Tech-Tree Lines History
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Abbreviations:
- tt: tech-tree
- Type:
- CV: Aircraft Carrier
- BB: Battleship
- CA: Cruiser
- DD: Destroyer
- SS: Submarine
Older tech-tree lines/branches
not in chronological order
| Tier X Ship (now) | Nation | Type | Full Release (Tier X and below) in Update | Date (North America) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hakuryu | Japan | CV | 0.3.1.5 | 18 June 2015 | HE rockets; AP bombs; torpedo bombers |
| Yamato | Japan | BB | 0.1.1 | 2013 | Damage Control Party has short action time (10 s) |
| Zao | Japan | CA | 0.2.2.5 | 3 December 2014 | torpedoes; Submarine Surveillance; 203 mm guns (Tier V-X) |
| Shimakaze | Japan | DD | 0.1.2 | 2013 | 127 mm guns (Tier VI-XI) |
| Midway | U.S.A. | CV | 0.4.0 | 25 June 2015 | HE rockets; HE bombs; torpedo bombers; ships have many hit points |
| Montana | U.S.A. | BB | 0.3.1 | 13 May 2015 | branch starts now at Tier VIII; Damage Control Party has long action time (20 s); Repair Party heals 18.5% instead of 14 (Tier III-XI); 406 mm guns (Tier VII-XI) |
| Des Moines | U.S.A. | CA | 0.1.2 | 2013 | branch starts now at Tier VI; heavy cruisers with 203 mm guns and good AP shell ricochet angles; Radar (10 km, Tier VIII-XI) |
| Gearing | U.S.A. | DD | 0.1.5 | 10 February 2014 | Smoke with very long dispersion time; Defensive AA Fire with high continuous AA damage and many charges (Tier V-XI, in slot with Engine Boost); 127 mm guns (Tier V-XI) |
Newer tech-tree lines/branches
in chronological order
| Tier X Ship (now) | Nation | Type | Full Release (Tier X and below) in Update | Date (North America) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hindenburg | Germany | CA | 0.5.0.3 | 21 October 2015 | torpedoes; Hydroacoustic Search with high range and long duration (Tier IV-XI); main guns have very good HE shell penetration (1/4, except Tier I); secondary guns have very good HE shell penetration (1/4, Tier VII-XI); high secondary gun range (Tier IV-XI) |
| Delny | U.S.S.R. | DD | 0.5.0.3 | 21 October 2015 | Update 0.11.1 (Feb 2022): Tier X Delny replaced Khabarovsk; Repair Party (in smoke slot, Tier III-XI); 130 mm guns (Tier V-XI) |
| Alexander Nevsky | U.S.S.R. | CA | 0.5.4 | 23 March 2016 | 1st tt ships with >10 km Radar (12 km, Tier VIII-X); Update 0.9.5 (Jun 2020): Tier X Nevsky replaced Moskva, Tier V Kotovsky replaced Kirov; torpedoes (Tier IV-X); ship-launched depth charges |
| Preussen | Germany | BB | 0.5.10 | 17 August 2016 | 1st tt battleships with Hydroacoustic Search; Update 0.11.1 (Feb 2022): Tier X Preussen replaced G. Kurfürst; Hydroacoustic Search (Tier VIII-XI) with high range and long duration (Tier IX-XI); very good HE shell penetration (1/4, main and secondary guns); main gun HE shells have low damage; high secondary gun range |
| Minotaur | U.K. | CA | 0.5.13 | 19 October 2016 | 1st tt cruisers with Smoke (big radius, long dispersion time); 1st Tier II+ tt ships with only one main gun shell type (AP); 1st tt ships with single-launch torpedoes; 1st tt ships with Specialized Repair Teams (Tier VIII-XI); 1st Tier II–VIII tt cruisers with some kind of Repair Party; light cruisers with 152 mm guns and excellent AP shell ricochet angles (Tier II-XI); Radar (10 km, Tier VIII-XI, in smoke slot); ship-launched depth charges; no Defensive AA Fire; Article |
| Z-52 | Germany | DD | 0.5.16 | 21 December 2016 | 1st tt destroyers with Hydroacoustic Search (Tier V-X); 1st tt destroyers with at least 3,000 AP shell damage (Tier VI-X); very good HE shell penetration (1/4); 128 mm guns (Tier VII-X) |
| Grozovoi | U.S.S.R. | DD | 0.6.2 | 6 March 2017 | branch starts at Tier VIII; Repair Party (own slot, Tier VIII-X); Defensive AA Fire (own slot, Tier VIII-X); 130 mm guns (Tier VIII-X) |
| Henri IV | France | CA | 0.6.4 | 19 April 2017 | 1st tt ships with Main Battery Reload Booster (own slot, Tier VI-XI); 1st tt cruisers with Engine Boost (Tier VI-XI); torpedoes (Tier III-XI); high secondary gun range (Tier V-XI) |
| Conqueror | U.K. | BB | 0.6.10 | 30 August 2017 | 1st tt battleships with Specialized Repair Teams (Tier VIII-XI, heals 40%, 3 charges); very good HE shell penetration (1/4); Article |
| Yueyang | Pan-Asia | DD | 0.6.14 | 29 November 2017 | 1st tt ships with deep-water torpedoes (can hit only cruisers, battleships and aircraft carriers); 1st tt destroyers with Radar (Tier VIII-XI, in slot with smoke); Torpedo Reload Booster (Tier VIII-XI); 127 mm guns (Tier VIII-XI) |
| République | France | BB | 0.7.2 | 28 February 2018 | 1st tt battleships with Engine Boost (own slot, Tier VIII-XI); Article |
| Worcester | U.S.A. | CA | 0.7.6 | 27 June 2018 | now the main branch; light cruisers with 152 mm guns; Radar (9 km, Tier VIII-XI); no torpedoes except Tier IV-V; Defensive AA Fire (own slot, Tier VI-XI) |
| Harugumo | Japan | DD | 0.7.8 | 22 August 2018 | branch starts at Tier V; 30 mm HE shell penetration (Tier VIII-X); Torpedo Reload Booster (Tier VII-X); only 1 torpedo launcher (Tier VIII-X) |
| Daring | U.K. | DD | 0.7.10 | 17 October 2018 | 1st tt ships with Short-Burst smoke (big radius); 1st tt ships with Short-Range Hydroacoustic Search (Tier VI-X); 1st tt destroyers with single-launch torpedoes; 1st tt destroyers without Engine Boost; Repair Party (Tier IX-X); Article |
| Audacious | U.K. | CV | 0.8.2 | 1 April 2019 | 1st tt carriers of which all squadron aircraft have at least 2,100 hit points (Tier VIII-X); HE rockets; HE bombs; torpedo bombers |
| Kremlin | U.S.S.R. | BB | 0.8.4 | 29 May 2019 | 1st tt ships with Fast Damage Control Team (4 charges, Tier III-XI); high AAA range (Tier VI-XI); only 3 instead of 4 Repair Party charges (Tier III-XI); Article |
| Kléber | France | DD | 0.8.8 | 16 September 2019 | 1st tt destroyers with Main Battery Reload Booster (Tier VI-X); 1st tt destroyers with damage saturation in the midsection; 1st tt destroyers with >+8% Engine Boost (20%, Tier II-X); 1st tt destroyers without Smoke; 139 mm guns (Tier VI-X); low AAA range; no flak bursts; Article |
| Venezia | Italy | CA | 0.8.10 | 13 November 2019 | 1st tt ships with Exhaust Smoke (Tier V-XI); 1st tt ships with SAP shells; 1st tt Tier IV+ cruisers without Hydroacoustic Search; 1st tt Tier IV+ ships with at most 51 knots upgraded ship torpedo speed; SAP/AP shells; Submarine Surveillance; low AAA range (Tier VI-XI); no Defensive AA Fire; Spotting Aircraft/Fighter slot (Tier V-X); Article |
| Goliath | U.K. | CA | 0.9.1 | 12 February 2020 | branch starts at Tier V; 1st tt heavy cruisers with Specialized Repair Teams; single-launch torpedoes; very good HE shell penetration (1/4, Tier IX-X); Article |
| Halland | Europe | DD | 0.9.3 | 8 April 2020 | 1st tt ships with at least 80 knots torpedo speed (Tier IX-XI); no smoke; Repair Party (Tier V-XI); Defensive AA Fire (own slot, Tier VIII-XI); 120 mm guns (Tier III-XI); Article |
| Petropavlovsk | U.S.S.R. | CA | 0.9.6 | 8 July 2020 | branch starts at Tier VIII; Radar (12 km, Tier VIII-XI); torpedoes (only Tier VIII Tallinn); quite good AP shell ricochet angles; Article; Video |
| Manfred von Richthofen | Germany | CV | 0.9.7 | 5 August 2020 | 1st tt ships with AP attack aircraft; 1st tt carriers whose bombers have Repair; 1st tt carriers whose squadrons have better Engine Cooling (1 charge more, double action time); AP bombs; torpedo bombers; rockets have very short delay (1.5 s); secondary HE shells have very good penetration (1/4) and high range; Article |
| Vermont | U.S.A. | BB | 0.9.11 | 2 December 2020 | branch starts at Tier VIII, now the main branch; 1st tt battleships with Defensive AA Fire (own slot, Tier VIII-X); 1st tt ships with at least 40 s main gun reload time (Tier VIII-X); 1st tt Tier VIII+ ships with at most 23 knots maximum speed; Damage Control Party has long action time (20 s); Article (Tier VIII-X); Video (Tier VIII-X) |
| Cristoforo Colombo | Italy | BB | 0.10.3 | 14 April 2021 | branch starts at Tier IV; 1st tt battleships with Smoke (Exhaust, Tier VIII-X); 1st tt battleships with SAP shells; 1st tt ships with reduced minimum shell-type switching time; SAP/AP shells; low AAA range (Tier IV-X); 381 mm guns (Tier VII-X); Article; Video |
| Elbing | Germany | DD | 0.10.5 | 16 June 2021 | branch starts at Tier VII; 1st tt Tier III+ ships with at most 50 knots upgraded ship torpedo speed; thick central armor (25 mm); low dispersion; 150 mm guns with good AP shell ricochet angles and very good HE shell penetration (1/4); Defensive AA Fire (own slot, Tier IX-X); Article |
| Gouden Leeuw | Netherlands | CA | 0.10.8 | 8 September 2021 | 1st tt ships with HE bomb airstrike (Tier VI-X); 1st tt cruisers suffering from long fire duration and high flooding damage (like battleships, Tier VIII-X); ship-launched depth charges; Defensive AA Fire (own slot, Tier VIII-X); 203-283 mm guns (Tier VIII-X); 150-152 mm guns (Tier III-VII); no secondary guns (except Tier VIII-X); Article |
| Admiral Nakhimov | U.S.S.R. | CV | 0.10.10 | 10 November 2021 | 1st tt ships with skip bombers (HE); 1st tt carriers without (normal) bombers; 1st tt carriers with only one attacking flight per non-tactical squadron; 1st tt Tier VIII–X carriers of which no squadron has Repair; HE rockets (long delay); torpedo bombers; squadron aircraft have few hit points; Article; Video |
| Schlieffen | Germany | BB | 0.10.11 | 8 December 2021 | 1st tt Tier VIII+ battleships with torpedoes; 1st tt battleships with >6 km torpedo range; Hydroacoustic Search with high range and long duration (Tier VI-X); Fast Damage Control Team (4 charges, Tier III-X); very good HE shell penetration (1/4, main and secondary guns); main gun HE shells have low damage; high secondary gun range; only 3 instead of 4 Repair Party charges (Tier III-X); Article; Video |
| Jinan | Pan-Asia | CA | 0.11.2 | 16 March 2022 | branch starts at Tier V; 1st tt cruisers with deep-water torpedoes (can hit only cruisers, battleships and aircraft carriers); 1st tt cruisers with Torpedo Reload Booster (Tier VII-X); smoke; ship-launched depth charges; no Hydroacoustic Search; Defensive AA Fire (own slot, Tier VI-X); 127-152 mm guns (Tier V-X); Article; Video |
| Attilio Regolo | Italy | DD | 0.11.4 | 18 May 2022 | 1st tt destroyers with Exhaust Smoke; 1st tt destroyers with SAP shells; 1st tt ships with Emergency Engine Power; HE/SAP shells; low AAA range; no flak bursts; Article; Video |
| Marseille | France | CA | 0.11.6 | 13 July 2022 | branch starts at Tier VIII; 1st tt cruisers with >300 mm guns; Main Battery Reload Booster (own slot, Tier VIII-X); many hit points; they suffer from long fire duration and high flooding damage (like battleships, Tier VIII-X); high secondary gun range; Article; Video |
| St. Vincent | U.K. | BB | 0.11.8 | 7 September 2022 | 1st tt battleships with >20,000 torpedo damage; 1st tt Tier III–VI battleships with torpedoes; Engine Boost (own slot, Tier V-X); Defensive AA Fire (own slot, Tier VI-X); Specialized Repair Teams (Tier IX-X, heals 40%, 3 charges); Article |
| U-2501 | Germany | SS | 0.11.10 | 9 November 2022 | 1st tt submarines; Reserve Battery Unit; Submarine Surveillance has long range (9 km); low sonar ping speed (500 m/s); can load all torpedo launchers at the same time |
| Balao | U.S.A. | SS | 0.11.10 | 9 November 2022 | 1st tt submarines; 1st tt ships that can’t load all torpedo launchers at the same time; Enhanced Rudder Gears; Hydrophone has long range; Damage Control Party has long action time (15 s); high sonar ping width; many hit points; long diving plane shift time; low torpedo launch angle (20° instead of 30°) |
| Yodo | Japan | CA | 12.0 | 18 January 2023 | branch starts at Tier V; 1st tt cruisers with at least 15 km torpedo range (Tier VIII-X); Submarine Surveillance; 150-155 mm guns (Tier V-X); high AAA range (Tier VII-X); Article; Video |
| Louisiana | U.S.A. | BB | 12.2 | 23 March 2023 | branch starts at Tier VIII; 1st tt non-aircraft-carriers with a squadron (HE bombers); Damage Control Party has long action time (20 s); 406 mm guns (Tier VIII-X); Article; Video |
| Thrasher | U.K. | SS | 12.3 | 19 April 2023 | 1st tt Tier VIII+ submarines only with homing torpedoes; 1st tt submarines with limited Hydrophone charges; 1st tt submarines with no 4th consumable slot; 1st tt submarine with main gun (Tier X); low surface speed; Damage Control Party has long action time (15 s); torpedoes have high spread (5-6°); high dive capacity (300-340 units) but low recharge rate (0.6 units/s); low sonar ping speed (500 m/s); few hit points; short diving plane shift time; Article; Video |
| San Martin | Pan-America | CA | 12.4 | 24 May 2023 | 1st tt ships below Tier ★ with Combat Instructions (Tier VI-X, reduces consumables cooldown time); 1st tt cruisers with Short-Range Hydroacoustic Search (Tier IV-X, 3 minutes cooldown); only AP shells (Tier II-X); excellent AP shell ricochet angles (Tier II-X); 152 mm guns (Tier II-X); torpedoes (Tier IV-X); Radar (9 km, Tier VIII-X, in slot with Spotting Aircraft, 3 minutes cooldown); Specialized Repair Teams (own slot, Tier VI-X, 3 minutes cooldown); Repair Party (own slot, Tier II-V); high AAA range (Tier VII-X); no secondary guns (Tier VIII-X); Article; Video |
| Gdańsk | Europe | DD | 12.6 | 19 July 2023 | branch starts at Tier V; 1st tt destroyers with >7.5 km Radar (9 km) and with Radar in separate slot (Tier VIII-X); 1st Tier III+ tt destroyers with only one shell type (HE, Tier V-X); at least 80 knots torpedo speed (Tier IX-X); low AAA range; no flak bursts; Article; Video |
| Castilla | Spain | CA | 12.8 | 13 September 2023 | 1st tt ships below Tier ★ with an Alternative Fire Mode (Burst Fire, Tier VII-X); torpedoes (Tier IV-X); 203-254 mm guns (Tier VI-X); Article; Video |
| Bungo | Japan | BB | 12.11 | 6 December 2023 | branch starts at Tier VIII; 1st tt ships with High-Precision Spotter; Damage Control Party has short action time (10 s); Article; Video |
| Essex | U.S.A. | CV | 13.2 | 13 March 2024 | branch starts at Tier VI; 1st ships with squadrons with Smoke (Tier VIII-X); 1st tt carriers below Tier ★ with tactical squadrons (HE rockets, HE bombs, Tier VI-X); 1st tt ships with Combat Air Patrol (Tier VI-X); torpedo bombers; Article; Video |
| Cerberus | Commonwealth | CA | 13.4 | 15 May 2024 | 1st tt ships with Crawling Smoke (own slot, Tier V-X); torpedoes (Tier III-X); Submarine Surveillance with high range (own slot); Depth Charge Airstrike with high range; Repair Party (own slot, Tier VIII-X); Article; Video |
| Cassard | France | DD | 13.8 | 4 September 2024 | branch starts at Tier V; 1st tt ships whose torpedoes lose damage with travel distance (Tier VII-X); damage saturation in the midsection; no smoke; Emergency Engine Power (Tier V-X); Article; Video |
| Libertad | Pan-America | BB | 13.10 | 30 October 2024 | branch starts at Tier VIII; 1st tt battleships below Tier ★ with Combat Instructions; 1st tt ships with at least 234 mm secondary guns (Tier IX-X); high secondary gun range; Damage Control Party has long action time (20 s); Repair Party heals 16.8% instead of 14; Article; Video |
| Utrecht | Netherlands | CA | 14.2 | 5 March 2025 | branch starts at Tier VIII; 1st tt Tier VIII+ light cruisers with HE bomb airstrike (Tier VIII-X); few hit points; no Hydroacoustic Search; 128 mm guns with very good HE shell penetration (1/4); Repair Party (own slot); Engine Boost (own slot); ship-launched depth charges; no Defensive AA Fire; no secondary guns (Tier VIII-X); Dev. Blog; Article; Video |
| K-1 | U.S.S.R. | SS | 14.4 | 14 May 2025 | 1st submarines with Fast Damage Control Team; 1st tt Tier VI submarine that also has non-homing torpedoes; 1st tt submarine line with main guns at all tiers; Submarine Surveillance has long range (9 km), short preparation time and short cooldown time but short action time; torpedoes have low spread (2.5°); low dive speed; high dive capacity recharge rate (1.5 units/s); high sonar ping speed (800 m/s); Dev. Blog; Article; Video |
| Burrows | U.S.A. | DD | 14.8 | 3 September 2025 | branch starts at Tier VII; 1st ships whose smoke generator can be turned off and has a total usage time instead of charges; HE/SAP shells; only 1 torpedo launcher (Tier VIII-X); 137 mm guns (Tier VIII-X); Waterline, Dev. Blog; Article; Video |
| Prinz Adalbert | Germany | CA | 14.10 | 29 October 2025 | branch starts at Tier VI; 1st non-aircraft-carriers with manually controllable secondary guns; 1st tt cruisers with Fast Damage Control Team; large cruisers with 283-350 mm guns; torpedoes (Tier VI-X); Hydroacoustic Search with high range and long duration (Tier VI-X); many hit points (Tier VII-X); they suffer from long fire duration and high flooding damage (like battleships, Tier VI-X); main/secondary guns have very good HE shell penetration (1/4); high secondary gun range (even higher in manual mode); Repair Party (own slot, Tier VIII-X); Waterline, Dev. Blog; Article; Video |
| Thor | Europe | BB | 15.2 | 11 March 2026 | 1st tt battleships with radar (Tier VIII-X, own slot); 1st battleships with Emergency Engine Power (Tier V-X, own slot); 1st ships whose engine boost can be turned off and has a total usage time instead of charges; torpedoes (Tier IV-X); Dev. Blog; Article; Video |
| Calvi | Italy | SS | future | 1st submarines with Smoke (Exhaust, Tier VI-X); 1st tt submarines with Combat Instructions (Tier VI-X); 1st tt submarines with Main Battery Reload Booster (Tier VI-X); 1st tt submarines with >6 km main gun range (Tier VI-X: 8.5-10.5); 1st tt submarines with Repair Party (Tier VIII-X); 1st tt submarines with 5 consumables (Tier VIII-X); 1st tt submarines without Hydrophone (Tier VI-X); 1st tt submarines with <170 units dive capacity (Tier VI-X: 120-160); 1st tt submarines with >25 s duration of ping effect on sector highlighted once (Tier VI-X: 35); 1st tt submarines with >65 s duration of ping effect on sector highlighted twice (Tier VI-X: 75); Dev. Blog; Article; Video | |
| Veinte De Julio | Pan-America | DD | future | 1st tt destroyers with AP as the only shell type (Tier III-X); 1st tt destroyers with Combat Instructions (Tier VIII-X); Repair Party (Tier III-X); Main Battery Reload Booster (Tier VI-X); no smoke; Dev. Blog; Roadmap 2026 | |
| Europe | CA | future | Roadmap 2026 |
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