14.6 Ship Rotation System Explained

Too many ships in the shop makes it hard to choose! WG are creating a rotation system where ships will come and go on a schedule.

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Why Are WG Doing This?

There are now so many premium ships that it's overwhelming for players. This system will:

• Keep popular ships always available
• Rotate other ships in and out regularly
• Give players chances to get ships they missed

Coming Soon (Update 14.6)

These ships will return to the shop:

Available for Doubloons:

  X Brisbane

  VIII Almirante Grau

  VIII Numancia

Available for Coal:

  VIII Nottingham

New Ships Coming (Update 14.5)

  X Irresistible: 62,000 Research Points

  X Willem de Eerste:  31,000 Steel

Ships Being Removed (Update 14.6)

  VIII San Diego: Will return as the final reward as part of a free Event Collection in Update 14.7

  VI Leone: Will still remain available through Italian Destroyers collection

How It Works

• Ships will be separated into one of 4 initial planned groups for rotation.
• The groups are designed to be as evenly distributed as possible in:
  • Total number of ships
  • Nations
  • Classes
  • Tiers
• Each group of ships will be available for 6 Updates at a time.
  • This means that if a group is introduced in version 14.6, the ships will be available until version 15.0.
• A group of ships may be out of rotation for a maximum of 6 updates.
• The deployment of groups will be staggered, so at any given point there will be two groups of ships available with a new group of ships rotating in every 3 updates.

Rotation Announcements

Ship rotations will be announced one Update in advance in the following manner:

• Within a Version Update Article / Patch Notes.
• Ships intended to rotate out will be:
  • Tagged with a specific identifying filter in the Armory and will be placed in the filtered subgroup.
  • Placed in a special subgroup above all others in the Premium Shop to spotlight them.

New Ship Release Policy

When a new Uncommon ship is introduced, it will be assigned to a rotation group and become available again 6 to 9 updates after its initial release. Each ship will be available as part of its group for 6 updates, offered through direct sales for Doubloons.

Rare ships will continue to debut through events or special free activities. To make future access more predictable:

• Ships released within a rolling 12-Update block (e.g: Update 14.2–15.1) will later become available for purchase during an annual Summer Festival.
• As one would expect, the majority of rare ships released throughout the year will be present in Christmas/Santa Containers.
• Each ship in the block will follow a minimum wait time of 4 Updates and a maximum of 15 Updates before being eligible for sale.
• The same Update block system will repeat annually, allowing players consistent opportunities to obtain Rare ships.
• During the Summer Festival, newly added rare ships will be available for direct purchase.

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Ships leaving the Armory and Premium Shop

List of Uncommon ships that will temporarily leave Armory and Prem shop in 14.6, re-released in 15.3
List of Rare ships that will temporarily leave Armory and Prem shop in 14.6, re-released in the summer festival 15.5

Ship	Nation	Rarity
VIII Kidd	USA	Uncommon
VIII Congress	USA	Uncommon
VIII Saipan	USA	Uncommon
VIII Rochester	USA	Uncommon
VII Atlanta	USA	Uncommon
VII Boise	USA	Uncommon
VII Indianapolis	USA	Uncommon
VI W. Virginia '41	USA	Uncommon
VIII Chkalov	USSR	Uncommon
VIII Pyotr Bagration	USSR	Uncommon
VIII Ochakov	USSR	Uncommon
VIII Borodino	USSR	Uncommon
VI Molotov	USSR	Uncommon
V Okhotnik	USSR	Uncommon
V Murmansk	USSR	Uncommon
VII Scharnhorst	Germany	Uncommon
VI Prinz Eitel Friedrich	Germany	Uncommon
VI Karl von Schönberg	Germany	Uncommon
VI Ise	Japan	Uncommon
VII Ashitaka	Japan	Uncommon
V Yahagi	Japan	Rare
VI Ark Royal	UK	Uncommon
VII Collingwood	UK	Uncommon
V Agincourt	UK	Uncommon
VIII Gascogne	France	Uncommon
VIII Bayard	France	Uncommon
VIII Le Terrible	France	Uncommon
VII Strasbourg	France	Uncommon
VI De Grasse	France	Uncommon
VIII Roma	Italy	Uncommon
V Genova	Italy	Uncommon
IX Dalian	Pan Asia	Uncommon
VIII Irian	Pan Asia	Uncommon
VIII Loyang	Pan Asia	Uncommon
VIII Siliwangi	Pan Asia	Uncommon
VII Yukon	Commonwealth	Uncommon
VI Perth	Commonwealth	Uncommon
VI Mysore	Commonwealth	Uncommon
VII Nueve de Julio	Pan America	Uncommon
VI Juruá	Pan America	Uncommon
V Viribus Unitis	Europe	Uncommon

Please note that all information in the development blog is preliminary. Announced adjustments and features may change multiple times during testing. The final information will be published on our game's website.