 vs. 3 format.

Round 1

Starts: Fri. Sep. 09 9:00 AM PT / Central: Fri. Sep. 09 11:00 AM
Ends: Mon. Sep. 12 2:00 AM PT / Central: Mon. Sep. 12 4:00 AM

You'll find detailed descriptions of the new Brawls in a [ dedicated article]. Stay tuned for more news!

Armory

X Álvaro de Bazán, a fast destroyer flotilla leader carrying powerful artillery armament and similar to the Italian ships of the Capitani Romani class, will become available in the Premium Shop and Armory when the update goes live. The ship's main feature is eight 135 mm main battery guns that can use the Burst Fire alternative fire mode, previously available only to some superships. Due to her high speed of 40 knots, the destroyer can make sudden, swift attacks on enemy ships and deal a large amount of damage in a short time.

Torpedo armament is represented by two quadruple-tube torpedo launchers. Torpedoes have a good range but not the highest speed and damage. The consumables she carries are a classic destroyer set of Smoke Generator and Engine Boost.

The cost of a bundle that holds X Álvaro de Bazán with a Port slot, a Commander with 3 skill points, and a special combat mission providing +200% to all XP types will be  34,950 Doubloons.

Three weeks after Update 0.11.8 goes live, the ship will become available in the Armory for  238,000 Coal.

Content Additions and Changes

New Content

The update brings the following items to the game:

• The Seven Seas permanent camouflage for VII Mahan, VII Eendracht, and VII Sinop; and the Legend of the Oceans permanent camouflage for VIII Anhalt.

• Commanders Master of the Seven Seas for European ships and Mistress of the Seven Seas for German ships.
• Commanders Unsinkable Sam for German and British ships.
• The Seven Seas commemorative flag.

• Alternative variants of the Tactical container, which will provide a different set of rewards: Tactical, Tactical Small, Tactical Special, Tactical Big, and Tactical Giant. The contents and drop rates for the containers will be available with the release of the update via this link.

The portraits of standard German Commanders have been updated and several new ones have been added.

The previously mentioned new Rare Bonuses container will replace the Gift container in the game. Players who had Gift containers prior to the update will receive the corresponding number of Rare Bonuses containers. The contents of both containers are identical.

In addition to the Special Bonuses and Rare Bonuses containers, we've also added Common Bonuses and Unique Bonuses containers to the game.

Contents of the Common Bonuses and Unique Bonuses Containers

• The Common Bonuses container drops 5x Level 1 bonuses of one of the following types:  Credits +20%,  Ship XP +100%,  Commander XP +100%,  Free XP +300%.
• The Unique Bonuses container drops 3x Level 4 bonuses of one of the following types:  Credits +320%,  Ship XP +1600%,  Commander XP +1600%,  Free XP +7200%.

Updated containers

Ship containers

We've updated the contents of some containers with new ships. You can find a list of these ships in the table below.

Super container and Steam super containers

VI Repulse VI Béarn VI Karl von Schönberg VII Maya VII FR25 VIII Brandenburg VIII Chkalov VIII Hornet VIII Rochester IX Dalian IX Giuseppe Verdi IX Tulsa IX Kearsarge IX Carnot

Premium Ship VI container

VI Repulse VI Béarn VI Karl von Schönberg

Premium Ship VII container

VII Maya VII FR25

Premium Ship VIII container

VIII Brandenburg VIII Chkalov VIII Hornet VIII Rochester

We've changed the name and updated the contents and drop rates for the German Battleships container and German Battleships Premium container.

German Battleships container

• The new name of the container is German Squadron.
• VIII Gustav-Julius Maerker has been replaced by IX Z-44.
• If you already have all the items from the Ships group, you'll get 3,000 Free XP instead of 3x "Black, White, Red" camouflages.

German Battleships Premium container

• The new name of the Premium container is German Squadron.
• VIII Gustav-Julius Maerker has been replaced by IX Z-44.
• If you already have all the items from the Ships group, you'll get  35,000 Free XP instead of 21x "Black, White, Red" camouflages.
• The required number of containers you need to open for a guaranteed drop of an item from the Ships group has been increased from 20 to 25 containers.

We've updated the contents of the Unsinkable Sam container and the Unsinkable Sam Premium container. Commander Unsinkable Sam for Germany and the U.K. has been added to the container and drop rates have been updated.

Contents of the Unsinkable Sam container

The percentage indicates the drop chances.

• One item from the list below — 100%. Breakdown:
  •  100,000 Credits — 20%
  •  1,000 Coal — 10%
  •  1,500 Free XP — 35%
  •  5,000 Elite Commander XP — 31,7%
  • One of the following Commanders with 3 skill points and a unique voiceover: Unsinkable Sam for Germany, Unsinkable Sam for the U.K; one of the following ships and a Commander with 3 skill points: VIII Bismarck, VIII Cossack, VI Ark Royal; one of the following permanent camouflages: Unsinkable Sam for Cossack, Ark Royal, or Bismarck, Historical for Cossack, Ark Royal, or Bismarck — 3.3%
• One item from the list below — 100%. Breakdown:
  • 3x common bonuses —  Credits +20% — 25%
  • 3x common bonuses —  Ship XP +100% — 25%
  • 3x common bonuses —  Commander XP +100% — 25%
  • 3x common bonuses —  Free XP +300% — 25%
• One item from the list below — 100%. Breakdown:
  • 2x special bonuses —  Credits +40% — 25%
  • 2x special bonuses —  Ship XP +200% — 25%
  • 2x special bonuses —  Commander XP +200% — 25%
  • 2x special bonuses —  Free XP +600% — 25%

Contents of the Unsinkable Sam Premium container

The percentage indicates the drop chances.

• One item from the list below — 100%. Breakdown:
  •  1,200,000 Credits — 20%
  •  7,500 Coal — 10%
  •  20,000 Free XP — 20%
  •  60,000 Elite Commander XP — 17%
  • One of the following Commanders with 10 skill points and a unique voiceover: Unsinkable Sam for Germany, Unsinkable Sam for the U.K; one of the following ships with a Commander with 10 skill points: VIII Bismarck, VIII Cossack, VI Ark Royal; one of the following permanent camouflages: Unsinkable Sam for Cossack, Ark Royal, or Bismarck, Historical for Cossack, Ark Royal, or Bismarck — 33%
• One item from the list below — 100%. Breakdown:
  • 6x special bonuses —  Credits +40% — 25%
  • 6x special bonuses —  Ship XP +200% — 25%
  • 6x special bonuses —  Commander XP +200% — 25%
  • 6x special bonuses —  Free XP +600% — 25%
• One item from the list below — 100%. Breakdown:
  • 4x rare bonuses —  Credits +160% — 25%
  • 4x rare bonuses —  Ship XP +800% — 25%
  • 4x rare bonuses —  Commander XP +800% — 25%
  • 4x rare bonuses —  Free XP +2,400% — 25%

New Ships

The following ships have been added for testing by developers, supertesters, and community contributors: V Agano, VI Gokase, VII Omono, VIII Shimanto, IX Takahashi, X Yodo, VII Tokachi, IX Admiral Schröder, ★ Sekiryu, ★ Admiral Ushakov, and X Tromp.

Game Balance Changes

Changes to the characteristics of Depth Charge Airstrike

Depth Charge Airstrike parameters have been unified for all cruisers and battleships using this armament:

Changes to Characteristics

V Maestrale

• Maximum damage of researchable torpedoes reduced from 9,067 to 8,600:
  • Chances of causing flooding reduced from 145% to 136%.
• Torpedo tube reload time increased from 75 to 80 s.
• Main battery reload time increased from 5.5 to 5.8 s.

VI Aviere

• Standard torpedo damage reduced from 9,067 to 8,600:
  • Chances of causing flooding reduced from 145% to 136%.
• Torpedo tube reload time increased from 75 to 80 s.
• Main battery reload time increased from 6.5 to 6.8 s.

IX Adriatico

• Main battery reload time reduced from 6 to 5.7 s.

VII Z-31, VIII Gustav-Julius Maerker, IX Felix Schultz, X Elbing

• Maximum HE shell damage increased from 1,700 to 1,800:
  • Chances of causing a fire on target increased from 8% to 12%.

VIII Siliwangi

• Main battery reload time reduced from 5 to 4.8 s.
• Torpedo tube reload time reduced from 128 to 120 s.

IX Udaloi

• The detectability range of the standard hull is now similar to that of the researchable hull:
  • Detectability range by sea increased from 8.3 to 8.9 km.
  • Detectability after firing main guns from within a smoke screen increased from 3.3 to 3.6 km.

VIII Harbin

• Added the Repair Party consumable.

X Jinan

• Main battery reload time reduced from 3.5 to 3.2 s.

VI Leander

• Main battery reload time increased from 8 to 8.5 s.
• Researchable torpedo tube reload time increased from 96 to 101 s.
• Standard torpedo tube reload time reduced from 106 to 101 s.

IX Marlborough

• Main battery sigma parameter increased from 1.4 to 1.45.

VIII Champagne

• HP amount increased from 52,600 to 60,900.

VI Ryūjō

• Researchable torpedo bombers:
  • Maximum torpedo damage reduced from 6,500 to 6,067.
  • Chances of causing flooding reduced from 36% to 34%.

VI Béarn

• Skip bombers:
  • HE bomb damage reduced from 6,100 to 5,800.
  • Chances of causing a fire on target reduced from 35% to 33%.

★ United States

• Preparation time for a tactical torpedo bomber flight increased from 195 to 205 sec.

Other Changes and Improvements

• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the Last Stand skill to increase the ship's speed when the engine was intact.
• Added a visual distinction between the effect of acoustic homing torpedoes and regular ones.
• The Special Projects Complex structure has been updated and moved to the left side of the Naval Base.
• Updated the visual appearance of coupons in the Armory.
• Removed the Purchase Ship and Purchase Slot buttons from the ship carousel in the Port.
• You can now thank a player or report them within 30 minutes after the end of the battle. [Hooray! - Ed.]
• Added new sounds when hovering over icons in the battle type selection menu.
• When changing weapons to torpedoes, the camera now switches to a third-person view.
• Added the option of saving custom selection in some modal windows.
• Added display of boosters and aircraft weapons on the deck before takeoff in battle.
• Added new battle modes for tournaments on the following maps: Sea of Fortune, The Faroe Islands, Sleeping Giant, and Shatter.
• The Repair Party consumable has been renamed Heavy Repair Teams for X Sevastopol, and the consumable description has been updated.
• Updated descriptions of anti-submarine weapons.
• Removed unnecessary elements from the buoy model.
• Fixed geometry and textures for the following ships: VII Atlanta, V Rio de Janeiro, VI Renown, VIII Hampshire, V Yahagi, ★ Satsuma, VIII Congress, IX Giuseppe Verdi, VI Ise, IX Duncan, IX Lion.
• Fixed the Szarza camo textures for VII Błyskawica.
• Fixed a bug that caused VII Huron's torpedoes to intersect with the ship model when listing.
• Fixed a bug that caused Credits to be deducted for resupplying only a part of submarines ammunition.
• Fixed a bug that caused the changes to control settings not to be saved after clicking Apply and exiting the menu using the ESC key.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused main battery turrets to rotate incorrectly.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused secondary battery shells to deal incorrect damage to the destroyed ends of ships.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes made it impossible to enter battle without re-authorization.
• Fixed a bug that caused the client to crash when changing accounts.
• Fixed a bug that caused catapult carts on ships not to be displayed in battle.
• Fixed a bug that caused research and purchase costs to be displayed with a negative value in the Tech Tree.
• Fixed a bug that caused certain flags to display information about the obtention [sic - Ed.] of Ranked Season flags in their description.
• Fixed a bug that caused the game client to crash when switching the camera to a transport ship in Operations.

For a complete list, please refer to Player Support.

• The control elements for the tour of the ship's modules are now hidden in the Economic Bonuses menu.
• Visual elements were removed from the previous Dockyard in the combat missions window of the Puerto Rico Dockyard.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the control buttons in the battle interface to overlap with one another.
• Fixed a bug that caused the cursor to interact with collection icons incorrectly.
• Fixed a number of bugs with objects in the Dockyard and in some Ports.
• Fixed a bug that caused the camera tracking the Airstrike squadron on Hannover to display the aircraft from the inside.
• Fixed a bug that caused tooltips to overlap the screen with the composition of teams when playing a submarine.
• Fixed a bug that caused the camera to display the ship from the inside in the Port.
• Fixed a bug that caused earned ribbons to not display when reconnecting to a battle that had already started.
• Fixed a bug that might have caused the ship description to not display in the Tech Tree.
• Fixed a bug that caused the camera to switch to an environment object after exiting from the Dockyard to the Port if the ship was in battle or was not available.
• Fixed the localization of call sign names for ships in Operations.
• Fixed the location of the water drain for the Rooke hull.
• Fixed a bug that caused the client to crash in the Spectator mode.
• Fixed a bug that caused characters to duplicate in the game chat when opening the Tactical Map.
• Fixed a bug that caused the alternative color scheme to not display for Jurien's standard camouflages.
• Fixed the position of the Free Look and Artillery cameras for Mikoyan.
• Fixed the pictures of Belfast '43 and Mainz in the carousel.
• Fixed the display of Furutaka's silhouette in the battle interface.

[transmission ends]