13.0 Early Access to American Aircraft Carriers and How to Obtain - USS Essex, USS Yorktown and USS Independence - Time and Dates

Early Access via a special event will bring a new U.S. aircraft carrier line consisting of USS Essex, USS Yorktown and USS Independence, the event begins during Update 13.0! and how to obtain the 3 ships.

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How to Obtain flag VI Independence during 13.0: Available in the Free progression line of the US CV Event Pass.

How to Obtain flag VIII Yorktown during 13.0: Available in the Paid progression line of the US CV Event Pass.

How to Obtain flag X Essex during 13.0: Available for 2,000 Image of the American Tokens American Tokens in the Armory.

American Tokens U.S. Aircraft Carriers Event.

You can exchange your American Tokens for flag

X Essex with a 10-skill-point Commander and Port slot, permanent camouflages for flag

VIII Yorktown and flag

X Essex, Wings of Freedom Premium containers, and Credits. Obtain them either via random bundles for Doubloons or by completing extra levels of the second progression line of the U.S. Aircraft Carriers Event Pass.

Besides

American Tokens, the random bundles also hold special and rare economic bonuses of all types, coal

Coal,

Free XP,

Elite Commander XP, credits

Credits, and American battleship flag

X Rhode Island, which can only be obtained via this route. The option to purchase the new battleship will become available in a future update.

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Nation/Tier/Ship	Class	Base Value	Dev Status	Ship Page Link
X Essex	Carrier	13.0 Early Access	WIP	Ship Page Image
VIII Yorktown	Carrier	13.0 Early Access	WIP	Ship Page Image
VI Independence	Carrier	13.0 Early Access	WIP	Ship Page Image
The three aircraft carriers being prepped for battle. In addition to these three historical vessels, permanent camouflages for VIII Yorktown and X Essex, plus a commemorative flag, will be added to the game to mark the event.

USS Yorktown and USS Essex Camos

The gameplay for these aircraft carriers is distinctive and unique in comparison to their existing peers in the game. They only have access to one standard torpedo bomber squadron, which is supplemented with two tactical squadrons consisting of attack and dive bomber aircraft. Starting at Tier VIII, the tactical squadrons are equipped with the new Smoke Curtain Generator consumable.

Smoke Curtain Generator on Essex's and Yorktown's Tactical Aircraft Squadron Consumable

Smoke Curtain Generator info

The smoke curtain generator is a tactical aircrafts squadron consumable of the Attack Aircraft and Bombers consumables.

Generates a smoke screen that reduces the risk of allied ships being detected by the enemy.

Smoke Curtain Generator Parameters:

Number of consumables: 2

Consumable action time: 10 s

Smoke screen dispersion time: 60 s

Action radius: 530 m

Cooldown time: 90 s

Special Event for Independence and Yorktown

VI Independence and flag

VIII Yorktown will be obtainable through a special event.

This event comprises 20 levels that you can progress through by completing a series of daily and weekly missions. flag

VI Independence stands as the most prized reward in the main progression line.

The U.S. Aircraft Carriers commemorative flag, Freedom permanent camouflage for flag

VIII Cleveland, a Flags Premium container, a Wings of Freedom container, and other valuable rewards will also be available during the event. Additional Wings of Freedom containers can be obtained as a reward after completing the initial 20 levels.

While the event is running, players will have the option to unlock an additional progression line for Doubloons. Much like the main progression line, this line also comprises a total of 20 levels; where it stands out is the rewards it offers, such as flag

VIII Yorktown, a bonus package for flag

VIII Yorktown, Commander Statue of Liberty with 6 skill points and an individual voiceover, the Freedom permanent camouflage for flag

VIII Baltimore, and more valuable items. American Tokens can be obtained as an additional reward after completing the initial 20 levels.

U.S. Aircraft Carriers Event Pass

Update 13.0 delivers an Event Pass that comprises two progression lines.

Each line has 20 levels that you can progress through by completing a series of daily and weekly missions, and both lines also offer extra levels which can be completed to receive additional rewards.

You'll be able to obtain flag VI Independence and the U.S. Aircraft Carriers commemorative flag for free in the first progression line, as well as the Freedom permanent camouflage for VIII Baltimore, a Flags Premium container, a Wings of Freedom container, and other valuable rewards. The rewards for completing extra levels in this progression line are Wings of Freedom containers.

VIII Yorktown can be obtained through the second progression line, which you can unlock for 3,000

Doubloons. Having unlocked the second line, you'll be able to skip each level of both progression lines simultaneously for 1,000

Doubloons. Among the rewards for second progression line, you'll also find a bonus package for flag

VIII Yorktown, Commander Statue of Liberty with 6 skill points and an individual voiceover, the Freedom permanent camouflage for X Des Moines, and other valuable rewards. The rewards for completing extra levels in second progression line are American Tokens.

We'll be testing a few variants for the U.S. Aircraft Carriers Event Pass, meaning that progression will be different for different players, but the overall pool of rewards will stay the same.

Daily and Weekly Missions

Accomplishing daily and weekly missions will earn you the necessary Points to complete the U.S. Aircraft Carriers Event Pass.

Title	Condition	Reward
Battle of the Coral Sea	Earn 250 Base XP in any battle type	10 Points
Battle of Midway	Earn 1,500 Base XP in any battle type	10 Points
Battle of Leyte Gulf	Earn 2,000 Base XP (up to 5 times per day)	1 Point (up to 5 Points per day)
Battle of Okinawa	Earn 2,000 Base XP (up to 10 times per week)	2 Points (up to 20 Points per week)

You can earn 20 additional Points for completing regional activities.

Points Exchange

You'll be able to earn up to 800 Points during the event, and you'll need only 450 Points to advance along the whole progression line. You can exchange your remaining Points for extra levels.

Levels	Points per Level	Total Points
1–5	10	50
6–10	15	125
11–15	30	275
16–20	35	450
21+	50

The number of Points required to complete a progression level gradually increases for every five levels completed, but there's no further increase for extra levels—you need 50 Points to unlock each of these.

American Tokens

Starts: Jan 10, 10:00 AM UTC

Ends: Feb 29, 05:00 AM UTC

American Tokens represent the Early Access currency that you can exchange for rewards in the Armory. You can use them to obtain flag X Essex with a 10-skill point Commander and Port slot, as well as the Hero of Midway permanent camouflage for flag VIII Yorktown, Defender of the Pacific Ocean permanent camouflage for flag X Essex, up to 10x Wings of Freedom Premium containers, and Credits.

American Tokens can be obtained via random bundles or as rewards for completing extra levels beyond the initial 20 levels of the second progression line of the U.S. Aircraft Carriers Event Pass.
You can obtain up to 3,580 American Tokens from random bundles and up to 320 American Tokens from the second progression line of the U.S. Aircraft Carriers Event Pass.
In addition to the Tokens, the random bundles also hold battleship X Rhode Island with a 10 skill point Commander and Port slot, special and rare expendable economic bonuses, and other valuable goods.
Any American Tokens remaining on your account after the release of Update 13.2 will be exchanged for Credits at the rate of 1: 15,000.