15.1 Lunar New Year 2026 - Includes Event Pass
Chaos and Order, new beginnings and traditional activities, a fleet of event ships sailing under the Moon—the Lunar New Year is here!
This Lunar New Year (or should we say cycle of renewal?) will be met by a massive celebration in World of Warships, with many rewards and a dramatic story inspired by tradition and mythology and includes Event Pass details.
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Chaos and Order, new beginnings and traditional activities, a fleet of event ships sailing under the Moon—the Lunar New Year is here!
This Lunar New Year (or should we say cycle of renewal?) will be met by a massive celebration in World of Warships, with many rewards and a dramatic story inspired by tradition and mythology.
Lunar Login Gift
Ends EU: March 12th, 02:00 UTC
No holiday goes without gifts, and we have some for you! Log in during Update 15.1 to receive a Lunar New Year gift bundle:
- 1x new permanent camouflage of your choice: Fire Horse (for X Jinan), Earth Horse (for X Essex), Metal Horse (for X Schlieffen), Water Horse (for X Balao), or Wood Horse (for X Halland)
- 1x each of the new Prosperous Times and Bountiful Waters permanent camouflages
- 1x each of the Defenders of Order and Adherents of Chaos containers
- 1,500 Lunar Tokens
Festive Calendar
Ends NA: March 4th, 09:00 UTC
A few days after the release of Update 15.1, the Festive Calendar will land in the Update Navigator and stick around for a little over 2 weeks.
Open cards daily to learn about Lunar New Year traditions and customs while enjoying rewards, including days of Warships Premium Account, Coal, and the Lunar Warrior permanent camouflage. If you miss a day, you can claim your reward the following day—any later and it will disappear.
Our aim is to make this a really nice holiday, so the Festive Calendar will coexist with the usual daily rewards upon login—so, you'll get extra gifts!
Nian Paradox
Ends EU: April 8th, 03:00 UTC
The first thing you'll notice in the game is the renewed Dragon Port, now home to a statue of the majestic and formidable Nian Beast.
It signals the arrival of a major event packed with themed rewards—Nian Paradox! Choose a side, fight battles, and unlock Premium and special ships for free while following our story about the mighty Nian Beast and forces fighting for her control.
Casting Your Alliance
You'll find the event by clicking through a banner in the Port. There are two coalitions—Defenders of Order and Adherents of Chaos—each with several progression lines represented by various parties from alternative worlds. Every line offers its own distinct rewards.
Having decided on a coalition to join, you can choose to stay focused and progress through a single party's line or go wide and progress through multiple lines simultaneously. Just note that the different parties represent varying difficulties, meaning different effort levels to earn the rewards.
Fighting for the Beast
To progress through party lines you'll need Lunar Tokens, and there are several ways to obtain them:
- By completing special combat missions that will become available each week during Update 15.1 and for the first 3 weeks of 15.2. You'll have additional time to complete the missions during the final week of Update 15.2.
- 200 Lunar Tokens in free daily random bundles and even more from the Lunar Gift during Update 15.1.
- Participation in the Update 15.0 weekly Leaderboards may have scored you up to 4,000 Lunar Tokens as well.
Obtaining the Treasure
- You can spend your Lunar Tokens on any party line of your chosen coalition and distribute them how you prefer: go all-in for one particular line or spread them out among several party lines under the same coalition.
- Each line requires a different number of Lunar Tokens, and the different lines have varying numbers of stages.
- Every line offers a Commander with an individual voiceover as its initial reward. Depending on its difficulty, each line also offers two to four themed Tier V–X Premium and special ships based on existing designs.
- If you feel like you need an extra boost or want more rewards, you can spend Coal to progress the party lines.
- As you spend Lunar Tokens or Coal, your coalition's narrative line progresses in conjunction with the party lines, and you'll get even more rewards.
- These include Commanders Zhulong and Hundun with individual voiceovers, themed enemy destruction effects, and other exclusive items.
Depending on your activity, effort, and how you allocate Lunar Tokens, you can get up to four ships, including one Tier X ship or up to five non-Tier X ships for free. Just playing casually can potentially add one or two lower-tier ships to your collection.
Two special new containers have been added to the Armory and Premium Shop for the event: Defenders of Order and Adherents of Chaos. Lots of valuable items are waiting for you inside these, such as the event ships and several Premium and special Pan-Asian ships. When you get an event ship from a container (or if you already have one in your Port when the event begins), the corresponding stage of the party line is instantly completed. These two containers can also drop the Nian's Treasure container, holding great rewards like three new ships. This will be the only way to obtain these newcomers during the event. They will return for the next New Year update in an event similar to the recent Steel Fleet.
Lunar New Year Event Pass
Ends EU: March 12th, 02:00 UTC
Folkloric traditions of East Asia take center stage in the new Event Pass and its rewards.
The Update 15.1 Event Pass enhances the already festive atmosphere of the Lunar New Year with an abundance of themed rewards.
The first progression line offers 3 days of Warships Premium Account, new Prosperous Times and Bountiful Waters permanent camouflages, and the Silk Sunrise permanent camouflage for VIII Harbin (the final reward).
Unlock the second progression line for 2,500 Doubloons to immediately get Pan-Asian Commander Nian with 10 skill points. After that, you can complete levels of both lines simultaneously via combat missions or for 1,000 Doubloons each.
The second progression line holds rewards like VII E. Dragon, the Festive Fireworks enemy destruction effect, and the new Dragon's Blessings permanent camouflage for Tier X ships.
Full list of rewards
| First Progression Line Rewards | Second Progression Line Rewards |
|---|---|
| 2x Port slots | Commander Nian with 10 skill points |
| 1,200 Steel | 2x Port slots |
| 12,000 Coal | 1,500,000 Credits |
| 1,500,000 Credits | 600 Steel |
| 10x Uncommon Bonuses containers | 12,000 Coal |
| 32x More Signals containers | 20,000 Free XP |
| 3 days of Warships Premium Account | 60,000 Elite Commander XP |
| Prosperous Times permanent camouflage | 7 days of Warships Premium Account |
| Bountiful Waters permanent camouflage | 10x uncommon expendable economic bonuses of each type |
| Silk Sunrise permanent camouflage for VIII Harbin | 8x rare expendable economic bonuses of each type |
| VII E. Dragon with a Port slot and Commander | |
| Festive Fireworks enemy destruction effect | |
| Dragon's Blessings permanent camouflage for Tier X ships |
Compensation
Compensation will be awarded to you if you already own the following items:
- 5,625,000 Credits for the Silk Sunrise permanent camouflage for VIII Harbin
- 13,500,000 Credits for VII E. Dragon
