Arena Seasons: It's Time for a Fair Fight!

Captains, the Arena awaits! We've prepared three seasons of battles for high-tier ships: Legendary, VIII, and VII, to be precise. Here's a quick look at the rules and, of course, the prizes that you can expect. A small, but very significant change is being introduced within these seasons: starting now, your Leaderboard placement depends on Base XP earned through all of your battles, without any possible bonuses applied. We've seen the related feedback from the community for a while, and we agree that such a change makes for a better competitive environment. 
As usual, the Arms Race in-battle bonuses are active again, and friendly fire is disabled. The system works as follows: three waves of buffs spawn on the map at certain moments throughout each battle, always at similar distances to each team's spawn points. The buff effects benefit the whole team and can be stacked, so don't treat them carelessly!
Check out the list of bonuses below:

• Main battery gun reload speed: +10% single stack; +33% at six
• Consumable cooldown speed: +10% single stack; +40% at six
• Rudder-shift speed: +20% single stack; +60% at six

One more important thing to mention: if the battle timer runs down, the side that has sunk the most enemy ships is declared the winner. So, even if your team loses almost all of its ships, you still stand a chance!
Now, time for the exact rules and timeframes!

SEASON 23
February 29 – March 5 (7:00 UTC/2:00 CDT start, 6:30 UTC/1:30 CDT finish)

• Ship tier: Legendary
• Ship types: No carriers
• Team size: 3
• Arms Race mechanic active
• Divisions of up to 3 players are allowed
• Number of best battle results counted daily: 10
• Maps: Crash Zone, Greece, Islands of Ice, Land of Fire, Scandinavia, Riposte 

Prize Distribution

 

Participation

• 2x Promotion Orders
• 200 Paint 
• 10,000 Global XP

Top 90%

• 4x Promotion Orders
• 250 Steel
• 250,000 credits

Top 50%

• 6x Promotion Orders
• 300 Steel
• 2 days of Premium Account

Top 25%

• 250,000 credits
• 300 Steel
• 10,000 Global XP

Top 10%

• 1x Commendation
• 350 Steel
• 250,000 credits

Top 1%

• 1x Insignia
• 400 Steel
• 2x Spring Big Crates

SEASON 24
March 7–12 (7:00 UTC/2:00 CDT start and finish)

• Ship tier: VIII
• Ship types: No carriers
• Team size: 3
• Arms Race mechanic active
• Divisions of up to 3 players are allowed
• Number of best battle results counted daily: 10
• Maps: Crash Zone, Greece, Islands of Ice, Land of Fire, Scandinavia, Riposte 

Prize Distribution

 

Participation

• 2x Promotion Orders
• 200 Paint 
• 1 day of Premium Account

Top 90%

• 4x Promotion Orders
• 250 Steel
• 10,000 Global XP

Top 50%

• 250,000 credits
• 300 Steel
• 1x Spring Big Crate

Top 25%

• 6x Promotion Orders
• 300 Steel
• 250,000 credits

Top 10%

• 1x Insignia
• 350 Steel
• 2x Spring Big Crates

Top 1%

• 1x Commendation
• 400 Steel
• 10,000 Global XP

SEASON 25
March 14–19 (7:00 UTC/2:00 CDT start and finish)

• Ship tier: VII
• Ship types: No carriers
• Team size: 3
• Arms Race mechanic active
• Divisions of up to 3 players are allowed
• Number of best battle results counted daily: 10
• Maps: Crash Zone, Greece, Islands of Ice, Land of Fire, Scandinavia, Riposte 

Prize Distribution

Participation

• 2x Promotion Orders
• 200 Paint 
• 1x Spring Big Crate

Top 90%

• 4x Promotion Orders
• 250 Steel
• 2 days of Premium Account

Top 50%

• 1x Commendation
• 300 Steel
• 250,000 credits

Top 25%

• 250,000 credits
• 300 Steel
• 10,000 Global XP

Top 10%

• 1x Commander Crate
• 350 Steel
• 250,000 credits

Top 1%

• 1x Insignia
• 400 Steel
• 1x Spring Big Crate

Show off your skills in the Arena, and turn the tide!