Strongholds are a vital aspect of clan activity in World of Tanks.
They generate Reserves that provide bonuses to credits,
Combat and Free Experience, as well as crew experience.
Each clan possesses a Stronghold.
In the beginning,
it will comprise only the Command Center and eight construction sites.
Unique structures can be built on these sites.
Each structure produces a certain type of Reserves.
Some provide bonuses to credits and experience in all battles.
Others can be used only in clan battles—Skirmishes and Advances.
To produce better Reserves, the structures need to be upgraded.
Industrial Resource
is required both for upgrading structures and preparing Reserves.
Each clan member earns Industrial Resource in Random and Ranked Battles.
A more efficient way to do this is through Skirmishes and Advances.
A Skirmish is a battle between your clan and enemy detachments.
The enemy and map are selected automatically.
Skirmishes follow a set schedule, which can be viewed in a special window.
To engage in a Skirmish, create your own detachment or join an existing one.
Select one of the three divisions when creating your detachment.
It will determine the vehicle tier, battle format, and reward.
Upon selecting a division, you can form a detachment,
enable Reserves, and confirm that you are ready for battle.
Players can be added to the detachment both via invitation or autosearch.
Besides your own clan members, you can also invite legionnaires—
players who are members of other clans, or who don’t have a clan at all.
There are several ways to join a detachment.
Select Stronghold: Battles in the menu
to the right of the Battle! button in the Garage.
In the Detachment Autosearch tab, select the desired detachment
on the My Clan's Detachments panel and click Join Detachment.
In the Skirmish window,
click Take Slot to occupy a free slot in the Detachment Members list.
You can also automatically search for a detachment
in the Detachment Autosearch tab.
Select your preferred vehicles on the menu and click Battle!
You will be matched as a Legionnaire to a detachment,
which requires the vehicles you have chosen.
You can manually select a detachment in the Detachment List tab.
You can join a detachment in any of the three divisions there.
Finally, you can be invited to join a detachment.
It will be displayed in the Notification Center. All you have to do is accept it.
When a full detachment has been formed,
the Detachment Commander can send it into battle.
Teams will fight in Standard battle mode.
When the Skirmish ends, clans will receive Industrial Resource,
with the winner receiving the biggest rewards.
Besides Skirmishes, clans can participate in Advances.
An Advance is a series of battles for Industrial Resource.
The ultimate goal in an Advance is to capture all enemy Lines and the Citadel.
Advances follow a schedule,
which can be viewed in the same place as the Skirmishes schedule.
Battles are fought on Tier X vehicles only in the Standard battle mode
and take up to 10 minutes. The duration of each Advance is up to one hour.
To participate in an Advance, clans form detachments
and select one of the four bridgeheads: North, South, East, and West.
Each of them comprises three strategic points:
the Front Line, Reserve Line, and the Citadel.
Upon choosing a bridgehead, you have to form a detachment, enable Reserves,
and confirm that you are ready for battle in the Advance window.
The first battle is an introductory one.
Then the winning detachment goes on the offensive on the enemy Lines
and battles are fought there.
Should the defending team win, it can launch a counter-attack.
The detachment that has the most Lines under their control
or has captured the opponent’s Citadel at the end of the Advance wins.
A draw will be declared
if both detachments control an equal number of Lines.
Industrial Resource is awarded
according to the number of Lines under each detachment’s control.
The more Lines they manage to capture, the greater the reward they will receive.
Stronghold development is a lucrative business.
Join a clan, enable Reserves,
and get the maximum reward from each of your battles.
Good luck on the battlefield!