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Anniversary Update: Operation Piñata
Maintenance times:
- Xbox: August 4, 1:30 – 5:30 AM Central / 6:30 – 10:30 AM UTC
- PlayStation: August 4, 1:30 – 5:30 AM Central / 6:30 – 10:30 AM UTC
- iOS: August 4, 1:30 – 5:30 AM Central / 6:30 – 10:30 AM UTC
- Android: August 4, 1:30 – 5:30 AM Central / 6:30 – 10:30 AM UTC
Update size:
- Xbox One (S/X) ~7,000 MB
- Xbox Series S/X ~7,000 MB
- PS4 ~6,900 MB
- PS5/PS5 Pro ~1,943 MB
- iOS ~1,160 MB + ~2,100 MB
- Android ~188 MB + ~2,190 MB
Anniversary Update: Operation Piñata
Ahoy, Captains! It's our sixth birthday, and you're invited to the party. Celebrate with us—claim your special gift and join the festive activities we've prepared for you. But before we dive into the details, redeem the code 4C85MPC8EK to receive 1x Summer Big Crate, 10x Anniversary camouflages, and 10x Common Credit Boosters.
Now, back to what's waiting for you in this update:
Grab Your Gift!
Although it's our birthday, we're the ones giving gifts to all Captains out there! Visit the Store from August 4 to September 8 to claim your free Anniversary Gift. Inside, you'll find new Piñata camouflages in different colors, 2x Piñata Chests that can drop content from the best events of past years, and much more! You'll also receive three coupons, each providing 30% off select Premium ships of a specific tier, along with an additional coupon granting a 30% discount on Hizen, Marlborough, or Z-44. These three ships will be available for Piñatitas—this birthday's special currency—which you can find in various sources throughout the update, including the Anniversary Gift.
Party Around the World: Free Campaign With Two Ships
Meet the first-ever campaign to have a completely free Admiralty Backing and a choice between two ships at the end: Japanese Tier VIII Premium destroyer Minegumo or Pan-European Tier VIII Premium battleship Niord.
Minegumo is a powerful Japanese destroyer armed with a strong main battery and shells with improved penetration, as well as very fast torpedoes that can be launched individually to inflict massive damage. Combined with Torpedo Reload Booster and fast-cooling Smoke Generator consumables, all this makes her a real threat to other destroyers and large ships.
Niord is a Pan-European battleship armed with accurate, fast-reloading main battery guns that fire AP shells with good damage per minute and HE shells with excellent armor penetration. She also boasts very fast long-range torpedoes. Her other advantages include great concealment and high speed, allowing her to easily avoid enemy fire.
To obtain either of the two ships, first open the Campaign section and claim the free Admiralty Backing, then complete all 100 milestones within 5 weeks. At the end, you can choose which of the two ships to receive for free. The other ship will be available for doubloons—you'll be able to purchase it from the campaign window or find it in the Store after completing the campaign.
Below is the full list of campaign rewards. Note that all of them, including those available with the Admiralty Backing, are free this time!
All available rewards:
- 50x Common Boosters
- 50x Rare Boosters
- 6x Khaki Piñata camouflages
- 4x Pink Piñata camouflages
- 4x Yellow Piñata camouflages
- 16x Imperial Japanese Navy camouflages
- 16x European camouflages
- 40,000 Global XP
- 400,000 Commander XP
- 1,750,000 Research Points
- 3,000,000 credits
- 45x Promotion Orders
- 5x Insignia
- 5x Commendations
- 5 days of Premium Account
- 750 doubloons
- 6,000 Piñatitas
- 6x Anniversary '25 Dutch crates
- 6x Anniversary '25 Pan-Eu. crates
- 1x Piñata Chest
- 1x Blue Archive II container
- 1x Pan-European Commander crate
- 1x Japanese Commander crate
- Niord patch base and symbol
- Minegumo patch base and symbol
- Niord flag
- Minegumo flag
- Pan-European Tier VIII Premium battleship Niord or Japanese Tier VIII Premium destroyer Minegumo
Total value of the rewards with the free Admiralty Backing: 81,570 doubloons
Legendary Birthday 2025
Join various activities during this update to earn Piñatitas—a special currency you can spend on plenty of items, including two new ships: Pan-Asian Tier VII Premium cruiser Irian and British Tier V Premium cruiser Dido. You can also spend Piñatitas on British Tier V Premium battleship Repulse, Piñata Chests, the Commander guise of a Legends team member and our community streams veteran Princeblip, and much more.
Among the birthday activities are:
- Birthday Mayhem Calendar, rewarding the Commander guise of Final Boss XII—another Legends team member and legend of our community streams.
- Piñata Havoc mission, where you can earn plenty of party camouflages and 2x Piñata Chests.
- Short-fused Birthday Bureau Project, packed with rewards from some of our best past events.
We're publishing an article tomorrow with all the details about Piñatitas—where and how many of them you can find, what ships and items you can get completely for free, what rewards are available for participating in birthday activities, and more!
Piñata Party Web Event
You're invited to our new web event: Piñata Party! Fire rockets at piñatas and receive a gift for each hit, including a super prize after 30 hits on the same piñata—the Piñata Chest! You get three free rockets daily, and you can purchase additional ones for Global XP or credits. We'll reveal more details, including the link to the Piñata Party page, on Monday, together with the web event launch.
Tech Tree Discounts, Windroses, and First Win Bonus
Discounts on Tech Tree ships: 15% off Tier VI–VIII ships from August 4 to 11.
Windroses: Enjoy rewards for your first wins of the update playing Tier IV and higher ships from August 4 to September 8:
- Tier IV: 2x Anniversary camouflages
- Tier V: 1x common crate
- Tier VI: 2x Rare Battle Boosters
- Tier VII: 2x Epic Battle Boosters
- Tier VIII: 2x Promotion Orders
- Legendary Tier: 100 Piñatitas
First Win Bonus: From August 15 to 18, the first win bonus will be improved to x5.
War Tales Return
War Tales are back in Legends! From August 4 to September 8, take part in three thrilling new Tales: Hunt for Bismarck, Double Strike, and Hailstone. Each Tale provides unique scenarios and challenges, as well as extra economic bonuses for ships from a specific nation. All previous Tales will also be available in addition to the new ones. We've also improved various aspects of this battle type, including dynamic skills, UI, economy, and difficulty.
Blue Archive Is Back in Legends!
The Blue Archive collaboration returns from August 11 to September 8! This time, it brings three new ships—BA Utnapishtim's Ship, BA Binah, and BA Hovercraft—along with new Commanders Yuuka, Maki, and Wakamo. Blue Archive content both new and old will be available in the Store and Blue Archive II containers. Two Blue Archive II containers are free for the taking—one through the "Codename: Blue Archive" mission, and another via the Party Around the World campaign. Keep your eyes on the horizon for a dedicated article with more details!
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Obon Festival
From August 11 to 25, join the traditional Japanese festival honoring the spirits of ancestors! Complete the Ancestors' Path mission for Japanese ships to earn 12x Imperial Japanese Navy camouflages; 750,000 credits; the Bon Matsuri flag; and a coupon granting a 75% discount on the Fleet Review skin for Agano, Gokase, Omono, or Shimanto.
Plus, check the Store for Japanese Tier VIII Premium battleship Iwami, available both for Global XP and doubloons, and Japanese Tier VII Premium cruiser Suzuya at a 40% discount. You'll also find discounted Commander Progression Items and other essential resources.
Ranked Battles: Seasons 81–82
Prepare for two new seasons of Ranked Battles featuring small teams of three players sailing high-tier ships. Each season offers rewards like Steel, crates, credits, camouflages, Commander Progression Items, and Boosters.
- Season 81: August 19–25; only Tier VII ships
- Season 82: August 26 – September 1; only Tier VIII ships
Fall Is Coming: Discounts Await
To celebrate the upcoming fall, we're running a special sale in the Store from August 25 to September 8.
- You can look forward to up to 35% off a range of ships, including Soviet Tier VII Premium cruiser Kutuzov, Japanese Tier VII Premium destroyer Yūdachi, and Soviet Tier VII Premium aircraft carrier Chkalov.
- Check out a special chained bundle featuring Japanese Tier VIII Premium destroyer Hayate, Italian Tier VI Premium destroyer FR25, U.S. Tier IV Premium battleship Oklahoma, and various in-game resources—all at a big discount.
- Stock up on Insignia and Commendations and get a Fall Big Crate as a gift.
New Map: Loop
Welcome the new map for Tier V and higher ships—Loop! With two clusters of large islands and three control points, this map offers an ideal setting for strategic gameplay. Chart new waters across multiple battle types: Standard, Versus AI, Arcade, and Ranked. During this update, the Loop map will be assigned to battles more frequently than usual. After that, it will have an equal chance alongside all other maps.
Weather Visual Improvements
We've made considerable visual improvements to how the scenery looks on certain maps and in specific Ports. This includes enhancements to lighting, contrast, water optics, and the overall quality of the visuals. These changes are purely visual in nature and are not intended to affect gameplay. You'll simply enjoy a smoother, more natural-looking environment.
For now, weather improvements affect the Fjords and Marseille Ports, as well as the following maps: Ring, Hotspot, Trap, Sea of Fortune, Warrior's Path, and Northern Waters.
Balance Changes to Commanders and Ships
For this update, we mainly focused on rebalancing Commander skills that required adjustments. A few ships have also received buffs. You can find all the details on the upcoming balance changes in the Ministry of Balance article.
Commander Skills
We've prepared tweaks to various Commander skills to make them more balanced: No-Fly Zone, Contact Is Imminent, Crisscross, Glass Cannon, On Alert, Cloudy Daze, Twist n' Track, Perceptive, Ik val aan, volg mij, Fox Flair, Air Support, Evil Sparks, Equilibrium of Power, Leviathan. Also, Johan Furstner's base trait Minister of the Navy has been nerfed.
Ships
Two ships have been buffed: U.S. Tier III Premium battleship South Carolina and Soviet Tier III Premium battleship Knyaz Suvorov. Additionally, a few ships have received armor updates: Normandie, Lyon, and Repulse.
Permanent Camouflages
We've added the option to craft the Standard Type permanent camouflage for a number of ships.
Improvements and Bug Fixes
All Platforms
- Aircraft carriers now have only one centralized spawn point per team in Versus AI and Standard Battles on these maps: Sea of Fortune, Tears of the Desert, Polar, Islands, Mountain Range, Shatter, Trident, and Neighbors.
- Now, when you fire AA guns with the Defensive AA Fire consumable active, the barrage will appear more intense and orange in color to demonstrate the increased AA power.
- Updated the base trait description of Commander Azur Lane Harbin to make it more accurate.
- Graf Zeppelin's High Octane Fuel trait was replaced with Fast Aircraft.
Console
- The Minimap now includes chessboard-like grid coordinates to help you navigate and highlight sections of the map to other players.
- On PlayStation 5, added 4K 60 FPS support.
- On PlayStation 5 Pro, enabled 4K 60 FPS with Ray Tracing activated (previously, it was only available without Ray Tracing).
- Purchasing through the PlayStation Store now takes fewer interactions.
- Fixed the Codex description of detectability by air, which in fact doesn't increase when the Anti-Aircraft guns are firing.
- Fixed some battle types incorrectly displaying as available to Fleet Division leaders.
Mobile
- You can now log in with your console account on mobile devices using the "Sync with Xbox" or "Sync with PlayStation" button. Your progress will be synchronized across both mobile and console platforms. Note that a mobile account can only be linked to either a PlayStation or Xbox account at a time.
- Fixed the enemy Commander's name not fitting on a defeat screen.
- Fixed a bug causing the game to crash when connecting an Xbox gamepad.
Celebrate the Legendary birthday and turn the tide!
