World of Warships Sets Sail with Piñata Hunt and More – Patch Notes

Wargaming is shaking up World of Warships with its March update, bringing everything from a long-awaited ship line to a quirky yet colorful April Fools’ event – the Piñata Hunt.

The Piñata Hunt event is a wacky battle mode that pits two teams of seven Tier VIII-IX ships against each other while trying to sink a giant piñata ship. All of these take place on a festive version of the Hotspot map.  Ships will be decked out in random event-themed camouflages, and takedowns get a brand-new, event-specific animation. Naturally, your efforts in trying to sink the piñata will earn you special Piñata Tokens to snag themed goodies like camouflages, a patch, and a commemorative flag.

Through this event, players will also encounter a new in-game mechanic: “support consumables.” There are eight support consumables available, and you can acquire five of them through purchases or combat missions.

If you’re waiting for a new line of ships, this one’s for you – a whole line of Commonwealth cruisers has joined the World of Warships fleet in Early Access. These ships represent nations across the Commonwealth and pack a decent punch for their size. While their turrets may turn a little slowly, they make up for it with solid damage potential. The line spans light and heavy cruisers, with guns ranging from 152 mm up to 203 mm at Tier VIII onwards.

Wargaming has also implemented some tweaks to submarines, including adjustments to torpedoes and better underwater visibility. On top of that, several US aircraft carriers are leaving Early Access: Tier VI Independence, Tier VIII Yorktown, and Tier X Essex.

You can see all of these changes and more by watching the video below; but if you want the full details, keep reading for the patch notes.

World of Warships Update 13.2 Video

World of Warships Update 13.2 Patch Notes

Piñata Hunt

Update 13.2 brings the Piñata Hunt event! You’ll be able to hunt a special Piñata ship during the event to gain an advantage over your opponents. Available as a separate battle type, this year’s event features the specially decorated Colorful Islands map.

Details

• Battles with Tier VIII–IX ships of all types; 7 players per team.
• When the Piñata is taken down, a shrinking Key Area will spawn on the spot where it sinks.

Piñata Hunt will also introduce a new mechanic — support consumables. There are eight unique support consumables in total, with each ship type having access to five of them. One consumable for each ship type will be unlocked at the start, while up to four others can be attained by completing missions or by purchasing them with Credits in the Armory. You’ll be able to select only one support consumable per battle.

During the Piñata Hunt event, you can obtain Piñata Tokens by completing combat missions. You can exchange these Tokens for rewards in the Armory.

Early Access to Commonwealth Cruisers

The long-awaited Commonwealth cruisers are entering Early Access in Update 13.2!

Both light and heavy cruisers are represented in this line, with low to mid tiers being armed with 152 mm guns while Tier VIII and above are armed with 203 mm artillery. They can dish out decent damage per minute, but their drawbacks include relatively poor ballistics and slow-traversing turrets. Starting from Tier III, these ships are additionally armed with torpedoes. At Tier VII, these torpedoes become long-range and can even be launched from stealth due to the cruisers’ excellent concealment.

As is standard for most cruisers, the line features Hydroacoustic Search, available in its own slot at Tier IV and sharing a slot with Defensive AA Fire at later tiers. Starting at Tier V, the signature of the Commonwealth ships — Crawling Smoke Generator — also becomes available in its own slot. Its long action time allows the cruisers to remain concealed while moving slowly. Starting from Tier VIII, the ships are equipped with Repair Party with standard characteristics.

Additionally, Commonwealth cruisers have access to the enhanced Submarine Surveillance consumable with improved range starting from Tier V, and their Depth Charge Airstrike also has improved characteristics.

In honor of the event, the following thematic permanent camouflages are being added to the game: Indian Tiger for V Delhi, New Zealand Fern for VIII Auckland, and Australian Ornament for X Cerberus. Additionally, historical Commanders Harold Farncomb and Leonard Murray, the Commonwealth Rockfish patch, the Commonwealth Team commemorative flag, and Commonwealth Team Premium containers are being added to the game.

Commonwealth Team Premium container content

Each Commonwealth Team Premium container includes (the percentage indicates the drop rates for each group of items):

40 Commonwealth Tokens — 100%
One item from the list below — 100%. Breakdown:
400 Commonwealth Tokens — 2.5%
24x special expendable economic bonuses of the same type — 20% for each type
1,000,000 Credits — 14.7%
2.8% chance to receive one of the following rewards: Commonwealth cruiser IX Encounter; New Zealand Fern permanent camouflage for VIII Auckland; Australian Ornament permanent camouflage for X Cerberus.

If you already have the ship and permanent camouflages that can be obtained from this container, you will instead receive 1,000,000 Credits.

Commonwealth Team Event Pass

Update 13.2 brings a new thematic Event Pass! You can participate in it and journey through two progression lines that offer loads of rewards. Each line comprises a total of 20 levels — complete them to earn all the main rewards and gain access to additional rewards for completing extra levels.

You’ll be able to obtain historical Commander Harold Farncomb with 6 skill points, the Commonwealth Team commemorative flag, the Indian Tiger permanent camouflage for V Delhi, and Commonwealth Tokens in the first progression line, as well as other valuable rewards. After completing the initial 20 levels, you’ll receive 2x More Signals containers as a reward for completing each extra level.

The second progression line, unlockable for Doubloons, holds VI Mysore as the most prized reward. Among the other rewards, you’ll be able to obtain permanent camouflages like Gregale, Canada Day, Indian Tricolor, and Blue Lagoon, as well as Commonwealth Tokens and other valuable items. After completing the initial 20 levels, you’ll earn Commonwealth Tokens as rewards for completing extra levels.

Submarine Updates

Multiple new features and changes for submarines are going to be implemented with Update 13.2. This will affect not only their game play but also upgrades and balance.

• To further address the issue of submarine “shotgunning,” submarine torpedoes will be adjusted to deal different amounts of damage based on distance.
• Submarines will also receive changes when it comes to Upgrades. Some of the existing ones will be either changed or removed, while new ones will be introduced.
• Game play improvements which affect both submarines and surface ships.
• Additionally, balance changes have been applied to submarines in order to maintain the same level of effectiveness for the ship type.

Upon the release of Update 13.2, all players will be granted a 100% discount on demounting upgrades during the first week. The affected upgrades that are mounted on submarines at the moment of the update release will be demounted at no cost and removed from players’ accounts. Compensation will be issued according to their full prices.

U.S. Aircraft Carriers Leave Early Access

Early Access to VI Independence, VIII Yorktown, and X Essex ends with the release of Update 13.2, and these ships will join the Tech Tree and become available to everyone.

The new aircraft carriers only have access to one standard torpedo bomber squadron, which is supplemented with two tactical squadrons consisting of attack and dive bomber aircraft.

Starting from Tier VIII, the tactical squadrons are equipped with the new Smoke Curtain Generator consumable.

Ranked Battles

Update 13.2 brings Ranked Battles Season 16.

In the Bronze League, battles will be held in a 6 vs. 6 format with Tier VIII ships, and in both the Silver and Gold Leagues, players will helm Tier X ships and SuperShip superships.

For the Bronze and Silver Leagues, no more than one submarine, four battleships, and four destroyers are allowed per team; for the Gold League — no more than one submarine, three battleships, and four destroyers per team.

Aircraft carriers will be unavailable during this Ranked Battles season.

Brawls

Update 13.2 will see four Brawls unleashed in different formats. The first Brawl will utilize a 5 vs. 5 format with Tier VIII battleships, aircraft carriers, and submarines. No more than one submarine, one aircraft carrier, and four battleships per team are allowed. Players can participate in Divisions of up to three players.

For more details about game-specific changes, such as Interface Changes and Bug Fixes, you can head over to this page.