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Update 12.4: European Destroyers

Update 12.4 brings the following:

European Destroyers in Early Access ● The Return of Convoy ● Pan-American Cruisers ● Dockyard ● Battle Pass ● Repeated Battle Entry With the Same Ship ● Updated Notifications ● Armory ● Clan Battles: Season 21 ● Brawls ● Popeye The Sailor Man ● Content Additions and Changes ● Game Balance Changes ● Other Changes

European Destroyers in Early Access

Update 12.4 kicks off an event dedicated to the release of a new branch of Tier V–X European destroyers into Early Access.

V Muavenet, VI Stord, and VII Grom are available in sequential bundles for European Tokens. VIII Split is the final reward of the Premium Battle Pass in Update 12.4. IX L.Katsonis can be obtained via random bundles available for  Doubloons. X Gdańsk is available to purchase for  Doubloons at the end of a sequential bundle chain.

Features of the New Ship Branch

• The ships are equipped only with HE shells with good damage per salvo. Starting from Tier VIII the shells have flat-trajectory ballistics.
• The ships are equipped with Smoke Generator and Engine Boost, and starting from Tier VIII, Surveillance Radar is added in a separate slot. This allows for dealing decent damage while staying back in a smoke screen, revealing the opponents' positions at the same time.
• The newcomers' torpedoes have high speed but low damage and a rather short range.
• The ships enjoy quite large HP pools but have average speed and poor concealment.

The Return of Convoy

The Convoy temporary battle type is coming back to the game in Update 12.4!

In real life, encounters between naval forces were significantly focused on safeguarding or dismantling sea-based communication channels as those were used for transporting a substantial amount of equipment and other crucial cargo. The Convoy event tasks you precisely with protecting or attacking transport ships.

A list of changes as compared to the previous update:

• Convoy is now available on the Haven map.
• Bot behavior has been updated — transport ships will now change their speed to evade torpedoes instead of changing course.
• The battle mode interface has been updated.

The general rules of Convoy remain the same. Two teams participate in battle — one has to escort transport ships, and the other has to attack them.

• Players are randomly distributed among the two teams.
• The defending team has to escort transport ships that travel along a specified route.
• The defending team wins if at least one convoy ship reaches the destination point or if it manages to sink the entire opposing team.
• The attacking team has to sink all transport ships or their guards.

Pan American Cruisers

When Update 12.4 goes live, the Pan-American cruisers will become available for all players to research.

Pan-American cruisers are armed with 152 mm main battery guns that fire only AP shells with enhanced ricochet angles and arcing trajectories. The guns also boast a good reload time. Starting from Tier IV the ships are armed with torpedoes.

The main shared feature of the cruisers is access to Combat Instructions that become available from Tier VI. Upon activating, they significantly reduce the cooldown time of all consumables. To fill the Combat Instructions progress bar, you need to continuously hit a target with your main battery guns.

The ships have weak armor but good concealment. The newcomers boast a large amount of various consumables.

• The Repair Party consumable becomes available from Tier II. From Tier VI it's substituted with Specialized Repair Teams, which restores a significant amount of hit points, including citadel hit points.
• Tier IV unlocks the Short-Range Hydroacoustic Search consumable, while Tier VII brings Defensive AA Fire in the same slot.
• Tier V and VI ships have access to the Fighter consumable.
• Starting from Tier VIII the Surveillance Radar and Spotting Aircraft consumables become available in the same slot.

The newcomers are most efficient at medium- and long-range skirmishes. The ships can occupy an advantageous position on the map thanks to good concealment. Capitalizing on that, the cruisers can continuously shell their opponent to activate Combat Instructions more often.

Dockyard

The construction of battleship IX Daisen at the Kure Dockyard continues in Update 12.4.

Throughout the first two weeks of the Update, you'll still be able to complete combat missions and get Dockyard phases to obtain the main reward — IX Daisen. The Dockyard will remain at your Port until the release of Update 12.5.

Battle Pass

The new Update will traditionally bring a new Battle Pass with it. Earn Battle Pass Points for completing daily and weekly combat missions and advance through the Battle Pass progress bar.

The final reward of the Free Battle Pass is European Tokens and containers with rare economic bonuses. You can use these Tokens to obtain European destroyers in Early Access. The Premium Battle Pass will deliver even more valuable rewards, with new Early Access ship VIII Split as the final reward.

See here.

Repeated Battle Entry with the Same Ship

Update 12.4 introduces a new mechanic that allows players to enter a new battle with the ship that was destroyed in the previous battle without waiting for it to end. This will allow you to complete more battles playing your favorite ships per game session and accelerate the research of ship branches.

You'll be able to enter a new battle after your ship has been sunk from the Port or from the exit menu of the previous battle. The new mechanics won't apply to Clan Battles.

If you enter a new battle when the previous one is still going, you can use the ship even if you don't have enough  Credits for post-battle service. The cost of it will be tallied up until the player enters the Port after ending all of the battles. There you'll find information about the results of all previous battles on the current ship. After that, you won't be able to enter a new battle with the ship until you pay the full cost of post-battle service.

Before each new battle, you can change the ship configuration, applied economic bonuses, Commander's skills, etc. The results of the previous battle will be based on the previous configuration.

Before entering battle, you'll get a notification in the following cases:

• A Commander has undistributed skill points.
• The prime time of a battle type has ended.
• You've run out of economic bonuses, signals, or camouflages.

Updated Notifications

We've updated the Notifications section. It includes three permanent blocks now:

• Battle Results
• Inventory
• Other

There will also be one temporary block. It will display notifications related to the game updates.

We've added a new type of message — emergency messages, which include Administration notifications, information about server reboots, technical works, and other similar events.

Tooltips won't be displayed for some actions performed by the player in the Port. However, they will still be displayed in the notification history.

Armory

X Gato will become available in the Armory with the release of Update 12.4. The submarine's main armament is represented by standard torpedoes with high range and damage. X Gato is also armed with acoustic torpedoes with high speed and good damage but short range.

The submarine is capable of reaching a high speed on the surface and offers fast dive capacity recharging, but that capacity is small. X Gato has a low underwater speed and mediocre maneuverability.

Among the sub's consumables are Hydrophone, Submarine Surveillance, and Enhanced Rudder Gears in separate slots. X Gato will be available for purchase in exchange for  28,000 Steel.

The following ships will be removed from the Tech Tree and added to the Armory:

• IX Ägir for  228,000 Coal
• IX Azuma for  228,000 Coal
• IX Groningen for  228,000 Coal
• X Hayate for  238,000 Coal

Clan Battles:Season 21

Clan Battles Season 21 — Cachalot — kicks off with the release of Update 12.4.

Win Clan Battles to earn valuable rewards, such as Steel, Oil, days of Warships Premium Account, signal flags, unique expendable economic bonuses, and a Clan Token.

Gaming sessions are available on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Format

6 vs. 6 playing Tier VIII and Tier IX ships.

Brawls

Update 12.4 features three Brawls in different formats.

Brawl 1

Format: 6 vs. 6 with Tier X battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and carriers.

Restrictions: No more than three battleships, three cruisers, two destroyers, and one aircraft carrier per team.

Brawl 2

Format: 4 vs. 4 with Tier VI ships.

Restrictions: No more than two battleships, two destroyers, four cruisers, and one submarine per team.

Brawl 3

Format: 4 vs. 4 with Tier VII ships.

Restrictions: No more than two battleships, two cruisers, and two destroyers per team.

Popeye the Sailor Man

Update 12.4 brings Popeye cartoon content with it! Popeye and Bluto commanders with individual voiceovers have been added to the game, as well as their commemorative flags and a special permanent camouflage for VII Colorado. ^[1]

Content Additions and Changes

The Armory's sequential bundles have been changed:

• Now you can purchase all or several bundles at once.
• The appearance of sequential bundles has been updated.

VIII Richelieu

The stock hull of VIII Richelieu has been replaced with a new one, created on the basis of the researchable hull with a changed composition for the AA guns. Thus, when the new hull A is installed, the ship can't use the Fighter and Spotting Aircraft consumables.

New Characteristics of Richelieu's AA Hull A

• Composition: 48х1 20 mm, 14x2 40 mm, 6х2 100 mm.
• Short-range AA guns: Permanent damage per second — 357; hit probability 70%; range 2.0 km.
• Mid-range AA guns: Permanent damage per second — 273; hit probability 75%; range 3.5 km.
• Long-range AA guns: Permanent damage per second — 77; hit probability 75%; range 5.8 km.
• The radius of an area within which AA explosions can appear — 3.5–5.8 km; the number of explosions in a salvo — 4; damage within the explosion radius of shells — 1,330.

Kleber stuff

The update brings the following items to the game:

• X Kléber CLR with characteristics similar to that of X Kléber but with a unique appearance
• Kléber CLR commemorative flag
• Colorful Regatta Premium container
• Dragon Boat patch

Achievements for the upcoming Clan Battle seasons have been added.

Changes to Containers

Supercontainer

• The number of Doubloons, days of Premium Account, some other resources, as well as the chances of getting ships, have been decreased.
• Standard daily and "Try your luck" containers will fill the Supercontainer progress bar twice as fast.
• You'll be able to obtain twice as many Supercontainers or twice as often in regular sites that drop them.
• Contents of all Supercontainers on players' accounts will be automatically updated with the release of 12.4 Update.

New contents

• 30% – 50x one of { India Delta , India X-Ray , India Yankee , Juliet Charlie , November Echo Setteseven , November Foxtrot , Sierra Bravo , Sierra Mike , Victor Lima , X-Ray Papa Unaone } signals
• 28% – 25x one of { , , , }.
• 10% –  7,500 Coal
• 6.6% – 15x one of { , , , }
• 6.5% –  75,000 Elite Commander XP
• 6.5% –  25,000 Free XP
• 5.4% – 7 days of  Warships Premium Account
• 4% –  1,000 Doubloons
• 1% –  1,500 Steel
• 1% –  1,500 Research Points
• 1% – A ship with a  Port slot and Commander with 10 skill points. Breakdown:
  • 0.82% – Tier V–VII ship
  • 0.15% – Tier VIII–IX ship
  • 0.03% – Tier X or Rare Ship (1 in 3333 chance).

A ship is guaranteed after opening 200 SCs without receiving one.
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Steam Supercontainer

Similar changes will be applied to the Steam Supercontainer with minor differences.

• 30% – 50x one of { India Delta , India X-Ray , India Yankee , Juliet Charlie , November Echo Setteseven , November Foxtrot , Sierra Bravo , Sierra Mike , Victor Lima , X-Ray Papa Unaone } signals
• 24% – 25x one of { , , , }.
• 10% –  7,500 Coal
• 6.6% – 15x one of { , , , }
• 6.5% –  75,000 Elite Commander XP
• 6.5% –  25,000 Free XP
• 5.4% – 7 days of  Warships Premium Account
• 4% – 25x Steam camouflages
• 4% –  1,000 Doubloons
• 1% –  1,500 Steel
• 1% –  1,500 Research Points
• 1% – A ship with a  Port slot and Commander with 10 skill points. Breakdown:
  • 0.82% – Tier V–VII ship
  • 0.15% – Tier VIII–IX ship
  • 0.03% – Tier X or Rare Ship (1 in 3333 chance).

A ship is guaranteed after opening 200 Steam SCs without receiving one.

French Destroyers Container

The common and premium versions of the container have been renamed to French Squadron, and their contents have been changed.

Standard
Slot 1

• 1x Cote d'Azur camouflage.

Slot 2

• 60% – 1x one of { , , , };
• 25% –  2500 Free XP;
• 10% –  1000 Coal;
• 4% – 1 day of  Warships Premium Account;
• 1% – One of ( Le Terrible, Gascogne, Béarn, Toulon, De Grasse } with a 3 point commander and a  Port slot.

Slot 3

• 1x Cote d'Azur camouflage.

Premium - The premium version for Doubloons:
Slot 1

• 3x Cote d'Azur camouflages.

Slot 2

• 60% – 10x one of { , , , };
• 25% –  25,000 Free XP;
• 10% –  10,000 Coal;
• 10% – One of ( Le Terrible, Gascogne, Béarn, Toulon, De Grasse } with a 10 point commander and a  Port slot.

Slot 3

• 3x Cote d'Azur camouflages.

The number of containers that need to be opened to guarantee a ship is 25.

Soviet Era Container

Contents of the common and premium versions of the container have been changed.

Standard
Slot 1

• 1x Victory camouflage.

Slot 2

• 48% – 1x one of { , , , };
• 39.5% –  50,000 Credits;
• 12% –  500 FXP;
• 0.5% – One of ( Chkalov, Borodino, Moskva, Neustrashimy, Gremyashchy, Kutuzov } with a 3 point commander and a  Port slot.

Slot 3

• 1x Victory camouflage.

If you already have all the ships that can be obtained from the container, you will instead receive  500 Free XP.

Premium - The premium version for  Doubloons:
Slot 1

• 3x Victory camouflage.

Slot 2

• 60% – 10x one of { , , , };
• 23.75% –  1,500,000 Credits;
• 10% –  22,500 FXP;
• 6.25% – One of ( Chkalov, Borodino, Moskva, Neustrashimy, Gremyashchy, Kutuzov } with a 10 point commander and a  Port Slot 3
• 3x Victory camouflage.

The number of containers that need to be opened to guarantee a ship is 40.

If you already have all the ships that can be obtained from the container, you will instead receive  22,500 Free XP.

The following containers will be updated in Update 12.5:

Firepower Premium Container

New ships have been added: X Tromp, X Malta, X Álvaro de Bazán.

Distant Voyages Premium Container

New permanent camouflages have been added.

• Special: Enlightenment for VII Toulon; Orca for VII Huron; White Swan for V Rio de Janeiro.
• Rare: 1776 for VIII San Diego; Dawn Harmony for VIII Shimanto; Industrial for VIII Hawke; Johnston Atoll for VIII Salmon; Newfoundland for VIII U-190; the Legend of the Oceans for VIII Anhalt; Liberation for VIII Cherbourg; Seven Seas for VII Sinop, VII Eendracht, and VII Mahan.
• Unique: Cloud Privateer for VIII Hampshire; Dawn Harmony for IX Takahashi and X Yodo; Greek Trireme for IX Velos; Industrial for IX Duncan and X St. Vincent; Liberation for IX Brest and X Marseille; Silver Swirl for X Conqueror and X Halland; Sui Generis for IX Black.

Game Balance Changes

Japanese Tier VI aircraft carrier Ryūjō

Fixed an issue that allowed a ship to use AA defenses in some cases without being spotted: the detection range from the air was increased from 6.4 to 6.8 km.

Changes to Commander skills

The Commander's Eye in the Sky skill has been changed: a 50% penalty on Spotting Aircraft duration has been removed.

Other Changes

• Fixed an issue that caused the sight to shift when the submarine surfaced.
• Fixed an issue that caused VIII Alliance to receive increased damage from high-caliber AP shells.
• Fixed an issue where torpedoes would sometimes deal damage without hitting a ship.
• Fixed an issue that caused the game client to crash when the Dockyard was opened.
• Fixed an issue where allied bots would push Ruan into an island in Operation Hermes, preventing players from completing the operation.
• Fixed an issue that caused visual errors when switching between sonar and torpedoes.
• Fixed an issue with the sound of attack aircraft launching missiles and a machine gun burst before an attack played with no aircraft nearby.
• Fixed a rare issue that caused the client to crash when a ship was sunk in battle/on a replay.
• Fixed an issue that caused the game client to crash at the end of a battle if the launched torpedoes disappeared after reaching the maximum range.
• Fixed a rare issue where a click with LMB to fire would instead result in a click on the minimap, which would also sometimes cause the client to crash.
• Fixed a rare issue that caused aircraft squadrons to return following a longer route or fly in circles.
• Fixed an issue that made a container disappear for a short time when the camera zoomed in on it.
• Fixed an issue as a result of which the Dockyard interface wasn't fully displayed on older graphics cards.
• Fixed an issue with torpedo bombers where torpedoes didn't hit the aircraft carrier that launched them, passing through the ship instead.

For a complete list, please refer to Player Support.

• Fixed an issue when several notifications about Ranked Battles popped up in the Port after a battle.
• Fixed an issue when the ship status was sometimes displayed incorrectly in the Division window.
• Fixed an issue when the damage of depth charges doubled in post-battle statistics.
• A tooltip that popped up when hovering over the winner of Clan Battles on the battle-loading screen has been removed.
• The appearance of the Campaigns screen has been changed: pins, badges, and containers that can be obtained as a reward.
• Fixed a rare issue that caused water display quality to drop.
• Fixed a visual error that occurred on ships Daisen, Ushakov, and Petropavlovsk when they caught fire.
• The ship description format in the Port and the descriptions of all British ships have been updated.
• The description of the Dutch cruisers in the game client has been updated.
• The game interface has been updated; some situations that caused the game client to crash have been fixed.
• The Bounty icon on ships is now displayed on the post-battle screen.
• The list of recommended signal flags for Pan-American cruisers has been updated.
• Fixed a visual bug with Eagle's torpedo bombers.
• The description of Derfflinger's hull in the game client has been updated.
• Fixed an issue when the sound effect failed to play on the new loading screen before battle.
• Historical information about Almirante Cochrane and the description of her torpedo tubes in the game client has been fixed.
• Fixed an issue that caused the crane to disappear when turning the camera at the Kure Dockyard.
• Fixed some minor visual bugs at the Kure Dockyard.
• Removed the Purchase Containers button from the "Allied Heroes" collection tab.
• Fixed an issue that caused the camera view of Kotovsky's torpedo tubes to work incorrectly.
• The descriptions of some in-game currencies and ships have been fixed.
• The textures and geometry of the following camouflages have been changed: Blue Cruiser for Tashkent '39, Ahead of the Future for Incomparable, Inca Treasure for San Martín, Mayan Mystery for Ignacio Allende, and permanent camouflages for Alabama VL. The textures and geometry of the following ships have been changed: Vauquelin, W. Virginia 1944, Sturdy, Ryūjō, Almirante Grau, and Kidd.
• Integrated values for ships armed only with AP shells have been fixed.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Commander's skill Torpedo Aiming Master to be displayed even if the target had already been destroyed.
• Fixed a visual bug due to which Auxiliary Armaments Modification 2 didn't reduce the reload time of the secondary armament in the Port.
• Fixed an issue where the Claim Rewards button in the Battle Pass screen was active even if there were no rewards to claim.
• Commander portraits in the detailed Battle Pass card have been updated.
• Fixed bugs on several maps.

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