Doubloon Economy

Revision as of 16:53, 12 October 2016

Current doubloon, credit, and Free XP totals as seen in the top right corner of the Port screen.

Doubloons

Doubloons are World of Warships's version of Gold from World of Tanks and Warplanes. It is considered premium currency and as such can have a drastic impact on your gaming experience.

Doubloons can be obtained in several ways:

• Purchased directly from the premium shop (https://na.wargaming.net/shop/wows/gold/)
• Purchased as part of a bundle. Examples of these bundles:

• Premium ship bundles
• Weekend Captain's Pass (available most weekends)
• Check the "specials" section for limited offerings.

• Achieving Rank 2 or Rank 1 during a season of Ranked Battles
• Winning various contests. You can find these at https://forum.worldofwarships.com/index.php?/forum/53-contests-and-in-game-competitions/
• Various missions in game (most recently, earn top xp and win one doubloon).
• Gifts from friends.

Doubloons have a multitude of uses:

• Purchasing credits. The standard conversion is 1 doubloon = 1,500 credits.
  
• Converting experience you have on elite ships to Free experience. Elite ships are ships that have all modules researched; premium ships are elite by default. The standard conversion rate is 1 doubloon for 25 converted experience.
  
• Purchasing some premium ships via the tech tree.
  
• Purchasing premium time, which provides a 50% increase in credit and experience earnings as well as a special port with a unique soundtrack.
  
• Instantly retraining a commander on a new ship (500 doubloons).
  
• Redistributing commander skills (cost increases as the number of commander skills increase).
  
• Dismounting upgrades from a ship; this equipment can then be applied to a different ship. Note that you can also sell equipment for 50% of the credit cost.
  
• Purchasing port slots (300 doubloons per slot).
  
• Increasing the size of your commander reserve (100 doubloons for 4 slots).
  
• Purchasing special consumables such as permanent (1,000 - 4,000 doubloons) or special camouflage (50 doubloons) or premium consumables. Camouflage can enhance experience gain, while premium consumables recharge faster and give you an extra use.
  
• Promoting a new captain to a 3 skill points immediately (25 doubloons).

Credits

Credits, also commonly referred to as silver, are the standard currency and can be earned by actively participating in battle, doing things such as damaging the enemy, capturing bases, etc. They are also rewarded for completing missions. Credits can be spent in many ways:

Usages	Example
Purchasing ships.
Purchasing newly researched modules.
Purchasing premium consumables (22,500 credits).
Purchasing upgrades.
Purchasing camouflage that can improve concealment, increase enemy dispersion, or both (8,000 - 22,500 credits).
Instantly training a new captain to one point (10,000 credits).
Instantly retraining one half the required XP for a captain assigned to a non-premium ship (200,000 credits).

Experience (XP)

Experience, like credits, is earned in battle. Standard experience — represented by a silver star — can be used to research modules for a ship (such as upgraded hulls or guns). It can also be used to unlock the next level of ship. However, Standard experience can ONLY be used for the ship it is earned with.

Free Experience (XP)

Once reaching Account Level 5 players earn Free experience, represented by a gold star. Free experience is earned at a rate of 5% of the Standard experience earned in a battle, and can be used to research/unlock modules for ANY ship. Additionally, some missions may reward Free experience. Players who accumulate enough Free experience can immediately upgrade a new ship, or skip a ship altogether.

Free experience can also be earned by using Doubloons to convert Standard experience from Elite and Premium ships to Free experience.