Update 13.8

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Update 13.8: 9th Anniversary!

Update 13.8 delivers the following:

World of Warships 9th Anniversary

Get ready to set sail into a sea of celebrations, because Update 13.8 will host the World of Warships 9th Anniversary party! We have prepared tons of activities and new items to celebrate the occasion, including Festive Rewards, a new collection, the Aquatica Fair event, and more!

A new Planeta Aquatica Port has also been added to the game for the Anniversary celebrations.

Festive Rewards

Festive Rewards have returned! You will be able to claim them for achieving certain combat results on all your ships from Tier V and above.

It’s never been easier to collect Rewards while playing your favorite battle types!

You will now obtain Festive Rewards for your selected ship by earning cumulative Base XP. The amount of required Base XP depends on the ship tier.
You can claim additional Festive Rewards for other ships by earning a cumulative total of 1,000 Base XP. Additionally, we’ve reduced limitations on how many ships you must own to get several Festive Rewards, making it easier for players with smaller fleets to benefit from this mechanic. Also, we have increased the maximum amount of extra Rewards that you can claim simultaneously from 5 to 7 to make life easier for collectors and players with large fleets.
You can only activate Festive Rewards on each ship once. However, you can now use the same ship to earn additional Festive Rewards for other ships in your Port as many times as you like.

These changes will make the conditions for obtaining Festive Rewards less demanding. All conditions for unlocking Festive Rewards can be achieved through multiple battles without losing any progress.

The number of Festive Rewards available for your selected ship and other ships will be published later in a separate Anniversary article. Anniversary Rewards

You’ll earn Festive Tokens for achieving the Festive Rewards outlined above and Steel for superships.

Festive Tokens can be exchanged for the following items: 6,250 Festive Tokens VIII Rochester

200 Festive Tokens (Limit 85) Battle of Paso de Patria container 1,250 Festive Tokens Stellar Pioneer permanent camouflage for VIII Benson 125 Festive Tokens (Limit 110) 1x Supercontainer 125 Festive Tokens (Limit 50) 1x Rare expendable economic bonus of each type 500 Festive Tokens (Limit 2) 100 Aquatica Tokens for the Aquatica Fair 24 Festive Tokens (Limit 150) 1x Special expendable economic bonus of each type 12 Festive Tokens 1x Common expendable economic bonus of each type 100 Festive Tokens Cosmic Cadet patch 100 Festive Tokens Shoot for the Stars flag 50 Festive Tokens

Signals

1x India Delta
1x India Yankee
1x Juliet Yankee Bissotwo
1x Juliet Charlie
1x November Foxtrot
1x Victor Lima
1x Mike Yankee Soxisix

50 Festive Tokens

Signals

1x Sierra Bravo
1x X-Ray Papa Unaone
1x Juliet Whiskey Unaone
1x India X-Ray
1x November Echo Setteseven
1x Sierra Mike
1x Hotel Yankee

• If you already have VIII Rochester

, you will instead receive a 100% discount coupon that can be used on one of the following ships: VIII P. Bagration , VIII Bayard , VIII Borodino , VIII Fenyang , VIII Gascogne , VIII Hampshire , VIII Irian , VIII Kidd , VIII Le Terrible , VIII Loyang , VIII Ochakov , VIII Orkan , VIII Saipan , VIII Siliwangi , VIII Tiger '59 , VIII Vanguard , VIII Wichita , or VIII Z-35 .

If you already have all of the ships from the above-mentioned list, you will instead receive 3,000 Steel.

In addition to completing Festive Rewards objectives, there will also be other ways to obtain Festive Tokens:

First progression line of the Event Pass: 4,000 Festive Tokens.
Anniversary daily rewards: 1,000 Festive Tokens.

New Collection and Updates to Collections

Update 13.8 will introduce a brand-new puzzle collection! There are 60 elements in total, which you can get from the Battle of Paso de Patria standard and Premium containers.

Completing this collection will grant you a new unique Pan-American Commander—Joaquim Marques Lisboa.

Active players with enough ships in their Port will be able to complete the collection just by participating in Anniversary activities. If you would like to get additional containers, they will be available in the Aquatica Fair event.

We’re also making several improvements to the Collections system, which you can read about here.

Aquatica Fair

As part of the festivities, the Aquatica Fair event will take place in the Armory! During the event, you’ll be able to use Tries to earn items from a large reward pool. You’ll even receive 1x Battle of Paso de Patria Premium container as a guaranteed reward for each two Tries at the Aquatica Fair to help you complete the new puzzle collection.

You could also earn the following rewards during the Aquatica Fair event:

Ships: IX Victoria, VIII Anhalt, and IX Karl XIV Johan.
Galactic Wanderer permanent camouflage for IX Victoria and anniversary permanent camouflages from past years.
Other valuable items.

Note that IX Victoria will also be available for direct purchase in the Armory and Premium Shop.

Full details will be released in a separate article.

Anniversary Daily Rewards

In addition to the standard rewards that you can receive when logging in, we’re also giving away some Anniversary-themed rewards, such as Festive Tokens, the Radiant Wave permanent camouflage, and Battle of Paso de Patria containers.

The Update 13.8 daily rewards calendar will begin with the start of the update (not the start of the month). This change will also affect August daily rewards, which will be extended past the end of the month.

Anniversary Additions

We're not done just yet! Check out the new content entries for Update 13.8:

Radiant Wave, Cold Ray, Blazing Ray, and Moonlight Wave permanent camouflages

Shoot for the Stars flag and 2x patches (For Meritorious Service and Cosmic Cadet)

And last but not least, everyone who log-in to the game client during Update 13.8, will receive one Ninth Anniversary Gift container as a gift, which has a 100% chance to drop a Tier VI ship!

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

Early Access to Pan-American Battleships

Early Access for the new line of Pan-American Battleships will commence in Update 13.8, with VIII Ipiranga, IX Los Andes, and X Libertad all joining the battle!

Feature Highlights

This line will feature plenty of main battery guns, powerful secondary guns up to 234 mm, and solid armor schemes.
Combat Instructions are available, which improve the range, damage, and reload time of secondary guns. You can charge Combat Instructions by landing hits with your main battery guns or receiving potential damage.
The enhanced Repair Party consumable has a quick cooldown time and restores a higher amount of damage taken.
Weaknesses: A short firing range for the main battery guns and low firepower compared to guns of other nations, a vulnerable citadel which becomes exposed when all main battery guns are brought to bear, and poor secondary gun ballistics that make it hard to hit smaller targets like destroyers.

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

Ninth Anniversary Event Pass

Starts: Sep 4, 02:00 AM PT (UTC-7) / your local time: Sep 4, 04:00 AM Ends: Oct 2, 02:00 AM PT (UTC-7) / your local time: Oct 2, 04:00 AM

The first progression line include Festive Tokens, Battle of Paso de Patria containers, and Pan-American battleship VIII Ipiranga as the final reward.

The second progression line, available for Doubloons, will provide you with a Battle of Paso de Patria Premium container as a bonus level reward, Commanders, permanent camouflages, and more.

As a reward for completing extra levels, you will get 1x More Signals container and 1x Special Bonuses container from the first and second progression lines, respectively.

Once Update 13.8 is released, you will be able to see the container contents on our dedicated page. More information will be available in a separate article.

Throughout Update 13.8, you'll still be able to complete combat missions and get Dockyard shipbuilding phases to obtain IX Almte. Oquendo.

When Update 13.9 arrives, you will only be able to get shipbuilding phases for Doubloons. The Dockyard will remain in your Port until the release of Update 13.10.

Read all the details [ here].

Operations Update

Update 13.8 will bring changes to Operations. These changes will affect Defense of Naval Station Newport, Raptor Rescue, The Ultimate Frontier, Hermes, Aegis, and Cherry Blossom. We have expanded the range of tiers that can participate in these six Operations, so now you will be able to bring Tier VI–X ships and superships into battle.

These changes will also affect matchmaking in Operations. We will share the updated matchmaking rules in a separate article.

New French Destroyers Leave Early Access

Early Access to V L'Adroit, VI Duchaffault, VII Le Hardi, VIII L'Aventurier, IX Orage, and X Cassard will end with the release of Update 13.8. These ships will join the French Tech Tree and become available to everyone.

Starting with Tier VII, the destroyers have torpedoes with high damage, speed, and a long range to help sink your enemies. From VII Le Hardi (with researchable torpedoes) and continuing with Tier VIII and beyond (both stock and researchable torpedoes), the torpedoes will deal variable damage based on the distance traveled. This means that they will be very powerful at launch but decrease in damage the longer they travel. The ships' main batteries have moderate damage per minute and shell damage. With these mediocre ballistics, you'll want to get up close and personal with your target!

Luckily, you can utilize the short-duration, high-speed Emergency Engine Power consumable to help you succeed in close quarters. Taking from their sister Tech Tree French destroyers, these ships also have special saturation mechanics that reduce the damage to their midsections by half after a certain damage threshold is met.

More information about new French destroyers can be found in a separate article.

Clan Battles Season 27

Starts: Sep 11, 04:30 PM PT (UTC-7) / your local time: Sep 11, 06:30 PM Ends: Oct 27, 08:30 PM PT (UTC-7) / your local time: Oct 27, 10:30 PM

Update 13.8 introduces a new season of Clan Battles with the code name "Asp."

Format

7 vs. 7 playing Tier VIII ships.

Ship Restrictions

Just like in previous seasons of Clan Battles, this season will feature restrictions on how many of each ship type will be allowed per team.

These restrictions may be the same for the entire duration of the season or for specific periods of time. For example, they might be set after the first two weeks of a season, then replaced with different restrictions a few weeks later. This will allow us to promptly react to the current state of the season.

• Only battleships, destroyers, and cruisers allowed.
• No more than one battleship per team.

• Banned: VIII Nebraska, VIII Lenin, and VIII Vladivostok.
• One per team: VIII Cherbourg, VIII Bayard, or VIII Congress.
• Two per team: VIII Cossack, VIII Cossack B, VIII Kidd, or VIII Zhu Que.
• Two per team: VIII Le Fantasque, VIII Le Terrible, VIII Kiev, or VIII Split.

Brawls

First Brawl starts: Sep 9, 09:00 AM PT (UTC-7) / your local time: Sep 9, 11:00 AM First Brawl ends: Sep 16, 03:00 AM PT (UTC-7) / your local time: Sep 16, 05:00 AM

Update 13.8 will see three Brawls in different formats. The first Brawl will use the following rules:

• 4 vs. 4
• Tier IX ships
• Only battleships can participate
• Divisions of up to four players

More information will be available in the game client.

Ranked Battles

Starts: Sep 4, 10:00 AM PT (UTC-7) / your local time: Sep 4, 12:00 PM Ends: Oct 30, 01:00 AM PT (UTC-7) / your local time: Oct 30, 03:00 AM

Ranked Battles Season 19 will arrive in Update 13.8!

• 6 vs. 6 playing Tier VI and Tier VII ships.
• No more than one aircraft carrier, one submarine, three battleships, three destroyers, and five cruisers.

• 6 vs. 6 playing Tier VIII and Tier IX ships.
• No more than one aircraft carrier, one submarine, three battleships, three destroyers, and five cruisers.

• 6 vs. 6 playing Tier X ships and superships.
• No more than one aircraft carrier, one submarine, three battleships, three destroyers, and five cruisers.

More information will be available in the game client.

Expedition to the North Pole

Starts: Sep 12, 02:00 AM PT (UTC-7) / your local time: Sep 12, 04:00 AM Ends: Dec 1, 01:00 AM PT (UTC-7) / your local time: Dec 1, 03:00 AM

Captains, feel the glow of New Year’s cheer sooner than ever this year! Update 13.8 is bringing you the story of Commanders Li Wei and Olaf Lundgren with the launch of Expedition to the North Pole!

From Update 13.8 until Update 13.11, you’ll be able to complete four consecutive combat mission chains, ending on December 1st. The first three combat mission chains will take place in Updates 13.8, 13.9, and 13.10, respectively, while the last one will only be available for a couple of days. These combat mission chains cannot be completed retrospectively, meaning that they’ll become unavailable when the next update arrives.

You will only be able to collect prizes from Expedition to the North Pole at the very end of the event. The more progress you make during the event, the more rewards you will be able to obtain!

Come back to the game on December 1st and grab 1x Festive permanent camouflage and pick one of five Tier VIII ships, including VIII N. Carolina, as a gift! You’ll have the chance to upgrade your gift to a Tier X ship if you get enough Expedition Tokens. You will be able to choose one of five Tier X ships from the list, including the popular X Schlieffen.

Players who were active throughout the whole event will receive a number of different prizes. However, remember that the number of prizes you receive will depend on your progress. The available prizes include a total of 6x Santa's Gift containers, 1x Festive permanent camouflage, X Schlieffen, or one researchable Tier X ship from the list (to be announced).

More information will be available in a separate article.

The Armory

With the release of Update 13.8, a new cruiser—X Svea —will become available in the Armory. Players will be able to obtain X Svea for 30,000 Steel.

X Svea is a hypothetical design of a light cruiser armed with dual-purpose automatic 152 mm guns, and an enlarged version of the Swedish Tre Kronor class cruisers. The ship is named after Moder Svea, the national symbol of Sweden and the personification of the country itself, inheriting the name from a coastal defense battleship that served in the Royal Swedish Navy in the 1880s–1930s.

X Svea is armed with seven 152 mm main battery guns that have a fast reload, good ballistics, and improved dispersion. She also boasts good concealment, a solid AA suite, and long-range, fast-reloading torpedoes, albeit with only a few tubes per side.

X Svea has access to a set of very strong consumables, each in their own slot: Emergency Engine Power (similar to that found on X Ragnar ), Repair Party, Surveillance Radar, and even Smoke Generator. All of these consumables have a short action time but will reload relatively quickly. However, along with this unique set of tools, X Svea has a small HP pool, weak armor, and poor main battery range.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Update 13.8 features the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collaboration with World of Warships!

Cowabunga! It's time to welcome new Commanders Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael, Shredder, and Krang, with individual voiceovers, to the virtual seas of World of Warships. Delivered to the game like hot pizza, get ready for the new, totally rad Turtle Lair permanent camouflage for X Napoli , Foot Clan permanent camouflage for X Schlieffen , two more themed permanent camouflages, a Pizza Time Premium container, five commemorative flags, and a patch.

More information will be available in a separate article.

Content Additions and Changes

Update 13.8 will introduce the following changes:

• Added: Dragon Moon flag
• Added: Blessings from Jade Rabbit patch
• Added: Chinese Character "Wu" patch
• Added: Osmanthus Blossoms Under Moonlight permanent camouflage for VIII Cleveland

With the start of Update 13.8, German Cruiser Premium containers, Soviet Era containers, and Soviet Era Premium containers will be automatically opened for all players who have them on their accounts. This way, players will obtain the current items from these containers before the containers receive content changes in Update 13.9.
Changes will be made to the content of the Colorful Regatta Premium container. All slots that previously provided Colorful Tokens will now provide Credits instead. For the exact amounts, please check our dedicated page once Update 13.8 is released.

Ships

Pan-American destroyer La Pampa (Tier X), Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano (Tier X), and American submarine Archerfish (Tier X) have been added for testing by developers, volunteers, and community contributors.

PC Requirements

The upcoming Update 13.8 will also update the PC requirements for the game.

Please note that the performance of the game client should not change for current users. We have not made any significant changes to the game code, and system requirements have only been updated to match our latest performance tests and provide players with the optimal hardware configurations.

Future Changes

Starting with Update 13.9, the content of the following containers will be changed:

• German Cruiser Premium containers
• Soviet Era containers
• Soviet Era Premium containers
• Jack-o’-Lantern Premium containers

To learn more about these changes, please check out the Development Blog.

Steel Will Event

A new iteration of the Steel Will event will take place in Update 13.11. As usual, this event allows you to buy Steel ships and other goodies!

Players will be able to obtain X G. Hoffmann, X Prins van Oranje, and IX Chikuma II only during Update 13.11, while Archerfish and Shinano will be available during the Steel Will event and become permanently available in the Armory after the event ends.

Other Changes

• Fixed a bug with the Burst Fire and Modified Shells firing mode, which caused shells that are already in flight to change their parameters mid-air when the F key is pressed.
• Turning off the licensed music will now also affect music in the in-game Armory, which will be replaced by the default game client music.
• Fixed the armor textures for IX Jutland, VI Duchaffault, VIII L'Aventurier, and IX Almte. Oquendo.
• Fixed a bug where achievements were not displayed as a condition for combat missions.
• Fixed a rare bug which sometimes caused the game client to crash.
• Fixed a bug which caused bot-controlled aircraft carriers to not automatically use Depth Charge Airstrike on enemy submarines.
• Updated and standardized the icons for Combat Instructions.
• Fixed the description for X Álvaro de Bazán in the Armory.

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

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