1. In the first slot:
   
   • 5x Steam camouflage patterns:
     
     • +75% ship XP per battle
       
     • +75% Commander XP per battle
       
     • +75% Free XP per battle
       
     • –3% to the ship's detectability range by sea
       
     • +4% to the dispersion of shells fired by the enemy at your ship
     
     
   • or 10,000 Free XP
     
   • or 1 day of Warships Premium Account
     
   • or 250 doubloons
   
   
2. In the second slot: 5x signal flags (Zulu, Zulu Hotel, or Papa Papa)
   
3. In the third slot: 5x signal flags (Juliet Charlie or November Foxtrot)

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Changelog

• Balance changes made to German and Soviet aircraft carriers, X Franklin D. Roosevelt and several other ships. Further details can be found in our Development Blog of 24 August and 26 August;
  
• Fixed several issues and changed the background on the queue screen in the Convoys battle type;
  
• Fixed an issue which caused the Grand battle icon to be displayed instead of the Convoys icon in combat mission descriptions;
  
• Fixed an issue which caused the "impossible to hit the target" icon to be displayed above ships which can be hit by deepwater torpedoes;
  
• Fixed an issue which caused the sound of ASW armament reloading to be played in Random battles on ships with ASW armament;
  
• Fixed an issue which caused ships on the "Neighbors" map to be stuck near one of the islands;
  
• Fixed an issue which caused bonuses to ship detectability to be displayed incorrectly on some of the upgrades;
  
• Fixed several other issues.

Combat Missions and Rewards

• The rewards for activities on the Public Test Server may differ from those on the Live Server.
  
• The rewards are automatically credited to your account within a few days after the release of a new version.

You can earn Community Tokens for completing combat missions on the Public Test Server.

To complete the combat mission during Public Test Round 2, pick a different team.

Each Wargaming container drops 1 day of Warships Premium Account, 3x Papa Papa signals, and 3x Juliet Charlie signals.

Starting Bonuses

• The research prices for ships and ship modules will be substantially discounted.
  
• Players will be able to reset Commander skills free of charge.

• At the start of the Public Test, every participant will have all researchable Tier VI and VIII ships, helmed by Commanders with 19 skill points, credited to their PT accounts.
  
• 500,000,000 Credits; 30,000 Doubloons; and 90 days of Warships Premium Account.
  
• 50 signals of all types (except for special signals) will also be added to your PT account.

If you fought at least one battle on the Public Test Server during the 0.10.7 Public Test, your account will be copied from the Live Server to the Public Test Server.

How to Participate

How to enter:

1. Post a comment under this news post.
   
2. If your comment stays as being the last one for a period of 10 minutes—you win!

Rules:

• Any comments that break the discussion rules may be deleted or excluded.
  
• After the winner is determined, it will be announced in this thread. The prize will be awarded within a week.
  
• Please do not post several comments in a row—it will not help you win. If a user makes several successive comments, only the timestamp of the earliest one will be counted.

The prize:

• LOGH: DNT. LARGE PACK

Winner:

• kile8019

Choose your side and complete a special chain of combat missions! You can find the full details here.

Characters from Legend of the Galactic Heroes as Commanders

VIII Baltimore

VIII Kansas

VIII August von Parseval

VIII Z-23

Galactic Empire

Free Planets Alliance

Commanders Reinhard von Lohengramm and Siegfried Kircheis are trained for I Hermelin. Dusty Attemborough, Frederica Greenhill and Yang Wen-li are trained for I Erie. The Commanders have unique voiceovers. You can have an unlimited number of identical Legend of the Galactic Heroes Commanders simultaneously.

Permanent Camouflages

Containers

• Brünhild permanent camouflage for VIII August von Parseval, Barbarossa permanent camouflage for VIII Z-23, Hyperion permanent camouflage for VIII Baltimore, or the Triglav permanent camouflage for VIII Kansas
  
• Commander Reinhard von Lohengramm, Siegfried Kircheis, Dusty Attemborough, Frederica Greenhill, or Yang Wen-li, each with 10 skill points and a unique voiceover
  
• 14x Free Planets Alliance camouflages
  
• 14x Galactic Empire camouflages
  
• 20,000 Free XP
  
• 60,000 Elite Commander XP
  
• 7,500 Coal

You can have an unlimited number of identical Legend of the Galactic Heroes Commanders simultaneously.

Combat Missions

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You can complete this chain of combat missions in Random, Ranked, and Co-op Battles, as well as in Operations, playing Tier V–X ships.

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Round 1 Schedule

Combat Missions and Rewards

• The rewards for activities on the Public Test Server may differ from those on the Live Server.
  
• The rewards are automatically credited to your account within a few days after the release of a new version.

You can earn Community Tokens for completing combat missions on the Public Test Server.

To complete the combat mission during Public Test Round 2, pick a different team.

Each Wargaming container drops 1 day of Warships Premium Account, 3x Papa Papa signals, and 3x Juliet Charlie signals.

Starting Bonuses

• The research prices for ships and ship modules will be substantially discounted.
  
• Players will be able to reset Commander skills free of charge.

• At the start of the Public Test, every participant will have all researchable Tier VI and VIII ships, helmed by Commanders with 19 skill points, credited to their PT accounts.
  
• 500,000,000 Credits; 30,000 Doubloons; and 90 days of Warships Premium Account.
  
• 50 signals of all types (except for special signals) will also be added to your PT account.

If you fought at least one battle on the Public Test Server during the 0.10.7 Public Test, your account will be copied from the Live Server to the Public Test Server.

How to Participate

Developer Bulletin for Update 0.10.8

IMPORTANT! Because the update is still being tested, the information in this bulletin is tentative and reflects the state of game development at the time of its publication. Some changes and new features may be removed entirely or implemented differently by the time the update goes live. Screenshots, specific values of certain characteristics, and details of in-game mechanics will not necessarily be relevant after the update is released.

Please note: The rewards for activities on the Public Test server may differ from those on the Live Server.

World of Warships Anniversary

The "6 Years of World of Warships" Collection

• In the Armory, in exchange for a new temporary resource—Festive Tokens.
  
• For completing a special combat mission chain.
  
• In the new temporary Aircraft Bureaus Rivalry event.

VII Lyon

VII Yorck

VII Shchors

VII Gadjah Mada

VII Akatsuki

VII Zara

Festive Rewards

With the release of Update 0.10.10, Festive Tokens will be converted into Credits at the rate of 1:90,000.

Dutch Cruisers

Aircraft Bureaus Rivalry

The main changes compared to the Battle of the Beasts

• Three teams instead of four.
  
• Unique rewards—team patches—will be awarded for personal progress and not for team progress. This way, players will be able to obtain unique rewards even if their team doesn't reach the necessary progress point.
  
• Updated interface of team selection window, as well as the personal and team progress window.
  
• Your personal progress until the next reward is now displayed in the Port instead of your team's progress.

Rules of the Event

• The event will run until the release of Update 0.10.9 and is divided into four stages. Each stage lasts one week.
  
• Once per week, you can select one of the three teams: Polikarpov Bureau, Chetverikov Bureau, or Kocherigin Bureau.
  
• During the event, you need to complete your personal missions issued daily to all participants. They can be completed during the day in Random, Co-op, and Ranked Battles, as well as in the new temporary battle type—Convoy.
  
• Completing missions will advance you through personal and team progress bars and unlock rewards.
  
• Rewards: 6 Years of World of Warships containers, themed patches, Victory camouflages, Coal, and Soviet Tokens.

Soviet Aircraft Carriers

IV Komsomolets

VI Serov

VIII Pobeda

Features of the Branch

• Squadrons consist of one flight, which carries out one powerful attack with all aircraft at once.
  
• Small number of aircraft in squadrons.
  
• Starting from Tier VIII, aircraft are equipped rocket boosters. As with VI Ise and VIII Tone, the boosters kick in automatically during take-off and provide a short-time increase in speed.
  
• Small HP pool and low cruising speed of all aircraft.
  
• All aircraft carriers are equipped with skip bombers armed with HE bombs instead of standard bombers.
  
• Torpedo bombers' torpedoes have long range and arming distance.
  
• Starting with Tier VI, attack aircraft squadrons are armed with HE rockets similar to the American Tiny Tim.

Soviet Tokens

• By participating in the Aircraft Bureaus Rivalry event
  
• From free daily bundles
  
• From random bundles available for Doubloons
  
• For Community Tokens in the Armory

Rewards for Soviet Tokens

IV Komsomolets

VI Serov

VIII Pobeda

IV Komsomolets

VI Serov

X Admiral Nakhimov

With the release of Update 0.10.10, Soviet Tokens will be converted into Credits at the rate of 1:6,000.

Convoy

Rules

• The defending team needs to escort a convoy of four bot ships that sail along a defined route. The team wins if at least one of the convoy ships reaches the destination point or the entire enemy team is destroyed.
  
• The mission of the attacking team is to completely destroy either the convoy or its defenders.
  
• Players are distributed among teams randomly.
  
• On average, the Convoy needs between 10 and 12 minutes to complete their route.
  
• Format: 7 vs. 7 playing Tier VIII ships. Restrictions: No more than one aircraft carrier and three battleships per team.
  
• Battles will be held on maps such as The Atlantic, Islands of Ice, Land of Fire, Warrior's Path, Loop, Haven, Northern Waters, and Labyrinth.

While the Convoy is available, you can complete special combat missions only for this battle type, which will bring you Community Tokens. Detailed requirements of these combat missions can be found in the game client.

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Rules

Format

Maps

• Number of Key Areas: 3
  
• Capture time: 30 seconds
  
• Scoring of capture points: 3 points every 4 seconds

On the days of any update releases, Clan Battles are held only during the Prime Time of your server.

Restrictions on Ship Numbers

Season 14 begins with the following restrictions:

• No more than two aircraft carriers or battleships (or a combination of both) per team in total.
  
• VI Admiral Graf Spee and VI HSF Admiral Graf Spee will not be accessible in Clan Battles.
  
• No more than three mercenaries per Division.

During the season, based on statistics, new restrictions may be added, and existing restrictions may be changed.

Rewards

Detailed information on the completion criteria and rewards can be found in the game client.

Clan Treasury

How to enter:

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Rules:

• Any comments that break the discussion rules may be deleted or excluded.
  
• The comment thread will be locked on August 18. Prizes will be awarded within a week.

Prizes:

• All participants get 1x Lucky container.

VIII De Zeven Provinciën

VIII De Zeven Provinciën

Rules of the Event

• The construction process at the Dockyard comprises 24 phases.
  
• These shipbuilding phases can be progressed through by completing Dockyard combat missions, or by spending 1,500 Doubloons to pass through each phase.
  
• If you want to complete shipbuilding phases at a discount, you can purchase Starter Packs: nine shipbuilding phases in exchange for 8,950 Doubloons and three shipbuilding phases in exchange for 3,950 Doubloons.
  
• The Dockyard combat missions span two updates—0.10.7 and 0.10.8. You will be able to complete shipbuilding phases in exchange for Doubloons until the end of Update 0.10.9.
  
• In total, you can progress through 21 out of 24 shipbuilding phases by completing Dockyard combat missions.
  
• Completing shipbuilding phases will reward you with a container with a Tier V Premium ship, Steel, Coal, Free XP, Elite Commander XP, days of Premium Account, Distant Voyages containers, and other rewards.
  
• Upon completing the 24th shipbuilding phase, you'll receive VIII De Zeven Provinciën in the War Paint camouflage, a Commander with 10 skill points, a Port slot, and a commemorative flag.

If you complete the construction of VIII De Zeven Provinciën by spending Doubloons, make sure to keep progressing through the Dockyard combat missions—completing each phase will bring you 250 Steel.

Rewards

• 10x Flying Dutchman camouflages
  
• 2x Gift containers
  
• 1 day of Premium Account
  
• 1x Distant Voyages container that can drop one of 236 permanent camouflages; Summer, World of Warships Anniversary, or Cartographic expendable camouflages; or special signals.

• 15x Flying Dutchman camouflages
  
• 2x Gift containers
  
• 4 days of Premium Account
  
• 10,000 Free XP
  
• 10x each of the following special signals: Wyvern, Dragon, Scylla, Leviathan, and Hydra
  
• 1x Distant Voyages container
  
• 1x Premium Ship V container

• 15x Flying Dutchman camouflages
  
• 2x Gift containers
  
• 4 days of Premium Account
  
• 10,000 Free XP
  
• 10x each of the following special signals: Ouroboros, Wyvern, Dragon, Scylla, Leviathan, Hydra, Basilisk, and Red Dragon
  
• 50,000 Elite Commander XP
  
• 4x Distant Voyages containers
  
• 1x Premium Ship V container

Combat Missions

The Dockyard combat missions will remain available until the release of Update 0.10.9. Detailed information about the mission completion criteria can be found in the game client.

Completing Construction of the Ship

• The reward for completing the 22nd shipbuilding phase is 10,000 Coal.
  
• The 23rd phase—1,000 Steel.
  
• Upon completing the 24th shipbuilding phase, you'll receive VIII De Zeven Provinciën in the War Paint camouflage, a Port slot, a Commander with 10 skill points, and a commemorative flag.

• Nine shipbuilding phases for 8,950 Doubloons
  
• Three shipbuilding phases for 3,950 Doubloons

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• Submarines in Ranked and Co-op Battles.
  
• The Rotterdam Dockyard prepared and ready for the construction of VIII De Zeven Provinciën.
  
• Ongoing Early Access to Dutch cruisers.
  
• A new season of Clan Battles.
  
• Changes to Commander skills.

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Submarines in Ranked Battles

Season features

• A maximum of two submarines is allowed per team.
  
• To prevent long queues from forming in the matchmaker, submarines will be rented out free of charge through random bundles from the Armory.
  
• Commanders will receive a fifth skill tree for submarines, and some of the skills of other ship types will receive additional effects that are designed to counter submarines.

• Ranked Battles statistics will be displayed in the profile summary. Distribution by league starts from Season 4. Statistics for previous seasons, broken down by leagues, will not be available.
  
• After qualifying, you can continue playing in the next league without having to wait for the start of a new Sprint. If you make it to Rank 1 in the Bronze League and successfully qualify, you can continue playing in the Silver League within the same Sprint.

Format

• 7 vs. 7
  
• Tier VI in the Bronze League
  
• Tier VIII in the Silver League
  
• Tier X in the Gold League

Rewards

More details about the new season of Ranked Battles and submarines are available in a dedicated article.

Dockyard

VIII De Zeven Provinciën

• The construction process at the Dockyard comprises 24 phases.
  
• You can advance through these by completing Dockyard combat missions or spending 1,500 Doubloons on each phase.
  
• If you want to progress through shipbuilding phases at a discount, you can purchase Starter Packs: nine shipbuilding phases in exchange for 8,950 Doubloons, or three phases in exchange for 3,950 Doubloons.
  
• The Dockyard combat missions span two updates—0.10.7 and 0.10.8. You can complete shipbuilding phases in exchange for Doubloons until the end of Update 0.10.9.
  
• In total, you can progress through 21 out of 24 shipbuilding phases by completing Dockyard combat missions.
  
• Completing shipbuilding phases will reward you with a container that drops a Tier V Premium ship, as well as Coal, Steel, Free XP, Elite Commander XP, days of Premium Account, Distant Voyages containers, and other rewards.
  
• Upon completing the 24th shipbuilding phase, you'll receive VIII De Zeven Provinciën in the War Paint camouflage, a Commander with 10 skill points, a Port slot, and a commemorative flag.

VIII De Zeven Provinciën

Dutch Cruisers in Early Access

• Unique Dutch Commander Klaas Janssen with the following enhanced skills:
  
  • For destroyers, cruisers, and battleships—Demolition Expert: +1.5% to the chances of setting a target on fire when hitting it with HE shells (by default: +1%).
    
  • For cruisers and battleships—Focus Fire Training: +35% to AA damage in the priority sector (by default: +25%).
  
  
• The "Dutch Cruisers: Part 2" commemorative flag.

The Dutch Tier IV, VI, VIII, and IX cruisers that hit the seas in Early Access with the release of Update 0.10.6 will be available in random and sequentially available bundles in the Armory. When Update 0.10.8 goes live, Dutch Tier I–X cruisers will become available for all players to research.

Clan Battles

• CIS 16:00 — 20:00 UTC
  
• EU 17:00 — 21:00 UTC
  
• NA 23:30 — 03:30 UTC
  
• ASIA 11:30 — 15:30 UTC

Restrictions:

• No more than two aircraft carriers or battleships (or a combination of both) per team in total.
  
• No more than three mercenaries per Division.
  
• VI Admiral Graf Spee and VI HSF Admiral Graf Spee will not be accessible in Clan Battles.

More details about the new season of Clan Battles are available in a dedicated article.

Changes to Commander Skills

Battleship skills

One skill point

Pyrotechnician

• The skill has been renamed "Demolition Expert."
  
• Bonus added: +15% to the fragmentation damage area of the main battery and secondary battery shells, as well as HE rockets and bombs, when firing at submarines.

Two skill points

Consumables Enhancements

• This skill has been replaced with the "Brisk" skill, which provides the ship a 10% speed increase while she remains undetected.

Vigilance

• Bonus added: +7% to the ship's torpedo protection.

AA Gunner

• The skill has been renamed "AA Defense and ASW Expert."
  
• Bonus added: +10% to damage inflicted by depth charges.

Three skill points

• Activated effect: –0.8% to the reload time of the Repair Party consumable each time your ship receives potential damage equal to 100% of the ship's base HP.

AA Gun Aiming Expert

• The skill has been renamed "Focus Fire Training."
  
• Bonus added: –10% to the reload time of the Airstrike armament (including the Airstrike with anti-submarine defense aircraft).

Four skill points

• Activated effect: –5% to the reload time of main battery guns and +5% to the dispersion of shells fired by enemies attacking your ship for each active fire on board.

Improved Secondary Battery Aiming

• The skill has been renamed "Manual Secondary Battery Aiming."
  
• Added the following permanent bonuses:
  
  • −10% to the reload time of the secondary battery.
    
  • −10% to the dispersion of secondary battery shells.
  
  
• We've reworked the mechanics for the bonus that gets applied to the maximum dispersion of secondary battery shells fired at a priority target:
  
  • Activated effect: a gradual increase in secondary gun accuracy at a priority target when secondary battery guns are firing continuously. The maximum bonus to fire accuracy provided by the activated effect equals +50%. This can be achieved if the secondary battery has been continuously firing for 45 seconds.
  
  
• The accuracy bonus gradually decreases if the secondary guns haven't fired for 15 seconds.
  
• When the priority target is changed, the accuracy bonus provided by the activated effect instantly drops down to 75% of the accumulated accuracy.

Close Quarters Expert

• Bonus removed: –10% to the secondary battery reload time.

Cruiser skills

Two skill points

Pyrotechnician

• The skill has been renamed "Demolition Expert."
  
• Bonus added: +15% to the fragmentation damage area of the main battery and secondary battery shells, as well as HE rockets and bombs, when firing at submarines.

AA Gun Aiming Expert

• The skill has been renamed "Focus Fire Training."
  
• Bonus added: –10% to the reload time of the Airstrike armament (including an airstrike using anti-submarine defense aircraft).

Four skill points

Outnumbered

• The bonus to the main battery accuracy and ship speed is now activated if the number of visible enemy ships is equal or greater than the number of allies within the firing range of your ship's main guns. The bonus will also apply when there are no enemies or allies within your ship's main battery firing range.

AA Gunner

• The skill has been renamed "AA Defense and ASW Expert."
  
• Bonus added: +15% to damage inflicted by depth charges.

Destroyer skills

Two skill points

Pyrotechnician

• Bonus added: +15% to the damage-inflicting area of main and secondary battery shells when firing at submarines.

Extra-Heavy AP Shells

• The skill has been renamed "Extra-Heavy Ammunition."
  
• Bonus added: +10% to damage inflicted by depth charges.

Aircraft carrier skills

Four skill points

Hidden Menace

• Bonus added: –50% to the height at which aircraft return to a carrier after an attack or upon pressing the F key. Squadrons will now soar up to a height where they are invulnerable to AA fire faster.

Demolition Expert

• The skill has been renamed "Pyrotechnician."

Due to the arrival of submarines in Ranked Battles and the changes to Commander skills, you will be able to reset Commander skills and demount upgrades free of charge during Update 0.10.7.

Got a large collection of Commanders and want to reset all their skills at once?

Armory

X Ragnar

X Franklin D. Roosevelt

With the release of Update 0.10.8, III Katori will no longer be available for Community Tokens. However, you will still be able to get the ship for Doubloons.

Return of Missouri

IX Missouri

IX Missouri

IX Missouri

IX Missouri

• A "Festive" permanent camouflage for IX Missouri.
  
• "The Show-Me State," "Mighty Mo," "The Rebirth of American Sea Power," "17 Years of Active Service," and "Strength for Freedom" patches.
  
• USS Missouri commemorative flag.
  
• Commanders Neil Chesters, Brian Northcape, Fernand Lacroix, Frederik van Hendriks, Tomokazu Satomi, Aleksey Statsenko, John Duncan Morefield, and Yuen Xuanzhou.

Details of the event and info about how to grab the new content will be announced later.

Content Additions and Changes

Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These

• Free Planets Alliance and Galactic Empire expendable camouflages.
  
• Hyperion permanent camouflage for VIII Baltimore, Triglav permanent camouflage for VIII Kansas, Brünhild permanent camouflage for VIII August von Parseval, and Barbarossa permanent camouflage for VIII Z-23.
  
• Star Fleet, Reinhard Fleet, and Kircheis Fleet patches.
  
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes container.
  
• Commanders Reinhard von Lohengramm, Siegfried Kircheis, Dusty Attemborough, Frederica Greenhill, and Yang Wen-li, each with a unique voiceover.

Details on how to get this new content will be announced later.

Other Changes and Improvements

• Several ships in a single bundle can now be previewed in the Armory.
  
• The amount of RAM consumed by the game client has been reduced.
  
• We've updated the videos in the Access Levels section.
  
• The shape of the coastline and seabed on the Shards, Trap, New Dawn, and Tears of the Desert maps has been reworked. Ships will now be less likely to get stuck near the coast.
  
• Remaining Premium Account time is now shown in real time.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused instances of fire on the bow of IX Johan de Witt's researchable hull to last for 30 seconds instead of the standard 60 seconds.
  
• The "Battle!" button will no longer remain blocked at the start of a new Ranked Sprint.
  
• Fixed an issue that removed the alternative color schemes for the permanent camouflages of VII Yukon and IX Tashkent.
  
• Fixed the incorrect positioning of the camera in the Binocular view when all guns of a ship have been incapacitated.
• Fixed an issue that made it impossible for the guns mounted in the stern of VIII Constellation to fire in certain positions.
  
• Other Improvements and Changes. For a complete list, please refer to Player Support.

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