War Thunder Dev Tracker

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

In this digest we would like to tell you about our continuing work on improvements and fixes in the game. You can find information about all updates that have been released in War Thunder on the website special section.

Asterisk for your convenience

You may have noticed that War Thunder now has regular events with simple tasks and nice prizes that can be completed in specific vehicles. We wanted to make it easier for you to find the vehicles involved in these events.

Now vehicles that can be used in these events will be marked in the research trees with a special tag with an image of a star. You will also now be aware of the available task with the “Research” icon on the appropriate nati... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Welcome to the 12th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition! Almost 200 screenshots full of beautiful aircraft! Well done Pilots! The three most popular screens chosen by you plus three more, selected by us will get 300GE! We will meet again next week!
Before we announce 11th edition winners, let’s begin the 12th edition of our competition! Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub (... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Revision of the bonus reward for victory and defeat In the recent economy updates, we described the mechanics of earning Silver Lions and Research points, and proposed that you vote for one of the possible variants to change the bonus rewards at the end of a mission. This was followed by the second stage of voting in order to make the final decision with confidence. These are the results:

What RP reward distribution during a battle do you want to have in War Thunder?

• 56.7% 一 0.8 RP/sec for defeat and 1.2 RP/sec for victory
  
• 43.3% 一 0.6 RP/sec for defeat and 1.4 RP/sec for victory (same as before)

What SL reward distribution do you want to have in War Thunder?

• 66.1% 一 +20% for defeat and +47% for victory
  
• 33.9% 一 +0% зfor defeat and +67...

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

The War Thunder team would like to congratulate players with the Chinese New Year holiday that is also often referred to as Lunar New Year, or literally "Spring Festival".

From the 28th of January (11:00 GMT) until the 1st of February (11:00 GMT)

While controlling Chinese vehicles:

• Play 3 battles to get the “Fu the Tiger” decal.
  
• Win 5 battles to get the “Sky lantern” decoration.

Challenges must be completed in vehicles of rank II or above, with a battle activity over 70% in random battles, except for the “Assault” mode.

Track your progress by clicking your nickname, then “Achievements → Lunar New Year”.
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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

The items for the Battle pass in the Warbond shop is as usual, will available throughout the entire “Firepower” season + 1week, available from 26th of January until 3rd of May (one week after the end of the season).
The Warbond shop is available to players that have vehicles from rank III and is part of Battle Pass. You purchase items with the special “Warbond” currency that that can be obtained by unlocking Battle Pass levels.
Premium vehicles in the new season ★ Crusader “The Saint” (first time in the warbond shop)

★ Celere Sahariano (first time in the wa... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

The day of the founding of an entire country! Every year Australians celebrate January 26th in a big way - and we wouldn’t mind joining in the celebration, giving out festive decals to deserving “Australians”, bringing back interesting vehicles for sale and sharing some equally interesting news. All in all - happy Australia Day!
Until 11:00 GMT on the 28th of January Play 3 battles in the British aircraft (of rank II or higher with a battle activity of 70% or higher) and get a unique “Australia Day” decal.

• You can complete the task in random battles, except “Assault” and “Enduring Confrontation”.
  
• You can follow your progress by clicking...

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

In this digest we would like to tell you about our continuing work on improvements and fixes in the game. You can find information about all updates that have been released in War Thunder on the website special section.

Improved overcoming of obstacles

Trenches, embankments and other complex objects are sometimes no less dangerous for a tanker than enemy fire. From now on passing over them will be much safer. We found and fixed the bug where a vehicle might suddenly lose grip and hang on a fairly simple obstacle from which you didn’t expect such a trick.

To go into detail - it was due to an incorrect determination of the angle of inclination of the surface under the vehicle. We have c... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Get ready for the 6th season of the War Thunder Battle Pass! Open new stages and get unique premium combat vehicles, as well as tons of prizes: decals, 3D decorations, profile icons and a unique loading screen and title!

26th January - 27th April
Battle Pass season 6

Season awards Every season there are a new set of awards. See the full list in the Battle Pass tab in the hangar, or check out our wiki[wiki.warthunder.com]. Here are the award vehicles for season 6:
M64 China, III rank, Premium

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Welcome to the 11th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition! Deacon from Waterworld would be proud! So many good screenshots! The three most popular and the three selected by us will get 300GE! We will meet again next week! Fly high, aces!
Before we announce 10th edition winners, let’s begin the 11th edition of our competition! Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub (... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

SB Enduring Confrontation missions and RB random battles with EC mission logic AI anti-aircraft gun presets have been changed for convoys and the Ground Battle event, where two groups of AI units fight with each other. The changes were made to lower AA calibres where possible and therefore the general setups are as follows:

• BR 1.0-2.0: calibre 7.92mm
  
• BR 2.3-3.3: calibre 12.7mm
  
• BR 3.7-4.7: calibre 20mm
  
• BR 5.0-6.3: calibre 40mm
  
• BR 6.7-7.7: calibre 30mm, autoguns
  
• BR 8+: calibre 30mm, autoguns, radars.

Example of the a US setup:
Before:

• BR 1.0-2.0: M15 CGMC
  
• BR 2.3-3.3: M19A1
  
• BR 3.7-4.7: M19A1
  
• BR 5.0-6.3: M163
  
• BR 6.7-7.7: M24...

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