Update 12.3

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Update 12.3: Seychelles

New Seychelles Map ● Building Daisen at the Dockyard ● British Submarines Going Live ● Early Access to Pan-American Cruisers ● Battle Pass ● Allied Heroes Collection ● Inca Trail Adventure ● New Combat Mission Type ● Brawls ● Division Star ● Technical Updates ● Return of hololive production ● Warhammer 40,000 ● Armory ● Content Additions and Changes ● Other Changes and Improvements

New Seychelles Map

Summer isn’t far off, and it feels only natural to move our naval battles to warm and exotic waters. The new Seychelles map serves as the perfect location!

The map's landscape is similar to the northeastern part of the Seychelles, and it includes the large islands of Praslin and La Digue, as well as many small islands adjacent to them. The map features mountainous islands covered with tropical green forests.

The Seychelles map is designed for Random and Co-op Battles with Tier V–IX ships. It’s intended for two types of Domination mode battles, both with four Key Areas.

We'll provide you with more details about the new map in a dedicated article.

Building Daisen at the Dockyard

The Kure Dockyard is back in the game, and its slipways are about to see a flurry of activity in the name of building battleship IX Daisen.

The ship is armed with eight 410 mm main battery guns housed in four turrets. Her guns have good accuracy and a rather short reload time for a battleship. IX Daisen is also equipped with four quadruple-tube torpedo launchers, and her long-range torpedoes can inflict significant damage.

The battleship is very fast for her type, but she has a large turning circle radius and rather small HP pool. She has access to Repair Party in a separate slot, and she can also choose between Fighter and Spotting Aircraft with a significantly increased action time.

The Port of Kure has been updated to mark the event.

• The construction process comprises 34 phases, 29 of which can be unlocked by completing combat mission groups.
• You can also complete shipbuilding phases by spending  1,500 Doubloons for each phase or by purchasing Starter Packs: 11 shipbuilding phases in exchange for  10,000 Doubloons or 5 shipbuilding phases in exchange for  5,500 Doubloons. Another three shipbuilding phases can be obtained as the final reward of the Premium Battle Pass in Update 12.3.
• The combat missions span Update 12.3 and the first 2 weeks of Update 12.4. The Dockyard itself will remain in your Ports until the start of Update 12.5.
• The reward for completing the construction includes battleship IX Daisen in her War Paint camouflage and a Commander with 10 skill points, as well as a  Port slot and commemorative flag.

All details about the new Dockyard will follow in a separate article.

British Submarines Going Live

When Update 12.3 hits the servers, British submarines will become available for all players to research.

This nation’s submarines are only armed with acoustic homing torpedoes that are quite quick to reload for a full salvo and have a decent range and speed. They can launch massive salvos, but the individual torpedoes don’t inflict particularly high damage. British submarines enjoy a high dive capacity, but it recharges rather slowly. They also have small HP pools.

The submarines are equipped with Damage Control Party with a limited number of charges; Submarine Surveillance; and Hydrophone with a short cooldown and short interval between pings but a limited number of charges and a rather short ship-bearing range.

More details on how to play the new submarines will be shared later in a dedicated article.

Early Access to Pan-American Cruisers

Early Access to Pan-American cruisers is ongoing in Update 12.3.

For 2 weeks following the update’s release, you'll still have the option to complete combat mission groups and obtain Pan-American Tokens, economic bonuses, and the Pan-American Cruisers commemorative flag.

Throughout Update 12.3, a special chain of combat missions will be available for those who possess researchable Pan-American cruisers. The rewards for completing the chain include bonus packages for Tier VI–X ships,  Coal, and the Inca Treasure permanent camouflage for X San Martín.

The Armory section dedicated to the event will also be available until the release of Update 12.4. There, you’ll be able to exchange Pan-American Tokens for sequential bundles that hold Pan-American cruisers, and the following permanent camouflages: "Mayan Mystery" for VIII Ignacio Allende and "Muisca Gold" for IX Santander. You’ll also be able to exchange your Pan-American Tokens for V Rio de Janeiro, VI Juruá, Distant Voyages containers, and bundles that hold valuable in-game items. You can obtain additional Pan-American Tokens from random bundles available in exchange for Doubloons, as well as from bundles available in exchange for Free XP. The bundles for Free XP can also drop a bonus package for V La Argentina!

The cruisers are armed with 152 mm guns that fire AP shells with improved ricochet angles, and those guns boast a nice reload time. The new ships also carry torpedo launchers. Starting from Tier VI, the new cruisers have access to Combat Instructions — activating these significantly reduces the ships’ consumable cooldown time. To fill the Combat Instructions progress bar, you need to continuously hit a target with your main battery guns. The ships have weak armor but good concealment.

The newcomers have a wide array of consumables at their disposal. Starting from Tier II, they have access to Repair Party; from Tier VI, they have access to Specialized Repair Teams, which restores a considerable portion of any damage received; from Tier IV, Hydroacoustic Search is introduced, joined by Defensive AA Fire from Tier VII as an alternative in the same slot; and from Tier VIII, you can choose between Surveillance Radar and Spotting Aircraft in the same slot. Tier V–VI cruisers are also equipped with a Catapult Fighter. The standard cooldown time for all consumables is 3 minutes (except for Damage Control Party and Spotting Aircraft).

Battle Pass

Following tradition, Update 12.3 delivers a fresh Battle Pass (BP). Earn BP Points for completing daily and weekly combat missions, advance through the BP progress bar, and earn rewards.

The final reward of the Battle Pass includes King of the Sea and Rare Bonuses containers. The Premium Battle Pass will bring you even more valuable in-game items, and its final reward is three construction phases at the Dockyard.

More details about the Battle Pass in Update 12.3 is available in a dedicated article.

Allied Heroes Collection

The fresh update introduces our new Allied Heroes collection dedicated to the end of World War II in Europe. The collection consists of six pages, with two elements on each page. The reward for completing each page is a 10-skill-point Commander of one of the Allied nations, and the reward for completing the entire collection is 3 days of Warships Premium Account. You can exchange duplicates at the rate of 1:1.

You can obtain the collection elements from our new Allied Heroes containers that you’ll find in the Armory in exchange for Credits and Free XP.

Inca Trail Adventure

Starts: Fri. May 12 5:00 AM Central
Ends: Fri. May 26 5:00 AM Central

This adventure will see you follow a pair of Dutch sailors who have decided to use their preciously short vacation to get to know the Peruvian culture and collect various souvenirs.

As rewards for completing the event's combat missions, you’ll receive Inca Tokens, the Inca Trail commemorative flag, and more useful items. During the adventure, you may also receive the "Rotterdam" and "Tumi" themed patches. Inca Tokens are a new temporary resource that you can exchange for random bundles that can drop VIII Almirante Grau with a 10-skill-point Commander and a commemorative flag, the Ancient Totem permanent camouflage for Almirante Grau, and other rewards. It's possible to obtain additional Tokens from the Armory in exchange for Doubloons.

VIII Almirante Grau was the flagship of the Peruvian Navy. She was acquired from the Netherlands and named after Admiral Miguel Grau Seminario. The ship is armed with eight 152 mm main guns housed in four turrets that can rotate 360 degrees.

The main feature of the ship is access to Combat Instructions. The progress bar fills up while the cruiser remains undetected, and activating the Combat Instructions significantly reduces the main battery reload time. The ship features low detectability and efficient AA defenses but has weak armor and a small HP pool. The consumables at her disposal include Hydroacoustic Search and Defensive AA Fire.

VIII Almirante Grau can be obtained from random bundles in exchange for Inca Tokens and from the Premium Shop.

Full details of the adventure will be released in a dedicated article.

New Combat Mission Type

Update 12.3 welcomes a new type of combat missions code-named "Naval Superiority." These missions will be allocated to players who take part in special activities on our website. Such missions will count toward a player's progress in these activities. Unlike standard missions, these missions don't have any fixed criteria that must be achieved to complete them. The only limit that exists is time. Once the deadline arrives, the results of all participating players are summed up.

For example, to receive a reward for participating in a website activity, the participant might need to rank among the top 50 players by damage caused throughout the activity’s duration. The mission will show how much damage a player has dealt at the current moment. After the mission expires, the results will be summed up, and the best players will receive the corresponding rewards. In the mission description, you'll also be able to find a link to our website with details about the corresponding activity.

Stay tuned for more news on our website so you won’t miss our special activities!

Brawls

Update 12.3 ushers in as many as four Brawls. Brawl 1 starts on April 24.

Brawl 1

• Tier IX battleships in a 4 vs. 4 format.
• Divisions of up to two players allowed.

More details will be available in a dedicated article on our website.

Brawl 2

• Tier X destroyers in a 3 vs. 3 format.
• Divisions of up to two players allowed.

More details will be available in a dedicated article on our website.

Brawl 3

• Tier VIII battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and submarines in a 5 vs. 5 format.
• A team may have a maximum of two battleships, four destroyers, and one submarine.
• Divisions of up to five players are allowed.

More details will be available in a dedicated article on our website.

Brawl 4

• Tier VII cruisers in a 1 vs. 1 format.

More details will be available in a dedicated article on our website.

The End of Duck Season

With the end of Update 12.2, Cappy's Hot Tub closes. The start of Update 12.3 signals the start of Wabbit Season. [That's Rabbit Season - Ed.]

Division Star

As long as the update is live, players will be able to earn Division Stars—special bonuses issued for playing together with each of your Clanmates.

• You can earn a Division Star by playing in a Division with your Clanmates.
• Stars can be earned in all battle types, except for Training Battles.
• Certain numbers of earned Stars unlock access to various rewards.
• If you switch Clans, any Stars and rewards you previously received remain with you.

To see the roster of Clanmates who you can team up with in a Division, as well as the list of rewards you can obtain, navigate to the Division Star tab in the Clans section.

By playing together with each of your Clanmates, you can earn a total of up to 3 Stars—one for each fulfilled condition:

• Winning a battle.
• Earning the "Shoulder to Shoulder" Division achievement.
• Earning the "Coordinated Attack" Division achievement.

Technical Updates

Grounding

We're working on the issue of ships getting stuck near islands. In Update 12.3, we're going to add "sliding" mechanics for ships that make contact with land or shallow water. These will allow the ships to continue moving freely without "running aground." In future updates, we're going to change the island collision models on maps so that they fully match the contours of the islands in the game.

Sound Effects

We've updated the following sound effects:

• Launching of torpedoes by surface ships. Every launched torpedo will now produce a separate sound effect.
• Dropping of ammunition by all squadrons and the operation of attack aircraft machine guns.
• Main battery shells flying above a ship.
• The "hissing" sound of bombs dropped by bombers and the sound of skip bomber-launched bombs as they bounce off the water’s surface.
• Ships colliding with islands and other ships. The intensity of the sound will depend on the speed of your ship.

Burst Fire mode

We've updated the descriptions, icons, and pop-up hints for the Burst Fire mode. They now more closely match the bonuses of the alternative fire mode and describe in more detail how this mechanic works for different ships. We've added the ability to switch the fire mode in the Port.

Main battery shell icons have also been updated.

Return of Hololive Production

Update 12.3 brings back the heroes of hololive production. Popular Japanese VTubers are ready to fill the ranks of Commanders and plunge into the heat of naval battles back-to-back with players! Welcome four new Commanders, each with an individual voiceover — Shishiro Botan, Moona Hoshinova, Watson Amelia, and Takanashi Kiara. During the event, you’ll also be able to obtain a special expendable camouflage and commemorative flag.

The details of the event can be seen here and here.

Warhammer 40,000

World of Warships is setting the stage to welcome back space fleets from the distant future! The Imperial Navy and space forces of the Black Templars will face the ferocious forces of Chaos and vehement space corsairs — the Orks. The characters of the Warhammer 40,000 universe are returning in Update 12.3. Whose side will you take? You can expect the return of familiar ships — Ship Smasha, Cross of Dorn, Ignis Purgatio, and Ragnarok — as well as their Commanders, expendable camouflages, and other themed content.

We've also updated the contents of the Warhammer 40,000 Premium container! Each Warhammer 40,000 Premium container can now drop 14 rare economic bonuses of each type; the drop rate of each type is 14%. The drop rates of the themed expendable camouflages within the container have been reduced accordingly.

More details will be available in a dedicated article on our website.

Armory

New Unique Upgrades

The Research Bureau has been stocked with unique upgrades for X Halland and X Venezia, available in exchange for 19,200 Research Points each.

Advanced Mechanical Maintenance (Halland, Slot 6)

• Increases HP recovery efficiency when using the Repair Party consumable from 50 to 75%
• Increases the ship's maximum speed by 8% while the Engine Boost consumable is active
• All consumables gain one additional charge

Augmented Smoke Generators (Venezia, Slot 5)

• Provides two additional Exhaust Smoke Generator consumable charges
• Reduces Exhaust Smoke Generator consumable cooldown time from 180 to 81 s

See here for details on Unique Upgrades.

Changes to the Naval Community Tab

The limit on the number of King of the Sea containers you can purchase has been updated. You will now be able to purchase up to three containers again, even if you previously hit the limit.

We've added the "King of the Sea — Gladiator" permanent camouflage for VIII Admiral Hipper, available for  10,000 Community Tokens.

Other Changes

• You now have the option to preview voiceovers before purchasing Commanders that come with individual voiceovers.
• We've updated the display of pop-up hints for various resources.
• It’s now possible to preview ships and camouflages that drop from containers.

Content Additions and Changes

Golden Week

To celebrate the Golden Week event, the following items will appear in the game:

• Golden Week standard and Premium containers
• Japanese Lacquer permanent camouflage for X Yamato and V Kongō
• Koinobori patch

The Port of Zipangu will be decorated to mark the event.

New Items

This update brings the following items to the game:

• VIII North Carolina CLR and IX Roon CLR ships. Their tech specs are similar to those of VIII North Carolina and IX Roon with all of their modules researched.
• North Carolina CLR, Roon CLR, USS North Carolina, and Roon flags.
• Volga Flotilla and Blue Cruiser permanent camouflages for IX Sovetsky Soyuz and VII Tashkent '39, respectively.

Details on how to obtain these in-game items will be announced later.

★ Joshua Humphreys and ★ Kunming are steaming towards their respective national ship branches. Both ships were previously offered at the auction that took place in Update 12.1. The ships will be available for  45,000,000 Credits each.

Updates have been made to the personal appearance of the following Commanders: Pete Earthling, Sinterklaas, Rattenkönig, Da Lan, and Boris the Pipe.

The contents of Italian Cruisers containers and Italian Cruisers Premium containers have also been updated. Details of the new contents of these containers are available in this article.

The following ships have been added for testing by developers, supertesters, and community contributors: ★ Novosibirsk, ★ Devastation, VII West Virginia '44, IX Jäger, and IX Halford.

Upcoming Changes

FXP -> Coal Ships

In Update 12.4, IX Groningen, X Hayate, IX Azuma, and IX Ägir will no longer be available for purchase in the Tech Tree in exchange for  Free XP. At the same time, players will have the opportunity to purchase these ships in the Armory for  Coal.

Container Contents

When Update 12.4 goes live, the contents of a number of containers will change. For details, check out the Dev Blog.

Changes to Super Containers is further explained in this Dev Blog.

Other Changes and Improvements

• We've optimized the way the in-game filters work. Now, tooltips will pop up and the ship carousel in the Port will scroll faster.
• The historical descriptions displayed in the Port for Pan-Asian, Pan-American, European, Commonwealth, Dutch, Spanish, and Soviet ships have been updated.
• The in-game browser has been updated to a new version.
• In the Arms Race mode, we've updated the display of a Key Area spawn timer, added a tooltip that pops up when you hover over the timer, and updated the indication of capturing the Key Area and picking up buffs.
• From now on, once you lock onto a target manually, the lock will not be lost even if your target disappears from sight for a short time.
• The winner of the latest completed Clan Battles Season will now be displayed on all maps in the bottom-right corner of the battle-loading screen. This change will not apply to Operations or other various temporary battle types.
• The armor layout of VII California has been updated to accommodate the new technology we touched upon in detail in our article about Update 0.10.9.
• Updated the information displayed when resetting ship branches in the Tech Tree tab.
• Updated the description of the Will to Victory talent of the unique Commander Nikolay Kuznetsov.
• Removed the letter designation from Hull (A) for a number of Tier X ships.
• Removed the letter designations of shell types (HE, AP, SAP) from the ship's armament panel.
• Updated a pop-up hint displayed above ships with a Bounty marker.
• Personalizations will now be activated by default when purchasing Commanders that have personalizations.
• Fixed the geometry and textures for the following ships: I Hércules, IX Duncan, VII Sims B, VIII Kaga, VIII Colossus, VIII Sanzang, VIII Ignacio Allende, IX Kitakaze, X Z-42, IX Sun Yat-Sen, VIII Nebraska, ★ Patrie, VII Nagato, VII Coronel Bolognesi, V La Argentina, V Yahagi, VIII Cherbourg, VIII Alabama VL, VIII Sturdy, X Thrasher, X Montana, ★ Joshua Humphreys, VIII Prinz Eugen, X Napoli B, VII Minsk, VI Gnevny, and VII Eendracht.
• Fixed the incorrect display of visual effects on VIII Tirpitz and VIII Mogami, as well as on their respective camouflages — Magnu-S and Octopus.
• Fixed an incorrect camera position in the Naval Base Port that was triggered when exiting a battle playing a submarine.
• Fixed visual artifacts on the following maps: North, Faroe Islands, Haven, Warrior’s Path, Mountain Range, Two Brothers, Trap, Ring, Sea of Fortune, and Land of Fire; on the maps of the Operation Ultimate Frontier, Hermes, and Saving Transylvania; and in the Novorossiysk and Naval Base Ports.
• Fixed incorrect animations for the sailor on the barge.
• Fixed the volume and processing of the voice messages for the voiceovers of Ashley Violet and Björn Konungr.
• Fixed the incorrect position of the Collect Reward button on the Daily Reward screen.
• Fixed the incorrect display of trucks on the pier on the Land of Fire map.
• Fixed issues that could interfere with the work of mods related to ships' tech specs.
• Fixed an issue that increased the detectability range of VIII Sturdy, X Thrasher, and VIII Alliance after emitting a sonar ping while under the cover of smoke.
  

For a complete list, please refer to Player Support.

• Fixed an issue that prevented the display of a pop-up hint with combat mission completion criteria on the post-battle stats screen.
• Fixed an issue that caused the incorrect display of a combat mission timer icon.
• Fixed a bug that caused the time of combat missions to be displayed incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue that occasionally caused a lock on a target to be dropped incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent a commemorative flag from being displayed in the Port after purchasing camouflage.
• Fixed a bug that caused a loss of sync between the positions of guns on the server and in the game client once all main battery turrets or all torpedo tubes had been destroyed.
• Fixed an issue that caused the tracers of attack aircraft machine guns to be displayed outside of their designated attack zone.
• Fixed an issue that prevented torpedo models from appearing inside a ship's torpedo tubes after reloading when using the Torpedo Reload Booster consumable.
• Fixed an issue that could shift a submarine's reticle away from a target she was locked onto when submerging. The shift would occur along the target ship's path.
• Fixed an issue that could cause a squadron to spawn incorrectly within the battlefield in Operation Ultimate Frontier.
• Fixed an issue that caused incorrect playback of music after the end of a battle and at the start of a new one.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the camera to switch back to the sub when changing depths after pressing the Z key to track launched torpedoes.
• Fixed an issue that caused the icon of the next following ship in a Tech Tree branch to overlap with the icons of modules.
• Fixed an issue that could cause damage dealt by depth charges to be included in the "Other" category of the post-battle stats screen.
• Fixed an issue that caused depth charges dropped by a ship to appear at inappropriate places in the water; fixed incorrect animations for the release of depth charges on certain ships.
• Fixed an issue that caused the "base capture" siren to blare in the Standard Battle mode even when an allied ship entered the base being captured by the enemy.
• Fixed an issue that caused a ship's name and type icon to be displayed incorrectly in a Division window.
• Fixed an issue that caused icons of certain expendable camouflages to be displayed incorrectly.
• Fixed a bug that prevented a ship's armor layout from being displayed in the Port.
• Fixed an issue that caused Alexander Nevsky's torpedo-tube camera to "bounce" when switching from her main battery to torpedo tubes and back.
• Fixed an issue that caused the background images on the battle-loading screen to be displayed incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue that removed a link to the page with descriptions of container contents for certain containers on the barge.
• Fixed an issue that caused distinctive insignia in the portraits of certain Commanders to be displayed incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue that caused the malfunctioning of the left arrow in the carousel of Ranks.
• Fixed an issue that caused torpedo models on the ship not to disappear after reloading at the beginning of a battle and after changing the type of torpedoes.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the tech specs of armament and squadrons from being displayed after reconnecting to battle.
• Fixed an issue that caused the aiming point for main battery guns to be displayed on the Minimap when playing aircraft carriers.
• Fixed an issue that caused the in-battle voice messages of certain voiceover modifications to be played back incorrectly in a losing battle.
• Fixed an issue that caused the camera to be positioned incorrectly when changing the Port and after viewing ship modules in the Port.
• Fixed an issue that caused the ship cards in the Tech Tree tab to be displayed incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue that could cause a submarine to shake while submerging when watching a battle replay.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the reticle to shift after switching between the main battery guns and sonar in the Binocular view while playing a submarine.
• Fixed an issue with S-189 not having any athwartship armor protection for her light hull.
• Fixed an issue that caused Graf Zeppelin’s last flight of torpedo bombers to drop two torpedoes instead of three.
• Fixed an issue that caused the team score counter to be displayed incorrectly before the start of battle.
• Fixed an issue that caused the parameters of skip bombers to be displayed incorrectly in pop-up windows in battle.

Notes

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