World of Warships news & patch notes

• Aircraft Carrier and AA Updates: Update 15.7 brings a bunch of improvements to aircraft carriers and AA gameplay. Changes to AA include the replacement of the broadside-based priority sector with the 360-degree AA Defense Priority, a buffed version of Concentrated AA Fire that can be activated after filling a progress bar. You can also expect changes to consumables, upgrades, Commander skills, and signals relating to AA. On the aircraft carrier side, expect two new squadron consumables: Firefighting Assistance, which extinguishes fires on allied ships, and Repair Assistance, which restores a portion of the chosen allied ship's HP over time. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/d149b52088888ee10756fa568a64865fd6c829b9.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/0626b0c0c12d07eb229e7c596d2f079f1b595fbe.png
• Early Access to Pan-American Destroyers: The Pan-American destroyer line enters Early Access in Update 15.7. The branch consists of eight ships: Almirante Villar, Serrano, Antioquia, Cervantes, Marcílio Dias, Cuauhtémoc, Nueva Esparta, and 20 de Julio. They are artillery-focused ships with various tier-specific tools to further enhance their gun efficiency, including AP-only guns with good ricochet angles, Main Battery Reload Booster, and Combat Instructions that improve shell performance. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/9ac53dd7ea9d0b61ffca9780f541398fd47c5a09.png
• Pascual Cervera y Topete and the Battle of Santiago de Cuba: Spain's new Unique Commander—Pascual Cervera y Topete—arrives in Update 15.7, along with a 60-element collection that allows you to enlist him. The collection is dedicated to the Battle of Santiago de Cuba: a decisive naval engagement of the Spanish-American War that saw the Cervera's fleet go down fighting a superior American force. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/5464128d99fec4ba9738bf44d97a2b8da87d581f.png

Update 15.6 Is Here

Carve a Path Through the Battle Pass!

Free Commander Skills Reset

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Battle Pass

• Completing daily and weekly missions will earn you Battle Pass Points and let you claim adjacent sectors within the three areas. Claiming each sector grants a free reward. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/ca1ddfa590fc45157de121e5959774e40aae62dd.png
• The three areas unlock individually over time: area 1 at launch, area 2 after week 1, area 3 after week 2. Once unlocked, all areas remain available until the Battle Pass ends.
• Upgrading each area with Doubloons (2,000 / 750 / 750) grants additional rewards for all claimed and unclaimed sectors in that area.
• Free rewards: 12x different decals, 3x Decals Premium containers, 1x new Colorful Turquoise enemy destruction effect, 1x Captain's Holdall Premium container, and 1x Summer permanent camouflage.
• Upgraded area rewards include Spanish Tier VI cruiser Canarias and her Atlantic permanent camouflage, five more decals, the "Boom!" and Colorful Purple enemy destruction effects, the Celestial Dragon camo for Cataluña, and a pair of Pin-Up Summer permanent camouflages.

Changes to Unique Commander Talents

• Achievement-based triggers are removed; talents now activate in a broader range of battle types, including Asymmetric Battles.
• Some activation conditions now use staged triggers—the better you perform, the more powerful the talent becomes.
• Certain talents gain separate activation conditions and bonuses per battle type.
• Free skill reset: You'll be able to reset the skills of any or all Commanders for free during the first 2 weeks of Update 15.6.

Riposte Map Changes

• Brawls, Clan Battles, and Ranked Battles retain current Riposte settings.
• Co-op Battles get a new Riposte version with three Key Areas; Random Battles get two versions with four Key Areas.
• In Co-op and Random Battles, Riposte is available for Tier VI–IX ships.
• Submarines are now playable on Riposte in all battle types.

Salvage for Victory: Affondatore

• Ship highlights: Powerful main guns with good short-range accuracy, Italian SAP shells, strong armor with good citadel protection, Exhaust Smoke Generator, and Combat Instructions that charge with main gun hits—enhancing speed and consumable reload time.
• Use Credits, Elite Commander XP, Coal, or uncommon expendable economic bonuses (each up to 50% of the bar). Personal Challenges provide Salvage Tokens for up to 30% more.
• Completion rewards: Affondatore, a Commander, and a commemorative flag.

New Ranked Battles Season & Brawls

• Week 1 Brawl: 4v4; Tier IX battleships, cruisers, and destroyers—ramming damage reduced by 99%, with increased speed and maneuverability, and reduced 180-degree gun/torpedo turning times.

Summer Festival

• Summer Token rewards include Santa's Gift, Santa's Mega Gift, Santa's Ultra Gift, and Premium Ship V–IX containers.
• The new Wishing Wharf offers rare ships for Doubloons, including newcomer Italian Tier X Premium battleship Conte Verde, plus Nanning, Cambridge, Arkhangelsk, Royal Sovereign, Rhode Island, Suzuya, Tsurugi, Almirante Grau, and Cheshire. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/d0de79591c23212dbfe988bd0f5c68d8e77abfb5.png
• The first Italian submarine Tech Tree line has left Early Access and is now available to research.

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Update 15.6 Teaser

Brawl Away!

Try Asymmetric Battles!

See Sete de Setembro in Her Full Glory

Dawn of a Nation: The Journey Continues

The Longest Night of Museums & Narrative Campaign

2v2 Brawl

Ship Size Comparison: German Navy

Early Access to Italian Submarines Continues

• Pietro Micca is available in a sequential bundle for Italian Tokens.
• Pietro Calvi is available at the end of a sequential bundle chain for Doubloons.

The Longest Night of Museums & Narrative Campaign

Public Test of Update 15.6 Content!

• Fixed a visual bug with Battle Pass which displayed extra level rewards in the sector claiming screen.
• Fixed the UI description of Battle Pass rules.
• Fixed various UI descriptions of Unique Commanders.
• Fixed a bug which caused damage to structures in operations to count as damage done to ships and, hence, trigger Unique Commander talents earlier than intended.
• Fixed a bug with multi-stage Talents for Isoroku Yamamoto, William F. Halsey Jr., and Andrew Cunningham which caused a discrepancy between the stats shown in the Port UI and the numbers actually applied in battle.
• Fixed a bug which sometimes caused the game client to crash.
• Fixed a bug with the search function in inventory.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Nikolay Kuznetsov and Isoroku Yamamoto's Talents from triggering upon destroying (or assisting in destroying) an enemy ship if multiple of these Commanders participated in damaging the same ship.
• Fixed a UI bug with Patrol Fighters.
• Made several other fixes and improvements.

• Battle Pass: The new Battle Pass will run throughout Update 15.6, replacing the Event Pass with an interactive strategic map of three areas. You'll capture adjacent sectors using Battle Pass Points earned via daily and weekly missions. Every sector provides a free reward, and you can spend Doubloons to upgrade areas and get bonus rewards. Some sectors trigger special actions that buff rewards, discount sector costs, or add extra claim conditions, adding a layer of strategy to your path through the map. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/ca1ddfa590fc45157de121e5959774e40aae62dd.png
• Changes to Unique Commanders: A significant overhaul focused on making talents more accessible and consistent is coming in 15.6. Achievements will no longer be used as activation conditions, and talents now have different effects for different battle types. Some talent-activated repairs are also being reworked to restore a fixed amount of HP instead of being capped by repairable damage, and William F. Halsey Jr. is getting a new talent—Speed Is Life—which replaces Untraceable. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/9246ee97161888c384adbd1147ab809fe855a2b2.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/e3c0b76fa1d16e8ce24c0f9864fe040993dd64f2.png
• Riposte Map Changes: The map is expanding beyond its currently associated battle types, with tailored versions for Co-op and Random Battles—both available for Tiers VI–IX. The map's existing settings will remain in place for Brawl, Clan, and Ranked Battles. Submarines are now also fully supported across all battle types on Riposte thanks to an underwater layer being added to the map. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/881f234f05fb0adedb8d2fa6bf8717d22c60af62.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/e8347e1f6d519dbc8893b4e419b9705c1f3b960b.png

Update 15.5: What's New?

The Longest Night of Museums & Narrative Campaign

400 Years of the French Navy

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How to Participate:

• Click the "Participate" button in the linked article: Participate
• Complete the Dragon Boat Regatta mission: Win 4 battles in Random, Co-op, Ranked, Versus AI, or Brawl Battles playing Tier V–X ships and superships to unlock a guaranteed reward of 200,000 Credits.
• Community Milestone: If 4,000 players accomplish the mission, the Lucky Draw unlocks for all participants.
• Personal Leaderboard: Rank in the top 5 by cumulative damage dealt to earn extra rewards!

Rewards:

• Guaranteed Reward: 200,000 Credits
• Lucky Draw (Community Milestone): 1x Supercontainer (10 winners)
• Extra Reward (Top 5 Leaderboard): 1x Premium Ship VIII container Fair winds and following seas, Captains! May your cannons roar, your zongzi be sweet, and your haul be legendary!

250th Anniversary of U.S. Independence

Independence Day Gift

• The new "We the People" permanent camouflage for Tier X ships.
• The new Pride of Philadelphia enemy destruction effect.
• 3x Artillery Chests.

Dawn of a Nation Campaign

• Four consecutive chapters, each unlocking weekly. Each follows the American Revolution from the perspective of a different character, with a special video inspired by famous paintings unlocking upon completion. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/57be32c2f920c853e38ad5438fa188f0e7a77048.png
• Rewards include historical U.S. commanders John Glover and seasoned Commander John Paul Jones, the Thirteen Salvos and Pride of Philadelphia enemy destruction effects, the "We the People" permanent camouflage for Tier X ships, and the Betsy Ross flag. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/74cc9a62f62d65ce98f28fb165d9ee16907552c0.png
• Final reward: Tier VIII Premium cruiser Congress. Owners receive 11,000 Doubloons as compensation.
• Extra levels reward 2x Dawn of a Nation collection containers per level. Completing the collection earns an achievement and the Minuteman permanent camouflage for Maine—the first permanent camouflage created specifically for a supership. Active players can complete it for free.

250 Years of Independence Event Pass

• First progression line: Commander Statue of Liberty (with an individual voiceover), 1x Artillery Chest, Stars 'n' Stripes permanent camouflage, and the Freedom permanent camouflage for Baltimore (final reward). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/2701d24bebcd1200fc36caca3e7638d591002491.png
• Second progression line: Unlock for 2,500 Doubloons to immediately receive the "Go Navy!" permanent camouflage for Helena. Progress further to earn the Revolutionary permanent camouflage; U.S. Tier VI Premium battleship Arizona; the new Old North State permanent camouflage for North Carolina; and the new Thirteen Salvos enemy destruction effect (final reward).
• Extra levels reward 1x More Signals container (first line) or 1x Rare Bonuses container (second line) per level. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/8927c695425a3b08e98a46a4b51023e0a4d3ec58.png

New U.S.-Themed Ships

• Fort Worth (Tier IX Premium cruiser): Powerful main guns with a time-based Main Battery Reload Booster, slow but stealthy torpedoes, Surveillance Radar, and Hydroacoustic Search. A golden version is also available.
• Wisconsin Golden: Golden version of U.S. Tier X battleship Wisconsin.
• "White and Gold" permanent camouflage for Puerto Rico.

Early Access: Italian Submarines

Decals

• Ships have mounting points on the bow, midship section, and stern. Each ship can mount up to six decals—three per side.
• Symbols go in the bow and stern slots; text decals are reserved for the midship slots.
• Available on Tier IX ships only in Update 15.5. Not compatible with camouflages that alter 3D models or use non-standard materials (e.g., golden or Black Friday camouflages).
• You can grab decals from Decal Premium containers, which are distributed as rewards for combat missions.

Clan Battles: Hammerhead

Dragon Boat Festival

• Earn the Dragon Boat permanent camouflage, Commander Dragon Boat Racer, and the Good Luck Kite flag.
• Look for random bundles in the Armory for a chance at Tier IX battleship Sun Yat-Sen.
• New Tier IX cruiser Baotou: AP shells with reduced ricochet chance, deepwater torpedoes, and Torpedo Reload Booster with increased charges.

Asymmetric Battles Extended

Shadow Mapping Improvements

• Softer shadows and decreased shadow jittering, particularly noticeable on Low and Medium presets.
• Decreased ghosting of the ambient occlusion effect.
• Shadow rendering quality simplified to four settings: Off, Low, Medium, and High.

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LNOM: Trails of the Torpedo Adventure

Twitch Drop

How to Play Italian Submarines

Update 15.5 Teaser

Discover a Streamlined New Clan Experience

Dry Dock: Prince of Wales

3v3 Brawl

How to Enter:

• Click the “Participate” button in the linked article: Participate
• Play 5 battles within the specified time period. Game modes: All modes except Training.

🔥Prizes🔥

• Guaranteed prize: 200 Community Tokens.
• Superprize for 5 random winners: 1x Premium Ship VIII container.

Rules:

• The superprize winners will be randomly picked from the pool of participating unique users.
• Any comments that break the discussion rules may be deleted or excluded.
• Results will be announced in this article within 15 days after the event ends. Prizes will be awarded within the week immediately after the announcement of the results.

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Bismarck Cinematic Video

Early Access to Italian Submarines Has Begun

• Foca is available in the first progression line of the 15.4 Event Pass.
• Pietro Micca is available in a sequential bundle for Italian Tokens.
• Pietro Calvi is available at the end of a sequential bundle chain for Doubloons.

Recruiting Station: Play With Friends, Enjoy Rewards

Public Test of Update 15.5 Content!

• Updated the USS Constitution model in the festive New York Port.
• Fixed several minor visual bugs with the festive New York Port.
• Fixed a sound bug that sometimes occurred when switching from the Dawn of a Nation campaign to the Port.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the camera from working when aircraft is chosen for the following ships: VIII Nebraska, IX Delaware, IX Bird Cry, X Louisiana, IX Kearsarge, IX Kearsarge B, IX AL Kearsarge, X Amiral Lartigue, X Hildebrand, X Aki, and X Aki G.
• Adjusted roughness values for Bronze, Gold, and Silver permanent camouflages.
• Fixed incorrect behavior of enemy aircraft during the final stage of Operation Arctic Convoy.
• Fixed a bug that resulted in repair zones not working in Operation Cherry Blossom.
• Made several other fixes and improvements.

• Dawn of a Nation: World of Warships celebrates the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence! Expect a celebratory gift in the Armory at the start of the update, a festive New York Port, and the centerpiece Dawn of a Nation narrative campaign—a four-chapter retelling of the American Revolution with combat missions. Rewards include the Thirteen Salvos and Pride of Philadelphia enemy destruction effects, the "We the People" permanent camouflage, the Betsy Ross flag, Tier VIII Premium cruiser Congress, and Dawn of a Nation containers that drop elements of a new collection. Complete it to unlock the Minuteman permanent camouflage for American supership Maine. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/97f0aee2678504d53f00bf634ac8bd45d1d2b096.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/c138da7db2ca8088463b86d539dfe6abd9ee6893.jpg
• Decals: A new way to customize your ships is here! Starting with Update 15.5, you can mount up to six decals on a ship from the Exterior section in Port for both sides of the bow, stern, and amidships. For now, the feature is available only to Tier IX ships, with a few exceptions. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/e79c291e25e91fa6f1c65e0b84b1798e534a901b.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/7b77910fba92cf9f57737cac9981f58cbc8b25a3.jpg
• Spanish Unique Commander Pascual Cervera y Topete fills the last empty national unique Commander slot in Update 15.5. His "Resuelto" talent shortens reload times for main battery guns, torpedo tubes, and aircraft squadrons for every two "Destroyed" or "Assisted in destruction" ribbons earned. His "La Orden Será Cumplida" talent reduces Damage Control Party and Repair Party cooldowns, and grants healing when his ship's HP drops to 75%, 50%, and 25%. He also enjoys enhanced skills for destroyers, cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers.

All About Update 15.4

Bismarck Bounty Hunt!

Italian Submarine Foca in the Event Pass

Warhammer 40,000: Back From the Warp

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Bounty Hunt: Bismarck

• Bounties: Sail Tier VI+ battleships, cruisers, or destroyers with a Bounty Marker—claimable from special free random bundles in the Armory. The status lasts 24 hours or 5 battles.
• Hunters: Fight Random Battles playing any Tier V+ ship or supership and destroy enemies marked as Bounties (up to 3 confirmed targets per day).
• Earn Bounty Hunt Tokens to spend on the Hunt for Bismarck permanent camouflage, the "Hunt Continues" camouflage for King George V, the Last Sortie enemy destruction effect, and "The Hunt for Bismarck" collection containers. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/6b8d8ec93f438cb0bb4a47fa2ad869785e2a8008.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/01fe55d038d1c766ef10f06c00b406bacd521f0b.jpg
• Bonus Tokens will be given for playing ships that took part in the historical hunt.

Hunt for Bismarck Wishing Wharf

Early Access: Italian Submarines

• Armament highlights: - Strong main batteries, SAP shells, and access to an improved Main Battery Reload Booster. - Combat Instructions (charged by main gun hits) boost ship speed and torpedo reload time. - Powerful torpedoes with decent range but slower maximum speed."
• The first submarines to feature Exhaust Smoke Generator; Tiers VIII and X have Repair Party at their disposal.
• High battery replenishment rate, balancing out a small dive capacity. Improved marked sector duration but with a longer sonar ping cooldown.
• New permanent camouflages for Pietro Micca, Pietro Calvi, and cruiser Ferrante Gonzaga.

Italian Submarines Event Pass

• First progression line: Italian Commander Salvatore Capitano, the Fields of Tuscany permanent camouflage, 3 days of Warships Premium Account, and Italian Tier VI submarine Foca (final reward). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/3009268796acc23d0733ad84c812f68f6bd869fb.png
• Second progression line: British historical Commander William Pakenham as an instant unlock; Hot Wind permanent camouflages for V. Cuniberti and L. Tarigo; German Tier VI Premium cruiser Leipzig; and the Remembering Skagerrak permanent camouflage for Leipzig (final reward). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/986a4578054ac06b0df05963cd6d45c05bcb2ba6.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/4f4be75690dbfae20407dce91e9f3babe12c9ca6.jpg

Balance Changes & Gameplay Improvements

Repair Party for Mid-Tier Cruisers

• Cruisers without Repair Party gain the consumable with 2 base charges; some that already had it now have 3 charges. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/4f3e6ed08498886ffcbf2f282d2c45ba62eab81b.jpg
• On certain ships, Fighter or Spotting Aircraft will share a slot with another consumable so Repair Party can have its own dedicated slot; key bindings are updated accordingly.
• Belfast, Belfast '43, Bayard, and their variants will not receive Repair Party; Vrijheid and Congress retain their current 2 charges.

Time-Based Consumable Modifiers

Ship Balance Changes

Clan UI Upgrades

• Revised the Clan Base main page, plus improved Hall of Fame and Clan Missions tabs.
• New Treasury tooltips show info about resources and how to obtain them.
• Updated Port notifications, Clan menu markers, "online" status in the Clan Members tab, and access to any Clan directly from a member's profile.
• Cooldown for changing Clans reduced from 3 days to 2 hours (Clan bonus and activity limitations still apply).

Final Stretch: Returning Content

• Dockyard ZH-1: Combat missions run through the first 3 weeks; the final week is Doubloons only. Dockyard is being removed with Update 15.5.
• Asymmetric Battles: Last Stand. Their final run before hiatus, with alternative scenarios as the new standard, lower bot HP and damage, and economic rewards adjusted by 15–20%.
• Warhammer 40,000 ships, Commanders, and permanent camouflages return for a limited engagement.
• Ranked Battles Season 29 begins; three new Brawls arrive, including a chaotic week-one setup with buffs to HP, speed, armament, reload, torpedo damage, and accuracy.
• Trade-In returns for the last 2 weeks with an expanded list of eligible ships.

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Take the Quiz: Which World of Warships Commander Are You?

Update 15.4 Teaser

Duels Return!

Relax With the WoWS Soundtrack

Participate in This Week's Brawl Battles

Shigure: The Story of the "Indestructible" Destroyer

VE Day Collaborative Mission

Battle of the Coral Sea Event Pass

Azur Lane: Eighth Wave

How to Participate:

• Click the "Participate" button in the linked article: Participate
• Fight one battle during the event to unlock a guaranteed reward of 200,000 Credits.
• Deal a cumulative total of 600,000 damage across any number of battles to enter a random draw for an Azur Lane Premium container (20 winners).

Captains!

Our 8th collaboration wave with the game Azur Lane has crashed over the World of Warships naval arenas! As is tradition, we’re welcoming the new arrivals with some free DLC for our Captains on Steam—dig in!

Free DLC

Two DLC packs are ripe for claiming: one grants a celebratory combat mission that will reward you with Tier III Premium Soviet cruiser AL Avrora and her corresponding Azur Lane Commander; the other will drop U.S. Tier V Premium cruiser Marblehead Lima into your Port. Unlock them now before time runs out!

New Azur Lane Content

The already impressive roster of Azur Lane ships from our previous collaborations has been expanded with six new ships—AL Marco Polo, AL Tashkent, AL Massachusetts, AL Shinano, AL Harbin, and AL Richelieu—as well as eight lovely new individually-voiced Commanders—Marco Polo, Tashkent, Massachusetts, Shinano, Harbin, Richelieu, Asashio, and Tallinn.

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The Golden Week Event Pass Ends Soon!

2 vs. 2 Brawls

Rediscover the Mountain Range Map

ModHub: A New Home for Mods

Public Test of Update 15.4 Content!

• Credit and XP earnings in Asymmetric Battles have been adjusted to align with the challenge and reward levels of other battle types. Earnings have been reduced by 15–20%, depending on the Tier.
• Fixed a bug that hid the number of Repair Party charges after activating unique Commanders' HP restoration talents.
• Made several other changes and improvements

• Hunt for Bismarck: A new Bounty Hunt event is on the horizon, and this time we're taking a historical approach: relive the fabled Hunt for Bismarck in-game by hunting down Bounty ships, or becoming the prey yourself. Throughout the event, you'll get the chance to earn Bounty Hunt Tokens by accomplishing status-specific objectives in battle, with bonus rewards coming to players who sail into the hunt aboard ships that historically took part in the chase. Tokens can be exchanged for thematic rewards, including the new Hunt for Bismarck permanent camouflage, the Hunt Continues permanent camouflage for King George V, the Last Sortie enemy destruction effect, and other items.
• Early Access to Italian Submarines: A new Tech Tree branch emerges from the depths! Three new Italian submarines will be available to obtain in Early Access—Tier VI Foca, Tier VIII Pietro Micca, and Tier X Calvi. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/18f8ffa901a60cf48c84e2dfbf7703c6242b1c62.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/9eba62ed04d76c20838d7e3c85076f9d641089e2.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/ca8e5491d1ff28abfaca845be9a386b6acd6c51d.jpg These subs stand out for their focus on gunnery—an unusual trait for submarines. Their gunfighting tactics will be aided by Exhaust Smoke Generator, as well as Repair Party from Tier VIII.
• Survivability Update for Cruisers: Cruiser mains rejoice! With Update 15.4, Tier VI–VIII cruisers that lacked access to the Repair Party consumable will receive it with two charges, with just a handful of exceptions for select Premium ships. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/8590b594ca6554a08d5894603e1b355b5a9a5601.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31013613/e1516f9d6f3aa737e6ed0e2f9199b11accee7494.jpg This change aims to breathe new life into mid-tier cruisers that could have their role in battle severely hampered by a single crippling salvo."

The New Update Is Out!

Fight Like a Cossack With Commander Ivan Sirko

Construction of ZH-1 Has Commenced

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Azur Lane: Wave 8

• Six new Azur Lane ships: AL Marco Polo, AL Tashkent, AL Massachusetts, AL Shinano, AL Harbin, and AL Richelieu.
• Eight new Commanders with individual voiceovers: Marco Polo, Tashkent, Massachusetts, Shinano, Harbin, Richelieu, Asashio, and Tallinn.
• New permanent camouflages for Tallinn and Asashio, plus the "Azur Lane — Wisdom Cubes" permanent camouflage.
• New Azur Lane enemy destruction effect and a brand-new collection.
• Refreshed Azur Lane: Ocean Guardians Premium container contents.

Dockyard: ZH-1

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• Armament highlights: - Unusual main battery layout: twin mount and single mount on the stern; twin-gun turret on the bow. - HE shells with improved penetration; AP shells with higher damage potential. - HE Airstrike: large squadron, significant damage, good penetration—but limited range and only one charge."
• Fast-reloading torpedoes with solid speed complement her defensive playstyle.
• Consumables: Short-Burst Smoke Generator, Hydroacoustic Search, and Engine Boost.

Dockyard Structure

• 20 phases total: 18 completable via combat missions; two require Doubloons (2,000 Doubloons each).
• Starter Packs: Two phases for 3,200 Doubloons or six phases for 7,800 Doubloons (available until four combat mission phases are completed).
• Combat missions run throughout Update 15.3 and the first 3 weeks of Update 15.4; final week is Doubloons only.
• The Dockyard will be removed when Update 15.5 arrives.

Update 15.3 Event Passes

Golden Week Event Pass

• First progression line: Spring Sky permanent camouflage, 3x Golden Week containers, Commander Masaru Tadamatsu, and the Japanese Castle permanent camouflage for Nagato (final reward).
• Second progression line: Japanese Castle permanent camouflage for Amagi, 2x Golden Week permanent camouflages, Japanese Tier VI Premium battleship Ise, and the Goldfall enemy destruction effect (final reward).

Battle of the Coral Sea Event Pass

• First progression line: Early Morning permanent camouflage, Monochrome enemy destruction effect, 3 days of Warships Premium Account, and Commander Robert E. Dixon (final reward).
• Second progression line: Dawn Harmony permanent camouflage for Shimanto, Commander Shigekazu Shimazaki, U.S. Tier VI Premium destroyer Monaghan, and the Underwater Explosion enemy destruction effect (final reward).

Objective Points

• These Points are earned by destroying enemy ships and contributing to mode objectives (e.g., capturing or defending Key Areas in Domination mode).
• A live counter in the top-right corner of the screen tracks your Objective Points during battle.
• The Post-Battle Results screen now includes a dedicated breakdown of the actions that generated your Objective Points.

Map Rebalancing: Mountain Range

• Key Area A is now more accessible; Key Area B has been relocated.
• Terrain above and below water has been adjusted to improve cover and engagement options.
• Mountain Range in Operation Aegis will be updated in a future release.

Aircraft Carrier Changes

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• New Patrol Fighter Zone Detection: - Zone is detected if any enemy surface ship, submarine, or aircraft comes within 10 km of its border. - Detection is line-of-sight independent—islands, smoke, and other obstacles no longer block it. - Once detected by the enemy team, the zone remains visible for its full active duration."
• Previously, players had to detect the Patrol Fighter aircraft itself before the zone became visible, and losing sight of the plane also hid the zone.
• The flight animation of the Evasive Maneuvers consumable has been slightly updated.

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2026 Roadmap Released!

Update 15.3 Teaser

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