15.8 11th Anniversary: New Low-tier Operations, Marlborough B Dockyard, and more!

For 11 years, We have been sailing the seas together! Preparations for this year's anniversary are in full swing with festive activities, a free birthday gift, discounts, and themed content. Snowflakes return—earn Festive Tokens to progress toward a new supership in Early Access, collection containers for a Spanish unique Commander and new Soviet battleship, enemy destruction effects, and more. Beyond the anniversary, look forward to the Dockyard reopening and new Operations for lower-tier ships.

There's one more thing to look forward to, so mark your calendars! Starting September 1st, improved login rewards arrive with two extra days of Warships Premium Account, one extra Supercontainer, and Premium containers with decals and enemy destruction effects on top of regular drops. Don't forget to claim them!

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11th Anniversary

We've prepared a full slate of rewards and festive activities to celebrate the game's 11th birthday.

Birthday Gift

After you play your first battle of the Update, you will be able to claim a special gift in the Armory containing:

• The new Happy Blastday enemy destruction effect
• The new Blast & Bash permanent camouflage 😍
• 3x Battle of Santiago de Cuba containers
• 3x new Red Steel Titan Premium containers
• 11 days of Warships Premium Account

Rules

You can earn Festive Rewards by completing two combat missions available for Tier V ships and above in any battle type.

First Combat Mission: Base XP per Tier

The first mission requires earning a set amount of cumulative Base XP on a selected ship, with the exact amount determined by the ship's Tier:

Tier	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	Supership
Base XP	200	250	300	400	500	600	600

Second Combat Mission: Fleet-Wide Snowflake Bonuses

The second mission requires earning 1,000 Base XP to trigger Snowflakes on other ships in your Port. The number of bonuses you can trigger depends on the size of your Port:

Number of ships in Port	0 - 24	25 - 49	50 - 99	100 - 199	200 - 399	400 - 599	600+
Additional bonuses	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

Snowflake Rewards

You can activate a Snowflake for each ship only once, so you can keep playing the same ship to trigger additional bonuses. Once you remove a Snowflake from a ship by completing either mission, you receive a number of Festive Tokens based on its Tier, or Steel in the case of Superships:

Tier	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	Supership
Reward	25 Festive Tokens	35 Festive Tokens	50 Festive Tokens	75 Festive Tokens	100 Festive Tokens	125 Festive Tokens	200 Steel

The full list of rewards available in exchange for Festive Tokens:

• New Japanese supercruiser Kurama in Early Access - 11,000 Festive Tokens

• The new Press F enemy destruction effect - 2,500 Festive Tokens

• The This is Fine enemy destruction effect - 2,000 Festive Tokens
• Bonus Package for Superships - 2,000 Festive Tokens (Limit 1)
• Enemy Destruction Effects container - 300 Festive Tokens (Limit 10)
• Battle of Santiago de Cuba container - 150 Festive Tokens
• Supercontainer - 125 Festive Tokens (Limit 130)
• 1x Rare economic bonus of each type - 125 Festive Tokens (Limit 50)
• Decals Premium container - 100 Festive Tokens
• Red Steel Titan Premium container - 95 Festive Tokens
• 1x Signals Pack 1 (India Delta, India Yankee, Juliet Yankee Bissotwo, Charlie Kilo, November Foxtrot, Victor Lima, Mike Yankee Soxisix) - 50 Festive Tokens
• 1x Signals Pack 2 (Sierra Bravo, X-Ray Papa Unaone, Juliet Whiskey Unaone, India X-Ray, November Echo Setteseven, Sierra Mike, Hotel Yankee) - 50 Festive Tokens
• 1x Uncommon economic bonus of each type - 24 Festive Tokens (Limit 150)
• 1x Common economic bonus of each type - 12 Festive Tokens

Red Steel Titan Collection

The new Red Steel Titan Premium containers double as the source for a new historical collection consisting of 60 elements. Complete it to earn the Soviet battleship IX Sovetskaya Rossiya along with an achievement.

Click to View Red Steel Titan Premium Container Drop Rates

Slot 1: Collection element - 100%

Slot 2: 14x uncommon economic bonuses of each type - 25% for each type

Slot 3:

• 7x uncommon economic bonuses of each type - 10% for each type
• 250,000 Credits OR 4,000 Free XP OR 12,500 Elite XP - 60%

Container Discounts

• 60 elements, complete the collection to get the Tier IX USSR BB Sovetskaya Rossiya
• Duplicate elements convert 3 to 1
• Collection containers for Festive Tokens: 95 each, no limit
• Collection containers for Doubloons in the Armory:

- 1x container = 300 doubloons   - 20x containers = 5,400 doubloons (10% off)   - 50x containers = 12,750 doubloons (15% off)   - 100x containers = 24,000 doubloons (20% off)

Honorable Service Rewards Update

We're updating the Honorable Service Rewards you receive on each anniversary of your first battle (provided you've played at least 25 battles). Adding the reward for 11 years in the game, featuring new legendary economic bonuses:

11th Year Rewards

• The new For Meritorious Service patch
• 3 weeks of Warships Premium Account
• 5x Legendary economic bonuses of each type
• 12x Supercontainers
• 15x White permanent camouflages
• 50% Discount Coupon

Note: If eligible during the first days of Update 15.8, it will be issued within a week of your account anniversary date.

Additional Themed Content

• 11 Years of Glory flag

• The new Maritime Parade Port with decorated ships and festive scenes.

Daily Login Calendar

Available from September 1st until the end of the month. Features updated rewards including Enemy Destruction Effects and Decals Premium containers.

Click to view Daily Login Calendar Table (Days 1–25)

Day	Reward
1	1x Day of Warships Premium Account
2	1x Small container
3	1x Enemy Destruction Effects container
4	100,000 Credits
5	1x Supercontainer
6	1,500 Free XP
7	1x Small container
8	1x More Signals container
9	1x Enemy Destruction Effects container
10	200,000 Credits
11	1x Supercontainer
12	1x More Economic Rewards container
13	1x Day of Warships Premium Account
14	1x More Coal container
15	2,250 Free XP
16	1,200x Coal
17	1x Decals Premium container
18	1x More Signals container
19	1x More Economic Rewards container
20	1x More Coal container
21	1x Supercontainer
22	100x Doubloons
23	1x Day of Warships Premium Account
24	1x Decals Premium container
25	750 Free XP

Chikuma Shō-Gō and Friedrich Carl Arrive

Expand your fleet with Friedrich Carl and the new Naval Legacy addition Chikuma Shō-Gō (representing Chikuma II in her final moments). Available via the Birthday Wishing Wharf alongside returning ships Sibir and Victoria. Friedrich Carl will also be sold directly in an Admiral Pack.

Note: The Bordfest permanent camouflage for Friedrich Carl features sailors on deck in Port only.

Obtaining Chikuma Shō-Gō unlocks the 4-piece historical collection Chikuma's Fall, awarding:

• Historical Seasoned Commander Keizō Komura with enhanced skills:
  • Survivability Expert: Cruisers (+500 HP/tier), Destroyers (+400 HP/tier), Aircraft Carriers (+30 aircraft HP/tier).
  • Emergency Repair Specialist (Battleships): Reduces cooldown of Damage Control Party & Repair Party by 4%.
• Chikuma Shō-Gō Flag
• Collection Achievement

Marlborough B Dockyard

Build the Black Friday version of Tier IX British battleship Marlborough B. This marks the beginning of 2026's Black Friday events.

Gameplay profile: Armed with 16x 356 mm guns in quadruple turrets with quick reload, heavy salvo weight, and low detectability. Counterbalanced by lower main battery accuracy, soft armor, and an exposed citadel.

Dockyard Breakdown

• Total Phases: 28 (23 completeable via combat missions).
• Purchasable Phases: 5 required via Doubloons (1,400 Doubloons each).
• Starter Pack (5 Phases): 4,500 Doubloons
• Starter Pack (10 Phases): 8,500 Doubloons

Missions run across Update 15.8 and the first three weeks of 15.9.

Low-Tier Operations

Three brand-new PvE Operations designed for low-tier ships, offering relaxed grinding environments and onboarding for newer Captains.

• Trial by Fire: Starts at Tier II
• Swarm of Steel: Starts at Tier III
• Beehive: Starts at Tier IV

Operation Rules & Scaling:

• Playable up to Tier VI.
• Team sizes: 5 players (Tiers II–IV), 7 players (Tiers V–VI). Automated bots fill empty slots after 30 seconds in matchmaking for lower tiers.
• Tier II–IV matches restrict teams to single-tier ships only. Full-sized Divisions are permitted.
• Higher-tier variants layer on mechanics (capturing points, smoke play, responding to retreating/unspotted destroyers, carrier defense). Experienced players (200+ battles) encounter higher difficulty variants even at Tiers II–IV.
• Killer Whale Update: Adapted Tier V–VI variant added, changing the main objective to rescuing and escorting a damaged ally cruiser from an enemy base.

Clan Battles Season #35 "Komodo Dragon"

• Format: 5 vs. 5 on Tier VIII ships (Battleships, Cruisers, Destroyers).
• Restrictions: Max 1 Battleship per team.
• Banned: Lenin
• Max 1 of: Le Terrible, Le Fantasque
• Max 2 of: Cherbourg, Tallinn, Vladivostok, Borodino

Brawls

Update 15.8 features 3 Brawls with special recalibrations:

Brawl 1: 5v5 | Tier VIII (BBs, CA/CLs, DDs)

• Recalibration: Dealing damage partially restores your ship's HP.

Brawl 2: 3v3 | Tier IX (BBs, CA/CLs, DDs)

Brawl 3: 4v4 | Tier X (Destroyers only)

• Recalibrations: Increased speed & maneuverability; buffed torpedo speed & reload; increased torpedo detectability; slower primary gun reload.

Content Additions & Changes

• Red Hare: Pan-Asian Tier IX Destroyer (based on Mogador).

• Fierce & Dangerous Permanent Camouflage

• Pan-Asian Commanders Lü Bu and Diaochan with individual voiceovers.
• Unrivaled flag.

Click to View Updated Container Drop Contents (Three Kingdoms)

Three Kingdoms Container:

• 8x uncommon economic bonuses of each type - 22.5% for each type
• Permanent Camo (Spring Sky, Asian Lantern, Mosaic) - 9%
• Ship (Mengchong, Louchuan, Zhu Que, Xuan Wu, Zhuge Liang, Red Hare) - 0.3%
• 6-pt Commander (Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Sun Shangxiang, Diaochan, Lü Bu, Zhang Liao, Zhou Yu) - 0.7%
• Duplicate payout: 15,000 Elite XP

Three Kingdoms Era Premium Container:

• 8x rare economic bonuses of each type - 10.1% for each type
• Permanent Camo (Spring Sky, Asian Lantern, Mosaic) - 18%
• 1,125,000 Credits / 18,750 Free XP / 56,250 Elite XP - 30.3%
• Ship (Mengchong, Louchuan, Zhu Que, Xuan Wu, Zhuge Liang, Red Hare) - 2.5%
• 6-pt Commander (Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Sun Shangxiang, Diaochan, Lü Bu, Zhang Liao, Zhou Yu) - 8.8%
• Duplicate payout: 60,000 Elite XP

Note: Zhuge Liang (based on Marseille) is now added globally to these containers.

Item Rarity Summary

Marlborough B - Epic
Chikuma Shō-Gō - Epic
Red Hare - Rare
Sovetskaya Rossiya - Rare
Friedrich Carl - Rare
Taejong - Rare
Kurama - Uncommon

Important: All information in this post is 'Work in Progress', the announced adjustments and features may undergo multiple changes during testing, all changes will be added to this post immediately after they become available, the final details will be officially published and labelled in the ship info as 'Released' on this post.