12.11 Holiday Celebrations in Santa City: Ships, Santa Containers, ❆ Snowflakes, Steel Rewards and Certificates

Update 12.11 will start the holiday season in grand fashion – Below you will find some of the upcoming activities and content that WG has prepared for you!

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Daily Login Rewards

As part of our holiday celebrations, the daily login rewards have been enhanced with some extra prizes, such as additional Superсontainers and even Santa’s Gift Containers!

Highlights:

⚓You will be able to claim in total 4x  Santa's Gift Containers – 2 of them in the first 3 days!

⚓Supercontainers await you on Days 8, 16, and 24.

⚓3x days of World of Warships  Premium Time.

⚓And many more delightful gifts! 

 

Additionally, you'll be able to collect a sleighful of presents through a variety of other sources. For example:

 

⚓1x  Santa's Gift Container upon entering the Armory.

⚓5x  Santa's Gift Containers will await you in the free daily random bundles.

⚓2x  Santa's Gift Containers in our portal activities.

⚓1x  Santa's Big Gift Container for finishing 4 out 5 Twitch Drops missions!

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Battle Performance Bonuses

Battle performance bonuses during the festive season have become a well-loved tradition, so we’re happy to bring them back. Please note that we have slightly changed the rewards from last year, and they now scale better with ship tiers.

Players will continue to earn  Coal from ❆Snowflakes in Tier V-VII ships: 

⚓Tier V ships will reward  700 Coal 
⚓Tier VI ships will reward  750 Coal 
⚓Tier VII ships will reward  800 Coal 

Tiers VIII and IX ships will reward  Steel.

 

⚓Tier VIII ships will reward  70 Steel. 
⚓Tier IX ships will reward  80 Steel. 

As last year, 

⚓Tier X ships will reward a  Festive Certificate each, exchangeable for Santa’s Gifts. 

⚓Superships will reward  200 Steel this year instead of Research Points. 

Don't forget, players with many ships in Port can collect multiple combat performance bonuses when earning enough base XP in battle, as in the previous Anniversary event.

Rewards for Certificates

A  Festive Certificate is a temporary resource that can be exchanged in Update 12.11 for:

⚓1x  Santa's Gift Container for 1x  Festive Certificate.

⚓1x  Santa's Big Gift Container for 3x  Festive Certificates.

⚓1x  Santa's Mega Gift Container for 5x  Festive Certificates.

⚓1x Flags Premium Container for 20x  Festive Certificates (limit: 3).

⚓  375,000 Credits for 1x  Festive Certificate.

The system works in a similar way to last year's New Year celebration—you’ll again be able to receive several rewards at once, depending on the number of ships in your Port and the amount of Base XP earned in the battle. For example, a player with more than 300 ships in their Port will be able to earn four rewards in one battle: one reward for entering the battle with a ship and three additional rewards for effective performance in battle.

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Santa City is Back!

To commemorate the holiday season, the Fjords port will once again be bedecked in holiday decorations and turn into Santa City!

Santa City

Holidays in Santa City

The festive season is upon us, and our journey leads to the glowing Port of Santa City! The time of miracles does not pass without celebrations in World of Warships.

WG have prepared a special activity with loads of available rewards. All players can succeed in this event, from seasoned sea wolves to novice helmsmen.

Holidays in Santa City comprises 20 levels, and after you complete all of them, you'll be able to earn additional rewards. The goal is to earn Base XP in combat missions, meaning that you can simply play the game however you like. This makes it easier to earn truly valuable rewards! Fight 2—3 battles per day, and you'll be able to obtain  VII Scharnhorst '43 in as little as 5–6 days!

RULES

Head to the event page via the corresponding tab in the Port.

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1. Earn Points by completing daily and weekly combat missions.
2. Advance along the progression line.
3. Move to new levels.

There are two progression lines in the Holidays in Santa City event: one is available immediately and the other is locked. You can unlock the second progression line to receive additional rewards for completing levels. The second progression line can be unlocked any time using Doubloons.

This event will be taking the place of the Battle Pass. Holidays in Santa City will contain 20 stages, with post-progression available. WG wanted to make it easier for our players to reach the main reward in this activity - the new  VII Scharnhorst '43 at stage 10.

Compared to last year's Dockyard, it will be easier for players to reach this free premium ship. Since the missions for this event are based on scoring Base XP, this allows you to play the game in the way you want and still allows the majority of players to claim this reward. Play 2-3 battles per day and you will be able to get this ship within 5-6 days!

Aside from  VII Scharnhorst '43, you can earn rewards such as days of WoWs Premium account, a festive commander with unique voice-over, New Year permanent camouflages for Tier VIII and IX ships, Merry Christmas and Flickering Sparkles commemorative flags, Coal and Steel, and a total of 23 Santa’s Gift containers of all sizes, with 3 Santa's Mega Gift containers being the final prize. These rewards should provide you with interesting resources and the chance to get additional premium ships from our Santa's Gift containers!

Additionally, players can unlock the paid progression line for Doubloons that will earn additional Festive Certificates, two new historical commanders, the North Cape commemorative flag, more New Year permanent camouflages, Coal, and the new  VII Stord '43 as the final reward. 

1x  Festive Certificate is the reward for completing each additional level for both the first and second progress lines.

Both daily and weekly missions will be available for players to earn points and progress through stages.

COMBAT MISSIONS

Completing combat missions will reward you with the necessary Points to complete the Holidays in Santa City event.

There are four mission types:

Title	Condition	Reward
Dearest Wish	Earn 250  Base XP in any battle type.	10 Points
Bell Jingles	Earn 1,500  Base XP in any battle type.	10 Points
Festive Flavor	Earn 2,000  Base XP (up to five times per day).	1 Point (up to 5 Points per day)
Christmas Magic	Earn 2,000  Base XP (up to 10 times per week).	2 Points (up to 20 Points per week)

You can earn 25 more Points for completing the special combat missions for your region.

All missions can be completed over any number of battles. 

 

There will be three levels of daily missions to complete: 

• Simple: Earn 250  base XP in any battle type to receive 10 points.
• Moderate: Earn 1,500  base XP in any battle type to receive 10 points.
• Difficult: Earn 2,000  base XP in any battle type to receive 1 point. May be completed 5 times per day. 

There will be one weekly mission: 

• Earn 2,000 base XP in any battle type to receive 2 points. May be completed 10 times per week. 

In total, you will be able to earn 175 points from daily missions and 20 points from the weekly mission each week. The event will last for 5 weeks.

25 more points can be earned in special missions & activities throughout the Update. 

In total, 1,000 points will be available to earn, and you need only 500 points to obtain all main rewards.

 

Rewards

Free Progression Line

Important: You'll obtain  Commander "Aurora Di Natale" for completing the second level and  VII Scharnhorst '43 for completing the 10th level.

The final reward is 3x  Santa's Mega Gift containers.

Total cost in points	Stage	Free progression line
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10	1	1x Day of WoWs  Premium Time
20	2	Commander "Aurora Di Natale" with 6 skill points
30	3	3x  Santa's Gift containers
40	4	New Year permanent  camouflage for Tier VIII ships
50	5	Merry Christmas commemorative flag
65	6	3x  Santa's Gift containers
80	7	3x Days of WoWs  Premium Time
95	8	New Year permanent camouflage for Tier VIII ships
110	9	3x Santa's Gift containers
125	10	VII Scharnhorst '43 and a  Port slot
155	11	New Year permanent camouflage for Tier IX ships
185	12	1x  Santa's Big Gift container
215	13	12,000  Coal
245	14	3x  Santa's Gift containers
275	15	Flickering Sparkles commemorative flag
320	16	1x  Santa's Big Gift container
365	17	3x  Santa's Gift containers
410	18	1,200  Steel
455	19	3x  Santa's Big Gift containers
500	20	3x Santa's Mega Gift containers
Post-progression	21+	1x  Festive Certificate

Paid Progression Line

The final reward is  VII Stord '43

You can unlock the second progression line for 3500  Doubloons. Access to it gives you the chance to purchase progression levels for Doubloons; each level costs 1000  Doubloons.

As soon as you unlock the second progression line, you'll receive all the additional rewards for any completed levels.

*What are Festive Certificates?

 Festive Certificate are a temporary resource that can be exchanged for the following items during Update 12.11:

Total cost in points	Stage	Paid progression line
	0	New Year permanent camouflage for Tier VIII ships  *The reward for unlocking the paid track
10	1	1x  Festive Certificate
20	2	New Year permanent  camouflage for Tier VIII ships
30	3	1x  Festive Certificate
40	4	1x  Festive Certificate
50	5	Commander Bruce Fraser with 10 skill points
65	6	1x  Festive Certificate
80	7	New Year permanent  camouflage for Tier IX ships
95	8	4,000  Coal
110	9	1x  Festive Certificate
125	10	North Cape commemorative flag
155	11	1x  Festive Certificate
185	12	New Year permanent  camouflage for Tier IX ships
215	13	4,000  Coal
245	14	1x  Festive Certificate
275	15	Commander Erich Bey with 10 skill points
320	16	1x  Festive Certificate
365	17	1x  Festive Certificate
410	18	4,000  Coal
455	19	1x  Festive Certificate
500	20	VII Stord '43 and a  Port slot
Post-progression	21+	1x  Festive Certificate

Additional Levels

The event runs until the release of the next update, and you'll be able to earn up to 1,000 Points during this time. At the same time, you'll need just 500 Points to advance along the whole progression line. You can exchange your remaining Points for additional levels.

 1 Festive Certificate is the reward for completing each additional level for both the first and second progression lines.

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Changes to Santa’s Gift Containers

Don’t panic! Santa’s Gift containers will remain mostly unchanged, but with an improvement that we hope you will be excited about – an updated, shortened ship drop list. Last year's containers had a ship list featuring 174 ships in total - this time, instead of just adding the new ships released over the last year, we have also removed over 40 older ships to make it easier for you to obtain your desired ships.

A total of 43 older ships have been removed from the drop list - all of which are available for direct purchase in the Armory. In their stead, 19 newer additions to the game have been added. These include some sought-after prizes such as  X Brisbane,  IX Jäger,  VIII Colossus,  VIII Almirante, and  VII W. Virginia '44.

See the tables below for a full list of changes:

 

Added and Removed Ships

Added Ships

Removed Ships

VI Dupleix VI Leipzig VII Tashkent '39 VII Tokachi VII West Virginia '44 VIII Alliance VIII Almirante Grau VIII Colossus VIII Nottingham VIII Numancia VIII Schill IX Halford IX Jäger IX Karl Xiv Johan IX Scarlet Thunder IX Sun Yat-sen IX Velos X Brisbane X Tromp

V Kirov V Marblehead V Murmansk V Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya V Texas VI Aigle VI Anshan VI Arizona VI Duca D'aosta VI Huanghe VI Warspite VII Atlanta VII Flint VII Indianapolis VII Sims VIII Alabama VIII Belfast '43 VIII Cossack VIII Gascogne VIII Graf Zeppelin VIII Irian VIII Kaga VIII Kii VIII Le Terrible VIII Loyang VIII Mainz VIII Prinz Eugen VIII Roma VIII Saipan VIII Vanguard IX Azuma IX Black IX Groningen IX Marco Polo IX Neustrashimy IX Pommern X Grosser Kurfürst X Hayate X Khabarovsk X Marceau X Moskva X Salem X Yoshino

A full list of the new ship containers can be seen further down the page.

All other aspects of Santa's containers, such as drop rates for each category, will remain the same as last year.

Santas Gift Containers Contents and Ships Drop Chances.

Santa's Gift Container	Santa's Big Gift Container	Santa's Mega Gift Container

Santa's Gift Container	Santa’s Big Gift Container	Santa's Mega Gift Container

Tier V–VII Ships	Tier VIII–IX Ships	Tier X Ship or a Rare Ship
V Agincourt V Exeter V Genova V Hill V Krasny Krym V Marblehead Lima V Mikoyan V Okhotnik V Rio De Janeiro V Siroco V Viribus Unitis V Yahagi VI Ark Royal VI Béarn VI De Grasse VI Dunkerque VI Gallant VI Ise VI Juruá VI K. Schönberg VI Leone VI London VI Makarov VI Molotov VI Monaghan VI Mutsu VI Mysore VI Novorossiysk VI Friedrich VI Perth VI Repulse VI W. Virginia 1941 VII Abruzzi VII Ashitaka VII Błyskawica VII Boise VII California VII Collingwood VII Duke of York VII Florida VII FR25 VII Gorizia VII Hood VII Huron VII Hyūga VII Lazo VII Leningrad VII Maya VII München VII Nueve de Julio VII Poltava VII Scharnhorst VII Strasbourg VII Toulon VII Weimar VII Yukon VII Yūdachi	VIII Alliance VIII Almirante Grau VIII Anhalt VIII Aquila VIII Atago VIII Bayard VIII Borodino VIII Brandenburg VIII Champagne VIII Cheshire VIII Chkalov VIII Colossus VIII Congress VIII Constellation VIII Fenyang VIII Flandre VIII Hampshire VIII Hornet VIII I-56 VIII Indomitable VIII Kidd VIII Nottingham VIII Numancia VIII Ochakov VIII Orkan VIII Pyotr Bagration VIII Rochester VIII S-189 VIII San Diego VIII Schill VIII Siliwangi VIII Tiger '59 VIII Tirpitz VIII Tone VIII Wichita VIII Z-35 IX Ägir IX Carnot IX Dalian IX Giuseppe Verdi IX Halford IX Iwami IX Jäger IX Karl XIV Johan IX Kearsarge IX Scarlet Thunder IX Sun Yat-sen IX Tulsa IX Z-44 IX Velos	V Fujin V Giulio Cesare V Gremyashchy V Kamikaze V Kamikaze R VI Dupleix VI Loewenhardt VI Graf Spee VI Leipzig VI T-61 VII Belfast VII Haida VII Nelson VII Tashkent '39 VII Tokachi VII Z-39 VIII Anchorage VIII Asashio VIII Enterprise VIII M. Kutuzov VIII Lenin VIII Massachusetts VIII Odin IX Alaska IX Benham IX Friesland IX Georgia IX Hizen IX Jean Bart IX Kronshtadt IX Missouri IX Musashi IX Neustrashimy X Álvaro de Bazán X Brisbane X F. Sherman X Max Immelmann X Malta X Napoli X Småland X Smolensk X Thunderer X Tromp

 

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