Pirates Ahead! New Commanders, Ships, and Skins

Ahoy, Captains! Starting February 23, don't miss out on new pirate Commanders arriving in the Legendary seas at the helms of their unique vessels. Pirates and ships from previous years will also return, so stay tuned and prepare for sea skirmishes!

You can find pirate-themed items individually in the Store and in the new Pirate Chest '26. Every new pirate Commander, ship, and skin comes with bonus Ship Parts for the Kremlin marathon!

New Commanders

Lin Shi

Lin Shi was born into a noble family, but preferred the call of the sea over the silk-draped halls of her family home. Her code is simple: no stealing from allies, no betrayal of the crew, and no mercy for rule-breakers. The Lin Shi character is inspired by Zheng Yi Sao, the legendary leader of the Guangdong Pirate Confederation, also known as the Red Flag Fleet—the largest pirate fleet in history.

Lin Shi is a Commander who specializes in Pan-Asian destroyers.

• Base Trait: Lantern Light, increasing your destroyer torpedo damage by up to 5% against enemies with more than 50% HP and increasing your destroyer shell damage by up to 5% against enemies with HP less than or equal to 50%.
• Unique skill: Jade Lioness, increasing your destroyer's HE shell damage by up to 6% while your torpedoes are reloading.

Cornelis van der Windt

Cornelis van der Windt is a privateer whose name carries weight across the North Sea and beyond. He runs his ship with an admiral's sense of order and iron discipline. This character is inspired by Dutch Republic privateers—sailors who legally raided enemy ships during wartime and continued their trade after the war ended.

Cornelis van der Windt is a Commander who specializes in Dutch cruisers.

• Base Trait: Flame Storm, increasing the chance for Airstrike bombs to set enemy ships on fire by up to 3%.
• Unique skills (you can only choose one at a time):
  • Albatross Wingbeat, increasing the spread of Airstrike bombs by up to 10% for effective carpet bombing and increasing their damage by up to 5%.
  • Tern Dive, reducing the spread of Airstrike bombs by up to 10% for better accuracy, and reducing Airstrike cooldown time by up to 5%.

Zlata Groza

Zlata Groza was born in the north, where she became a pirate and earned the name Groza, or “Storm.” Her destiny eventually carried her to the British Isles, where she found fresh opportunities. This character draws inspiration from the Ushkuyniks, medieval raiders from Novgorod.

Zlata Groza is a Commander who specializes in British cruisers.

• Base Trait: Shield of the Norse, reducing projectile damage to your cruiser by up to 10% for 5 seconds after damaging enemies with a main battery shell.
• Unique Skill: Hunter's Dagger, increasing your cruiser's damage by up to 10% when Radar is active.

Dragan Bojanić

Dragan Bojanić is a rough-voiced, sharp-minded veteran corsair of the Adriatic. He always keeps a wolf's tooth with him, believing it shields him from danger. This character is inspired by corsairs who raided the coasts of the Adriatic, where the Ottoman Empire and the Venetian Republic clashed for control of the area.

Dragan Bojanić is a Commander who specializes in Pan-European battleships.

• Base Trait: Ignition Expert, increase secondary gun chances of causing fire by up to 1.2%.
• Unique skill: Double Trouble, reducing your battleship's main battery reload time by up to 15% when your secondary guns are aiming, firing, or reloading.

Jonathan Hawke

Jonathan Hawke carries on his family's legacy of raids with even greater daring. Brash and quick-tongued, he can easily talk his way out of trouble. His character is inspired by privateers who disrupted British trade routes during the American Revolutionary War.

Jonathan Hawke is a Commander who specializes in U.S. hybrid battleships.

• Base Trait: Big Game Hunter, increasing damage from all Airstrike projectiles by up to 5% against battleships, by up to 4% against cruisers, and by up to 3% against aircraft carriers.
• Unique skill: Combination Genius, reducing damage taken by your ship by up to 10% while your Airstrike is on cooldown. This effect comes at the cost of increasing your Airstrike cooldown time by up to 5%.

New Ships

Storm Lantern

This elegant ship is perfectly built to challenge the tides under the command of Lin Shi. Storm Lantern is a Pan-Asian Tier VI Premium destroyer inspired by the Pan-European destroyer Grom. She features several changes compared to Grom:

• Standard torpedoes replaced with deep-water torpedoes with these stats:
  • Damage: 23,767
  • Range: 12 km
  • Detectability: 1.1 km
  • Speed: 67 knots
  • Reload time: 100 seconds
• Added Torpedo Reload Booster with 2 charges to Slot 4
• Added Radar to Slot 2 as an alternative to Smoke Generator
• Detectability range by sea reduced from 6.9 to 6.79 km
• Detectability range by air reduced from 3.45 to 3.4 km
• Detectability range while firing in smoke increased from 2.45 to 2.94 km
• Main battery fire-setting chances reduced from 9% to 6%
• Speed reduced from 41 to 38.5 knots
• Main battery reload time increased from 6.5 to 7.5 seconds
• Main battery damage reduced from 1,900 to 1,700

Flying Dutchman

Flying Dutchman was once an ordinary merchant vessel until Cornelis van der Windt remade her into a hunter of the seas. This Dutch Tier VIII Premium cruiser is based on the British cruiser Neptune but features a few changes:

• Added Airstrike with the following parameters:
  • Number of charges: 2
  • Reload time: 55 seconds
  • Aircraft speed: 185 knots
• Removed torpedoes
• Main battery range increased from 15.45 to 16 km
• Main battery reload time increased from 4.5 to 6.5 seconds
• Main battery AP shell damage reduced from 3,200 to 3,000
• Detectability range by sea increased from 12.05 to 12.47 km
• Detectability range by air increased from 7.23 to 7.48 km
• Detectability range by sea while firing in smoke increased from 5.76 to 5.96 km
• Detectability range by air while firing main battery increased from 3.04 to 3.15 km
• Removed Smoke Generator

Vuk

Commanded by Dragan Bojanić, this ship sails gracefully across the Adriatic, carrying crews of all kinds. Vuk is a Pan-European Tier VII Premium battleship based on the German battleship Brandenburg, with a few altered characteristics:

• Torpedo range increased from 6 to 8 km
• Torpedo speed increased from 64 to 86 knots
• Torpedo detectability range increased from 1.3 to 1.6 km
• Torpedo damage reduced from 13,700 to 11,667
• Main battery firing range increased from 17.08 to 17.6 km
• Main battery shell grouping increased by 5.5% (from 1.8 to 1.9 sigma)
• Main battery reload time increased from 26.5 to 28 seconds
• Ship speed reduced from 32.5 to 31.0 knots
• Detectability range by sea reduced from 15.41 to 14.87 km
• Detectability range by air increased from 12.33 to 12.7 km
• Detectability range by sea while firing in smoke increased from 12.01 to 12.37 km
• Detectability range by air while firing main battery increased from 6.1 to 6.28 km
• Moved Enhanced Secondary Targeting consumable to Slot 4

New Skins

Bear's Claw

This skin for British Tier VII Premium cruiser Plymouth turns her into the ship of Zlata Groza—Bear's Claw, blessed with the strength of a brown bear!

Fortune's Wing

Outfit the U.S. Tier VIII battleship Delaware with this skin to transform her into a striking privateer's vessel that Jonathan Hawke used in his raids!

Pirate Chest '26

Are you ready to hunt for pirate treasure? If so, check out the new Pirate Chest for a chance to receive one of 10 pirate Commanders (both new and returning from previous years), one of eight pirate ships, or one of two new pirate skins. And if you're the luckiest Captain out there, you'll receive a stash of 30,000 doubloons!

Here's where you'll find the Pirate Chest '26 during the upcoming update:

• Fire in the Fjords campaign: One chest without the Admiralty Backing and an additional chest with the Admiralty Backing
• Brawl: One chest in season 37
• Ranked Battles: One chest in Season 95 and another in Season 97
• Store

May luck sail at ya side, Captains!