Update 13.7

[https://worldofwarships.com/en/news/game-updates/update-137-almirante-oquendo-at-the-dockyard/ Update News article]

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= Update 13.7: Almirante Oquendo at the Dockyard =

Update 13.7 delivers the following:
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== ''Almirante Oquendo'' at the Dockyard ==

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Our new Premium ship addition, IX Almte. Oquendo, packs a great punch with her twelve 203 mm barrels, and she can dish out decent damage per minute.

The shipbuilding process of IX Almte. Oquendo consists of 20 phases, 18 of which can be progressed through by completing Dockyard combat missions. That leaves two phases to take care of by other means, such as purchasing them with Doubloons. However, upon reaching Phase 11 of the Dockyard, you'll be rewarded with VI Leipzig, and if her sleek figure is already gracing your Port, you'll be advanced through the two necessary Dockyard phases instead.

This means that, with all conditions fulfilled and after completing enough combat missions, it's possible to obtain IX Almte. Oquendo
completely free.

We'll share more details in a [ dedicated publication].

== Colorful Regatta Event Pass ==

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Sail through the progression levels to unlock vivid rewards in our fresh color-themed Event Pass.

Some pretty awesome rewards await you in the first progression line: the Colorful Regatta flag, a Colorful Regatta Premium container, special expendable economic bonuses of all types, 3 days of Premium Account, Colorful Tokens, Coal, Steel, and more.

In the second progression line, which is unlockable for 2,500 Doubloons, you'll find the Fields of Tuscany permanent camouflage; additional Colorful Tokens; special and rare expendable economic bonuses of all types; and even more Coal, Steel, and other rewards!

After unlocking all the progression levels, more rewards await you for each extra level: 2x More Signals containers as a reward in the first progression line, and 3x Special Bonuses containers in the second progression line.

Our Event Pass isn't the only way you can obtain Colorful Tokens; they can also drop from the Colorful Regatta Premium containers available in the Armory and Premium Shop. Once you obtain some of these Tokens, check out our Armory where you can use them to purchase new Japanese Tier X cruiser Zaō CLR and ships from the previous event!

During the first week of the event, coupons will be available that provide a 25% discount on ''Zaō CLR'' and a 40% discount on all the rest of the Colorful Regatta lineup.

More information about the Colorful Regatta event activities will be available in a [ separate article].

== Labyrinths of History Adventure ==

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Delve into the Labyrinths of History as we bring another exciting sea adventure to our website. We know how much you love taking on that main character energy in stories, and what a story we're bringing you! A tale from the perspective of the United Kingdom, with you as a Commander, centered around the new addition to the game—VIII Theseus.

The reward for accomplishing individual missions will be '''Commander William Taylor''' with 6 skill points.

Read more about this exciting new adventure in our future publications.

== Ongoing Early Access to French Destroyers ==

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Early Access to French destroyers is ongoing in Update 13.7. Don't miss the chance to spend your French Tokens in the Armory to obtain signals; the Revolutionary permanent camouflage; the Fleur-de-Lys flag; Commander André Lemonnier; permanent camouflages for IX Orage and X Cassard; and French destroyers VI Duchaffault, VIII L'Aventurier, and IX Orage. At the end of the bundle sequence, you can purchase X Cassard for Doubloons.

Note that in Update 13.7, French Tokens can only be obtained from random bundles in the Armory.

== Brawls ==

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Update 13.7 will see three Brawls in different formats. The first brawl has the following rules:

:* 3v3 battles with Tier VII destroyers, cruisers, and battleships.
:* Divisions of up to 3 players allowed.

More information will be available in the game client.

== Division Stars ==

While the update is live, you'll be able to earn Division Stars &mdash; special bonuses issued for playing together with your Clanmates.

:* You can earn Division Stars by playing in a Division with each of your Clanmates.
:* Stars cannot be earned in Clan or Training Battles.
:* Earning certain numbers of Stars unlocks access to various rewards.
:* If you switch Clans, any Stars and rewards you previously received remain with you.

To see the roster of Clanmates with whom you can team up in a Division, as well as the list of rewards you can obtain, navigate to the Division Star tab in the Clans section.

By playing together with each of your Clanmates, you can earn up to 3 Stars (per Clanmate). In this iteration, the condition for earning each Star is that your Division wins the battle.

== Armory ==

=== New Commanders ===

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We're adding 11 Commanders to the permanent lineup in the Armory. All the Commanders come with 10 skill points and will be available for 1,500 Doubloons.
	
The Netherlands	Karel Doorman
Germany	Erich Bey
Italy	Bruno Battaglia
Japan	Takeo Kurita
Europe	Fredrik Henrik af Chapman
U.K.	Bruce Fraser
Pan-Asia Yi Sun-Sin
U.S.S.R. Pavel Nakhimov
France	Robert Jaujard
The Commonwealth Leonard Murray
U.S.A.	Leroy Jenkins
	 
=== New Ships ===

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We're adding ships as permanent stock in the Armory and Premium Shop: IX Jäger, VIII Alliance, VII Tashkent '39, VII W. Virginia '44, and VIII D. Pozharsky are joining the lineup.
	
Key Features

 VII Tashkent '39
{{Doubloons}}&thinsp;6800 Doubloons &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; not available for Coal<br />
'''''Tashkent '39''''' is a Soviet destroyer flotilla leader designed and built at the Odero-Terni-Orlando shipyard in Italy. When she was commissioned into the navy in October 1939, three single-gun 130 mm B-13 gun mounts were placed on the ship as temporary weapons. With that artillery on board, the ship met the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. In July 1941 Tashkent received her standard weaponry of three B-2LM mounts.	

:* Large HP pool
:* Torpedo Reload Booster consumable available
:* High top speed
:* Low main battery damage per minute
:* High detectability

 VII W. Virginia '44
{{Doubloons}}&thinsp;9800 Doubloons &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; not available for Coal<br />
'''''West Virginia '44''''' is a Colorado-class ship that embodies American battleship West Virginia as of 1944. She received a second life after she was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor. In the aftermath of the attack, she was refloated and extensively rebuilt. In the autumn of 1944, the battleship returned to service and proved herself with excellence in the Battle of Leyte. Later, she took part in the Battle of Iwo Jima and the landings on Okinawa. During the course of World War II, West Virginia was awarded five battle stars.	

:* High secondary battery gun efficiency
:* High survivability
:* Short main battery firing range
:* Low ship speed

 VIII Alliance
{{Doubloons}}&thinsp;10,800 Doubloons &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; not available for Coal<br />
HMS '''''Alliance''''' is an Amphion-class submarine. These submarines were based on technical solutions tested on the preceding T-class boats—specifically, by using an all-welded inner pressure hull. In contrast to their predecessors, they boasted greater surface speed and improved living conditions for their crew. They were of a double-hull design, with the torpedo tubes distributed evenly between the bow and stern. Since 1981, HMS Alliance has been a memorial and museum ship at Gosport.	

:* Increased torpedo homing efficiency
:* Rapid torpedo tube reload
:* High dive capacity
:* Low torpedo damage
:* Low-speed acoustic homing torpedoes

 VIII D. Pozharsky
{{Doubloons}}&thinsp;11,800 Doubloons &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; or {{Coal}}&thinsp;135,000 Coal<br />
'''''Dmitry Pozharsky''''' is a Soviet Project 68-bis cruiser. She was laid down in Leningrad at Ordzhonikidze Shipyard No. 189 in February 1952. The ship was launched in June 1953 and commissioned in December 1954. In February 1955, she was assigned to the Northern Fleet, but during the summer of the same year, the cruiser headed for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to join the 14th Cruiser Division of the Pacific Fleet. In 1961, Dmitry Pozharsky joined the 9th Division of ASW Ships, and from 1967, she was on active duty within the 10th Tactical Squadron permanently operating in the Indian Ocean.	

:* AP shells with reduced chances of ricocheting
:* Long firing range
:* Short-Burst Smoke Generator consumable available
:* High detectability
:* Only AP shells available

 IX Jäger
{{Doubloons}}&thinsp;19,300 Doubloons &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; or {{Coal}}&thinsp;225,000 Coal<br />
'''''Jäger''''' is a destroyer leader created according to the project of the Austro — Hungarian Marine Technical Committee in 1917. It provided for the construction of a 2,000-ton torpedo boat, which was to be equipped with 6-inch main battery guns. However, with the end of World War I and the collapse of Austria-Hungary, the destroyer was never built.	

:* High-speed, long-range torpedoes
:* Low detectability
:* Each torpedo deals low damage
:* Smoke Generator consumable unavailable
:* Low main battery damage per minute

=== New Unique Upgrades ===

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New unique upgrades for X Vermont and X C. Colombo have been added to the Armory. They are each available for 19,200 Research Points.

The '''Improved Electrical Systems''' upgrade for X ''[[Vermont]]'' changes the ship's tactical role by enhancing her firepower and allowing for more effective countering of submarines and aircraft.

Slot 5

:* −10% main battery reload time
:* −15% Depth Charge Airstrike armament reload time
:* +15% continuous anti-aircraft damage

The '''Improved Rangefinders''' upgrade for X ''[[C.Colombo]]'' increases the efficiency of long-range attacks.

Slot 6

:* −6% maximum main battery shell dispersion
:* −6% main battery reload time

== Leaderboard: Peking Plan ==

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A new Leaderboard event will begin near the end of Update 13.7. Players who wish to participate must opt in to the event. To qualify, players need to earn at least 1,000 Base XP playing a Tier V–X ship or supership in a single Random, Ranked, Co-op, Operation, or Brawl Battle. Meeting these requirements will add you to the Leaderboard.

Leaderboards and rewards are separate for all the realms and will update every hour to show player rankings at that time.

==== Rewards ====

:* All those who participate and earn at least 1,000 Base XP in a single battle will be issued with a Special Bonuses container.

Continue earning as much Base XP as possible in individual battles—the highest result you achieve across all the battles you fight will be used to position you on the Leaderboard. Getting a high score may bring you one of these rewards:

:* The grand prize for each of the top 10 players is VII Błyskawica with a 10-skill-point Commander!
:* Places 11–20 will each receive European Commander Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz
:* with 10 skill points.
:* Places 21–50 will earn 3x each of the following containers: More Signals, More Coal, More Economic Rewards, and More Camouflages.
:* Places 51–100 will earn 1x each of the following containers: More Signals, More Coal, More Economic Rewards, and More Camouflages.

== Blue Archive Visits ''World of Warships!'' ==

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Step into Independent Federal Investigation Club SCHALE as we bring Kivotos and the exciting world of Blue Archive to ''World of Warships!'' We're thrilled to announce a collaboration that will bring its visually vibrant world to life on our high seas.

Five new Commanders with individual voiceovers are joining the roster! Please welcome delicate and warm Nonomi, accommodating and passionate Ayane, playful but valiant Hoshino, soft-spoken and caring Shiroko, and hardworking and kind Serika of the Foreclosure Task Force. And they are not alone in this endeavor! Additionally, three ships &mdash; ''BA Tirpitz, BA Takahashi,'' and ''BA Montana'' &mdash; plus four new flags, one very friendly looking patch, and three containers have been added to the game to enrich their arsenal.

More information about the Blue Archive collaboration will be available in a [ separate article], so keep your eyes peeled!

&#9;'''[https://nexon.link/e51 Blue Archive Discord] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [https://nexon.link/e5g Download Game]'''

== UI Changes ==

We have made updates to UI elements used in-game:

:* Updated the UI, Minimap, and in-world icons of all squadrons in the game and their armaments—rockets, bombs, torpedoes, and skip bombs, both HE and AP.
:* Updated the Airstrike UI, Minimap, and in-world icons.
:* Added additional icons to indicate that dropped bombs are skip bombs.
:* Updated the UI icons for dynamic damage torpedoes.
:* Added additional UI icons for Burst Fire mode.

== Game Balance Changes ==

Check the Development Blog to get all the details.

== Content Additions and Changes ==

Update 13.7 is bringing the following:

:* We're adding the Slovak National Uprising flag to the game.
:* Daily reward calendar of Update 13.7 will be prolonged until the start of Update 13.8. The reason for this change is that specially for Update 13.8, the login version of the calendar is tied to the update itself and not to the beginning of the month as was previously the case.

== Other Changes == 

:* Fixed an incorrect propulsion value in the engine module of X Cassard.
:* Fixed an error in Japanese destroyer IX STAR Kitakaze's ship upgrade recommendations.
:* Fixed various graphical issues with the following camouflages: Esprit de France permanent camouflage for IX Orage, Azur Lane permanent camouflage for VII Nelson and IX AL Sov. Rossiya, War Paint permanent camouflage for X Wisconsin, and Transformer permanent camouflages.
:* Fixed an issue where the torpedo launchers would intersect with VII Myōkō's hull at certain angles.
:* Fixed a bug preventing the Devastating Strike achievement from being granted to players.

For a complete list of changes, please refer to [https://na.wargaming.net/support/en/products/wows/article/33375/ Player Support].


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