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Update 13.4: D-day Anniversary

Update 13.4 delivers the following:

Warhammer 40,000
Balance Changes
Content Additions and Changes
Other changes

D-Day

Starts: May 29, 02:00 AM PT (UTC-7) / your local time: May 29, 04:00 AM Ends: Jul 10, 02:00 AM PT (UTC-7) / your local time: Jul 10, 04:00 AM

80 years ago in June, Allied forces undertook the largest amphibious operation in military history. In honor of this incredible military operation, three new Operations are coming to World of Warships in a new event battle type!

First Operation will be available in Update 13.4, while the second and third Operations will become available in Update 13.5. Each Operation will last for 2 weeks, feature Tier V–VII ships, and accommodate up to 6 players in a Division. The first and third Operations include battleships, cruisers, and destroyers, while the second Operation features German destroyers. If you don’t own the required vessels to participate in this event, don't worry—we're providing rental ships for its duration.

In the first Operation, you'll take command of the Allied vanguard spearheading the landings on Utah Beach. You'll have to fight through enemy naval forces and suppress coastal defenses to ensure the safe arrival of your landing craft.

The D-Day Operations only have a single difficulty level, and completing the primary objective won't be the hardest part. However, we've brought back Stars for completing additional missions for the duration of the D-Day event.

Earning these extra Stars will enable quick progression through a special reward track which has three parts, with each one unlocking as each new Operation becomes available. Players will be able to obtain additional Classified Documents and rewards such as Historical Commanders Robert Jaujard and William Tennant, the Force of Liberation permanent camouflage for and Invasion Stripes for , and four new patches. Additionally, players can receive More Signals and D-Day containers by completing extra levels.

In the first part of the reward track, you can obtain the following: Commander Robert Jaujard with 6 skill points, the Momentous Day patch, and the Symbol of the Resistance patch.

Classified Documents

As part of the Operations commemorating D-Day, we're introducing a special event mechanic called "Classified Documents." These provide bonuses against specific enemy types, and they come in three different levels: Confidential, Secret, and Top Secret, with each level providing additional bonuses.

More information about Classified Documents can be found in our Work in Progress publication.

D-Day content additions

The D-Day temporary Port has been added to the game; you'll be able to access it by clicking the D-Day banner in Port or by selecting the D-Day battle type. Your previous Port in the Port selection window will not be affected by this change, and you can easily return to it at any time.

80 Years Since D-Day flag.
D-Day containers and D-Day Premium containers are unique to this event and may even drop a variety of Premium vessels, including a few brand-new ones! You can check out the container contents on our website once the update is released, or you can find them in the following DevBlog.

More information will be available in a separate article.

Azur Lane Wave 6

World of Warships and Azur Lane are joining forces once again! Update 13.4 will welcome the Sixth Wave of our collaboration! This time, the already impressive list of Azur Lane Commanders will be joined by five newcomers with individual voiceovers: Shimakaze, Ägir, Hornet, Queen Elizabeth, and Fusō; moreover, three new ships will be added to the game—AL Shimakaze, AL Ägir, and AL Hornet, as well as commemorative flags for the new ships. Additionally, four new themed permanent camouflages for VI Queen Elizabeth, VIII Chapayev, VIII Baltimore, and VI Fusō, as well as the new "Azur Lane: Ocean Guardians" Premium container, will be added to the game.

Azur Lane Event Pass

Starts: May 15, 02:00 AM PT (UTC-7) / your local time: May 15, 04:00 AM Ends: Jun 12, 02:00 AM PT (UTC-7) / your local time: Jun 12, 04:00 AM

But that's not all! Update 13.4 brings a new thematic Event Pass that features new content from the Azur Lane collaboration!

Among the special rewards of the first progression line, you'll be able to obtain Azur Lane containers, an Azur Lane permanent camouflage for VI Queen Elizabeth, plus Commander Queen Elizabeth with an individual voiceover and 10 skill points. After completing the initial 20 levels, you'll receive 1x More Signals container for each extra level completed.

The second progression line can be unlocked for 2,500 Doubloons. After unlocking it, each level of both progression lines can be completed simultaneously either by completing missions or purchasing each level for 1,000 Doubloons. This progression line holds various rewards, including Commander Fusō with an individual voiceover and 10 skill points; a bonus package for Tier VIII ships; Azur Lane permanent camouflages for VI Fusō, VIII Baltimore, and VIII Chapayev; and "Azur Lane — Siren" permanent camouflages. After completing the initial 20 levels, you'll earn 1x Rare Bonuses container for completing each extra level.

More information will be available in a separate article.

Commonwealth Cruisers Leave Early Access

Early Access to I Sutlej, II Port Jackson, III Caradoc, IV Dunedin, V Delhi, VI Hobart, VII Uganda, VIII Auckland, IX Encounter, and X Cerberus ends with the release of Update 13.4, and these ships will join the Commonwealth Tech Tree and become available to everyone.

These ships are armed with 152 mm guns at low to mid tiers, and they have 203 mm guns at higher tiers. The guns deal relatively good damage per minute, but on the flip side, they have slower-traversing turrets and lofty ballistics.

Starting at Tier III, these cruisers are armed with torpedoes that gain range as you move up through the tiers. At higher tiers, you can even launch the torpedoes from stealth due to the ships' great concealment. Submarine Surveillance with an improved range is available starting from Tier V. Additionally, Depth Charge Airstrike is also available from Tier V with improved range and additional charges, but each bomb will deal less damage.

As a signature feature of Commonwealth cruisers, starting at Tier V, these ships are equipped with Crawling Smoke Generator in a dedicated slot. Starting from Tier IV, Hydroacoustic Search becomes available, and from Tier V, you can choose between the Defensive AA Fire and Hydroacoustic Search consumables—they share the same slot. Repair Party becomes available at Tier VIII.

These ships have great concealment but relatively low HP and weaker armor, as well as average AA defenses.

Clan Battles Season 25: Polar Bear

Update 13.4 features a new Clan Battles season, codenamed Polar Bear.

This season is going to be a bit shorter compared to recent seasons. We heard some feedback that players want Clan Battles to feel a bit more fresh and exciting, and we're totally up for exploring new approaches to them! As part of this, we want to test out a feature that could help positively shake up the game mode: support consumables. Format

7 vs. 7
Tier X ships
No submarines or aircraft carriers permitted
Maximum of two battleships per team
Gaming sessions available on: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday

To gear up for the occasion, we've added an achievement for the teams that end the season in the top league, as well as an achievement for the winner!

You can read more information about the new Clan Battles season here.

Ranked Battles

Starts: May 15, 02:00 AM PT (UTC-7) / your local time: May 15, 04:00 AM Ends: Jul 9, 05:00 PM PT (UTC-7) / your local time: Jul 9, 07:00 PM

Update 13.4 brings Ranked Battles Season 17.

In the Bronze League, battles will be held in 6v6 format with Tier VI and VII ships, and in both the Silver and Gold Leagues, players will helm Tier VIII and IX ships, also in a 6v6 format.

For the Bronze and Silver leagues, no more than one submarine, one aircraft carrier, four battleships, and four destroyers are allowed. For the Gold League—no more than one submarine, one aircraft carrier, three battleships, and four destroyers are allowed.

More information will be available in the game client.

Brawls

Update 13.4 will see three Brawls unleashed in different formats. The first brawl will be available in a 2v2 format with Tier X battleships, cruisers, and destroyers. No more than one battleship is allowed. Divisions of up to two players can participate.

First Brawl starts: May 20, 08:00 AM PT (UTC-7) / your local time: May 20, 10:00 AM First Brawl ends: May 27, 03:00 AM PT (UTC-7) / your local time: May 27, 05:00 AM

More information will be available in the game client.

Armory

New ship in the Armory

With the release of Update 13.4, a new hybrid ship—X Komissar—will become available in the Armory. Players will be able to obtain X Komissar for 30,000 Steel, while X Komissar together with the Made of Steel permanent camouflage will be available for 35,000 Steel.

In 1934, simultaneously with the creation of a new generation of light cruisers, the U.S.S.R. began development of a modern heavy cruiser project designated as Project X. Developed outside the framework of international treaties, the Project X cruiser was designed to be a powerful ship in terms of its characteristics. This included rapid-firing, heavy artillery armament based on twelve 240 mm guns and 130 mm universal mounts.

The name "Komissar" was chosen based on the Soviet convention during the 1930s of giving ships names related directly to the U.S.S.R.

is equipped with twelve 240 mm guns that are capable of dealing decent damage per salvo, but the rotation of her main guns takes a lot of time. The ship is also armed with torpedoes that have a long range and quick reload, but there are only a few torpedoes in each salvo.

has access to Attack Aircraft which is armed with HE rockets. Each rocket can do significant damage and has increased chances of causing fire.

Trade-in

Starts: Jun 6, 02:00 AM PT (UTC-7) / your local time: Jun 6, 04:00 AM Ends: Jun 20, 02:00 AM PT (UTC-7) / your local time: Jun 20, 04:00 AM

Starting from the last week of Update 13.4, a special tab will be available in the Armory where you can exchange certain Tier V–X premium and special ships for a significant discount when purchasing other Premium and special Tier V–X ships with Doubloons.

All the details are available on our Development Blog.

Warhammer 4K

World of Warships is setting the stage to welcome back fleets of warships from the grim darkness of the far future! The Imperial Navy and Black Templars will face the ferocious forces of Chaos and vehement space corsairs—the Orks. The characters of the Warhammer 40,000 universe are returning in Update 13.4! You can expect the return of familiar ships—VIII Ship Smasha, VIII Cross of Dorn, VIII Ignis Purgatio, and VIII Ragnarok —as well as their Commanders, permanent camouflages, and other themed content. Whose side will you take?

We've also updated the contents of the Warhammer 40,000 Premium container! You can find the new container contents below right after Update 13.4 goes live.

Pan-Asian destroyers Fenyang and Ship Smasha, Tier VIII

• Torpedoes can now also damage cruisers in addition to battleships and aircraft carriers

Pan-Asian destroyer Siliwangi, Tier VIII

• Main battery reload time reduced: 4.8 to 4.5 s

Japanese battleship Yumihari, Tier VIII

• Sigma value increased: 2.1 to 2.2
• AP shell parameters changed:
  • Maximum damage increased: 12,000 to 12,600
  • Penetration slightly increased

Soviet battleship Vladivostok, Tier VIII

• Detectability range by sea increased: 15 to 15.4 km
• All other detectability ranges adjusted accordingly

British battleship Monarch, Tier VIII

• Repair Party consumable replaced with Specialized Repair Teams with similar parameters to those found on the next-tier ships of the branch

Pan-Asian destroyer Chung Mu, Tier IX

• Researchable torpedo parameters changed:
  • Maximum damage reduced: 19,033 to 17,967
  • Torpedo speed reduced: 67 to 64 kts

Japanese cruiser Yodo, Tier X

• HE shell parameters changed:
  • Maximum damage increased: 2,500 to 2,850
  • Fire-starting chances increased: 10 to 12%

American super cruiser Annapolis

• HP reduced: 56,000 to 51,900

French super cruiser Condé

• HP reduced: 63,000 to 55,400

Content Additions and Changes

• Commander Sir John Vincent
• Commander Dragon Boat Racer
• Good Luck Kite flag
• Viscount of Victory permanent camouflage for X St. Vincent
• ★ Maine has been added to the Tech Tree and will be available to all players
• Additionally, we're updating the contents of the Commonwealth Team Premium Container: as we previously mentioned, we're removing the Commonwealth Tokens and replacing them with Credits—you can check the container contents in the game client

With the release of Update 13.4, the Warhammer 40,000 Premium container contents will be changed. Because of this change, starting with Update 13.4, all Warhammer 40,000 Premium containers will automatically be opened for all players who have them available on their accounts. This way, players will obtain the current rewards from the container before any changes take place.

Ships: French destroyers Vent (Tier V; used to test L'Adroit), Duchaffault (Tier VI), Le Hardi (Tier VII), Orage (Tier IX), Cassard (Tier X); Soviet cruiser Kozma Minin (Tier IX); French cruiser Brennus (Tier X) and American super cruiser Jacksonville were added for testing by developers, volunteers, and community contributors.

Future Changes

In Update 13.5, the Picnic by the Sea container contents will be changed.

With the start of Update 13.5, the contents of the Distant Voyages Premium container, Wings of Freedom container, and Wings of Freedom Premium container will be changed. Given this, in Update 13.5, all of the mentioned containers will automatically be opened for all players who have them on their accounts. Thus, players will obtain the current rewards from the containers before any changes apply.

Other Changes

Fixed a UI bug that caused IX Chikuma II's parameters to incorrectly appear different compared to IX Chikuma II Golden.
Fixed recommended Commander skills for IX Chikuma II Golden to match those of IX Chikuma II.
Fixed an issue with the rotation of main battery guns on VIII Lightning.
Fixed an issue that prevented players on the Asia server from exchanging Doubloons for Credits.
Fixed an issue that caused problems with adding players to Divisions in some situations.
Added the visual animation and sound effect in the Port for the Viscount of Victory permanent camouflage for X St. Vincent.
Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented the display of the icon indicating that an aircraft carrier had been detected by the enemy while the player was controlling a squadron.
Added alternative color schemes to the Tropical and Mediterranean permanent camouflages for VII Duke of York.
Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented the consumable parameters from being updated after mounting an upgrade that improves them.
Fixed textures on the following ships: IX Dm. Donskoi and IX Sov. Soyuz.
Fixed textures on the following permanent camouflages: Australian Ornament for X Cerberus; Bionic and Fossil for X Henri IV.
Fixed an issue that prevented the horn on X Des Moines
from working while the Bionic permanent camouflage was equipped.
Fixed a bug that interfered with reordering the positions of consumables in the Port.
Fixed the Patrol Fighters icon and description for VI Béarn.
Fixed the Combat Instructions description for VIII Almte. Grau.
For a complete list of changes, please refer to Player Support.

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