Update 3.1 is here! Here’s a full overview of everything that’s new:
Blitz Royale: New Event Mode
- A new Blitz Royale mode that can be played either in a team or alone, and that pits you against other players!
- Sink other players and fight to be the last one standing
Whenever a warship is destroyed, an HP recovery prop will appear in its last position. The prop only lasts for a little while—approach within range to obtain it. Once gathered, it will recover a certain percent of your HP.
In situations where there is more than one ship within the prop’s range before it appears, the closest warship will get it.
- The safety area circle will shrink, and all ships in the electromagnetic storm will start losing health
- “A Thousand Islands” is the new map on which this all takes place
- The last team and/or individual standing wins the game
- This mode does not reward you with battle medals
- Battle results in this mode will not be counted as in the battle statistics
Battle-Time Adjustment in Random Battles
Due to popular demand from our players, we’ve decided to increase the battle time of random battles!
- Tier VI and above: battle time changed from 6 to 7 mins
- Depending on the overall tier of the match, Tier V will partake in both 6-minute battles (with Tier IV ships) and 7-minute battles (with Tier VI ships)
Major Balancing Overhaul: German Battleships and Japanese Destroyers
German Battleships
German battleships are the brawlers of the seas, and we want to ensure that they live up to that description. As such, we’ve increased the range of their secondary batteries to make them more of a threat in close quarters combat.
- Auto secondary batteries of high-tier German battleships are getting a range buff; auto secondary range is unified at 4.2 km
- German Tier IX battleship Friedrich der Große
Secondary Battery (Auto) Firing Range: 4.2 km to 4.8 km
- German Tier X battleship Großer Kurfürst
Secondary Battery (Auto) Firing Range: 4.5 km to 5.4 km
German battleship protection mechanics
- New protection mechanics have been applied to German battleships of Tier VII and higher
Japanese destroyer main line
The Japanese destroyer main line (Mutsuki to Shimakaze) has been overhauled to enhance its stealth attributes. We’ve added smokes, but also increased their torpedo-reload time to balance out the changes.
Japanese Tier VIII Kagero
- Can use Smoke Generator I only once per battle
Japanese Tier IX Yugumo
- Can use Smoke Generator I twice per battle
Torpedo Chance of Starting Flooding: 24% to 30%
Torpedo Reload: 67.5 to 72 seconds
Japanese Tier X Shimakaze
- Can use Smoke Generator I only once per battle
Torpedo Chance of Starting Flooding: 24% to 30%
Torpedo Reload: 78.8 to 84 seconds
Royal Navy Battleships
The almighty fire starters of the Royal Navy are arriving soon! Make your presence felt out on the seas by setting your foes ablaze and leading your team to victory!
The following ships will be added to the British Tech Tree at a later date:
Tier III Bellerophon
Tier IV Orion
Tier V Iron Duke
Tier VI Queen Elizabeth
Tier VII King George V
Tier VIII Monarch
Tier IX Lion
Tier X Conqueror
Battle Honors
More ships can now complete Battle Honors missions, including the following:
Main line Japanese destroyers
Tier V Mutsuki
Tier VI Fubuki
Tier VII Akatsuki
Tier VIII Kagero
Tier IX Yugumo
Tier X Shimakaze
Japanese aircraft carriers
Tier IV Hosho
Tier V Zuiho
Tier VI Ryujo
Tier VII Hiryu
Tier VIII Shokaku
Tier IX Taiho
Tier X Hakuryu
German battleships
Tier IV Kaiser
Tier V König
Tier VI Bayern
Tier VII Gneisenau
Tier VIII Bismarck
Tier IX Friedrich der Große
Tier X Großer Kurfürst
British cruisers
Tier IV Danae
Tier V Emerald
Tier VI Leander
Tier VII Fiji
Tier VIII Edinburgh
Tier IX Neptune
Tier X Minotaur
French cruisers
Tier IV Duguay-Trouin
Tier V Émile Bertin
Tier VI La Galissonnière
Tier VII Algérie
Tier VIII Charles Martel
Tier IX Alsace
Tier X République
And all Premium ships
Camouflages
- Camouflages are now displayed in the Warehouse, showing players all the camouflages they have.
Players can now find basic pieces of information such as:
- Which ship it can be used on, and whether or not the player owns that ship
- Bonus stats
- Preview of the camouflage
Old Map, New Mode
- The Cage map is now playable as a Base Capture map for Tiers VII–X, under the name “The Atlantic”
Other Improvements
- New icons for the battle results page, making it absolutely clear whether players have won or lost a game. The “Defeat” icon will now be displayed as a broken version of the “Victory” icon
- New players can select Pan-Asian warships at the beginning of the game
- New icons for Copper, Steel, and Titanium are set to appear in the Shipyard
- From Update 3.1, Android OS versions under 5.0 will be no longer supported
- iOS players will now be able to log in with their Apple IDs, or link them to already existing accounts
- The background color for Free XP in Battle Honors has been changed to dark blue
- A red dot is displayed in the Port and Shop when you receive a crate key. It will guide you to the crate to use it on
- A red dot is displayed on the relevant crate when you obtain a crate key. The red dot will disappear once you check the crate
Ship Balancing
U.S. Tier X cruiser Des Moines
Can use Radar I only once per battle
U.K. Tier X cruiser Minotaur
Can use Sonar I only once per battle
Premium German Tier VII destroyer Z39
Number of Sonar I uses reduced from three to two per battle
Can use Rapid Reload I twice per battle
Premium French Tier VIII destroyer Le Terrible
Main Battery Reload Time: 6 to 5.5 seconds
Premium Japanese Tier IX cruiser Azuma
Main Battery Reload Time: 13.5 to 13 seconds
All guns with a caliber of 457 mm or higher will get a special citadel damage modifier of 300% (increased from 250%). This change will affect Musashi and Yamato
Japanese destroyers Akizuki (Tier VIII), Kitakaze (Tier IX), and Harugumo (Tier X)
The air-resistance factor of their shells has been reduced, meaning that their main gun shells can reach targets faster than before at max range
Maximum Main Battery Shell Dispersion reduced by 10%
Torpedo Chance of Starting Flooding: 21% to 24%
Bug Fixes
- A bug that allowed players to instantly reload torpedoes by force-closing the game has now been fixed
- Yukikaze’s description has been edited to state that she is a WWII ship instead of one from WWI
- Premium Russian Tier VIII battleship Lenin’s Precise Aiming System III now has the correct description and effect