Commanders

Upon reaching account level 7, a player is granted the ability to assign a commander to each ship as well as using Commander XP to level them up. Commanders can learn a variety of useful skills that enhance the performance of the ship. Sometimes these are straight buffs to the vital statistics of a ship — such as faster turret traverse speed or more hit points — while others confer entirely new abilities or tools for the player to use in combat. A highly skilled commander is among the most powerful upgrades a ship can obtain in World of Warships: Legends, working together with installed upgrades, chosen consumables, and equipped boosters to enhance the performance and capabilities of the ship.

About Commanders

A commander is the personification of a ship's crew. Some crews are well-trained and trained in the specific features of the ship, and some are not so well trained. Training a crew is a long process that requires much repetition and a defined curriculum. Commander XP (CXP), earned in battle, is used to level up commanders (see the the related article for more information). Commanders have multiple levels (up to 20), a nation, a name and a portrait. Some special commanders have a special voice.

Unlocking Commanders

When unlocking commanders, it will take some time for a player to get all of them. There are 2 ways of obtaining commanders:

• Buying them from the in-game store
• Drop them from Commander crates

Commander crates will always drop a new commander until all of them have been unlocked. Once obtaining an already owned commander (either through crates or by buying it directly), that same commander will receive a Personal Commendation if it is not at max level, and a Universal Commendation if it is maxed out (more on that later).

When unlocked, a commander is automatically Level 1.

Assigning a Commander to a Ship

A commander can be both assigned to a ship and used as an inspiration on other commanders. To assign a commander to a ship, select the ship in port and click on it. A new page will appear with the list of all owned commanders from the ship's nation; select the needed commander. A filter tool is available to find a commander more quickly. A commander can be assigned to an unlimited number of ships from its nation. However, it cannot be assigned to other nations' ships.

Once the "Commanders" feature has been unlocked, a ship cannot be taken into battle unless it has a commander assigned to it.

Note that if a ship with a commander assigned to it is sold then bought back, a commander needs to be assigned back.

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  All Commanders  

Nation	Category	Universal	Cruisers	Destroyers	Battleships	Aircraft Carriers
	Free	George Dewey	Norman Scott Thomas Kinkaid	William Halsey Arleigh Burke Albert Gleaves Ernest E. Evans	William Sims Willis Lee Joseph Reeves	Ernest King
	Special		Victor Einstein Azur Lane Baltimore Azur Lane Montpelier Shelly Beapley Captain Janeway	Bumblebee Vincent Mordoff	Justinian Lyons XIII Optimus Prime Kong Azur Lane New Jersey Azur Lane Colorado Takanashi Hoshino Riker Azur Lane Massachusetts Jonathan Hawke	Picard
	Free	Togo Heihachiro	Isoroku Yamamoto Gunichi Mikawa Matsuji Ijūin	Takeo Kurita Raizo Tanaka	Takeo Takagi Nobutake Kondo Jisaburō Ozawa	Tamon Yamaguchi
	Special		Azur Lane Atago Azur Lane Azuma Arpeggio Haguro Arpeggio Nachi Arpeggio Takao Okusora Ayane	Abraham Hellsinger Azur Lane Yukikaze Gunzo Chihaya Nobusada Sano Space Fishy Sela Azur Lane Asashio	Arthas Roqthar The Cold Godzilla Arpeggio Haruna Arpeggio Kirishima Arpeggio Yamato Arpeggio Musashi Azur Lane Fusou Borg Queen	Azur Lane Shoukaku Arpeggio Iona
	Free	John Jellicoe	Bruce Fraser William Tennant	Philip Vian Reginald Tyrwhitt	John Fisher Andrew Cunningham Charles Madden	Denis Boyd
	Special		Azur Lane Belfast Azur Lane Neptune Azur Lane Cheshire Hot Rod Gowron Zlata Groza	Ariadne Davis Grotmaz Smart Sunaookami Shiroko	Azur Lane Nelson Azur Lane Hood Azur Lane Queen Elizabeth	Azur Lane Formidable
	Free	Reinhard Scheer	Karl von Müller Günther Lütjens	Erich Bey Maximillian von Spee	Otto Ciliax Franz von Hipper	Hans Geisler
	Special		Azur Lane Hipper Azur Lane Roon Azur Lane Graf Spee Augustin Riegerwald Azur Lane Ägir	Blue Furiora Azur Lane Z24	Henry Hide John Luke Pickup Clara Teslau Azur Lane Scharnhorst Azur Lane Bismarck Megatron Izayoi Nonomi Azur Lane Prinz Heinrich	Starscream
	Free	Louis Fournet	Andre Roux Andre Lemonnier	Philippe Auboyneau Louis Violette Charles Bléry	Robert Jaujard Emile Guepratte
	Special		Azur Lane Saint Louis Kuromi Serika Hayase Yuuka	Robin Le Fierce	Azur Lane Dunkerque Grimlock Michel Le Tir Spock Azur Lane Richelieu
	Free	Nikolay von Essen	Nikolay Kuznetsov Stepan Makarov	Vladimir Trubetskoy Anton Gurin	Lev Galler Mikhail Kedrov	Yevgeni Preobrazhensky
	Special		Ivan Lightful Azur Lane Chapayev Azur Lane Avrora Andrew the Lip Azur Lane Tallinn	Rumble Sergio Splendento	Azur Lane Sov. Rossiya Kosaka Wakamo
	Free	Inigo Campioni	Francesco Mimbelli Luigi Sansonetti	Luigi Rizzo Carlo Bergamini Giuseppe Cigala Fulgosi	Paolo Di Revel Angelo Iachino
	Special		Soundwave Azur Lane Zara		Azur Lane Littorio Konuri Maki Azur Lane Vittorio Veneto
	Free	Conrad Helfrich		Jerzy Swirski Stig Ericson	Janko Vukovich
	Special		Marisa La Loca		Dragan Bojanić
	Free	Ding Ruchang	Chen Shaokuan	Deng Shichang Sa Zhenbing
	Special		Azur Lane Harbin	Lin Shi
	Free	Leonard Murray
	Special		Harold Farncomb	Hector Waller	Charles Kingsmill
	Free	Pedro Lima Santos		Manuel P. Martinez	Henrique Fernandes
	Special		Joaquim Marques Lisboa
	Free	Henk Pröpper	Karel Doorman Johan Furstner
	Special		Commander Worf Cornelis van der Windt
	Free	Casto Méndez Núñez	Pascual Cervera Y Topete
	Special				José Ferrándiz y Niño

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Commander Progression Items

Promotion Orders

Promotion orders (PO) are the most common of all commander progression items. They are obtainable through multiple different means. To name a few:

• Different types of missions
• All campaigns
• The majority of containers

They are used to level up commanders from low to medium ranks. This is a resource that even players with less play time can have in sufficient amounts. Unfortunately for long-term players that may have more than enough of these, there is for now no way of exchanging those for something else.

Insignias

Insignias work the same way as promotion orders, but are less frequent as rewards. They are used to level up commanders from medium to high ranks. Just like promotion orders, they are obtainable in a few different ways (including containers, campaigns and some missions).

Commendations

Commendations are obtained when you get a commander that you already have. When it is the case, one receives a Personal Commendation which can only be used on the commander that was just obtained. On the other hand, when an already maxed out commander (Rank 16/Legendary 4) is obtained, the player receives a Universal Commendation which is usable on all commanders.

Levels

As mentioned above, a commander can be leveled up to a total level of 20. Multiple different commander progression items are needed to do this.

Normal

Insignia

Each commander has 16 normal levels, which can be reached by using mainly the following resources:

• Levels 1 to 6 → Commander XP
• Levels 7 to 13 → Commander XP + Promotion Orders
• Levels 14 to 16 → Commander XP + Insignias

Every time a commander is leveled up, its base trait is upgraded as well. For the skills in general, they are upgraded every 2 levels.

When one does not have enough CXP to level up a commander to a certain rank, GXP is also usable to replace the missing CXP (at a rate of 1:1). A window pops up when it is the case; to make sure GXP is not spent by mistake.

Legendary

Personal Commendation

Each commander has 4 legendary ranks, which can be reached by using Personal and/or Universal Commendations:

• Legendary 1 → 1 Commendation
• Legendary 2 → 3 Commendations
• Legendary 3 → 7 Commendations
• Legendary 4 → 15 Commendations
• Total → 26

CXP is not used when leveling up a commander to a Legendary rank. Commendations are the only resources needed for this.

Legendary ranks allow the use of special Legendary skills which provide significant bonuses in battle. Most of these skills grant an additional bonus when activating (more on that below).

Legendary Skills

A commander's legendary skills are unlocked and usable when leveling it up to the Legendary status. These skills are, most of the time, extremely useful and even provide a certain advantage in battle once they activate. Legendary skills are just like normal skills, but rather special with better bonuses. Not all Legendary Skills have special effects. Some are closer to normal skills, although they indeed are more efficient.

Examples

Skills with Special Effects

Unstoppable:

Available on all universal and destroyer commanders, Unstoppable allows a reduced mobility even while the engine and/or rudder are disabled. It can be considered as the most useful Legendary Skill a destroyer captain can have.

Fully Packed:

A very popular skill available on most universal and cruiser commanders, not only does Fully Packed reduce the consumables' reload time, but it has an extremely useful special effect that can make all the difference: it drastically reduces all consumables' reload time by 20% when close to an allied ship.

Skills without Special Effects

Fight Fire with Fire:

Available on the vast majority of battleship commanders, this skill is one of the few that doesn't get a special effect. Despite this change, it is a very useful skill as it prevents a ship from taking too much damage from fires; it reduces the damage taken by fires and automatically extinguishes all fires and floods when 3 fires are simultaneously burning on the ship.

Inspirations

Inspiration slots, on the left in the commander's page

Inspirations are another tool a player can have. It allows other commanders' base traits to be applied to the current commander skillset. Each commander has a limit of 2 inspirations that can be assigned to them. A commander leveled up to Rank 6 does not get access to inspirations slots:

• First inspiration slot

• Unlocked at rank 7

• Second inspiration slot

• Unlocked at rank 11

All owned commanders (from any nation, type and rank) can be used as inspirations on an unlimited number of other commanders. One needs to know that an inspiration will not be taken into account for the first 7 battles played with that inspiration on the commander. However, it is possible to bypass these 7 games by using 21 000 Commander XP which will immediatly take the inspiration into account.

For a commander to have a noticeable impact on a ship's performance, it is recommended to level it up to Rank 12/Legendary 2 or more.
Below this level, depending on commanders, they do have an impact, but it is not a very important one.

Guises

Commander guises can be applied directly to your Commanders to customize them. Applying a Commander guise changes both the name and artwork of your Commander while also introducing some cool in-battle effects such as color-tinted shell tracers, signal flares, legendary skill visual effects, and unique voiceovers. These effects can vary from guise to guise, so be sure to check their descriptions!

Economic Bonuses

Some Commander guises introduce resource bonuses with activation conditions that require you to achieve a specific battle objective like starting fires on enemy ships three times in a single battle. The activation condition can differ from guise to guise, and you can view the condition for each Commander guise in their descriptions.

Where to Get

Commander guises commonly come to the game as part of the events and can be obtainable as rewards for special missions, via in-game events like daily calendars, or purchased from the Store.

How to Apply

To apply a Commander guise, navigate to the desired Commander's Skill Selection menu. From there, go to the Guise section. You will see a list of available Commander guises along with the details of their effect/resource bonuses if applicable.

Limitations

There are two main types of Commander guise.

• General: Can be applied to Comanders of all nations.
• National: Can only be applied to Commanders from specific nations.

You can apply Commander guises to collaboration Commanders to give them any related resource bonuses. However, it will not change the art, displayed name, or unique voiceover, and will not make the in-game special effects visible.

List of Commander Guises

Guise Name	Color	Nation(s)	Voiceover	Collaboration * or Theme †	Bonus 1x Per Day
Miss Santa	Red		✗	Christmas †	+50% Silver
Snow Maiden	Blue		✗	Christmas †	+20% GXP
Brady McMordoff	Green		✓	St. Patrick's Day †	+50% Silver
Racer Fishy	Yellow		✗	Racing Legends †	None
Bad Advice Cap	Yellow		✗	Racing Legends †	None
Greg the Garlic Farmer	Blue	All	✓	Viva La Dirt League *	None
High Sorcerer Baradun	Blue	All	✓	Viva La Dirt League *	None
Alice Thompson	Golden	All	✗	Auctioneer Lady †
Bodger the Blacksmith	Blue	All	✓	Viva La Dirt League *
Daniel F. Brassfender	Maroon	All	✗	Halloween †	+20% GXP
Joanna W. Dew	Maroon	All	✗	Halloween †
Tony P. Westriver	Maroon	All	✗	Halloween †	+20% GXP
Scrooge	Red	All	✓	Christmas †	None
Santa Claus	Red	All	✓	Christmas †	+20% GXP
Celestial Guardian	Blue		✓	Lunar New Year †	+20% XP
Cara McMordoff	Green		✓	St. Patrick's Day †	+50% Silver
Ominous Rider	Red	All	✗	Racing Legends †	None
Anthony Darby	Red	All	✗	Racing Legends †	None
Ella Rossi	Red	All	✗	Racing Legends †
Ashikaga Teru	Golden		✓	Golden Week †	+20% GXP
Popeye The Sailor Man	Green		✓	Popeye *	None
Bluto The Terrible	Green		✓	Popeye *	None
Lady Liberty	Yellow		✓	Independence Day †	+20% GXP
Dave Mustaine	Purple		✓	Megadeth *	None
Vic Rattlehead	Green		✓	Megadeth *	None
Monna Hoshnova	Blue		✓	Hololive *
Takanashi Kiara	Blue		✓	Hololive *
Shishiro Botan	Blue		✓	Hololive *
Watson Amelia	Blue		✓	Hololive *
Queen of the Deep	Green	All	✓	Winter †	+50% Silver
Lady of the Cold	Blue	All	✓	Winter †	+20% GXP
King of Winter	Turquoise	All	✓	Winter †	+20% GXP
Nadeshot	Yellow	All	✓	Creatorverse *
CouRage	Blue	All	✓	Creatorverse *
StoneBeard	Pink	All	✓	Creatorverse *
Sapnap	Red	All	✓	Creatorverse *
MoistCr1TiKaL	Blue	All	✓	Creatorverse *
Basil Pinepickle	Gold		✓	St. Patrick's Day †	+50% Silver
Elke Stahl	Red	All	✓	N/A
Hiss Laessar	Yellow	All	✓	N/A
Vohlda O	Violet	All	✓	N/A
High Admiral Malachar	Yellow	All	✓	N/A
Cassia Marcella Hasta	Red		✓	Roman Empire †	+20% GXP
Masaru Tadamatsu	Blue		✓	Golden Week †	+20% XP
Athena Promachos	Yellow	All	✓	N/A	None
Poseidon Earthshaker	Mint	All	✓	N/A
Zeus Olympian	Mint	All	✓	N/A	None
Vasilisa Rasputina	Green		✓	Halloween †	+20% XP
Amon Sitri	Red		✓	Halloween †	+20% XP
Bjorn Stormbreaker	Blue		✓	Halloween †	+20% XP
Nierdanel Nadar	Yellow		✓	Halloween †	+20% XP
Angela Lutti	Red	All	✓	Cyber New Year †	+30% GXP
Alexander R.-G.	Yellow	All	✓	Cyber New Year †	+20% XP
Ultima Starlight	Blue	All	✓	Cyber New Year †	+50% Silver
Shamrock Shana	Gold		✓	St. Patrick's Day †	+50% Silver
Sun Wukong	Red	All	✓	Lunar New Year †	50% Silver
Ida Singler	Green	All	✓	Rust and Rumble †	+20% XP
Alma BLix	Mint	All	✓	Rust and Rumble †	+50% Silver
A.R.I.S.T.O.L.E. V.1	Red	All	✓	Rust and Rumble †	+30% GXP
Miyu the River Guardian	Mint		✓	Golden Week †	+50% Silver
Leonardo	Blue	All	✓	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles *	+20% GXP
Raphael	Red	All	✓	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles *	+20% GXP
Michelangelo	Golden-Yellow	All	✓	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles *	+20% XP
Donatello	Violet	All	✓	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles *	+20% XP
Shredder	Silver-Gray	All	✓	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles *	+35% Silver
Krang	Pink	All	✓	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles *	+35% Silver
Anton Grant	Blue	All	✓	Retrofuturism †	+20% XP
GM-22D	Golden	All	✓	Retrofuturism †	+50% Silver
Doktor Von Roth	Red	All	✓	Retrofuturism †	+20% GXP
Unsinkable Sam	Yellow		✓	Hunt for Bismarck †	+50% Silver
PrinceBlip	Blue	All	✓	Anniversary Pinata †	+20% XP
Final Boss XII	Red	All	✓	Anniversary Pinata †	+50% Silver
Lucky Rami	Red	All	✓	Golden Tides †	+20% GXP
Zarion Safir	Blue	All	✓	Golden Tides †	+50% Silver
Khalzar the Sunblade	Green	All	✓	Golden Tides †	+20% XP
Hel	Mint	All	✓	Halloween †	+20% XP
Fat Electrician	Golden		✓	Fat Electrician *	+20% GXP
Unfreezable Sam	Red	All	✓	Christmas in Legends †	+50% Silver
Andrew Brooks	Red	All	✓	Christmas in Legends †	+20% XP
Three Elves	Red	All	✓	Christmas in Legends †	+20% GXP
Marianne	Red		✓	French Navy †	+30% GXP
Joakim Brodén	Grey	All	✓	Sabaton *	+20% XP
Diego Pato Bravo	Yellow	All	✓	Duck of War II †	+20% GXP
Admiral Quackston	Yellow	All	✓	Duck of War II †	+50% Silver
Kaede Kawashiro	Blue		✓	Golden Week '26 †	+20% GXP
Titus Octavius Magnus	Gray		✓	Roman Empire †	+20% GXP
April O'Neil	Yellow	All	✓	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles *	+50% Silver
Master Splinter	Mint	All	✓	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles *	+20% XP
Sir Aldric Stormvale	Mint	All	✓	Medieval Legends †	+50% Silver
Brother Severin	Grey	All	✓	Medieval Legends †	+20% GXP
Lady Evelyn of Moon Bay	Yellow	All	✓	Medieval Legends †	+20% XP
Stephen Decatur	Gray		✗	U.S.A. 250 †	+20% GXP
Robley D. Evans	Red		✗	U.S.A. 250 †	+50% Silver
Frank Fletcher	Blue		✗	U.S.A. 250 †	+20% XP

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