Captains, the celebration of the most cozy, bright,
and family-friendly holiday is starting in World of Warships!
That's why Update 0.8.11
will bring you a multitude of gifts, surprises, and valuable rewards.
You can expect the return of New Year's Snowflakes,
a celebratory collection, gift containers,
and—you’ll build your own ship!
The new Update starts with gifts!
After you enter the game for the first time in Update 0.8.11,
make sure to visit the Armory.
Two Santa's Gift containers will be waiting for you there.
You'll find two more on the barge in the Port.
They hold in-game items, valuable resources,
and chances to obtain a Premium ship.
Could it truly be considered New Year without Snowflakes?
The seasonal feature that’s much-loved by all Captains is returning to the game!
The first victory in Update 0.8.11 playing Tier V–VII ships
will bring you vital and useful Coal;
a successful battle playing Tier VIII–IX ships
will reward you with valuable Steel;
and, finally, a battle won playing a Tier X ship
will deliver you a Santa's Gift container.
Don't forget about the celebratory Directives—
completing them will bring you a mountain of rewards.
The main reward is Tier VII Premium cruiser Gorizia.
The Italian ship has many advantages:
semi-armor-piercing shells, perfect maneuverability,
convenient ballistics, and Exhaust Smoke Generator.
Another important addition is Hydroacoustic Search
with an operating range of 6 kilometers.
You’ll be happy to know that you can get the ships
after completing just three out of the seven Directives.
Gorizia will provide you with access to some celebratory combat missions,
which will help you add the following Tier VI researchable ships
to your collection: Furious, Izmail, Guépard, and Trento.
But that's not all!
In addition to Gorizia,
completing Directives will bring you an impressive amount of Coal,
a permanent New Year camo for most Tier VIII ships,
Santa's Gift containers, and more than 2,000 Steel.
The Directives will also bring you special containers
holding elements of the Shipbuilding collection.
The collection offers insights
into the main stages and elements of constructing warships,
using the example of a US cruiser of the World War II era.
The reward for completing each section of the collection is Premium Account time;
the reward for completing the entire collection is a Santa's Big Gift container.
Now, let's talk about the most important novelty—building the ship!
Update 0.8.11 will bring the Dockyard to your Port.
It’s here that Tier X US heavy cruiser Puerto Rico will be laid down.
The shipbuilding process will continue automatically.
However, if you want to complete work on it in time,
you'll need to improve your Dockyard.
Building boosters will be available in exchange for Shipbuilding Tokens—
a new temporary resource type that can be obtained from Daily Shipments
or for completing Directives and Daily Challenges.
Boosters will also be available in exchange for doubloons.
They will help you build the ship
and supply you with Santa's Big Gift containers at the same time!
Captains, don't stockpile Shipbuilding Tokens—
make sure to immediately exchange them for boosters so they can start working.
Even if you don't wish to have Puerto Rico in your Port,
you can still obtain rewards for completing shipbuilding stages.
The rewards are Santa's Gift containers, Premium Account time, Coal, Steel,
and permanent camos for Tier VIII ships.
After completing all the stages,
you'll get the heavy cruiser with a unique celebratory camo.
You can read more details about the Dockyard and Puerto Rico on our website.
The New Year's Season of Ranked Sprints can be considered the most unusual one.
Players will fight in one-on-one duels with Tier VIII ships in Domination mode.
Battles will be held on familiar, but reduced-in-size maps
to make battles of the new format more convenient and dynamic.
The rewards are worthy as always— credits, signals, and Coal.
Another novelty is the Captain's Logbook.
This will allow you to enjoy an overview of your collection
and identify any elements you haven't obtained yet.
It consists of five sections:
Ships, Commanders, Camouflages, Flags, and Patches.
Each of the sections will help you learn about the available items in the game.
Now, let's speak about Commanders—
Günther Lütjens is ready to stand at the helm of one of your German ships.
He makes a nice fit for all ship types, including aircraft carriers,
and has four unique talents: Secondary Armament Expert,
Iron Strike, Exemplary Reconnaissance, and Air Superiority.
Each of them activates upon obtaining specific ribbons in battle
and are most effective for one of the ship types.
In addition, Lütjens possesses the enhanced Preventive Maintenance,
Expert Marksman, and Improved Engine Boost skills.
The Commander comes complete with a guidon, colored tracers, and flares.
Günther Lütjens will be available in exchange for Coal in the Armory.
The celebratory Update
brings both balance tweaks and technical improvements.
I'd like to highlight the following:
the accuracy of all German battleships has been improved,
the damage dealt by Midway’s torpedo bombers has been increased,
and Salem's radar now operates for longer.
We are continuing to improve the lighting and visuals of the maps.
New visuals have been also applied to the Hamburg and Marseille Ports.
Additionally, we've improved the downloading speed of the game client
and updated the loading screen.
A few words about the New Year gifts for readers of our website.
When you visit the website and read any articles you find interesting,
look for special buttons within them to obtain three types of signals:
Zulu, Papa Papa, and Equal Speed Charlie London.
Reading all the articles dedicated to the Update
will refill your stock of signals.
Today, I've told you about only the most important changes and novelties
that await you in the run up to the New Year.
You can find the complete information about all the activities,
events, surprises, and gifts of Update 0.8.11 on our website.
I'm Dasha Perova, I wish you all the best for the New Year—
happiness, health, love, luck in opening containers,
and well-deserved victories, Captains!