Update 2022
Update 2022
Here you can find how World of Tanks has evolved over time (2022), with a quick overview of each update. If you're looking for something in particular, feel free to click on the "full patch notes" buttons below and explore the depth of our changes!
Update 2022
Update 1.18
September 2022
- New branch: Here come the Italian Tank Destroyers
- Massive vehicle rebalancing
- New map: Outpost
- Map balance improvements
- Matchmaking changes
- Improved visuals for destroyed vehicle tracks
- Battle Pass Season 9 is coming
Update 1.17.1
July 2022
- Frontline: Several aspects of the mode were reworked, including the number of Frontline Tiers, the number of Battle Pass Points and Combat Reserve Points that can be earned, plus balancing and interface improvements and new rewards.
- European Minors: An update to our Account Management section will offer greater control for parents of players under the age of 18.
- Changes to Technical Characteristics of Vehicles: The T-26 CN, TL-7, Lago M38, and SMV CC-64 Vipera were added to the Supertest.
Update 1.17
May 2022
- Steel Hunter: Several aspects of the mode were reworked, including Platoons, Danger Zones, loot mechanics, and the economy. An additional map and three new vehicles were added.
- Stronghold: Combat Reserves were reworked, and the economy was adapted to align with these changes.
- Recon Mission: Three new maps—Anykeyyevka, Aquila, and Klostertal—joined three returning maps—Canyon, Airshipyard, and Far East.
- Changes to Technical Characteristics of Vehicles: The FV4201 Chieftain Proto and TS-54 were added to the Supertest.
Update 1.16.1
April 2022
- Art of Strategy: Art of Strategy is a new real-time strategy game mode where players play as a Strategist, commanding seven AI-controlled vehicles, or as one of seven commanders who oppose them.
- Vehicle Outlining: An added option that enables the rendering of various obstacles that are inside an opposing vehicle's collision model. Objects are highlighted differently depending on whether they are penetrable.
- Frontline: Battles returned to single-tier. Several changes to Combat Reserves.
- Map Changes: Improvements and alterations to several maps, including Siegfried Line, Tundra, Klondike, Normandie, and Kraftwerk.
- Changes to Technical Characteristics of Vehicles: Improvements to the Caernarvon Action X and T-34-1 model 2 turret collision models. The Object 259A was added to the Supertest.
- Customization Elements: The following decals have been removed from the in-game Store: Band-Aid 1, Bend, Double Bend, Left Patches, Chevron, and Inverted Chevron.
Update 1.16
February 2022
- Battle Pass: Season 7 of the Battle Pass brought a new progression system in which chapters could be completed in any order. Battle Pass Points could be earned without selecting a Chapter, later to be automatically invested in the progress of a selected Chapter. New crew members, 2D styles, decals, and progressive styles were added.
- Map Changes: Improvements and alterations to several maps, including Erlenberg, Siegfried Line—which received the most changes—Ghost Town, Redshire, and Steppes.
- Ranked Battles: The reward screen for selecting pieces of improved equipment was enhanced.
- Changes to Technical Characteristics of Vehicles: The T-44-100 tanks were replaced with the T-44-100 (I). The K-2 and the ShPTK-TVP 100 were added to the Supertest.
