Update 13.1

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Update 13.1: Lunar New Year

Update 13.1 delivers the following:

Submarine and ASW Updates

As we have announced previously, we are working on solving major problems with submarine interactions, and we are now ready to share some details about changes to submarines and ASW in Update 13.1! With these changes, we aim to create more consistent interactions between submarines and surface ships while still maintaining the current level of combat effectiveness of submarines.

First, we are making a few changes to surface ship ASW:

• Depth Charges are being replaced with Depth Charge Airstrike for the X Hindenburg and X Venezia branches (except V Montecuccoli), as well as for VIII Prinz Eugen and IX Schröder.
• We are also increasing the Depth Charge Airstrike range for Tier V and VII battleships.
• Depth Charge Airstrike for Tier V – VII battleships and cruisers will have a shorter cooldown.
• Additionally, for Tier V and VI battleships and cruisers, the bomb damage will be slightly reduced. This means that you will be able to use Depth Charge Airstrike more often but with a lower damage output per attack.
  • Ships that currently have special ASW settings will not receive any changes unless specifically noted.
• Depth Charge Airstrike range will be increased for X Ohio, X Thunderer, IX Jean Bart, and IX Jean Bart B. It will become similar to the ranges for other battleships at their tiers.
• The X Venezia, X Zaō, and X Yodo branches will receive the Submarine Surveillance consumable in a separate slot.

As for submarine changes, the Hydrophone consumable now works differently:

• The consumable will allow submarines to immediately highlight ships in range, regardless of terrain (similar to Hydroacoustic Search and Surveillance Radar).
• The consumable can be activated in any state, but it will only reveal ships that are at periscope depth or on the surface.
• When submarines use Hydrophone to reveal ships above them and in their line of sight, static silhouettes of these ships will appear for a short period (about 6 seconds) and then disappear.
  • Ships behind terrain will be indicated as a short flash without a silhouette.

A collision warning message will now appear for submerged submarines when there is another submarine underwater within 2 kilometers. This message will appear even if the enemy submarine is not spotted, and it will disappear as soon as the opponent leaves the 2-kilometer radius or resurfaces.

Finally, to balance out the changes to ASW, we are improving the turning circle radius of all submarines so that they can better maneuver and have more opportunity to reposition. On average, their turning circle will improve by around 20%.

As a result of these submarine changes, we are also adding new effects to the following signals.

Sierra Bravo

• Submarine Surveillance preparation and cooldown time: –10%
• Hydrophone cooldown time: –10%

X-Ray Papa Unaone

• Dive capacity: +5%

All detailed parameters will be available in the following DevBlog, as well as in this article on our website.

Changes to the Exterior System

Starting with Update 13.1, the majority of expendable camouflages available in the game will get their permanent versions. The new permanent camouflages will function similarly to those that already exist, such as New Year, Epoch, or Made of Steel; however, you will be able to mount them on ships of any tier. These camouflages can be either purchased or earned through various activities, events, and missions.

Available permanent camouflages are stored in your Inventory. You can also see the number of copies you have under the Exterior tab. You can link permanent camouflages to ships for free, provided that you have them.

Once you link a permanent camouflage to a ship, it will remain linked to that ship and cannot be unlinked. Once you link the permanent camouflage, you will no longer be able to use the expendable version of that same camouflage on that ship. You can't sell these permanent camouflages.

Once you obtain a standard, single-colored, abstract, or thematic camouflage (expendable or permanent) on your account, you can purchase its permanent versions for all of your ships.

You can purchase permanent standard, single-colored, abstract, or thematic camouflages for  Credits or  Doubloons. When purchasing a permanent camouflage under the Exterior tab, it will automatically be linked to the ship.

Camouflages in "Awarded" and "Guests" categories (for example, camouflages for participating in Ranked Battles or camouflages from collaborations) can't be purchased under the Exterior tab.

You can find the prices in the table below.

The introduction of these permanent camouflages brings several other changes:

• Daily rewards on the barge will change — there will no longer be an option to choose the More Camouflages container as a reward.
• Expendable camouflages will be replaced by their permanent versions in collections and campaigns, as well as for account leveling and Clan Battle mission rewards.
• In the future, we plan to substitute expendable camouflages for their permanent versions for some activities.

Lunar New Year

You can participate in the thematic Event Pass and journey through two progression lines that offer a plethora of rewards. Each line is comprised of a total of 20 levels—complete them to earn all of the main rewards and gain access to additional rewards for completing extra levels.

The first progression line will reward you with Lunar Warrior permanent camouflages, More Signals containers, Lunar New Year containers, and Journey to the West Premium containers. Among the rewards, you will also find  VI Rahmat with an economic bonus package for Tier VI ships.

This line also offers content made in collaboration with YouTuber and Twitch Streamer TheRussianBadger: the CLAWSTROPHOBIC commemorative flag, Commander TheRussianBadger with an individual voiceover, and the USS LOBSTERMINATOR permanent camouflage for  VI New Mexico.

Extra levels of this line will reward you with 2x Lunar New Year containers per level.

The second progression line, unlockable for  Doubloons, will provide the following rewards: the New Year Beast flag; Sha Wujing, Sun Wukong, and Chinese Dragon patches; Lunar Warrior and Winter Strands permanent camouflages; and  VIII Hsienyang with an economic bonus package for Tier VIII ships. Moreover, you will have an opportunity to earn Silk Sunrise permanent camouflages for  VII Chumphon, VIII Harbin, IX Sejong, and IX Dalian, as well as Commander Quán Róng with 10 skill points.

Extra levels of this line will reward you with 1x Lunar Warrior permanent camouflage per level.

As part of the Lunar New Year celebrations, the New Year Beast patch, Lunar Demon permanent camouflage for  VIII Hsienyang, and Commander Nian with a individual voiceover have been added to the game.

The Dragon Port has been updated for the occasion.

You can find more detailed information on the Lunar New Year activities in a separate article.

Airship Escort

Starts: Thurs. Feb. 22 3:00 AM Central (UTC-6)
Ends: Tues. Mar. 5 3:00 AM Central (UTC-6)

Airship Escort returns as a separate temporary battle type in the third week of Update 13.1!

Format

• 12 vs. 12
• Tier VIII–X ships
• All ship types

Your goal is to help the allied airship to reach its destination while protecting it from the opposing team. Alternatively, you can achieve victory by destroying all enemy ships.

During the battle, ships on both sides can affect the speed of the allied or opposing airships by staying within an interactive zone near each one:

• Airships move at a standard speed if there are no players within their interactive zones.
• Airships accelerate if only allied ships are within the borders of their interactive zones.
• Airships slow down if at least one opposing ship is within the borders of their interactive zones.
• If your team simultaneously speeds up the allied airship and slows down the opposing airship, the allied airship receives additional acceleration.

Early Access to U.S. Aircraft Carriers Continues

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Starts: Jan. 10 4:00 AM Central (UTC-6)
Ends: Wed. Feb. 28 3:00 AM Central (UTC-6)

Early Access to the new U.S. aircraft carrier line is ongoing. You can still obtain American Tokens from random bundles available for  Doubloons and exchange them for rewards in the Armory:  X Essex with a 10-skill-point Commander and Port slot; the Hero of Midway permanent camouflage for  VIII Yorktown; the Defender of the Pacific Ocean permanent camouflage for  X Essex; up to 10x Wings of Freedom Premium containers; and  Credits.

You can obtain up to 3,580 American Tokens from random bundles. Any American Tokens remaining on your account will be exchanged for  Credits at the rate of 1:15,000 with the release of Update 13.2.

With the release of Update 13.2, this branch will become available for all players in the Tech Tree.

Clan Battles

A week after Update 13.1 is out, Clan Battles Season 24 — dubbed "Sea Dragon" — will commence.

Clan Battles offer an excellent opportunity to show off your skills in World of Warships. It is not only the results of individual battles that are important here but also general progress. Fight alongside your allies and rise to the top!

Win Clan Battles to earn valuable rewards, such as  Steel,  Oil, days of  Warships Premium Account, and signals, and Level 3 and 4 expendable economic bonuses. The more victories you achieve, the more rewards you will earn!

Rules

Starts: Mon. Feb. 12 5:30 AM Central (UTC-6)
Ends: Sun. Apr. 7 11:30 PM Central (UTC-6)

Gaming sessions are available on: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Format: 7 vs. 7.

Season 24 begins with the following restrictions:

• Players will be able to go into battle aboard cruisers, destroyers, and battleships.
• No more than one battleship per team.
• There are no restrictions on cruisers or destroyers.
• No more than one  supership.
• No more than one  X Petropavlovsk per team.
• There are limits on the numbers of  X Napoli and  X Marseille: one team may not have more than two of these ships in total.

More details are available in a dedicated article.

Brawls

In Update 13.1 we are holding three Brawls in different formats.

The first Brawl
starts: Mon. Feb. 12 10:00 AM Central (UTC-6)
and Ends: Mon. Feb. 19 3:00 AM Central (UTC-6)

Round 1

• 6 vs. 6 with Tier VII cruisers and battleships
• No more than two battleships and four cruisers
• Maximum Division size: 3

Round 2

• 5 vs. 5 with Tier X ships
• No more than one submarine or one aircraft carrier, two destroyers, two cruisers and two battleships
• Maximum Division size: 2

Round 3

• 6 vs. 6 with Tier IX destroyers and cruisers
• No more than two cruisers and four destroyers
• Maximum Division size: 3

Armory

Sicilia in the Research Bureau

Welcome a new addition to the Armory: with the release of Update 13.1, X Sicilia will become available to purchase for  60,000 Research Points.

Battleship Sicilia takes her name from the famous island in southern Italy, as well as the swift and mighty ironclad of the same name, which served in the Regia Marina at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

X Sicilia is armed with sixteen 381 mm guns in four quadruple-gun turrets, like her sister ship X C. Colombo; however, she is armed with HE shells instead of SAP and mostly relies on her AP shells to deal damage. X Sicilia can shoot comfortably over long distances and deal high damage per salvo, but her firing range is shorter compared to that of other battleships of her tier, while her accuracy is poor. Her aft turrets rotate 360 degrees.

Her secondary guns have a good firing range and fire SAP shells with high penetration. As for her AA, X Sicilia has a significantly higher range compared to other Italian ships.

The ship has good armor and quick rudder-shift times; however, her detectability is relatively high.

Her consumables are represented by Repair Party, enhanced Exhaust Smoke Generator, and a choice between Fighter and Spotting Aircraft in one slot.

Battle of the Java Sea

Starts: Fri. Feb. 16 3:00 AM Central (UTC-6)
Ends: Fri. Mar. 8 3:00 AM Central (UTC-6)

An event dedicated to the Battle of the Java Sea, one of the famous naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II, starts in the second week of Update 13.1.

We have prepared a special mission chain that will bring you various rewards including Java Sea Tokens; one of two new historical Commanders, Takeo Kurita or Karel Doorman; plus Battle of the Java Sea containers and a Battle of the Java Sea Premium container. Java Sea Tokens will also be available in special bundles in the Armory for  Doubloons.

You can exchange these Tokens in a dedicated Armory section to obtain  VI Perth and two new ships —  VII Jupiter '42 and  IX Minegumo — as well as Battle of the Java Sea containers and  Credits. You can earn enough Tokens via the mission chain to obtain  VI Perth.

{{block|+|content=Battle of the Java Sea Premium containers are also going to be available for purchase in the Armory and Premium Shop. You can find more information here in the "Future Changes" section.

More details are available in this dedicated article.

The Creatorverse!

We bring some exciting news! We have partnered with five major YouTubers to bring their unique content to World of Warships. CouRage, MoistCr1TiKaL, Ludwig, Nadeshot, and Sapnap are setting out on our virtual seas! Their respective Commanders—CouRage, CHUCK BLAST, Stonebeard, Nadeshot, and Sapnap—are voiced by the YouTubers themselves!

But that's not all: we have also prepared thematic commemorative flags representing each of them, as well as permanent camouflages carefully crafted with their input: Pride of the CouRageous for VI Leander, BLAST MASTER for VI Bayern, Stonewash for VI Normandie, Thief's Future for VI Pensacola, and Fire Carrier for VI Fubuki.

Internets container

As part of this collaboration, the Internets container will be added to the game.

Each Internets container includes:

One item from the following list:

• 50% – 11× Green Bonuses of the same type { , , ,  };
• 30% –  1,000,000 Credits;
• 10% – One of the following Commanders: CouRage, CHUCK BLAST, Stonebeard, Nadeshot, and Sapnap;
• 10% – One of the following permanent camouflages: Pride of the CouRageous for VI Leander, BLAST MASTER for VI Bayern, Stonewash for VI Normandie, Thief's Future for VI Pensacola, and Fire Carrier for VI Fubuki

If you already have all items from the "Commanders" and "Permanent camouflages" groups, you will receive  625,000 Credits instead.

More information about the collaboration will be available in a [ separate article].

Game Balance Changes

We’re tuning the balance of certain ships based on our analysis of their combat effectiveness and player feedback.

VI CV Ryūjō

• Torpedo Bomber parameters changed:
  • Stock squadron aircraft preparation time increased: 74 to 81s
  • Researchable squadron aircraft preparation time increased: 73 to 78s
  • Torpedo damage decreased: 5400 to 5000

X DD Hayate

• Main battery reload time decreased: 4 to 3.7s
• Torpedo reload booster consumable moved to a separate slot

CV Sekiryu

• Tactical Torpedo Bombers Torpedo damage reduced: 9333 to 7500
• Tactical Attack Aircraft rocket parameters changed:
  • Damage reduced: 3150 to 2850
  • Fire chanced reduced: 14 to 12%

IV DD Clemson

• Stock Torpedo reload time increased: 40 to 44s
• Researchable Torpedo reload time increased: 66 to 70s

VII BB California

• Main Battery reload time reduced: 34.2 to 32.5s
• Changed engine parameters: the acceleration time for forward and reverse movement was significantly reduced.
  • The new acceleration settings are similar to those found on Kansas, Minnesota, and Vermont.

VII BB Florida

• Main Battery reload time reduced: 33.5 to 32s

VII CA Indianapolis

• Main Battery reload time reduced: 14.3 to 13s

VIII CVHornet

• Characteristics of Tactical bombers squadron changed:
  • Bomb damage increased: 7300 to 8000
  • Fire chance increased: 41 to 45%

hybrid BBs VIII Nebraska, IX Delaware, X Louisiana

• Changed the parameters of the Stock and Researchable Dive bombers:
  • Bombers are now equipped with JATO boosters
  • HE bomb penetration increased: 42 to 53mm

XI CA Annapolis

• Interval between individual shots in burst increased: 1 to 1.5s
• Surveillance Radar consumable action time decreased: 40 to 35s

XI CV United States

• Tactical Torpedo Bombers Torpedo damage reduced: 7600 to 6133

V CL Mikoyan

• Main battery accuracy settings changed. They will now be similar to other cruisers on tier V.
• Main battery parameters changed:
  • Reload time reduced 13.2 to 11s
  • AP shell damage increased: 4550 to 4650

VIII DD Kiev

• Stock hull HP pool increased: 14500 to 16200
• Researchable hull HP pool increased: 16200 to 17500

X DD Khabarovsk

• Repair Party consumable replaced with Specialized Repair Teams with the following parameters:
  • HP restoration per second: +225
  • Action time: 20s
  • Reload time: 80s
  • Number of charges: 3

X CA Petropavlovsk

• Base detectability range increased: 15.3km to 16.3km
  • All other detectability ranges adjusted accordingly

X CB Sevastopol

• Main battery reload time reduced: 25 to 24s
• Changed the parameters of the Repair Party consumable
  • Action time reduced: 90 to 60s
  • Cooldown time reduced: 180 to 120s
  • Number of charges increased: 3 to 4

XI DD Zorkiy

• Number of shots in burst firing mode decreased: 4 to 3

VIII CV Colossus

• Changed the parameters of Attack Aircraft:
  • Number of rockets per plane reduced: 6 to 5
  • The size of aiming ellipse increased by 20%
  • The amount of rockets that are guaranteed to hit closer to the center of the aiming ellipse reduced: 50 to 33%

As this ship demonstrated excessive effectiveness with its AP rockets, we decided to tone down the damage potential of this type of armament. In addition to increasing the size of aiming ellipse, making it harder to pinpoint a specific part of enemy ship, we have also decreased the number of rockets that are guaranteed to hit closer to the center of the aiming ellipse, thus reducing the potential of each strike to do citadel damage, as rockets are going to spread more evenly across the whole aiming zone now. At the same time, we expect the increased aiming ellipse to lead to a somewhat easier experience when dropping enemy ships, due to allowing for a slightly larger margin of error when positioning the reticle for attack.

IX BB Duncan

• Main Battery reload time decreased: 31 to 29.5s
• Repair Party consumable reload time increased: 80 to 100s

X BB St. Vincent

• Repair Party consumable reload time increased: 80 to 100s
• Base detectability range increased: 15.8 to 16.2km
  • All other detectability parameters adjusted accordingly

X CV Malta

• Torpedo Bomber torpedo damage increased: 5933 to 6533
• Number bombs in payload on Dive Bombers decreased: 4 to 3

XI CV Eagle

• Tactical Attack Aircraft rocket parameters changed:
  • Damage reduced: 2350 to 2050
  • Fire chanced reduced: 9 to 8%
• Tactical Dive Bomber bomb parameters changed:
  • Damage reduced: 7900 to 6400
  • Fire chanced reduced: 45 to 36%

V DD Jaguar

• Torpedo parameters changed:
  • Reload time decreased: 90 to 75s
  • Range decreased: 8 to 7.5km
  • Damage reduced: 14833 to 11267
  • Speed decreased: 68 to 57kts

VI CV Béarn

• Increased the dispersion of the Skip Bombers by 20%

Due to this ship showing excessive effectiveness when attacking destroyers, we decided to decrease its attacking potential against smaller targets by decreasing the overall accuracy of the skip bombers drop. This should bring the carrier more in-line with other carriers of the tier.

XI CR Condé

• Main Battery reload time reduced: 15 to 14s
• Bonus to maximum main battery shell dispersion during burst fire reduced: 40 to 20%

III DD Nazario Sauro

• Main Battery reload time decreased: 6.5 to 6.4s
• SAP shell Damage decreased: 2600 to 2350

VI DD Aviere

• Researchable Torpedo Range reduced: 10 to 8km
• Changed parameters of the Emergency Engine Power consumable:
  • Number of charges reduced: 6 to 4
  • Action time reduced: 25 to 20s

VI DD Leone

• Main Battery reload time reduced: 9.5 to 8.5s
• Torpedo launcher reload time reduced 50 to 45s

VIII BB Vittorio Veneto

• Sigma value increased: 1.7 to 1.8
• Stock hull Rudder shift time reduced: 21.7 to 20.2s
• Researchable hull Rudder shift time reduced: 15.5 to 14.4s

IX BB Lepanto

• Stock hull Rudder shift time reduced: 23.3 to 20.9s
• Researchable hull Rudder shift time reduced: 16.7 to 14.9s

X BB Cristoforo Colombo, X Amerigo Vespucci

• Sigma value increased: 1.5 to 1.6
• Firing angles for the aft turrets increased by 10 degreesRudder shift time reduced: 18s to 15.3sResearchable hull Rudder shift time reduced: 16.7 to 14.9s

Note: Amerigo Vespucci is a clone of Cristoforo Colombo used for testing her Unique Upgrade.

IX CR Dalian

• Main Battery reload time reduced 5.2 to 4.9s

IX BB Sun Yat-Sen

• Main Battery AP shells damage increased: 13000 to 14500

XI DD Kunming

• Base detectability range reduced: 7.8 to 7.4km
  • All other detectability parameters adjusted accordingly

VIII DD Split

• Main battery reload time reduced: 4.0 to 3.6s

IX DD Lambros Katsonis

• Main battery reload time reduced: 4.4 to 3.8s

VIII DD Numancia

• Changed parameters of Burst Fire Mode:
  • Removed the increased shell dispersion debuff

YouTube Memberships

We have updated the benefits of our YouTube membership program! Complete special combat missions in Update 13.1 to earn Community Tokens, along with Journey to the West and Lunar New Year containers!

Rewards for different Membership Levels in Update 13.1

Level	Cost*	Combat Mission	Reward
WoWS First Mate	$0.99	Earn 15,000 Base XP. Battle types: Random, Ranked, Co-op, Brawls and Operations. Tiers: V–X ships and  superships.	1,500 Community Tokens
WoWS Admiral	$1.99	Deal 600,000 damage. Battle types: Random, Ranked, Co-op, Brawls, and Operations. Tiers: V–X ships and  superships. You'll also be able to complete the previous level's combat mission and receive any due rewards for it.	5x Journey to the West containers + the reward from the previous level
Naval Historian	$2.99	Earn 15 "Destroyed" ribbons. Battle types: Random, Ranked, Co-op, Brawls, and Operations. Tiers: V–X ships and  superships. You'll also be able to complete the combat missions from the two previous levels and receive any due rewards for them.	4x Lunar New Year containers + the rewards from the two previous levels + historical content. **

* Currency and membership fees may vary by country.

** Historical content includes posts on the official World of Warships channel about the naval history of different countries and is only available to Naval Historian members, regardless of whether they have completed combat missions or not.

The special combat missions for our YouTube members can be claimed until the end of the current update, and you have until the end of the next update to complete them.

We are expanding this program to the channels of our contributors so that Captains can support more of the content they like. This means that, in addition to the three levels of membership on our official channel, you can now purchase the WoWS Commander membership level from our contributors. Check all the details here.

Content Additions and Changes

Ships Chikuma II (Japanese cruiser, Tier IX), Wisconsin (American battleship, Tier X), Prins van Oranje (Dutch cruiser, Tier X), and Red Fort (Commonwealth cruiser, Tier V; used to test Delhi) have been added for testing by developers, volunteers, and community contributors.

News Bookmarks

A new feature for the News tab in your Port! You can add publications you are interested in to your bookmarks now. Thus, you will be able to quickly access the information you need via the navigation bar.

Other Changes

• The Consumable Specialist skill is now labeled as inefficient if it does not affect any consumables on the selected ship.
• Changed recommended Commander skills for the X Petropavlovsk branch to reflect the game play more accurately.
• Fixed an issue with the animation of secondary turrets on VIII Borodino .
• Fixed visual and collision issues on the Ring and Mountain Range maps.
• Fixed an issue with the display of currencies in some windows.

For a complete list of changes, please refer to Player Support.

• Fixed an issue that caused India Yankee and India X-Ray signals not to be displayed.

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